Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Left: The spirited contribution of the choir, The M — Pirates Strike Back”, sure showed how we blast- ed away those Portage Indians in the Homecoming game. Above Right; To the sophomores. Miss Piggy ' s a 10”, but Merrillville High is 1! Above: The junior ' s float was a real Knock out .

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Students Search For Identity army uniforms and marched down Broad- way pulling the senior float. The parade concluded at Merrillville’s parking lot. There, everyone unloaded the trucks and floats and began to get fired up for the following events. MHS band and pom-pons boogie their way down Broadway to the beat of On Broadway.” Wildman Max Webster leads the senior troop down Broadway. It was On With the Show” on Thurs- day, the first Real day of Homecoming. All of this was in preparation for the big game Friday night against Portage. Starting out this actioned filled day was the parade, followed by the powder puff game and bonfire. At Pierce’s parking lot, people and floats gathered. Excitement filled the air as powder puff teams cheered and sirens screamed. Led by the Merrillville High marching band, the parade proceeded down Broadway. In the parade the French Club won the award for the best float, while the junior class won the award for best representation of theme with their version of Rocky . The highlight of the parade was the seniors. Led by Larry Wildman” Maginot, they dressed up in The senior army shows its spirit by supporting the Homecoming theme with Stripes.” Below, It’s on with the Homecoming court, Beth Win- ovich, Alexis Loda, Denise Dudak. and Lori Saliwon- cyzk, and On with the Show. 8

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Seniors Gain Championship For the past 2 weeks before Homecom- ing, powder puff players had been prac- ticing hard for the big night. The big night was Thursday. Following the parade, pow- der puff members stormed into Demaree Field. The sophomores and juniors warmed up, while the seniors sat in the stands planning their stradegy and anx- Senior cheerleader. Jason Zeha, proudly exhibits his physique. During halftime of the second game, senior cheer- leaders carried Scott Hipp from the stands to per- form his popular whale imitation. ¥ m iously awaiting their game to begin. In the first game, the juniors took command and defeated the sophomores 14-0. Then came the championship game with the juniors verses the seniors. It was a hard fought game with no actual scoring. So, when time expired, the two teams each had 4 downs to see how far they could move the ball. The seniors moved it 10. Then it was the juniors turn. It was 4th down and ten- sion mounted. They needed 4 yards to tie the seniors, but the senior defense got tough and held them. Finally, victorious were the seniors after this hard fought battle. The sophomores go against the tough junior defense. Senior Lor Mellinger throws aside a junior defender to help Margie Trocha pick up yardage for the Sen- e W r LI 10