Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: (Bottom Row) Keith Dayton, Mike Willmann, Daryl Thiery, and John Stevens. (Roiv 2) Dave Verona, Fred Myrick, Dean Schwarzkopf, and Ralph Koger. Coach Crain ' s entire team mil be returning next year. Young Cross Country squad won 2 The Bruin Cross Country team, coached by Mr. Mark Crain, experienced a rebuilding season. With four returning lettermen, the Bruins came up with two wins in 11 tries. The wins were at the expense of Mississinewa, 23-36, and Pennville, 27- 28. In addition to their wins, the team also tallied a second in a triangular meet with Eastbrook and Marion Ben- nett, having a score of 62 as against Marion Bennett ' s 70 and triumphant Eastbrook ' s 15. Coach Crain felt his team ' s inability to win was caused by a time gap separating his top three boys and his more inexperienced runners. Straining to retain the lead in the Peru cross country meet is Fred Myrick, while Mike Will- mann, John Stevens, and Dave Verona battle a group of Peru Tigers for posuions.

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Passing aided Frosh in 5-1 season ' % The Frosh football players proved they are potential varsity material by coming up with five wins and single loss to the pleasure of Coaches Jim Boyd and Bob Dearborn. The Frosh team, dubbed Teddy Bears by fans for lack of a better name, got off to a rollicking start by defeating Huntington 24-8, and then downing El- wood 28-0, Bluffton 42-20, and Portland 22-0, before being stopped by Missis- sinewa, who upset the Frosh with a 28-0 skunk. The Freshmen then ended their season by defeating Marion Jones 22-14. The Teddy Bears outscored their op- ponents 138-70, racking up 20 touch- downs, 11 of them from the throwing arm of quarterback Tim Oberholzer. Major scorers for the squad were Kim Riggs with five touchdowns and one extra point pass, Dave Bowman with five touchdowns, and Tim Oberholzer with four touchdowns and two extra-point runs. Poised for a pass to one of his sticky-fingered receivers, frosh quarterback Tim Oberholzer surveys the possibility of a completion. During the year Tim threw 11 TD passes. 28 42 22 t22 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Frosh Opp. 24 Huntington Elwood Bluffton 20 Portland Mississlnewa 28 Marion Jones FROSH TEAM: (Bottom Row) Harry Pfeffer, Kip Gross, Tom Alexan- der, Jim Tucker, Don Rogers. Bill Wine, Tim Cain, Jeff Bonham. (Roic 2) Mark Toisnsend (mgr. ), Jon Kimmel, Craig Roberts, Ken Johnson, Kim Riggs, Robbie Storer, Dan Morrical, Greg Lamott, Don Archer, Jim Enyeart. (Row 3) Joe Wentz Imgr.), Rick Ehlers, John Green, Glen Forsberg, George Whitsell, Tim Oberholzer, Jack Fry, Mike Ducy, Dave Montgomery. (Row 4) Gary Nottingham, Byron Walter, Phil Ramsey, Mark Baughey, Eri c Heflin, Jim Reff, David Bergdoll, Dave Bowman, Lonnie Pettit.

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Bruin squad hustled its way to a 16-7 The Bruins of Coach Jon Stroup posted an impressive 16-7 slate for their first year and secured the sectional title. Getting a slow start in which they lost three of their first ' four games, the Bruins, with the help of a strong bench, evened their record at 4-4 as they went into the Grant County Tourney. Black- ford met Northfield in the first game of the tourney. The Norsemen had beaten them earlier in the season 104- 80 and again downed the Bruins, this time 70-61. Using this as an incentive, the Bruins then went on a winning rampage of eight straight before yield- ing to Tipton in a hard-fought game, 79-75. They ended the regular season by downing Union City, 93-90, in another chiller. The Bruins went into the Sectional as a favored home team, a correct ap- praisal, as they dealt Eastbrook and Portland heavy losses, 76-48 and 66-19, respectively. They then ended their 1969-70 career in the Regional by down- ing Marion in an 80-70 overtime con- test and falling to the Greyhounds of Carmel, 76-67. Bruin guard Neil Stroble drives for the lay-up while Dennis Pratt and Dave Fuqua maneuver for position under the board. Big Tex Johnson grapples with a Viking of jourth-rated Huntington for the possession of a rebound.