McQuaid Jesuit High School - Accolade Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Soccer Six starters lost to graduation? Question marks always seem to crop up at the beginning of soccer seasons. We all knew, as the coach had told us, that we had a young inexperienced team. But the coach told us that we could overcome that obstacle by pulling together. We had our doubts. Skull, Reggie, Mark, Georges, and Charlie formed a core, but where was the rest of the apple? Gradually, we put things together. Lanks just scooped up those balls in front of the goal and Phil was always there. Dan, Chump, Steve, Bill, and the two Lips helped Skull build a de- fensive wall. Foyboy, J.L., and Eddie helped Rocket and Mark man the midfield, and Dough, Little Chump, Bullhead, J.T., and “Mar-tin” provided the attack force to assist Charlie and Georges. We were finally starting to look like a team. Our first four games told us our early work had paid off: 5-2, 5-3, 4-2, and 2-1. Four wins in a row; we thought we were in heaven. But injuries also took their toll: Skull, Reggie and Smut were all hampered by them. The next games were vital, but with Skull and Smut out, Mooney dealt us a heavy blow; Edison East, and H-A-C were no better. At 4-4, we were all healthy again, but the timing just wasn’t there. Coach Armstrong sat us down and told us what we had to do. We worked, won and scrapped our way into the section- als. On that cold night, in Marion, under the lights, we played what was probably the best soccer of the season. At the end, the score read Spencerport 2 McQuaid 0, but we were still proud; we had played our game to its fullest extent. We will never forget this season, for our team was genuinely a unified machine. We who are leaving wish the best to the coach and the rest of the team next year. Thanks for a truly memorable season. Rear: Jim Brock (manager), Greg Foy, C.J, Rapp, Dan Hassett, John Lipman, Steve Zatyko, Brian Lipchik, Georges Smetana, Jimmy Beauchamp, Coach Arm- strong. Middle: John Cipro, Dave Casilio, Tom Napier, Mark Heyer, Martin Camey, Dave Lankford, Bill Carey, Eddie Schuler, John Thomas, Bob Beauchamp, John Lortie. Front: Reggie Home, Charlie Lawless.

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Cross Country Some might claim this was an “off’ year for the Cross- Country squad. Although it was rather inconsistent with pre- vious seasons, in the real sense of the word, we were a winning team. 1975 was a year of rebuilding... We had lost the seven Varsity Sectional champs; we were left with a core of four seniors (which dwindled to three as injury took its toll). We were probably the most “longterm” goal oriented team in the history of McQuaid; first the City- Catholic championship; then the Eisenhower Veteran’s Day Meet; finally, the Jesuit championship in New York. Many Friday afternoons before the Saturday invitationals, we would venture out and run eight hard miles in preparation for the dual meets against Aquinas. Although they had con- sistently beaten us in invitational competition, we rose to the occasion on October 23. Despite being a young, inexperienced team, we captured the City-Catholic title by two points. Indeed, an afternoon to remember. There were no sensational individual stars — just a solid core of determined men. We didn’t plan to go 12-0, or to seize the Sectional title. Facing these facts at the start of the season, we set reasonable goals we knew we could obtain through deter- mination and hard work. The team of 1975 was young, but enthusiastic. We were pleased with our humble beginnings; for within them lay great potential. As for Peter, Andy, and the two Toms, we can only give our heartfelt thanks. Seniors will leave each year, and their records and victories will be forgotten, but the team spirit will continue to grow. No matter whether we remember the season records; we will remember our team experience: “Our lives are fuller because of this competition, and our memories will be far richer.”