Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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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

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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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Coach Banas leads team to 12-6 season Overall the 1977 boys tennis team finished up with a 12-6 record and third place finish in the Duneland con- ference with a 7-5 mark. Led by the team MVP, Jeff Markle, the netters were 1-1 before going on to a four match winning streak, the longest of the season. Helping Markle improve the record over last year were under- classmen Mark Mumaw, voted most improved by his teammates, and the doubles team of Andy and Todd Spear. The Pirates ended the season by knocking off Calumet in the sectionals. MHS 3 1 4 3 3 5 2 1 3 4 3 2 0 3 3 2 2 3 Varsity Scoreboard Wheeler M.C. Rogers Hobart River Forest Portage Chesterton Valparaiso LaPorte Lowell M.C. Rogers Hobart Portage Crown Point Chesterton Valparaiso Andrean LaPorte Sectionals Calumet OPP 2 4 1 2 2 0 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 2 2 3 3 2 Upper left: Senior feff Markle practices his serve his power into one of his serves. Upper left: before a big Portage match. Upper right: Senior Brothers Todd and Andy Spear warm up before a Dave Hurley returns a serve from his La Porte match, opponent. Lower left: Junior Mark Mumaw puts Boys Varsity Tennis 23