Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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next year, experience will be plentiful and success almost in sight. Best of luck to next year-'s captain Iohn Hazelton as he leads the Mustangs into action. The Milton downhill Ski Team has had a very consistent season. We finished off three league races in a comfortable second place, and finished first in the annual Cannon Mt. Invitational. Among the top ten skiers were co-captains Eric Churchill and Gretchen Cole, Mike Wolfson, Doug Morse and Colm Sweeney. Next year looks very promising, with the return of six letterman. With the addition of modern rapidgate slalom poles to practise through, and the expert coaching of David Britton, Tom Doelger and Paul Menneg, next year's team will do well. Best of luck to them! Despite the lack of snow this winter, the cross-country Ski Team also had a great season. Al- though four out of the seven races were cancelled, in the others we did quite well. Captain Ed Shugrue and racer Will Gregg led the charge by consistently finishing in the top ten. Other speedsters such as Bill Dougherty, Doug Grindle, Ron Champoux, Seth Kaufman, Doug Jones and Dan Tangherlini helped bring the team to an exciting year- end standing of third place out of the ten schools in the I.S.L. Coach William Moore comments, t'What a determined bunch . . . their spir- its were always highf' With the mascot Larry Melman and the cheers of a sidelined fdue to inju- ryj Susan Evans, this team, accord- ing to Shugrue, could do no wrong. The Ice-Hockey team also had quite a successful season. After a shaky start, Milton came in with a strong surge, winning the last three games, the third being an overtime victory against arch-rival Noble and Greenough School. In the ex- tremely competitive Keller Divi-

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WI TER This winter has proved exciting to all our teams and brought stellar victories to some. The captains as usual displayed wonderful leader- ship andthe members spirit. Girls' Basketball is champion at the A.I.S.C.A. tournament, Boys, Squash won the Iackson tourna- ment and the Interscholastics, Wrestling won the Graves Kelsey tournament, and Alpine Skiing came first in the annual Cannon Mt. Invitational. This is also the season in which the new squash courts are in use and in which Mil- ton can boast of the birth of a new Swim Team. The Girls' Basketball team coached by Amy Campbell and led by captain jennifer Brewster ended successfully with a winning 7-5 season. What they lacked in height the team made up for with the quickness of players such as Brewster and Maureen Flaherty, the shooting of Iudi Ohlson and freshman Sarah Schwenzfeier, and with Mary Beth Martin and Eileen Weinkopf on the boards. For the fourth consecutive year Milton participated in the A.I.S.C.A. bas- ketball tournament, defeating opponents Winsor and Bancroft. We made our way to the finals against Cushing Academy, upset them by a score of 69-31 and finished the season with a great triumph. IV had an especially suc- cessful season with a record of 10- 2. From the team: K'Many thanks to manager Nicole Ryan who traveled with us and a special thank you to Ms. Campbell. You will be greatly missed next yearf, This year's Varsity Boys' Basket- ball went through a very tough sea- son, meeting some very talented and competitive teams. The squad was almost entirely made up of l -i4..,2,4, underclassmeng the only seniors were co-captains Alan Cooke and Eddie Foley. It was in many ways a rebuilding season. Milton's overall 4-14 record was in no way indicative of the play and the atti- tude of this hustling team. The Mustangs were an excellent pass- ing team who were also extremely skilled in full-court defensive pressure. Undoubtedly, one of the team's greatest strengths this sea- son was the outstanding coaching job done by Brian Cooke. His ex- pertise and knowledge of the game was instrumental in the players' development. We are very grateful to Brian for his never-ending en- thusiasm that always sparked the team. With ten returning lettermen

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sion, Milton finished with a re- spectable 7-7 record. Go-captains Iohn Micheletto and Neil Mooney maintained team spirit and unity and provided a beneficial experi- ence for all associated with the program. The graduating seniors shall continue on with a great suc- cess while leaving a strong tradi- tion to next year's team, and espe- cially to the captains-elect Mike Moran and Tim Mackey. This year's Volleyball team had its toughest season in a long while. Since five Varsity players gradu- ated last year, we had to recruit some less experienced players. However, we managed to form a IV team that went undefeated, and a Varsity team that defeated Gover- nor Dummer for the first time in three years in their undefeated sea- son. Varsity ended their season with a 7-3 record. Captain Kath- leen Flatley remarked, Although we sometimes entered a game with the wrong attitude, we always came out on top, aware of our mis- takes as well as our successes. I think that what led us through the season is that we always remained headstrong and confident in our capabilities. Next year, under the leadership of captain Gaity Meaney, the Volleyball team will be successful. Under the guidance of coaches Richard Griffin and Thomas Flaherty, the Wrestling team had a stellar season, winning all their fif- teen dual meets. We capped the season by winning the Graves Kelsey tournament, crowning Pat Flaherty and co-Captain Iohn Kol- tun as individual champions. Flaherty, in addition, won the tournament's most valuable wres- tler award. Des Curran, co-Captain, won the most fallsfleast time award. Indeed, the only award the team failed to receive was the most improved team award. Good luck to next year's team. This has been an electrifying season for the Girls' Squash team. With many new players, we proved that depth is not always achieved through experience. The team worked together generating enthusiasm and determination. A brilliant victory over St. Paulis, 6- 1, for the first time in girls' squash history, marked the start of the Milton squash Chamber Swingers' Crescendo to the top. The best of P luck to next year's team and a bless- ing for the new courts. The Boys' Squash team also rolled up a list of honors unmatched in Milton squash history. In addi- tion to being undefeated for the second consecutive season fthe win streak presently stands at 271 and in addition to winning the 89