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ST. THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL
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HOUSTON, TX
FOOTBALL
17 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
39 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
WRESTLING
3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
5 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
4 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
SWIMMING
2015-2016 PREVIEW
CROSS COUNTRY
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TRACK & FIELD
10 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
21 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
BASKETBALL
9 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
16 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
SOCCER
1 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
18 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
BASEBALL
23 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
49 AT THE NEXT LEVEL
Looking Back
The Eagles were ranked
consistently among the top private
school programs in the state with
eight top-three tournament finishes
throughout the 2014 season,
including a win in the prestigious
Dick Harmon Memorial Golf
Tournament, capturing Houston’s
premiere high school event for the
second time in four years.
Henry Fisher ‘16 and Henry
Suman ‘17 led a dominant
Eagle effort in the TAPPS 5A
regional tournament where STH
crushed the competition with a
commanding 30-shot win over
second-place Tomball Concordia
Lutheran at Silverhorn Golf Club
in San Antonio.
Fisher and Ryan Baker ‘15 earned
all-state honors as the Eagles took
third place at the TAPPS 5A state
golf tournament at Wildflower
Country Club in Temple. STH was
the state runner-up in 2014 and
state champion in 2012.
Looking Ahead
Fisher, Suman and Curtis Brady
‘16 are the key returning cogs who
give coach Billy Tuten a core of
experienced talent to build another
state championship contender.
Cam Condara ‘16 (2014 All-
Region) qualified individually for
the 2014 state tournament and
joins Garrett Sorrels ‘16 (2014
All-District), Nolan Rizzo ‘16
and Ryan Risoli ‘16 headlining
the depth needed to offset the
departures of Baker and Clay
McCrory ‘15 (Lamar University).
Tuten believes the foundation for
the next season’s success is laid
in the summer months with a
steady diet of highly challenging
tournament play.
“It’s a solid measure of
improvement and indicator for
what’s to come. I don’t look
so much at the scores but how
each guy is maturing as a player,
testing against the best and getting
accustomed to the pressure.
There’s no substitute for that kind
of experience,” Tuten said.
Fisher appears ready for a
significant senior breakthrough.
His sizzling summer began at
the HGA Junior City Match Play
Championship where he was the
second consecutive Eagle to post a
runner-up finish, following Baker
in 2014.
That grueling week at Memorial
Park including back-to-back 72s
to earn the third seed heading
into match play, followed by
five straight head-to-head wins,
advancing in the round of 32 after
even through 15 holes, and rallying
on the back nine in the semifinals
to reach the championship match.
Within days Fisher then finished
fifth in the Legends Junior Tour
Flodder Financial Shootout at
Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club
in Katy.
Brady also advanced into the
round of 16 at the City Junior
while Suman produced a runner-up
finish at the American Junior Golf
Association event in Louisiana. His
final round 69 included six birdies
for a 1-over par total of 217.
“Suman has been working on his
course management. I’m seeing
definite improvement,” Tuten
said. “Curtis has been tweaking his
swing, some technical issues, and
he should be dynamite to go. All he
needs are a couple of adjustments
which will make a big difference.
His potential is way out there.”
Tuten is into his second decade
fronting the STH program. He
spent 20 years on professional
tours after a standout career at the
University of Houston, all after
winning consecutive U.S. Amateur
Public Links championships in
1982-83.
“It’s fun for me to still have a part
of my life in golf, coaching what
I’ve learned, on and off the course.
I’ve tried to create a competitive
culture, provide productive practice
with an element of fun. You have
to encourage players at this level
instead of beating a group down.
So much of motivation is just
convincing a guy what he has to
do to get better, give them your
vision and then say, ‘Let’s get to
work.’ Hopefully they’ll see the
improvement and that tends to
feed on itself. We’re expecting
another big year, no question about
it,” Tuten said.