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

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' We Party Hearty ' Bodies are strewn across the floor until suddenly a cry is heard: Give me a B! Almost simultaneously the bodies form the letter B. Then another cry. Give me a R! An R appears on the floor composed of bodies. This crying out and letter-forming continues until Bruins has been spelled out by the flexible bodies. All at once the entire crowd jump to their feet in applause. This new form of art can ' t be seen in a museum. It can ' t be bought in boxes of Breeze. It can only be seen by attending BHS ' s basketball games. This new art, turned tra- ditional cheer, is performed by the male members of the cheerleading squad. Besides conducting this classic cheer — and cases of laryngitis — the cheerleaders sponsored dances, pep ses- sions, and a pep breakfast. By showing their skills at cheerleading camp, the Varsity squad collected eight superior ribbons, four excellent, one outstanding. They had two honor squads and won two spirit sticks. Individual awards went to Jeff Custer and Jeff Woo- lard, who were asked to instruct at the next summer camp. Cheerleaders were there to rejo ice with the winners and comfort the losers. But when spirits were sagging, the cheerleading squad was always there to get things fired up! Above: JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADERS: (Bot- tom) Julie Bailey, (Middle) Kelly Mellert. Lisa West. (Top) Karen Reidy. Below: FRESHMAN CHEERLEADERS: Lori Cain, Joni Langdon, Lisa Stanley, Lisa Hoover. High-flying Rick Tarr shows one of the many stunts from the mini-tramp regularly executed at half-time of a Bruin game. 124 Cheerleaders

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r % a k P ' m Spirit and figlit all rolled up into one! Which will prevail? Bryan Maddox shows neither wins or loses, but both seep through one way or another. Their spirit snowballed In a year when everybody needed a little boosting tine Bruin Backers were tliere doing what they do best. Though Blacl ford fans were sparse throughout the sea- son, they showed their true colors when tourney time rolled around. Pep sessions — where spirit was usually forced and unenthusiastic — ran overtime, and the usually apa- thetic students had to be forced to be seated at the Region- al. The spirit that sprang up for the Sectional snowballed through the next week when finally, on Friday, students refused to return to class until the administration length- ened the afternoon pep session. Bruin boosters followed the basketball team right into the Regional, where Bruin fans out-yelled Carmel, the defending state champions, and led the Bruins to the final round of the Anderson Regional. The merging of Tri-Hi-Y and BBC resulted because of the need of girls to fill the positions at sports events. Therefore, the ' 77- ' 78 school year was the last year for the existence of Tri-Hi-Y. TRI-HI-Y and BBC I: (Bottom Row) L. Morris, D. Tarr (sec.-treas.. Tri-Hi-Y), T. Wimmer, T. Davis, L. Ladd (Chaplain, Tri-Hi-Y), A. Holcombe. (Row 2) L. Ford (pres., Tri-Hi-Y), L. Fread, C. Elliot, K. Fanning, C. Clock, L. Fergus, D. Cook, T. Thrailkill. (Row 3) Mrs. G. Place (spon., Tri-Hi-Y), S. Vincent, M. Wilson, K. Crouse, C. Johnson, P. Perry, D. Armstrong. (Row 4) R. Smith (vice-pres., Tri-Hi-Y), K. Conner, D. Schwindt, B. Renner, M. Pickering, J. Reff, K. Garrison, L. Reidy, L. Allen. (Row 5) K. Oberholzer, L. Knox, K. Ducy, C. Strickland, J. Ruble, M. Lewis, L. Bergdoll, P. Kemp, K. Batten. TRI-HI-Y and BBC II: (Bottom Row) B. Armstrong, D. Atkinson, C. Dilly, K. Gilland, S. Robbins. (Row 2) M. Jones, L. Tyler, G. Hodgins, T. Brown, R. Boxell, B. Lee, Mr. J. Carbone (spon., BBC). (Row 3) P. Bales, L. Ingram, D. Johnson, L. Glancy, B. Rogers, K. Shores, S. Bole, S. Bole. Cheerbloc s, BBC 123

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After a Bruin score, elated cheerleaders Sandy Christman, VIckl Harlow, and others try to keep the Bruin fire alive. Growing tension has Varsity Cheerleader VIcki Harlow on edge as she awaits the final moments of an especially close episode. i r 4 f fapP V ' ' j| i HB PP ft H H . A m S Sr .: , s mil , £. i ' Sr VARSITY CHEERLEADERS: (Bottom) Brute Steve Townsend. (Row 2) Jeff Woolard, Debbie Lee, Doug Byall. (Row 3) Danny Beal, Jim Moore, Rick Tarr, Jeff Custer, Gregg Sinclair. (Row 4) Debby McConnell, Lora Capper, Phoebe Zigler, Sandy Christman, Vicki Harlow. Wait until dark and see what happens, says Julie Bailey to Mike Buckner, snickering about the up-coming kiss from Mike ' s mother. Cheerleaders 125