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

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Although Gary Lannoy was probably called out on this play, Gary led the Bruin batters with a 341 batting average. While Jim Horsley pitched, sophomore Nick Jones gained experience behind the plate. Jones tags an Elwood runner for an out. VARSITY BASEBALL RECORD BHS OPP. 3 Muncie South 4 3-2 Bluffton 1-0 2-1 New Castle 4-2 Muncie Central 3 5 Marion 2 3 Eastbrook 4 1-2 Dekalb 3-3 10 Norweil 3 1 Madison-Grant 6 Elwood 8 Madison-Heights 5 Peru 4 4 11 Jay County 2 Huntington 7 Alexandria 4 3 (Blackford Invitational) 7 Brown County 8 Northrop 11 Tipton (Sectional) 3 Jay County 9 Bluffton 1 2 1 1 (Regional) 12 Elwood 2 5 Bellmont 4 (Semi-State) 6 Pendleton Heights 4 Columbus East 2 (State) 6 LaPorte 3 1 Evansville 7 During the season, Bruin batglrls do chores such as scorekeeping and announcing. Here Kel- ly Kouns hands a player a bat. The Bruins watch expectantly while their batter takes a swing at the ball. The Bruins rallied to earn a season record of 11-10. Speaking to Greg Glancy about his pitching is Jim Horsley. Glancy assumed much of the mound duty late in the season. no Varsity Baseball

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After taking the handoff from Scott Stallsmith, Larry Gross accelerates. The young relay team turned in some good times. Ahead of the pack, sophomore sensation Greg Osborn leads the Bruins In distance running to advance to the Regional. rr ' f t 7 W ' th a hand-off to Kent Roush, junior Kris Dear- . ' f s. . duff helps the 880-reiay team achieve a flfth- ' k - r ' - ' place position at the Sectional. VARSITY TRACK RECORD BHS 97.5 97.5 2nd 2nd 141 98 69 83 89.5 OPP 34.5 27 3rd 1st Muncle South Bellmont Muncle North For Wayne Snider Blackford Invitational (First) Misslsslnewa 31 Tipton Noblesvllle 45-55 South Adams Relays (Second of 9) CiC 2nd out of 7 sectional .m 6th out of 26 ■ Hi FROSH TRACK RECORD BHS OPP 101 McCulloch 34 26 Blackford Invitational — 7th of 9 48 Muncle North Invitational i High hurdles were not high enough to stop Evan Pethtel from placing third at the Sectional. He . later placed fifth at the Regional. Track 109

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Big wins climax season The Baseball Bruins began the season of ' 78 with a trip to Tennessee to get practice in the sun after a cold spring in Indiana. The team lost their opener to Muncie South and then beat Bluffton both games of a double header. They next lost a double header to New Castle and dropped a game to state- rated Munice Central. The Bruins next won one over Marion, before losinjg to Eastbrook. They dropped two to Dekalb before beating Norwell 10-3 and Madison-Grant 1-0. The squad lost to Elwood for their only defeat in the CIC and also to Madison Heights before beating Peru and Jay County. Next loss was to Huntington, 3-2, but the Bruins came back to win their last two games of the regular season against Alexandria and Tipton. Despite the loss to Elwood, the Bruins were declared the eventual Central Indiana Conference champions. Gary Lannoy was the leading pitcher, had the most stolen bases, and was second in batting, averaging 341. Greg Jones was the batting leader with an average of 347, while Jeff Nickols was second in stolen bases with 11. VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM: (Bottom Row) Jeff Nickols, Dan Young, Gary Lannoy, Jeff Moore, Kevin White, Pat Parl(er, Gary Langdon. (Row 2) Manager Mat Daniel, Audley Smith, Joe Leeth, Larry Lannoy, Eric Lang- don, Jim Horsley, Nick Jones, Brian Lanham. (Row 3) Asst. Coach Gary Cheesman, Todd Boise, Greg Jones, Mike Buckner, Gregg Glancy, Coach Craig Moore. Second In the stolen-base department, Jeff Nickols takes his lead at first. Coach Gary Chees- man advises the second-baseman. Safe at second, Gary Lannoy steals another base. Gary was the leading thief, with 14 stolen bases during the season. Varsity Baseball 111