Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Intramural Interest Revived Intramural bowling captains —(FRONT ROW) D. Ham- lin, D. Hill, D. Witter, J. Davis, J. Spitz, R. Schmidt, R. Blaney. (SECOND ROW) G. Culp, D. Malis, M. Bikoff, M. Jacobs, J. Klausman. Intramural pin-topplers enjoyed twelve weeks of bowling fun at the Merri Bowl. In the past, many attempts have been made setting up a successful intramurals program for the people who are good in sports but are never able to play on a var- sity team. This year, through the hard work of the Student Council, a program was started, and quite a bit of interest was generated by the 150 active members who took part in it. Two committees were set up by the Student Council. One for basketball which was headed by Tom Nelson and one for bowling of which Rich Blaney was in charge. The basketball was sponsored by Mr. Maneer and Mr. Annontrout, and the members of the varsity team served as officials. Seventy-two boys signed up and composed the eight basketball teams. The games were played every Wednes- day for eight weeks after which two all-star teams were picked and a game was played on March 6th, during a school assembly. The bowling was sponsored by Mr. Davis, and the games were played every Monday at Merri Bowl. 18

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Successful M.H.S. Homecoming The king and queen candidates pictured left to right with Head Coach Richard Demaree are John Whetsel, Becky The band float which tied for first place had an appro- priate theme for Calumet. Flick, Judy Kelley, Ron Clark, Brenda Harris, John Ship- ley, Sharon Apolzan, and Tom Steiner. The Junior Class float, which also tied for first place, rides high with Fred Maihofer representing the Pirates. 17

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With Enthusiasm Team captains Rich Blaney, Phil Wencl, Mike Bikoff, Clay Bkaitis, Ron Jones, John Benton, Norman Bikoff, and Gail Luttinen (not Present) along with their sponsors, Mr. Maneer and Mr. Armontrout made up the backbone of the newly formed Intramural basketb all teams. John Goldman and Jeff Fox battle for the ball as Gail Luttinen readies himself for a possible interception. Tom Nelson causually relates some helpful comments to Jim Metcalf on the fundamental rules of basketball. 19