Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Basketball Team Continues Quick Growth and Development The Mercy basketball teams participated in a number of tournaments this season, making an impressive showing in all of them. At Christmastime, a tournament involving eight teams was held here at Mercy. The Marlins finished as runners-up receiving both a team trophy and an individual trophy for each girl. Captain Sue Roegner was named Mercy’s most valuable player with Terri Weber receiving an honorable mention. The Marlins also participated in the Rosary pre-season Invitational Tournament and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympics, sponsored by Parks and Recreation. The Junior Varsity entered as two teams for the AAU event, with their Marlins One team winning the championship in their division. The Marlins JV also received a special trophy for most sportsmanlike team and coach. The varsity team were runners-up, each girl receiving a gold medal. New this year is the basketball class, held five days a week for any student interested in trying out for the team as well as current team members. Miss Swidzinski is coach of both teams. Sue Roegner is captain of the varsity team with Mary Lou Hurych serving as co-captain. Jan Steele is junior varsity captain. In league standings, the Varsity finished in fourth place with the Junior Varsity trying for second. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Mercy 41 Ladywood Mercy 23 Rosary Mercy 28 Immaculata Mercy 49 Bishop Borgess Mercy 18 St. Mary’s Mercy 32 Ladywood Mercy 39 Rosary Mercy 28 Immaculata Mercy O (Default) Bishop Borgess Mercy 28 St. Mary’s Above right: The game begins for the Junior Varsity. Lower right: A view of the game from the mezzanine.

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palit oh, ae Combination of Skill and Synchronization in Water Ballet Water ballet is basically synchronized swimming and o ur ballet team works diligently in coordinating time and routines while performing various stunts in the water. Practice is held four nights a week until five o'clock. The basic stunts, such as the ballet leg, dolphin and the barracuda are taught first. Formations, such as stars and circles are also worked on as well as the more complicated stunts — the ‘“‘Gatalina’’ for example, which is a combination of simpler stunts, utilizing a ballet leg, twist and sommersault. In late May the annual water ballet show is presented. This years’ theme was ‘‘The Splashtastic World of Disney.’”’ All aspects of Disney’s imaginative world were presented. A soloist was featured. This girl must know all stunts to perfection. Auditions are held and the entire water ballet team decides the soloist by vote. The team is coached by Mrs. Deloris Yager. Co-captains are Judy Marcoux and Ellen Droste. Above: Rehearsal for the annual show. Lower Left: Team co-cap- tains Judy Marcoux and Ellen Droste. Bottom Left: Team member practices the dolphin, a basic stunt.

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1971-1972 Junior Varsity: Front row: Mary Fox, Doreene Sarafa, Marci Shaver, Mau- | reen Horgan, Therese McFarland, Chris Ostrowski, Barb Turnbull, Pat Montgom- ery, and Diane Wink. Janis Steele, Mary Schlacter, Cathy Fitzpatrick, Diane Finner- an, Theresa Fahey, Sandy Jackson, Pa- trice Lilly, and Anne Luberski. 1971-1972 Varsity: Mary Lou Hurych, Sarah Shaw, Paula Chermside, Vicki Polcyn, Clara Amelotte, Sue Roegner, Terri Weber, Donna Sass, Judi Barrett, Mary Palid, Mary Anne Thompson.