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

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Practicing his dismount for the side horse is senior Brian Davis. Davis worked his way up to fourth place in the state meet. At a moment in the middle of his floor exercise routine all-around Jeff Logan worked on his perfor- mance to try to take the meet honors. BOYS GYMNASTICS: (Bottom Row) Jeff Zigler, Jeff Woolard, Tim Stroud, DeWight Rea, Stan Davis, Jeff Logan, Bruce Harlow. (Row 2) Assistant Coach John Adams, Brian Willmann, Don Fry, Doug Byail, Jim Moore, Kevin Jackson, Jeff Decamp, Head Coach Buzz Callien. (Row 3) Dave Case, Mike Tarr, Brian Davis, Andy Langdon, Tom Dinse, Danny Beal, Steve Strickland. 100 Gymnastics

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I Sc ' JUNIOR VARSIT B m ■ 91 ™52 45 Adanns Cer rai Wabash « Madison-Crani 1 46 40 Peru Delta 62 47 4 27 32 51 Marion Huntington Ea tbrook 63 40 32 J 56 53 60 46 56 43 Mississinewa York town Tipton pNorwell Ft. Wayne Wayne Muncie North 55 50 54 47 54 47 f 1 52 48 47 Alexandria )ay County X i f 1 f- FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM: (Bottom Row) Eric Langdon, Gary Langdon, Greg Mounsey. (Row 2) Mike Wimmer, mgr, Kent Havens, Kent Roush. Gregg Osborn, Tony King, mgr. (Row 3) Tod Boise, Rich Roark, Jeff stroup, Ron Baker, Coach Richard Clark. FRESHMAN BASKETBAU TEAM: (Bottom Row) Scott Stallsmith, John Elliott, Brian Cain. (Row 2) Todd Rea, Marc Rench, and Alan Knox. FROSH RECORD m BHS ix OPP 46 Castbrook 23 ' 22 Muncie Central 50 45 Madison Grant 4 37 Jay County 5: 39 Marion McCulioch 50 1 35 Marion Justice 3- 1 71 Marion Jones 64 J 45 Muncie Soutji 38 m 60 Yorktown , Kju - 1 32 Blutfton ' , ML 1 1 37 Wes Del f V 3 H 37 Delta r H 34 Delta 3 H Tougfy schedule rough for Bears Under guidance of first-year Frosh Coach Richard Clark, the Teddybears were taught the fundamentals of Bruin basketball. Finishing the season at a so-so 5-8 was mainly due to the scheduling. Muncie Central and Muncie South, as well as three Marion teams, were on tap for the Cubs. Leading scorer and W th the traffic in the lanes full, Evan Pethel takes a shot while three other Cubs take a possible position for the rebound. rebounder was Rich Roark. Greg Mounsey and Gregg Osborn were the top assist men for the season. The Teddybears ' highlight was prob- ably the come-from-behind, overtime victory over Marion Jones. They also beat Eastbrook and Madison Grant, Blackford ' s close out-of-countv rivals. JV, Freshman Basketball 99

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Performing on the side liorse in the State meet, where he won 13th place, Dewight Rea executes his familiar top gymnastics form. GYMiffllSTICS SCOREBOARD BHS OPPONENTS opp} 105 Angola 110 97 Huntington North 23 107 Jay County 93 109 Ben Davis 2nd— Blackford Invitational 122 109 Madison Heights 107 97 North Central 107 116 Anderson Highland 99 107 Anderson 106 104 Heritage 112 104 ' 109 Wabash 108 Jay Count ' 95 116 Northwood 3rd — Sectional Meet 106 1 Gymnasts ranked high in Indiana Bruin gymnasts completed their sea- son with an 8-4 record under new Head Coach Buzz Gallien and Assis- tant Coach John Adams. The Bruins hosted their first gymnas- tics invitational, placing second behind No. 2-ranked Wa rren Central of Indian- apolis. The Bruins placed third at the Wabash Sectional, sending six gymnasts to state — Brian Davis, Tom Dinse, Dewight Rea, Jeff Logan, Dave Case, and Kevin Jackson. Da is placed fourth in the state. Steve Strickland was the only fresh- man gymnast this year, working on the sidehorse. The sidehorse team went undefeated, led by Davis. Gymnastics participation included seven events: vaulting, free exercise, side-horse, high bar, trampoline, paral- lel bars and rings — each event requir- ing four gymnasts. Jeff Logan also worked all-around for the second con- secutive year. Wa (;ng for the judges ' signal to begin his vault is Kevin Jackson. This meet was a first in which Black- ford hosted an invitational. Co-captain of the team, 13th in the state ranking, and 4th in sectional placing were honors won by Tom Dinse, ring man. G mnastics ' 101