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

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A Preview Of With the coming of spring, seven sports open their seasons at Saint Thomas Aquinas. Hopefully, good weather and fewer injuries will help each team experience a most suc- cessful season. With a record of 19-6, 1975 proved to be an excellent year for the girls' varsity soft- ball team. Through long hours of practice and fine coaching, the team went to the County finals and received a plaque from the Middlesex County Coaches Association as runners-up for 1975. With Coach Mike Buggey, Coach Jim Kushner, and five returning seniors, the girls are looking forward to an even better season. The start of the 1976 season brings one of the finest baseball teams that S.T.A. has ever had. The skills of fine hitting. pitching, and fielding should help the base- ball team achieve a winning record. With seven returning seniors and a talented group of underclassmen, the team should not dis- appoint Coach Jim Griffin. In its debut last year, the boys' tennis team exhibited much talent. The com- bination of five returning seniors, Coach John Kukor, and the underclassmen should allow a better record as they continue on into their second season. The fine coaching of Nancy Lubreski should help the girls' tennis team to a suc- cessful season record. Two returning seniors received their letters last year and, with the

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Chirs Heiser, with nobody in sight. - . . off to warmer weather . . . Who says we have to practice? Hectic moments on the line. Ready with a snowball. Here comes the coach Fred Janiec .. . pace to win.

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ln- -- ,,,.. xiii Spring Sports other team members, they should provide a lot of action on the courts in singles and doubles competition. ' The coming of 1976 brings one of the finest girls' track teams in the history of the school. A winning cross country season and the direction of a new coach should help the girls to have a team which will do well in-their dual meet competition. The girls, be- ing strong in both running and field events, will hopefully place high in the County, State, and Raritan Valley Conference meets. After an undefeated cross country season, the boys' track team should, once again, prove itself a winner in competition. The nucleus of the team will be the returning seniors who have exhibited fine skills throughout their four years here. Their ability and the direction of a new coach should help the entire team to maintain the high standards set by STA track teams in the past. Rounding out the spring line-up is the golf team. The coming of warm weather will put the boys out on the greens and fairways anxious to show that they are up to par . Each of the teams involved in spring sports possesses the athletes and qualities necessary to sustain an exciting, winning season. With the support of the Saint Thomas Aquinas community, this spring should be a landmark season.