Mercy High School - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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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.

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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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ST. jOHN'S GAME viewed from visitors' side. Nearly two hundred Ursuline students journeyed over the hill from St. Mary's Park dis- trict to trim the school's varsity in the first inter-school game, Monday, March 2. g6llTl6 SCOFGS Saint johnis High School at Mercy .... 20-13 Saint Peter's Academy, their courts ,... 46-20 'z1f'5Lj'.,q.,f:5mt:'e .lrfn-fa-. ,-wx-2,-cp ' ' sys. az,-1-1.qr.!t1 W' f-'9 rf N5-f-w y- As ,e - i5 -4 . i 'Q -S .5-rs-2 33-'E .hai--tv:-'QV t t S 3213 1 x , ,,, gn,-- .a :- fq- V 41,01 2 if., -- .Mt-I '-mfr, f-...C-,.-Q -..mp -.ww 15.3, ,Y-Q '.-2. KN, 1--v Magi' J , 5- 1,-gg xi'4,.g.A :.u,'1w 343 t -in ts.,r- -, .f f .. 2' . F ef'--1.7 -sg?-f?SvQ1 ?M',. Y ' KW f' M-.-,...f ,Tvs ,x4:3',,e,. spring sports With exclamations of Strike . , . spare! or, Down the gutter! G.A.A. members enthusiastically turned out for the new campus sport, bowling. Alleys, balls and pins provided impetus for the last tournament of the spring semester. First to try out the new equipment are pin- setters Shirley Barrango, Kathy Sullivan, and Pat Lameyg 1.1, ..,,, 5 'T A as Linda Hockett gets ready. SERVICE CLUB members kept the yard cleared of sports equip- ment between games. Taking ball count at the press: S. Kalmar, J. Derenzo, M. Dryden, and S. Amstutz.