St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Bob Turco talks to his team during a time out against Colonia on February 3, 2022. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
In the current state of high school – and college sports – some players come, some players stay and some players go.
After the 2022-23 season, which saw St. Thomas Aquinas win its third straight GMC Tournament Championship, nearly the entire Trojans’ roster departed.
Some, like Chris Santner and Terrell Pitts, graduated; they’re at TCNJ and East Stroudsburg, respectively. The rest – including All-State point guard Deuce Jones – took their talents elsewhere.
All but now-senior Davon Grant. He and his 23 career points in two seasons seeing limited varsity action is all that returns for veteran head coach Bob Turco.
The roster is a full again, but as Turco tells it, there were no summer leagues they could play in, with a team barely assembled. So this year’s group will be getting a late start.
They could get off to a hot start, or they might not. But they’re not worried about where they start; it’s all about where they finish. And Turco knows the Trojans – which have won three straight GMC Tournament titles – don’t need to be division champs or the No. 1 seed to win it all.
Click below to hear St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Bob Turco talk about this year’s new-look Trojans:
I’m Chris Santner, I actually play at TCNJ, but the article references me in stead of Jalen Pichardo or Sherief Guinyard who also play at ESU now, basketball and football respectively.