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

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Mentally preparing for Blackford Invitational, Don Mitchell and Mike Baughey receive last-minute instructions from Coach Coy. Out-of-breath and exhausted, BHS runners Junior Townsend and Greg Osborn check in after run- ning the course at the CIC meet. young Xoyimn ' won th in Sectional Coach Chris Coy ' s harriers didn ' t let their underclass status stump them. In fact, the runners ' year was so successful that they compiled a dual and triangu- lar meet record of 8-1 and an overall point record of 81-30. Coach Coy summed up the high- lights of his cross country season in these words: It was a phenomenal suc- cess in that we got fourth out of 24 teams in the Sectional and qualified for the Regional. The team ran exception- ally well for being so young. Leadership on the basically young team came from seniors Kevin Morgan and Jack Turner. Both Morgan and lurner, along with Gregg Osborn, freshman, Junior Townsend, junior, and Gary Irwin and Don Mitchell, soph- omores, broke the 13:00-minute mark in the 2V2-mile-run. Freshman Scott Emshwiller and junior Mike Baughey were also recognized for successful running achievement throughout the cross country season. A special award in the form of a Most Valuable Runner trophy went to Jack Turner and Kevin Morgan at the annual Fall Athletic banquet in November. Mike Baughey received the Most Im- proved award. 92 Cross Country

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Number-one man Chris Fread, stretches to return his Elwood opponent ' s drive. Chris sported a 7-7 season record and 3-3 in the CIC. Intense concentraticjn is a must lor lop tennis player Bruce Rohhins. The senior psyches himself up be- tween actions in Sectional match. fread, Robbins sparked racketmen Led by fourth-year iottermen and All-Conference candidates, Chris Fread and Bruce Robbins, and first-year let- terman Gregg Jones, Bruin racketmen concluded their season with an 8-9 re- cord. Even though plagued with key injur- ies and sickness, I was happy with the team in Sectional play, commented Coach Jerry Shreves. JV players Pat Carll and Carl Dodds were instrumental in Sectional play because their win al- lowed the Bruins to advance to semi- finals, in CIC play the racketmen ended at 3-3 for fourth place. Gregg Jones was voted the Most Im- proved Player. Teammate Bruce Rob- bins received the Best Individual Achievement award, based on number of matches won. History was made by Chris Fread, who became the second athlete admitted to the Bruin Hall of Fame. Chris joined 70 graduate Jerry Brown when he gained his ninth letter. Drilling a serve with fatal accuracy is Bruce Robbins, second racketeer and fourth-year leaerman. Bruce finished 11-3 for season. JUNIOR VARSITY: (Bottom) Todd Cain. Terry Mad- dox, Sean O ' Connell; (Top) Steve Shr3der, Paul Faas, Biff Wilson, John Houseman. Absent: Steve Strickland. TenniS 91

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CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: (Bottom Row) Mark Trees, Fred Cameroa Mike Baughey, Tom Thiery, Greg Osborn; (Row 2) Ron Denney, Kevin Morgan, Junior Townsend, Joachim Harimann, Brian Cain, Gary Irwin; (Row 3) Coach Chris Coy, lack Turner, Mike Williams, Scott Emshwiller, Don Mitchell, Rick Shrock, Chris Schwarzkopf, Greg Fanning. OPP Bluffton Delta Opener Huntington North Tipton-Elwood Jay Counry-Vorkt Ft. Wayne South Invitationa. Alexandria Manchester Inv. (Fresh, Soph Manchester Inv. (Jr., Sr.) Wayne NSouth Adams S cic ; . V BlacVforcf Invitationaf Sectional Tipton Invitational Regional II i Harrier Kevin Morgan nears finish line during two- and-one-half mile ]V run in Blackford Invitational. Kevin finished fifth. Receiving encouragement from Coach Coy, Mike Williams helps BHS to fifth place in Blackford Invita- tional. Cross Countr 93