St Thomas Aquinas High School - Insight Yearbook (Edison, NJ)

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The St. Thomas Aquinas basketball team, under Coach Rudy D,Emilio, provided its followers with plenty of action during the winter months. STA started off strongly with a 5-0 record and the number one rating in the county. After some tough defeats, the Trojans battled back and finished with a respectable I2-9 record. St. Thomas Aquinas was led by senior center Toim Macko, who averaged points per game, and wfas recognized as one of he county,s best playe iS supporting cast i if ed seniors flashy ' H t - rella and Ed Pieka X lill 3 Tim Cummins, and so'piliiS'1 v e sensation Tim Fureyryi ' g off the ben sp to pro he needed s yvere 'Manuel Nunez, fWeeks, and Hayes Reilly. iBob Eder, Gene Mosle , ii Jeff Lubreski also' w va ity action during the season: 6 The team relied heavily on a pressing s-r mariito-man defense and a running offense. When not able to set up its regular running gaynie, - the Trojans usedtgai passing offense de- si ed tofget Macko open for CMO the basket. B isketball fans can be proud of this team and its winning season, and can anticipate, because of the skill of the underclassmen, continued suc- cess in the basketball arena. BASKETBALL 98 Nate Piekarski reaches for stardom. RalPh Cltafella-uwhen in doubt Shoot' VARSITY TEAM: Kneeling-T. carpenter-Mgr., T. Cummins. J. Weeks- Swndwg Coach D'Emilio, E. Piekarski, M. Nunez, B. Eder, T. Furey, G. Mosley, T. Macko. STA OPPONENT 78 St. John Vianney 60 Iselin U.F.K.J 48 Middlesex 56 Iselin fJ.F.K.J 63 So. Brunswick 59 St. Mary's fEliz.J 65 St. Peter's 66 St. Pius 81 Immaculata 69 J.P. Stevens 75 St. Pius 49 Woodbridge 65 Edison 63 Mater Dei 60 St. John Vianney 75 St. Peter's 58 Immaculata 59 St. Peter's 54 Mater Dei 70 St. Joseph's fMet.J 71 Metuchen Ever get that closed in feeling? U. Weeksj

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.Mary Nerney, all showed con- gvery high, and weiexpect to Although 1975-76 was not the best season in terms of a record C6-141, this year's team showed immense im- provement. With thirteen out of twenty-two freshmen, St. of the county Five of the losses were by six Senior Diane Salerno and siiiihomore Dianei Ferrara had outsQnding years, averaging points per game: make the All-Conference Team, and will 'be considered for All-County honors. Freshmen Sue Q Mac- Mullan and Robbie Codella, both starters, turned in performances deaf i5lHYf?.rs. The remaining seiestsye 1 members of the varsity, Diane McEvoy, Angela Pellegrino, MaryClaire Cannamela, and srstent improvement Ouffheyeaf- ,ttt In completing iiit year of varsity basketball, Diane Salerno leaves STA as the 42 all-time scorer, land one of the finest The hopes for are return to our winning ways. It was a long year, but the experience should benefit STA in the future. Girls VARSITY: Row I-S. MacMullan, J. Schneider, K. Phillips, J. Fulton M Lynch D McEvoy ' M. Cannamela. Row 2-Coach Griffin, M. Nerney, K. Kozal, A. Raia D Salerno R Codella P. Theodosatos, D. Ferrara. B av S Sue MacMullan shoots over her defender. W 100 .