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

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JV, Sophomore, Freshman Football PACK MEN, JR. his game is not for everyone. This game takes a special person, a person dedicated to his own improvement and to that of his team. This game is junior football, and the I985 freshmen, sophomore, and junior varsity teams epitomized that unique talent required of winning clubs. The cold and clammy weather. The wet and muddy field. The yelling and screaming of the coach. All are aspects of Ml junior football. Although the freshmen games closely resembled their practices- maximum crowd of five, including joggers-the team played for standing room only. The squad, winding up with a record of five wins and two losses, attacked the ball with incredible intensity, almost needing reminders that it was only a game. The sophomore team also fared well this season, falling one game short of a new Ml won-loss record. Knots of fanatic parents cheered their little boys on, bathing in the glory of a dominating year. Their spunk and tenacity reaped the second-year group a five and one winner. Suiting up for varsity home games, the jv gridders got a tantalizing taste of victory during MI's awesome if 9. L k. Cl v,7 - 'Q' .. 0 The Freshman Team--lNOT IN ORDERJ T.J. Burke, Eric Meisgeier, Scott Swerland, Jose Matias, Mitch Cohen, Geoff Evans, Wakefield Gregg. -3-.lxwly 1191-X,Q,. 54 FOOTBALL ITOP RIGHTJ M.l. takes on Issy. CBOTTOM RIGHTJ Preparing for the .i big game. I985 season. The Islander junior varsity, however, did just fine on their own, closing out at 5-2. Due to raw talent and playing experience during the latter moments of varsity games, the squad became a perfect spawning ground for future starters. uWe're going to have a good football club next year, prophesies varsity head coach Dick Nicholl. We may have one later. We definitely had some earlier. They came to the games. They played the games. They won the games. In I985, these packs owned the games. illu-

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Hi... , ,. A . mn R , T V Har nav are vfurflul-:nfgwv2f 'lst Row Jolhn Kraft Jay Peterson Eric Blohm Sam Davidson Eric Boe Tony Kuhn, Hunter Goodman, Tom Donnelly, Scott Riggins, Doug heeler 2nd Row Matt Tompkins Dan 0 Neill Tim Enchler Andy Walker Bill Mclntyre, Rob Karl, Jay Williams, Peter Soracco, Craig 3rd Row Carson Stevens Rob Wolfe Ken Saduhlro Matt Field Garrett Kusakabe, Jeff Jackson, Ed Wallace, David Roser. 4th tock J J Lind Dary Mozaffarlan Dave Keating Tum Hutchinson Keith Balderston. 5th Row-Coach Wiseman, Coach Nicholl, ff! ,ef , lf.. ,N X' J ' f. QTOP LEFT? Islanders set up for a play. lBOTTOM LEFTJ Mercer stalks their prey at night. CABOVED The downside of football: An lniured Player FOOTBALL 55