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

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Highext .scoring individual event for Black- ford'.r team was Jodie Boxell'.r diving. Jodie won five firm' for a total of 130.7 pointf. Striving to get a hreath, John Kendrick demon- .rtrates the Jtroke that won him first place in many meet: thi: reason. at-4, in Relaying for the faxtest time ponihle Terry Fixher tap: the :ide of the pool, the Jignal for Gary McDonald to park off from the Jtarting block in an attempt to keep up. The starting block is where a race can he won or loft, and the form of Mike Duty, John Kendrick, and John Green illustrate: in a practice Jexxion the technique of beginning a race. Swimming-109

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Swimming rounded out BHS sports agenda Swimming, in its debut year at Black- ford, ended a 1-6 season under the coach- ing of Mr. jack Kovell. The squad gained valuable experience for future seasons, since the squad was predominantly under- classmen. The season opened against Muncie North here, and sophomore diver Jodie Boxell gained the only Bruin first place as the Titans won, 82-12. Wawasee left Bruinland with a 75-21 win, but the im- proving tankmen of Coach Kovell picked up two firsts and looked better than in the opener. Yorktown was almost over- come by the balance of Blackford, but the Bruins lost a squeaker, 43-46. The first BHS swimming win ever came at the hands of Southside Muncie, 78-17, in a meet that saw Blackford sweep every first place to win handily. Another close meet was the Hamilton Southeastern contest, as the Royals of Hamilton won on balanced placing among swimmers in freestyle events, 49- 44. Burris of Muncie, a CIC foe, bested the Bruins, 94-52, as the Bruins were able to grab six firsts. The closing contest of the season was the Bellmont meet, which the Blackford tankmen lost on bal- ance again, 50-45. Only one senior was on the Bruin Tank Team, Captain Scott Granger. In appreciation for irulructfon that Coach Kovell gave the team, Captarrf Scott Granger present: a plaque at a .rwsmmmg party. 108-Swimming VARSITY SWIMMING SQUAD: IBozrom Rowj Terry Fisher, Scott Granger, Bob Jack- son, Joe Smith, John Kendrick, Joe Godschalk. KRow 21 Coach Jack Kovell, Rob Bonham, Richard Rice, David Henderson, Glen Fors- berg, john Green, Dave Montgomery. f Row 32 Rick Ehlers, Kevin Simmons, Randy Johnson, Jodie Boxell, Phil Tatman, Rob Storer. fRow 42 Mike Schultz, Rick Cain, Rob Howard, Phil Ramsey, Jeff Bonham, Mike Ducy, Gary McDonald.

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Number-one Bruin grappler jack Abbott pin.: hi: opponent, a Tipton Blue Deuil, ax a preview of the CIC mee! rexultr. bbott led 5-win squad Although there were only three return- ing lettermen for the '71 wrestling sea- son, the team compiled a significant 5-4 season record compared with a 3-4 mark for last year's season. Behind the leadership of Coach Steven jeffrey, senior jack Abbott led the Bruins with an individual record of 19 wins and two losses, for a total of 75 match points. Along with Abbott, Carl Wilcoxon and Dave Bickel were the top three scorers. This year's Bruins contained only two seniors, along with four juniors, four sophomores, and six freshmen for a total of 16 athletes participatin. A rigid nightly practice to condition wrestlers included exercises and instruc- tion in holds and takedown techniques, followed by squad competitions to de- termine who would wrestle in meets. In their regular season the squad opened with a loss to Oak Hill. How- ever, after their second loss, to Win- chester, the Bruins came back with a four-game winning streak before being stopped by Norwell. Winning the next contest by their greatest margin of any bona fide match, the Bruins defeated Wabash by 40 points and then ended with a loss to Eastbrook. Coach jeffrey said he was pleased with the performance of his men this year. 110-Wrestling WRESTLING SCOREBOARD BHS OPP. 28 Oak Hill ................ 50 23 Winchester .............. 35 60 South Adams Qforfeitj ..... 00 49 Marion ................. 5 40 Adams Central .. ...IS 44 Tipton ....... 5 18 Norwell .,... . . . 33 46 Wabash ..... . . . 6 12 Eastbrook ...35 This stand-up escape gave Tony Tignor one more point toward victory over Tipton op- ponent. WRESTLING SQUAD: IFront Rowj Kent Willman, Carl Wilcoxon, jack Abbott, Gregg Iamott, Mike Ehlers, Kevin Johnson, Dave Bickel. fRow 22 Dave Ramsey, Mark Rees, Cliff Potter, Rick Beckley, Norman Schmidt. !Row 31 Steve Hopkins, Tony Tignor, and Coach Jeffrey.