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

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It took individuals to make football teamwork Individual efforts highlighted the '70 season of Bruin football, as coaches stressed the need for each person in- volved to give 100 per cent of his at- tention and potential exertion to the team. For their hard work, four Bruins were honored individually at the season's end. Junior Bob Hildebrand was named to the all-CIC first Honor Team as a lineman, the first BHS gridder to receive the honor as a junior. Dermis Pratt, senior, was selected as a back on the CIC second Honor Team. Paul Clarnme, also a junior, was chosen lineman on the CIC Honor- ,M able Mention Team. Paul was out much of the season with a leg injury At the Fall Athletic Banquet three Bruin team members won local honors. Bob Hildebrand received his second honor of the season, being selected by his teammates as the tearn's best lineman. Dennis Pratt was also honored by his peers as the team's best back. Based on actual statistics, junior Steve Furniss was given an award for getting the most tackles-78. Bert Bach of the Year ir the label quarterback Dennir Pratfr teammate: gave him. The trophy is happily offered hy Coach Leeth, along with others, at the annual Fall Sport: Banquet. 96-Varsity Football Preparing an icepack for an injured player are manager: john McCaffery, Mike Schuhmacher. 'The pause that refresher it awarded to Mar- vin Adkin: hy manager Jerry Pennycuff. A farnilrar right to Bruin grid fan: war par: reception: hy Bob Hildebrand, all-CIC lineman.

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N , ,,,, In the hope: of a good remit, offemive Line Coach Jack Kovell lend: bi: football knowledge to Sieve Fumi::, a :Mrter on the Bram offeme. Concentration i: Ihe big word a: quarterback Dermi: Prail gain: another 10 yard: in the AUJ.fiJ'.fi7I91L'4 game de:pite the obieclion: of the Indian defeme. Such :cenex are not uncommon to Blackford foofball fam, Y Varsity Football-95

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A tough Cub defense against the Panther Cubs of Portland executes another tackle. An incomplete opposition pan poser no threat to Cub balfback and safety Dave Bowman. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD: fBottom Row! Jeff Bonham, Don Archer, Kip Gross, Jim Enyeart, Dan Morrical, Bill Wine, Dave Bergdoll, Dave Bowman. fRou' 22 Steve Justus, Jim Reff, George Whiresell, Tom Alexander, Kim Riggs, Gary Nottingham, Craig Roberts. lRo-zu 31 Dave Montgomery, Paul Fear, Tim Oberholzer, Phil Ramsey, Eric Heflin, Jon Kimmel, Alan Vincent. Cub gridders had 4-3 year Junior Varsity football for the '70 sea- son progressed much the same as the varsity. The Cubs finished 4-3, winning four of the first five games. In the opener, the Cubs lost the ball nine times to lose to Wabash, 28-14. However, the passing of sophomore Tim Oberholzer was a help in the next four wins, in succession, over Southern Wlells, 20-7g Portland, 30-Og Delta, 28-O, and Mississinewa 30-0. The passing of young Oberholzer was responsible for 64 of the Cub points in the season. The final two games were the hardest for the gridders, who lost to rival Bluffton 22-8, in a game that saw the op- position dominate every phase of the game, and to Muncie South, who dealt with BHS much the same way as Bluff- ton had, or1ly by a different score, 28-7. Good hustle and determination, Coach Jack Kovell said, made the team good. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD f , cuss t A I opp. 14 Wlwk ..i......'. .s.,..28 20' Southern 't 7 30 Portland V .... ...Q ...,0 28 0' 30 ... 0 8 Bluffton ..V ..... ..... 2 2 7, .....28 Cubs Football-97