Mercy High School - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Ping Pong STAGING OF THE annual ping pong tournament was the GAA's gentle start to an active athletic season. After many noon elmi- nation games, both singles and doubles champions emerged victorious from about seventy-five participants swimming Laden with bathing suits, caps and nose plugs, Mercy mermaids start for the XVomen's City Club pool once a week, After an initial dunking and a few quick laps, swimmers separate into either advanced, beginning or synchronized groups for an hour's lesson by Misses Juliet Weicher and Carol Griffin. if SOPHOMORE Sandy Amstutz defeated all com- ers to win the ping pong singles title. Eda Bozzo and Anne Leahy combined forces to defeat all opponents in doubles matches. Last year Eda walked away the singles champion. badminton doubles Badminton players must wage two battlesg one with the opposing team and another with cold Pacific breezes. Stevie Briggs and Dorothy Casey conquered both this year, earning victory over all opponents in the winter doubles tourney. 77

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golf With straight down the middle in mind, diyot diggers pile into their cars and head for Harding fairways weekly. Under instruction of Professionals Virgil Shreve and George McLeod, golfers practice drives, chip shots, and putts. And after an hour of slicing, hooking, and occasionally driving cleanly, the slightly worn enthusiasts replace divots and head for home. GROUP ONE, ROW' ONE: S. Murray, K. Silyer, C. Bernie, S. Bianco Cpresj, C, McDonald, N, Hun- sutker, B. Burns. ROW' TXVO: G. Hiett, lb. Luhr, N. Corsiulia, J. 'f Garayenta, B. Furlong, K. Farley, E. Schrolh. 1. Hegerhorst, P. War- rnan, K. lohnston, L. Fox, A. Gibson. V. Alfs M. Portman. P. Doyle, L. W'ynne. straight down the ml'tla'lef GROUP TWO, ROW ONE: G. Schaadt, M. Bastidas, J. McCann, P. Martin, D. Munkner, P, Heldman, T. Burns, S. XY'illiams. ROXY' TXVO: C. Aceret, D. Beterra, G. Bennett, D. Tarantino, R. Nicolosi, j, Peirano, J. A. Burke, N. Crabtree, C. Dahlberg, C. Brown, M. O'Donnell. ROW' THREE: E. Grien, J. Dunn, C. Biancalana, K. Poston, M. Conway, D. Miralda, C. Greppi, J. O'Donnell, V. Barden. fam ,L-2 fzydk 1 N . 17 2 fr, Q. FAIRWAYS CLEAR: Golf Prexy Sandi Bianco surveys the path to the Hrst hole with Harding Pro's Virgil Shreve and George McLeod. GROVP THREE, ROW' ONE: K. Long, j. Bracesro, A. M. Venturi, P. Knutsen, li. Bono, K. Flanagan, j. O'Malley. ROW' TXVO: P. Lundy, H. Gaynor, M. E. Haughey, B Lang, E. XY'ilson, j. Nomellini, G. Reilly, A. Banuet, C. Terkelson. ROW' THREE: P. McCaml1ridge, M. Guilfoy, T. O'Connor, P. Micheli, M. L. Terheyden, B. Lippi.

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L OFFICIALS' CLUB members: A. De Georg- ey, L. McMullin, A. Mc- Mullin, C. Holroyd, S. O'Toole. They ofiiciated at inter-class games. JUNIOR VARSITY: T. Takasaki, A. DeGeorg- ey, G. Schneider, M. Francis, L. Wilson. SIT- TING: S. Amstutz, C. Montaldo, A. Thomp- son, K. Kilgariff, C. Holroyd. Nt VARSITY: K. Leet, S. Briggs, J. Schneider, J. Derenzo, C. Isola. KNEELING: M. Mit- chell, T. Burns, D. Cas- ey, captain: J. Hamlet, L. McMullin. basketball When late winter storm clouds had finally drifted by, the basketball varsity and junior varsity teams began weekly practice sessions under coaching of Mrs. Zelda Ryan, physical education department. On March 2, Skippers hoisted sails with a home game against Saint John's. Despite high scoring and avid encouragement of rooters, Mercy bowed Lo the Ursulines' superior skill, losing the game by three baskets. However, a week later, with high scorers Terry Burns and Stevie Briggs and excellent guard Kathy Leet on deck, Skippers sailed to a 46-20 victory over Saint Peter's Shields. Terry scored 18 points: and Stevie, aided by superb guarding, sank several beautiful baskets.