Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Volleyers renewed Sectional title The 1977 Volleyball team suc- ceeded in winning the IHSAA sectio- nal title for the second consecutive year under Ms. Joanne Schafer. The Pi- rates compiled a 10-9 dual meet record including an impressive 5-1 conference record, their only loss to conference champions, La Porte. The team advanced to the Region- al by beating Lake Station and Gary Roosevelt in the Merrillville Sectional. In the regionals they were defeated by Hammond Morton. Varsity Scoreboard MHS OPP Lake Station WON Hammond Clark LOST Lake Central LOST Chesterton WON Calumet WON M.C. Rogers WON Morton LOST Munster LOST Gary Wallace WON Hobart WON Valparaiso WON Crown Point WON Portage WON LaPorte LOST Hammond Gavit LOST Highland LOST Sectional Lake Station WON Gary Roosevelt WON Regional Hammond Morton LOST Top Left: Sophie Antic sets the ball for a spike. Top Right: Kim Hurlburt spikes the ball for an- other point. Above Left: Sophie Antic (10), Kathy Abel (25), Kim Hurlbert (11), and Debbie Homier (31), show a team effort to win the match against Crown Point. Left: The front line of the volleyball team. Kathy Abel, Peggy VanDenburg, and Deb- bie Homier, wait to receive the opponent ' s serve. Girls Varsity Volleyball 21

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Golfers finish fifth in conference The girls’ golf team under the direc- tion of Mr. and Mrs. Wiles, wound up with a 4-12 season record and fifth in the Duneland Conference. After win- ning the opening match to Knox, the girls then lost four in a row only to bounce back against conference rival, Chesterton. The other highlights of the season were the matches against M.C. Marquette and against Hobart where the girls kept their scores low enough to come out ahead. Julie Wallin went on to win the duneland conference award. At the awards banquet, Karen Ius- sig and Cheryl Sweat both received the best mental attitude award while Kathy Jannasch was presented with the low medalist award and Kari Anderson was voted most improved. MHS Varsity Scoreboard OPP 197 Knox 246 216 Portage 211 229 Lowell 197 247 Andrean 232 215 LaPorte 201 215 Chesterton 273 228 M.C. Rogers 225 208 M.C. Marquette 302 238 Munster 206 LaPorte Inv. 4th 194 Hobart 341 211 Valparaiso 198 Jinx Sikora (Upper Left), Kathy Puntillo (Upper Right), and Sue Patterson (Lower Right) prepare to tee-off at Summertree. Lower Left: The Girls Sectional Golf Team, Kari Anderson, Julie Wallin, Kathy Jannasch, Karen Iussig, and Cheryl Sweat. 20 Girls Varsity Golf

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Harriers struggle to 4-6 season Under the direction of fourth year Varsity Coach, Mike Miller, the Pirate harriers led by seven senior lettermen finished with a 4-6 dual meet record. Varsity Scoreboard MHS OPP 19 Wirt 55 Wheeler Inv. 2nd 49 Griffith 15 15 Gary West 46 Rensselaer Inv. 5th 37 Valparaiso 18 41 Andrean 18 35 M.C. Rogers 20 20 M.C. Marquette 41 Highland Inv. 8th 50 Portage 15 Hobart Inv. 13th 42 Chesterton 19 25 Gary Wallace 32 Duneland Conference 6th Sectionals 8th With a couple respectable finishes in the different invitationals, the 1977 Merrillville Cross Country team earned themselves a 40% winning record. The Bucs posted their first dual meet victory over Wirt but saw no vic- tories in the Duneland Conference. They won some late meets to bring their season mark to 4-6, then finished sixth in the conference meet and eighth in the sectionals. Top Left: Senior Pete Eich warms up before a tough dual meet against West Side. Top right: Se- nior harrier, George Costakis, trots ahead of a Valpo and an Andrean runner in a tri-meet at Turkey Creek Golf Course. Bottom left: Junior Varsity runners practice before the upcoming Griffith dual meet. Bottom right: Junior, Don Maddack, attempts to take over the lead from a Wheeler harrier. 22 Varsity Cross Country