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

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Five went to Regional fj| Sending five wrestlers to Regional, one individual to semi- state, and placing fifth in the CIC meet highlighted an other- wise so-so season for the Bruin grapplers. They finished the season with one victory to seven defeats. Senior Mark Stultz, along with juniors Leon Schmidt, Ran- dy Abbott. Kevin White, and sophomore Brian Slater, all advanced from the Huntington Sectional to the Regional at Fort Wayne. Only Abbott advanced to the semi-state, be- cause of a default. All five wrestlers took seconds at Hun- tington, with Abbott placing third and Stultz placing fourth at Fort Wayne. Senior Greg White placed first his weight class at the conference meet, where the team was fifth overall. Junior Kevin White, Greg ' s brother, finished second in the heavyweight class, and Schmidt and Abbott took fourth in their weight classes. I believe we accomplished several of the goals we set out to achieve at the start of the year, the two most important of which were to show individual improvement and gain respect within the school, stated Dan Seymour, first-year head coach. (Right) CIC champion Greg White rides out his opponent to gain his conference title as teammates cheer him on. (Below) Junior Randy Abbott executes an escape move trying to get away from his opponent. Top heavyweight wrestler Kevin White receives his last-minute instructions from Coach Dan Seymour before entering for his match. WRESTLING TEAM: (Front Row) Craig Wright, Kevin White, Brian Smith, Mark Stultz, Greg White, Mark Trees, Rodney Abbott, Steve Trees. (Back Row) Randy Abbott, Rick Tarr, Lance Deffenbaugh, Mike Sills, Kurt Hardley, Mike Herr, Brian Bowman, Ke- vin Wentz. 106 Wrestiing

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Long hours of practicing his routines gave Kevin Jackson an edge, as he received second in the state on the parallel bars. Gymnasts were fifth best Blackford gymnasts enjoyed the best season in Blackford High history with a perfect season, a Sectional champion and six state finalists. Dewight Rea became only the second Blackford athlete to get the state IHSAA Mental Attitude Award. Rea, who holds the school record (7.35) on the side horse, finished seventh at the state. Jim Moore and Kevin Jackson finished first and fourth, respectively, on the vault. Moore placed sixth in the state meet, while Jackson finished fifth. Jackson also qualified to compete on parallel bars, where he made the best showing of any male gymnast, finishing second. Jackson missed first place by .5 of a point. Jeff Logan and Bruce Harlow rounded out the Bruin State finalists by finishing 10th in All-round competition and free-exercise, respectively. Other records broken this season by the Bruins were by the vaulting team of Logan, Moore, and Jackson, 25.40; high bar team of Logan, Moore and Tim Stroud, 19.55; side horse team of Rea, Brian Willman and Logan, 18.05; and parallel bar team of Jackson, Stroud and Logan. On the side horse, Dewight Rea shows his ablity that placed him seventh in the state. He also earned the Mental Attitude Award. GYMNASTICS RECORD BHS Angola OPP. 110.52 Jay County 107.20 106.70 Heritage 80.57 124 (4th of 11) Invitational 123 Madison Heights 118 109 Wabash 107 124 Highland 87.30 113 Northwood 109 120 Heritage 102 118 (2nd) Sectional Boys ' Gymnastics 105

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. ' Kmsasier- s Bf e!fKsr ' ; w. ' «3 MAK -«e96«»i-m t». . -- - . ■■. , VARSITY WRESTLING RECORD BHS OPPONENT OPP. 30 Oak Hill 45 11 Ft. Wayne Wayne 56 33 Elwood 36 23 Jay County 47 16 Adams Central 48 48 BluHton 24 4 Tipton 65 28 South Adams 41 21 Peru 39 25 Norwell 29 36 Eastbrook 29 5th CIC 4th Sectional 4th Madision-Grant Tourney Flexibility helps Kurt Hardley in his attempt to break down his man with the overall objective of pinning his opponent to the mat. The end-of-period buzzer is anxiously awaited by Bruin grappler Leon Schmidt, as it would give him a much needed chance for a breath. Wrestling 107