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

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'iv ,kan ,lumpl Jump! Higherl Higher! Jeff Apostolou makes two points for .l.V. Cagers. Sophomore basketball team consisted of: J. Cahill, 0. England, A. Cun- nington, B. Sadick, W. Wright, M. Cole, S. Sears, B. Dressell, D. Rives, R. Cohn, R. Schartz, M. Hobbs, B. Peters, Coach Mel Light. Managers: Ken Erickson, .l. Striker. Soph basketball lst, Mr. Mel Light's Mercer Island sophomore basketball team finished first place in the league. Pre-season ratings found the sophomore cagers as a mediocre team due to lack of size, but with fine coaching and a determined spirit the team took the championship. The highlight of the sea- son came with a sound win over Sammamish, this game decided the league championship. Coach Light rated his team as superior in the department of hustle and spirit. He cited some players who put forth this throughout the sea- son: Steve Sears, Beau Sadick, Mike Hobbs, Roger Schwartz, Ron Cohn, Al Cunnington and Ola England. Next year's Varsity and ,l.V. teams will have their posi- tions amply filled with many fine players of this year,s sophomore team. . ', ffffifz in ii' L 'Q' 5' 2439423 rg Q 4 tim, . . , M' . 3 - vw 4 R .fi 'L '

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1 g,.. Girls' tennis team consisted of: fback rowl: Mrs. Lillian Zeigler, Cammy Mowery, Cynthia Marquette, Manlyn Penitsch, Polly Sears, Marina Kur- tovich, Kathleen Hawkes, Gayle Erick- son, ffront rowj: Suzy Lupton, Pat Montgomery, Margi Powell, Linda Zimmerman, Susan Oswald, Karen Sandstrom. Marina Kurtovich, first singles. . Polly Sears, first doubles. girls' tennis 2nd in league as-lxj me if S M9 Cammy Mowery fleftj, Cynthia Mar- quette fbelowj, second and third sin- W ' , gles. 'N P .aa Kathleen Hawkes, Gayle Erickson, second doubles. The Mercer Island girls, tennis team, under the coach- ing of Mrs. Lillian Ziegler, had a successful season finish- ing a strong second place in the King-Co League. The Varsity, including four returning letterwomen, Kathleen Hawkes, Gayle Erickson, Marina Kurtovich and Cammy Mowery, ended with a 7-1 record, the best in Mer- cer Islandis history. After a long hard tournament the team succumbed to Lake Washington. Lake Washington then went on to win the King-Co Championship with an 8- 0 record. One of the outstanding players on the varsity was Cyn- thia Marquette, a sophomore, and a newcomer to the team and to the school. At the close of the season she held the greatest number of personal victories, winning seven out of her eight matches. The outlook for next year is very promising. With four out of seven of the varsity members returning, Mrs. Zieg- ler has high hopes for the tennis team's future at M.I.