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

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Shooting Peaches! Now, look here, Greg-man! K-1 Off to the Wild White North! A ,.f SGo! V nun 'ov IR 52 fi ,L J Like a Hit by a Winter storm! swx 'V Duck! Girls' Basketball 133

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL VARSITY Front Row: Becky Winter, Lezley Smith, Kathy Wood, Lisa Li. Back Row: Coach Nile Clarke, Julianne Craig, Holly Kroon, Shelly Birch, Sherry Spak, Liz Lightfoot, Assistant Coach Suzy Barcomb. Not Pictured: Michelle Berg. A dramatic change has taken place over the past two years in girls' basketball. Making a o- 40 record look like a typographical error, the Islanders have come on strong. Last year was the second year the girls had ever made it to the play-offs. From a pre-season outlook of Not Bad by the Journal-American, the hard-working team has already secured a spot at Districts. With the hot shooting of Becky Winter, top King-Co scorer, the play-off future is more than bright. The dazzling successes of this team has several sources: Senior Liz Lighfoot, Holly Kroon, Lezley Smith, Lisa Li, Becky Winter, and Shelly Birch have played together in the M. I. H. S. program for over three years. Coach Nile Clarke attributes success to the experience this core of athletes brings onto the floor. juniors Sherry Spak and Michelle Berg add heat with their shooting from the wings. Newcomer Kathy Wood and Sophomore Julianne Craig lead the Islander streak down the court at point guard. The friendships among the team, both on and off court, contributed more than anything to the successful season. Hitting Alaska with a blizzard it's never faced before, the girls took fourth place in the Juneau-Douglas tournament over winter break. Playing the top teams from both Alaska and Washington State, the girls battles it out in the land of the igloos. One month later, the Islanders hosted the Boomers from Down-Underf' This Australian team from Bulleen and Templestowe added to the exciting Islander season. 132 Girls' Basketball Qlilf

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I. V. BASKETBALL Back Row Suzy Salley, Karen Wernli, Kari Brotherton, Backy Randall, Anne Lueptow, Lisa Scalzo. Coach Suzy Barcomb Front row Laura Handsfield Donya Ehrcth Sarah Hultquist Liz Allen, Sydney Onishi,. ' at 3 WT. Lara sinks two! Two parts fresh talent and energy combined with one partl experience made for an outstanding V. team this year. This successful creation was cooked up by a foreign master of the' game. Hailing from the University of Washington's highly competitive team Qand less recently from a successful career inl Missouri, U. S. AJ, Suzy Barcomb's skills as a coach were! numerous and rapidly multiplied. In addition to her thorough! knowledge of the game, available only through years of exper- 1 ience, Coach Barcomb gave her team a winning attitude, a sense of pride which they carried onto the floor. Assert 5 yourselves! encouraged the coach as the V. emerged trium- phant over the onslaught of challengers throughout the sea- son. The quickness seen on the court in the form of rough defense and frequent steals promises an exciting varsity team for the coming years.