2012-10-19 - Union Catholic Regional High School

UC Fall SportsBy: Kyle DebelakAnother year of school meansanother year of sports. The sportsthat will be going on during the Fallsports season are cross country, boys’and girls’ soccer, girls’ tennis, anvolleyball. This year, Union Catholicis participating in the Union CountyConference for all sports.“The cross country teamthis year is very deep,” said Mr.Thornton, “We hope to be contendingfor the state championship and atleast finish in the top 3.”Mr. Thornton expects theUC cross country team tobe challenging for theconference and countytitles. Last year, UC’scross country teamqualified for the Meet ofChampions at HolmdelPark in Holmdel, NewJersey for the first time inschool history, and is certainlyhoping to repeat the feat. -“We are in a rebuildingyear,” said boys’ soccer coach Mr.Cerimele, “We had a few key playersfrom last year leave the team. Weeven have four freshmen that arestarting for this season.” The boys’soccer team is competing in the ValleyDivision for the first time, meaningthat the team doesn’t have anyknowledge about the other teamsthey are competing against – otherthan that the oppositions are tough.“We are expecting to challenge forthe conference championship, andadvance as far as possible in thecounty tournament,” Mr. Cerimeleadded, “But because this is a rebuildingyear and that we don’tknow much about our opponents, ourplan for this season is to approach ourmatches one at a time.”Meanwhile, the girls’ soccerteam is also hoping for a good season.“I personally hope that the teamimproves on their preseason condition,”explained Mr. Ryan. The countytournament starts in late October, andthe team is expecting to face toughopponents, such as Rahway, Linden,and Cranford.The girls’ tennis team isalready enjoying somesuccess this season, withthree wins and two losses.This year the team isall underclasswomen,with eight players in total.“We have a brightfuture,” said AssistantCoach Mr. McDevit, “Wehope that this year’steam can lay the foundationfor the future.” As with othersports, the tennis team is hoping to dowell in the Union County tournament,as well as the state tournament.The volleyball team hasalso lost some players this year, but isstill hopeful of doing well this year.“Our main rivals are Roselle Catholicand Immaculate Heart Academy,” saidMadison Simon ’14, “IHA is verygood, and we want to beat them thisyear.”This year is looking verybright for UC sports, and The Prophetwishes all of them good luck. conflictingclassifications of his sanity, psychiatricissues are sure to become a centerpiecein the proceedings.