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

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JV TENNIS TEAM: (Front Row) Ted Fry, Joe X ' entz. Les ' Witt. Joe Godschalk. Roger Garrett. (Rote 2) Tony Wilson. Jim McPherson. Terry Dickey. Mark Callahan. John Barlow. (Row 3) Richard Sills. Dar- rell Goodspeed, Stan Rouse, Mark Rees, Joe Ruble.

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Bruin netraen played double schedule An inexperienced Bruin tennis team, under the coaching of Mr. Jerry Shreves, turned in a losing slate this season, but will lose only two varsity members via graduation. The tennis team ' s ' schedule was a tough one, as it was divided into two separate seasons, one in the fall and one in the spring. The spring season will be eliminated next year, however, so that all matches can be played before the sectional. During the fall schedule the Bruins were held without a win. Their first loss was to Muncie South, 6-1. They were beaten 7-0 by four successive teams: Muncie Central (twice), Marion, Bluff- ton, and Huntington. Their fall season then ended, as they were unable to do well in the sectional. The spring schedule was somewhat different, as the Bruins won three of ten matches even though they lost two var- sity players. The wins were over Madi- son Grant, 4-3, and two CIC foes El- wood, 6-1, and Tipton, 4-3. Losses came at the hands of South Adams, 4-3, Bluff- ton, 7-0, Huntington, 7-0, Peru, 7-0, Bur- ris, 4-3, Alexandria, 4-3, and Wabash, 7-0. FALL VARSITY TENNIS SCOREBOARD Bruins 0pp. 1 Muncie South 6 Muncie Central 7 Marion 7 Mnncie Central 7 Bluffton 7 Huntington 7 2 .Sectional — 6th SPRING VARSITY TENNIS ' SCOREBOARD Bruins 0pp. 3 South Adams 4 Bluffton 7 4 Madison Grant 3 Huntington 7 6 Elwood 1 Peru 7 3 Burris 4 3 Alexandria 4 Wabash 7 4 Tipton 3 FRESHMAN AND JUNIOR VARSITY SCOREBOARD Cubs 0pp. 1 Wabash 6 2 Wabash 5 3 Wabash 4 Burris 9 Racing up to retrieve a soft one, Gary Thrailkill practices his moves for the first match in the fall schedule with Muncie Southside Rebels. In a tight bout ivith a Wabash Apache, Mark Rees poises in readiness for oncoming slam. Stretched at full length, netman Hal Oberholzer strives to return a high serve during the IFabash match which the Bruins won, 4-3. 110

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Inexperienced track squad started The young track team of Coach Mark Grain succeeded in winning just one of its dual meets this season. The team, with only three seniors, began with a close one in which Bluffton slipped by the Bruins 601 2-57 V - Two more losses — Wabash, 103-15, and El- wood, 85-33— were posted before the Bruins finally broke into the win column by defeating Dunkirk 72-46. From there, however, things went downhill as the Bruins lost their next four dual meets Delta, 72-45; Peru, 81-36; Tipton, 88- 30; and Portland, 76-41. During the season the Bruins also competed in a three-way meet with East- brook and Alexandria, in which they placed third, and a four-way meet with Madison Grant, Mississinewa, and Bluff- ton in which the Bruins placed third, defeating Mississinewa. In the GIG meet the Bruins beat out Alexandria and Elwood for sixth place. In the sectional, competing against 26 other teams, the Bruins failed to score. Bruin 440 man Don Yadon breaks the tape after completing an exhausting run. TAYLOR Leaping the final obstacle. Bruin high hardier Doug Bedieell keeps a ,ump ahead oj his Peru competitors in order to secure a coveted blue ribbon.