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

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Senior Bruin learn captain Hal Oberholzer get: bis :hare of the reetioual Jpoilt. The ceremony rfarted a port-tourney celebration. Strong bench aided Bruins in 20-4 season The basketball charges of Coach jon Stroup piled up win after win and their second straight sectional title in as many years for ri successful 20-4 campaign. The rebuilding year started with four impressive wins. Balanced scoring and a startling press were highlights of the entire season, but were exceptional through the first four games. Peru, riding on a 10th statewide rating, was the first bent cog in the Bruin vic- tory wheel. The Tigers ran up a large late lead to win. Sectional opponents Bryant and Portland fell in succession to Blackford, but the Bruins had to hold off late rallies by both teams. Hunting- ton then stopped the Bruins 103-71, in a foul-marred contest. The Grant County Tourney kept the title in Grant County as Oak Hill bested Blackford in the championship game de- spite a Bruin comeback. Blackford then assembled a record 12- game winning streak that ran through the sectional. A two-game total victory mar- gin of 60 points gave the Bruins the sectional title with ease. In the regional, the Bruins fell to the 1970 state runner-up, Carmelg but the people of Blackford County had reason to be proud of Bruins' second win- ning season. Vanity cheerleader: Myrna Walker, Rita Mc- Cammon, Cindy Noble, and Pam Nicbolr pretent Bruin team mem ber Daryl Tbiery -:villa Valentine candy.

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Tourney time spread 6Bruinitis' through BH The Jecond sectional win in ar many year: rua: about all manager Bob Cochran could lake. Tra- Tourney time at Blackford will proba- bly always be a time of anticipation and excitement, and the '71 tourneys were no exception. The halls of BHS fand the cars of many studentsj took on the look of red and black crepe paper and signs. Spirit and eagerness were high. Then came the week of the sectional, and the Boys' Pep Club and the Girls' Pep Club hastily formed up, with high hopes for their team. Blackford, favored to win its sec- tional, lived up to the expectations with resounding wins over highly-rated Bryant, 76-52, and rival Dunkirk, 97-61. The sectional games were never really in doubt, and BHS walked off with its sec- ond sectional title in as many years with relative ease. The regional at Anderson once again spelled the doom for the Bruins, and again Carmel proved a bit too tough for the Bruins, besting the team, 68-54. ditionally drowning Bob in the .rhoirer for the .fecond year are Terry Lear and Bob Hildebrand. The regional pep senior: war a proving ground for originality. Here Carmel fAlan Vincent! :hon-.t the ,trudenr body jurl how the Greyhoundr would fare. The agony of defeat on her face, cheerleader Rira McCammon watcher her favorite Bruin: fall to Carmel. Basketball-105