Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Denny Bennet and date take time to pose for our photographer. The proud father of this year’s queen watches intensely while Mrs. Capuli presents Kim the crown. The Merrillville Pom Pon squad enter- tains the student body during the homecoming pep session. Student Life 15 Homecoming Court: Nancy Burkhart, Daphne Duck, Kim Vickroy, Donna En- gel, and Lisa Gurgevich.

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Seniors Discover Victory (con’t.) T he festivities didn’t stop Thursday night. Students continued showing their spirit throughout the next day. Tim Wolf was named Mr. Football at the pep session, and the winners of all the Homecoming activities were announced. This carried on to the 17-0 victory in the football game against Valparaiso. Half-time entertainment consisted of a performance by the Merrillville Pom Pon squad and the crowning of this year’s Home- coming queen, Senior, Kim Vickroy. After the game, many stu- dents gathered at Shakey’s to celebrate. Finally, the long awaited dance. It was sponsored by Student Congress and enti- tled, ‘Love Is . . Entertain- ment for the evening was pro- vided by ' Just Before Dark’. All this fun will be remem- bered by many for a long time. This was what Homecoming was all about. Senior Kim Vickroy is congratulated by her father after being crowned queen. Doug Jatczak escorts his date to the dance. Senior Greg Kouvelas throws a pass during the Homecoming game against Valpo. 14 Student Life

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Seniors Open the Door to Spirit A n outbreak of renewed spirit marked a new era for Merrillville’s pep sessions. With confetti and toilet paper flying, the seniors gave the rally its first spurt of energy. The excitement of the stu- dents was overwhelming. Soon the juniors and sopho- mores added to the enthusi- asm, and Merrillville was ex- periencing, according to many observers, its first real pep session. The normal activities, such as tricycle races and licorice eating contests took place, and Tim Wolf was honored with the title of Mr. Football. When the pep session was over and most of the students had left the gym, the seniors, led by Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Guer- rero, and Dr. Sector, refused to go back to their classes. After spending several min- utes of cheering in the gym, they then proceeded with a snake dance through the halls and ended up in the tennis courts. Unfortunately, their fun didn’t last long when the police ar- rived to break up what they thought was a riot. However, the students proved them wrong by peacefully returning to class with no trouble. Tim Wolf graciously accepts the title of Mr. Football presented to him by Coach Haupt. Above: Greg Mackey and Mrs. Man- don were the winners of the licorice race. The juniors caught the spirit soon after the seniors started, and they continued to show it by cheering and holding up class signs. Mr. Hankins fired up the crowds with his speech on how you gotta be- lieve . After the pep session, seniors not yet ready to return to class continued cheering in the middle of the gym. They then proceeded into the halls forming a snake dance which ended in the tennis courts. 16 Student Life