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

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-vas...- ...f VARSITY BASEBALL SQUAD: fKneelingl Gary Thrailkill and Bob Boyd, Jeff Hart, Tim Oberholzer, Jim Garrett, Paul Zile, Kim Riggs, Hildebrand. fB0ltom Row! Craig Roberts, Mike Dawson, Marty Daniel, LeRoy Robbins, student manager Jim McPherson. The team was the first Ed Cook, Greg I.aMorre, Mark Weaver. fRou' 21 Head Coach James to use the new diamond and baseball facilities of BHS. If it'.r advice the team uwmted, they were likely to get plenty of Coacb Boydir valuable experi- ence mb pep talkt and rignals. if 4? , ,ff-:Q Q- g Q54 nv' - , W- fF.,'.:.... Q... git? ...- ,r Congrats are in order from Alan Vincent to Craig Roberts ax Craig :fares againxt New Cattle. Baseball-115

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Pitching, hitting To combat ll mid-season slump, add the spirit of BHS with the ability of the athletes and coaching enthusiasm, and the end result is a winning season. This was the combination that saw Bruin baseball finish another season at better than av- erage. The defending CIC champs started their season on the loss side of the ledger, losing eight of the first dozen games. CIC foe Tipton must have provided the Bruins with stimulus, for after the win over Tipton the Bruins rallied and won several of their next nine games before entering the sectional. Marion ended a good season with a 5-2 sectional loss to the Bruins, but arch rival Mississinewa ended the sectional hopes of Bruinland, 5-3. In the CIC race, the defending champ Bruins ended the season at 6-1, and finished first. VARSITY BASEBALL SCOREBOARD BRUINS OPP. 2 New Castle ............ 4 5 Bellmont ....... . . . 3 3 South Adams .... . . . . . 4 0 Bellmont .............. 9 10 Pendlenon Heights ....... 0 3 Pendleton Heights ....... 4 0 Marion ................ 6 16 Bluffton ... ..... .....l5 1 New Castle ............ 11 5 Muncie South . . ........ 1 0 Kokomo Haworth ....... 10 0 Kokomo Haworth ....... 10 10 Tipton .......... . . . . 7 4 Norwell . ....... . . . 1 9 Alexandria . . .. . 6 7 Eastbrook ..... .. . 2 4 Shenandoah . .. . . . 1 3 Shenandoah ...7 'S Portland ........ .. . 9 14 Madison-Grant . . . . . 6 11 Madison-Grant .... . . . 0 SECTIONAL 5 Motion ........ . . . 2 0 Mississinewa . . . . . . 5 14 Muncie Burris .... . . . 5 6 Alexandria ....... . . . 2 3 Elwood ...... . . . 2 1 Wabash ..... . . . 7 1 Hmmtingnon ..... . . . 7 4 Peru ................. 3 9 Tipton ..... ...... .... 0 DUNKIRK TOURNEY 5 Redkey .............. . 3 11 Cowan ............... 1 13 Muncie Central ........ 11 1 14-Baseball s ' put squad in win column With the extra follow-through that ir Jo necerrary in any Jport, junior Miha Dawmn prove: the Bruin: are a hard-hitting squad. The team hit -well, with a high perrentage for the year. fe' Windup: are slimy: important, and to ,renior Gary Thrailhill the pitch he is about to make is important. At the time of the pitch, in the Marion gnme, the Br-uint were down 6-0, and the coach and team realized the need for a quick Marion half of the inning.

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' ruinettes' were istrict 4 volleyball champs Although the sporting world is pri- marily made for males, BHS proved that the opposite sex can hold its own in interscholastic competition. Taking part in six sports, the Bruin- ettes of Coach Miss Virginia Peckinpaugh got the District 4 volleyball title-after playing until 3 a.m. In badminton, Pam McConey reigned as the singles champ, and the team of Joni Phillips and Brenda White captured the doubles title. Gymnastics, track, and softball were three other sports that the girls participated in, besides the popu- lar female version of Hoosier Hysteria, The girls' basketball team won seven of its eight scheduled games, losing only to arch rival New Castle in the season's final contest. Blackford hosted the district invita- tional gymnastics tournament. In true Bruin spirit, the girls of BHS showed the county that basketball and volleyball famong othersj were not strictly for boys. .51 is Et'eryone'.t all eyer-except Bubbles Phillip: Crightj. Mir: Pecbinpaugb and Suran Willmann are anxious. 1971 DISTRICT 4 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS: fliottom Rowl Marilyn Montgomery, Brenda White, Reaching for the birdie in the badrrxin- Kathy Hunter, Pam McConey, Sherry Batten. fTop Rowl Linda Ritenour, Susan Willmann,1oni Phillips, lon tourney are Gwen Tlwmdl, I-175414 Ann Love, Miss Peckinpaugh. Rifeflwlf-