Mercer Island High School - ISLA Yearbook (Mercer Island, WA)

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were long and lonely for head coach Steve James. coaching produced a formidable Islander team Next year's Varsity ranks will be ably filled by the spirited and talented Junior Varsity. The junior gridders showed their muscles this year in winning four, losing one and tying one. The season started out with a bang as Mercer romped over Issaquah 7-O to gain theirfirst league triumph. They then went on the rampage and de- molished Mount Si and Federal Way 25-O and 33- O, respectively. The first and only loss was incur- red at the hands of Bellevue 6-13. Still smarting from this set-back the Islanders were tied by Bothell 6-6, but rebounded to salvage a hard fought game over Lake Washington 7-6 and end the season as they had begun it.

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li 'if Jeff Hill fought off the defensive rebounding tactics of Lake Washington's Curt Heneghan for the tip-in. fleftt Tension and apprehension were present in the faces of the Varsity before the Issaquah game. The Islanders went on to win 42-34. ltopj After stealing the ball, Jim Harper rammed through two desperate Indians to score. irightj Jim Morris tangled with a Mount Si cager in attempting to tip the ball to Kinne Hawes, Mercer come from behind to defeat the inspired Wildcats 63-57. ibottoml 48