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

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Cheering for the Cubs this year are Junior Varsity- Cheerleaders: (Standing) Lisa Stanley, Karen Reidy. Lori Cain; (top) Christina Miller. Grain hats along with cheering voices debut at the seasonal basketball games as rowdy Pep Club mem- ber Judy Ruble definitely illustrates. As a freshman cheerleader, one must back the Ted- dybears with a usually sparse crowd to both home and away games. Here Joni Shrock cheers on the Frosh. VARSITY CHEERLEADERS: (top) Phoebe Zigler, Julie Bailey. Lora Capper, Debby McCon- nell, Lisa West; (standing) Dave Case, Mike Tarr, Scott Stallsmith, Doug Myers; (leaning) Brian Wiil- mann, Leon Schmidt, Tod Boise; (bottom) Brute, Bryon Maddox, Kelly Mellert. 146 Cheerleaders

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Penny pushing was part of Initiation Excuse me, but could I have your sig- nature? Yeah, sure, if you push this penny across the gym floor with your nose. This quote, and others like it, are often heard during initiation time for Letter- men. Initiation starts Monday after the winter sports banquet, and lasts through Wednesday. Getting signatures from girls and established Lettermen, dressing up on Wednesday, and going through initiation on Wednesday night are procedures for becoming a Lettermen. Services provided by Lettermen includ- ed ushering at home football and basket- ball games. To be eligible for the club, a student must have earned a letter in a sport. The letters are presented at the win- ter sports banquet, and those persons re- ceiving are then elgible. This year saw more initiates than ever before. Officers for the club were Leon Schmidt, president; Brian West, vice president; Joe Leeth, initiation chairman, and Greg Glancy, secretary-treasurer. Sponsor of the club was .Mr. Craig .Moore. Receiving his trophy for track from Athletic Director John Car- bone is Letterman Greg Osborn at the annual awards banquet in the spring. LETTERMEN ' S CLUB: (Bottom Row) Mark Lewcllen. Joe Leeth (initiation chairman). Leon Schmidt (pres). Greg Glancy (sec.-treas.), Kevin Reidy, Kris Dearduff. (Row 2) Mr Craig Moore (spon.). Kern Bailey, Tod Boise, Craig Wright. Brad McConnell, Jeff Cook, Kevin Gilland. (Row 3) Rob Johnion. Terry Maddox, Brian Smith, Kevin White, Brian Willmann. Gregg Os- born. (Row 4) Bryan Wright, .Mike Wimmer, Bryan .McDonald, Steve Strickland, Doug Myers, Jim Millikan. f ?oit ' 5y Biff Wilson, Dave Smith, Evan Pethtel, Brent Tarter, Dan Young, Mike Wil - liams, Brad Everhart. Femininity took a stand on Crazy Day of Spirit Week as Rich Roark. Brian Willman. Danny Young, Joe Schmidt, and Randy Abbott illustrate. BBC: (Bottom Row) Deb Armstrong, Rhonda Smith, Londa BergdoU, Cindy Johnson, Mary Levi-is, Kim Crouse. (Row 2) frs. Gretchen St. Place (spon. ). Michelle Pickering. Lisa Morris, Beth .Armstrong, Cheryl Dilly. Teresa BrowTi, Barbara Walker. Mr. John Carbone (spon.). (Row J) Susie Robbins, Julie Voght, Lora Smith, Jana RefT. Marleen Jones, Pam Bales, Gina Hodgin. (Row 4) DeeDee Schwindt, Shelli Bole. Brenda Rogers. Sherri Bole, Resa Boxell, Mary Wilson, Libby Fread. Cindy Troyer. (Row ) Lori Ingram, Lesa Glancy, Robin Haines, Kathy Shores, Karen Reidy, Beth Lee, . ngela Fettig. B.B.C.. Booster Club. Lettermen ' HS

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l-.vcn though the Cheerblock was lomelimei tpanely populalcd, the loyal backcn always came ready to gel rowdy and Prcd up for a Bruin game. On the sidelines of one of the Freshman basketball home games are Teddy Bear cheerleaders Sharon Hornbaker, Joni Shrock, and Kim Funk VPH»tOF .« - S Above: Staking out Bruin gridders for Homecoming are JV and ' arsit Cheer- leaders Karen Reidy. Julie Bailey. Lisa West, and Debby fcConnell. Left: Freshman Cheerleaders: Front, Kim Funk: middle. Sharon Hornbaker. Joni Shrock; back, alternate Robyn Boxell. Tammy Enochs was absent. Cheerleaders ' spirit put pep in crowds Award winning cheerleaders, spirited Pep Club members, and after-the-game dances proved tiiat the Bruins were just a-gettin ' it! During the summer the JV and Varsity cheerleaders reached their goal to bring home several awards from summmer camps. Varsity cheerleaders attended the Unit- ed States Cheerleaders Association camp at Western Michigan University. The squad was picked in the top 10 and re- ceived several other awards as well. Out of over 300 cheerleaders in attendance, four individual awards were awarded to Black- ford. Doug Myers received fourth place; Dave Case, fifth; Julie Bailey, sixth; and a special talent award was presented to Phoebe Zigler. Several blue and red rib- bons also were won. Not only the Varsity squad was busy during the summer, but also the Junior Varsity. The JV attended the Dynamics Cheerleaders Association at the Valpar- aiso University. Four superior ribbons and one super-squad award were obtained by the Cub group. With the girls ' Pep Club members in white shirts, the boys ' Pep Club members dressed in red, white, and black shirts, and the Pep Band in red, the Bruin colors were in attendance at every game. Other arti- cles of clothing which colored the basket- ball games were the grain hats which both the girls and boys ' Pep Clubs wore. Whether the Bruins won or lost, after- the-game dances, sponsored by the cheer- leaders, always had a good turn out. Though live bands sometimes played at these dances, a disc-jockey from the Lite- house, a disco in Warren, seemed more popular. The wins and the losses throughout the year in sports would not have been the same without the cheerleaders, fans, and the Pep Block coming together to exper- ience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Cheerleaders 1 47