Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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Whelan is leading a strong middle distance group with runners such as Ed Shugrue, Hong Duong and Chris Allen. Co-captain Ioe Swir- balus is leading some strong throwers such as Chris Carter and sprinters as I.R. Torrico and Lee Rhodes. The jumpers and the vaul- ters are also training hard to im- prove their performances. Dis- tance runners Yawu Miller and Mark Lawrence should be giving strong performances, and so should hurdlers Stetson Chung and Ike Onyeagoro. This team should have a truly impressive season. The Golf team is looking at its strongest season yet, with a very experienced team. Coach Phil Per- ry feels that the team's greatest asset is its six returning lettermen: captain Don Raftery, Geoff Theobald, Skip MacDonald, Paul Higgins, Iosh Karp, and Bill Brown. The newcomer is Ian Lapey. The competition in the strong, since all seven of its mem- bers are returning varsity letter- men: Iim Schwarz, Arkie Engle, Steve Cervieri, Frank Lowenstein, Pat Perry, Tod Underhill and Ricky Theobald. Arkie, Pat and Ricky are all ranked in New Eng- land, and Arkie, returning for the fourth year on the team, will take some time this spring to pursue na- tional tournaments. The possible setbacks of the season are Pat Per- League is growing stronger every year, so the Milton Golf team has to pull together and practice even harder than last year. With this team's potential, this season's promise of a first or second place finish in the League does not seem unlikely. This Spring may prove to be an exceptional one for the Boys' Ten- nis team. Led by coach Peter Keyes and captain Iirn Schwarz, the team has outstanding players at the top, followed by very competitive depth. The team is bound to be ry's basketball injury and the strength of the rival Belmont Hill's team. Besides defeating Belmont Hill, the team wishes to dominate the League with an undefeated record. This team certainly has the potential to do so. At the start of the season, the Softball team looks promising. The success of the team will come from a combination of the experience of the returning players and the en- thusiasm ofthe new. Five returned from last year's squad and they will be the core of this year's team. Captain Celeste Vega, Iudi Ohlson, Laurie Victor, Lynda Ruiz and Eli- za Byard will lead a virtually new group of girls, but it is already apparent from the quality of the players that this season will be a stunning one for Milton Softball. The Baseball and the Girls' Ten- nis captains were not available for comment, but Milton boasts of fine teams, and these two should not be exceptions.

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SPRI G It is no doubt difficult to predict the spring sports seasons when they have just started, but the ex- perience of the returning letter- men, the inspiration and the en- thusiasm of the coaches and the captains, and the spirit of the athletes will ensure fine seasons and wonderful times for the players. It is already apparent that the Girls' Lacrosse team is going to have an exciting season. A group of sixteen prospective players travelled to Orlando, Florida for a lacrosse camp during spring vaca- tion, and there were fifty-odd others who showed up at the try- outs. It was very difficult making cuts, but as a result the Varsity team is very strong - being com- posed of returning players Susan Evans, Sally Wright, Ien Brewster, Mo Flaherty, Chelsea Remington, l captain Betsy Walcott, plus play- ers from last year's IV, as well as some amazing newcomers. The IV this year also looks particularly strong. We're looking forward to a fantastic season! The Boys' Lacrosse team looks equally promising. This team is composed of the return of nineteen lettermen and a few strong new- comers. Co-captains Eric Chur- chill and Iohn Bisbee will be head- ing up a strong core of senior de- fensemen, while on the other end of the field Ioe Chase, Seth Handy, and Tom Clayton lead an explo- sive attack unit. The opening game of the season was a victory over the , 1-, strong Andover team, which shows the potential of our Mus- tangs. Let's hope successwill con- tinue far into the season! Last year, the Girls' Track team finished an exciting undefeated season by placing third out of the twelve schools in the Inter- scholastic Championships held at Milton. This year's co-captains Susan Mahanor and Lisa Iones look forward to an even better sea- son this spring with the return of many track veterans and the in- coming of several promising athletes. With this combination and some new additions to the coaching staff, this team is confi- dent of another undefeated season, and moreover, of being the League champs with a first-place finish in this year's Interscholastics. The Boys' Track team looks strong also. Coaches Taylor, Evri- viades, Clifford, Keller and Wood are working with the team to make a more complete and rigorous training program. Co-captain Sid 97

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