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

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I l 'Y Dick Stansbury, pole vaulter, and Bob Dybas, shot-putter, practiced strenuously. High iumper Steve Ringold snaked over the bar. Kingco Conference Track Meet Lake Washington.. ... 131 V2 Bellevue ........ . . . lO4V2 MERCER ISLAND... .. 79 Sammamish ..... .. 42 Federal Way. . . .. 34 Foster ....... . . 26 Mount Si . .. .. 25 Bothell... I6 Issaquah . . .. 6 Track coaches, J'ames Minstrell and Mel Light gave instruction to the team. Track managers Walt Crinean, Mike Poirier, and Mike Adams distributed hangers from the racks. thinclads ran against tough league competition Depleted by graduation, the squad began a year of rebuilding under first-year coach, Gordon Osborn. Inexperience hindered the team as they fell to Lake Washington and Bothell-the only conquest coming at the expense of Sam- mamish. The season was climaxed when six harriers competed in the 2.6 mile University of Wash- ington Invitational held at Green Lake. Coach Osborn's forecast for next season was one of ex- pectation as the team was young and improved. On the starting line were harriers D. Close, R. Peterson, D. Haviland, L. Olch, G. Overbye, A. Israel, M. Pietromonaco, S. Lyle and R. Bushore. 57

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4 v 0 ii T --'-1-gxvifi an ' Q ' ,mwz ' .wg -' . A , K7 PE'-24 This year's trackmen were Front Row: M. Poirier, M. Adams, B. Hogan, S. Ringold, P. Lounsbury, R. Knepper, J. Hilton, B. Wiseman, M. McCloskey, H. Mitchard, C. Hilton. Second Row: W. Crinean, D. Hostvedt, L. Olch, S. Hoover, J. Bethel, B. Dybas, H. Towler, G. Overbye, D. Harman, C. Lamb, The T964 season was a pleasant surprise, stated head coach Mel Light. The boys really came through when the going was the roughest. The thin-clads led the league in such events as the low hurdles, mile, and long distance events in capturing a strong third place in the KingCo championships, finishing far ahead of fourth place Sam- mamish. In league competition the lslanders defeated Mount Si, Federal Way, Bothell, Sammamish and lost to always strong Lake Washington and Bellevue. The most exciting meet of the year was against rival Bellevue, a team Mercer never has beaten. On the Islander's track, L. Crouch, D. Hamlin. Third Row: M. Pietromonaco, B. Koch, J. Vernig, B. Levenson, S. Slater, P. Arnold, B. Carpenter, D. Cahill, M. Fay, P. Brown, D. Eldridge, R. Peterson, D. Current. Back Row: B. Nygren, P. Leahy, T. Hilton, M. Shannon, G. McKay, R. Bushore, A. Israel, D. Myers. the squad won eight first places to Bellevue's seven, but lost due to lack of depth 62-65. A place change anywhere would have meant victory for the inspired cindermen. The coming season doesn't look too promising as the team is smaller than in previous years, commented the coach. Heading the squad will be returning state meet participants, Dave Harman and Steve Hoover. Volleyball will break the monotony of practice on bad weather days. The boys are dedicated and we'll iust wait for the league meet at Bellevue where skill counts more than numbers. laps frightj. Dave Hostvedt cleared a high hurdle Ueftj while sprinter Steve Hoover practiced starts fbelowj. Dave Harman, miler, ran one of his many conditioning

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Mike Anderson Second Base Brad Kelleran Outfield Season's Record Ml . . . 9 Blanchet ...... . . . 0 MI . .. 4 Blanchet ........ I Ml . . . I Lake Washington... . . . . 2 MI... 7 MountSi ....... ....l MI . .. 2 Sammamish .... . . . .4 MI...l2 FederalWay .. ....9 MI . .. 6 Issaquah ..... ....O Ml... O Bothell ..... ....3 MI . .. 4 Bellevue ....... . . . .3 Ml... 5 Foster .......... ....4 MI . . . 5 Lake Washington . . . . .6 MI... i MountSi ....... ....4 MI... 2 Sammamish... ....4 Ml... 2 FederalWay... ....l MI . .. 5 Issaquah ..... ....9 MI... O Bothell ..... ....3 Ml... 4 Bellevue... ....3 Ml... 2 Foster... ....5 Head Coach Bill Waddington ,-is Facing one of the toughest seasons ever, the Varsity nine slugged their way to a fourth place finish in '64, Although always determined, the team fell to league champion Lake Washington both times by one run, but capably controlled the rest of the league except for tough Sammamish and Both- ell. Filling in the vacancies left by graduating seniors Nebel, Maloof, Adkins and Douglas were returning Iettermen Kelleran, Anderson, Hoover, Harris, and up-coming members of the JV. Out to improve on last year's respectable 7-9 record, the squad faced tough competition in the Southern Division of the KingCo League-something new this year. Mercer played Bellevue, Sammamish, Newport, and Federal Way twice, and teams of the other division once. Winners of both divisions met in a play-off series to determine the league champion. Lack of experience -looms as our biggest problem for '65, stated Coach Waddington. It's almost a whole new ball team, but if the sophomores and pitching staff come along as expected, we'll be tough to beat. 58 Larry Wade Catcher baseball enioyed Mike Drotning Short Stop