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the BEACON
Voi. 31, No. 4
Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison/Plainfield. N.J. March, 1984
STATE CHAMPS! W-H’s B League championship team in­ cludes (bottom row) Ruth McDougall, Claudine Nicora, Claudine Klein (second row) Barbara Wilson, Michelle Ware, Allison Moore (third row) Karen Leach, Patty Feeney, Cynthia White, Dana Lindsey, Camile Warner (fourth row) Coach Doug Anderson and Anita Sadaty.
Murray leads swimmers to two championships
If you were to think of a winter sports team at W-H that won the conference champion­ ship, the state championship, and fourth place in the county tournament, what team would you think of first?
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Seeded first in the state tour­ namentforthesecondyearina row, W-H defeated Newark Academy, 40-29, in the semi­ finals. According to Coach Doug Anderson, a strong de­ fense kept the opposing team off guard.
CoachAndersonhasprovid­ ed excellent instruction as far as helping the team use its greatest asset, speed. Fast players such as Moore, Sadaty ,
team member Kathy Kunst. “I mean he finished second in the states behind Peddie post­ grads, and he’s only a tenth grader!”
Dougall, Patty Feeney, Allison Moore, and Barbara Wilson led this year’s team. All but one of the starting girls started
the team to leadership. He cited Ware and Nicora as hav ­ ing been key leaders through­ out the season.
In the team’s meet with Rah- Murray defeated a swim-
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Girls' varsity basketball
wins state championship
The W-H girls’ varsity- last year also, and that varsity-
basketball team became B League state champions for the first time ever after defeating Gill St. Bernard’s, 35-26, in the last round of the States.
experience played a large part in the success of the team.
Led by senior captain Claudine Nicora, who scored 17 points in the finals, the Ramettes came out strong to
W-H has been successful against such prep school op­ ponents as Gill/St. Bernards, whose record was 13-1 when the Lady Rams defeated them, and Newark Academy, another prep school power. Wardlaw- Hartridge was also successful against Mount St. Mary’s, a strong Catholic school, whose record was 10-1 until the Lady
take an 8-4 first period edge. A swarming defense created many problems for Gill as W-H moved to a 14-8 halftime lead.
Rams handed them their se­ cond defeat of the season. “We kept the games against larger schools at an even tem­ po,’-remarked Ware.
In the second half the team began to take control and just pulled away to secure the vic­ tory.
ed W-H with an effective fast- In addition to Nicora, break game. Coach Anderson Michelle Ware, Ruth Mc­ also attributes the success of
Nicora, and Ware have provid­
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