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

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Soccer has joined the ranks of varsity sports here at St. Thomas Aquinas. Coach Paul Kochanski and the entire squad looked forward to a .500 sea- son, but due to injuries and inexpeij nce, ,gat possibility was ly i ed. Ending with the team l ,,better season ,gqg19'763gqw1th the ex- Pecfedi f ifiii afifirefn team members. Undelffif g i An' , nee and skill ofghe the two captainggf Bob Afguncao q and Mike Patterson, the rteazgvaem. onstrated aafinite iimpriiige Zltr during the latter part of the season. They won three out of their last four games. The sport's popularity at STA also improved as the season progressed, and the team re- ceived much publicity. STA salutes the first soccer team and wishes its participants luck in the future. SGCCER , usa. F Row I: L To R.-S. Casey, R. Assuncao, E. McCabe, E. Rusbarsky, T. Tomalin, Coach Kochanski, J. Buckiewicz, D. Patterson, T. Mc- Govern, B. Donegan, C. Gurdon, Row 2-T. Casey, E. Davis, K. Martinez, M. Patterson, P. McAndrew, R. Pluskota, E. Viering, A. Fitzgerald,T.Serpi,J.W--' '----- ' ' 'A ' ' ' ' ' Coach Paul Kochanski Aquinas demonstrates their defensive skills. Mike Patterson clears the ball downfield Defense on the move-Ron Pluskota, Pete McAndrew E.J. McCabe-Airborne for Aquinas

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WRESTLI G With the coaching of Mr. Kushner and Mr. Buggey, the Saint Thomas Aquinas wres- tling team started off stronger than ever. Their first encounter was a quad-match at Bound Brook in which the Trojans placed second. In the County Christmas Tournament, the team made its best showing ever by placing among the top eight teams in the county. In the Cartaret Invitational Tournament, the team was awarded the third place trophy. The Trf ns took the con- ferenceqtip ,for the third year in a compiled a dual meet esecord of 10-4, the team's greatestftvflct y I - ing agftinst,,I.P.Steve . . Fouif 'rose tt the top in tg und Brook Quad and national. At 5 Panella J im f took first C122 22-Bill A 1705, and places, ti latter two repeating rrt'r f s ch mps, along with Greg tHwt.5, at Christm n ourne Q Bill Pav- tak r00ic?'tg ond, gppppp .pacejvghiie Frank May pl ced third- vvvl it ' Next year's Tr n squad is going to miss the talents of seniors Kevin Donegan C1015 and Jack Jacobi 11585. They, along with Glenn Henkel 11585, Gary Guerriero 11485, and Mike Calandra 11485, have worked hard to provide their opponents with some good competition. Champs Bill Pavlak, Jim Tovey, and Greg Monticchio will also be sorely missed from the wrestling line-up. Several outstanding under- classmen, such as Mike Panel- la, Bill Ashnault, Frank Mayo, Rich Giglia, Jay Schmidt, and Tom Quilban will return next year, along with John Zaz- zarino, Mike Sullivan, and Tom Mack, to provide action for the wrestling fans and help STA maintain its winning wrestling tradition. VARSITY: Row 1-K. Donegan, T. Quilban, R. Kierpa, M. Sullivan, J. Schmidt, R. Giglia, F. Mayo, Row 2-Coach Kushner, J. Albano-Mgr., T, McGeehan-Mgr., B. Ashnault, J. Zazzarino, M. Calandra, G. Henkel, J. Jacobi, B. Pavlak, J. Tovey, T. Mack, G. Monticchio, D. Piscitello- Mgr., Coach Buggey. S TA OPPONENT 18 St. Joseph's tMet.5 33 49 Metuchen 13 27 J.P. Stevens 21 49 St. Peter's 15 21 South River 34 14 South Plainfield 36 52 Perth Amboy 15 21 Highland Park 30 54 St. Pius X 9 28 Holmdel 17 26 South Brunswick I5 36 St. John Vianney 19 33 Woodbridge 21 28 J.F. Kennedy 16 Coach Kushner, getting involved. RN . 'f 15. --.' , it -.., j,..!5:g-,gr gftgtffa-f'f What are they looking at? 94 -A---W - ffiawnn- R