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

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FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SQVAD: (Bottom Row) Jackie Norton, Ben Green, Dave Whilacll, Stan Roush, Dave Abbott. Bob Havens, Mike Lad- wig, Ron Warner. (Row 1) Jim Confer, John Twibell, Jim Sharp, Eric Morris, Dave Wilson, Tracy Banter, , ' cil Schwindt. Tim Curts, Alan Townsend. (Row 3) Coach Craig Moore, Mike Howard, Greg Bosl, Todd ' ' tluncy. Rod Adkins, Ben Hodgin, Greg Buckner, ;ach Norm Fog well. Prior to encounter with Huntington, JV gridders get emotions running and adrenalin flowing before tak- ing the Held for their sixth win of the season. Cub running back Bill Sutton carries a Wabash de- fender for extra yardage during another JV victory. Sutton also served as a linebacker for the Cubs. Sophomore linebacker Tom Applegate makes a tack- le behind the line of scrimmage in JV action against Jay County during the Homecoming week. FRESHMAN FOOTBALL RECORD BHS OPP 6 Madison-Grant 12 12 Elwood 38 8 14 8 Jay County Jay County Noblesville 14 24 25 8 Marion 20 Tipton 19 JUNIOR VARSITY RECORD BHS OPP 6 34 Madison-Heights Wabash 6 20 Madison-Grant 13 7 Marion 14 18 24 Jay County Delta 13 18 Huntington 13 14 Elwood 27 21 South Adams 18 Freshmen And JV Football 1:

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Grinding out some hard-earned yardage against Huntington orth is Junior Varsity quarterback Ke- vin Rench. Rench led the Cubs to a 7-2 season. Cubs have best fall record They did absolutely great for the amount of practice they had together, stated JV Coach Dan Seymour. The Cubs ended the year with an impressive 7-2 re- cord for the season. Leading the Cubs on offense were soph- omore running back Marty Clock and Bill Sutton. Quarterback Kevin Rench was also a Cub standout at his field general position the entire year. The only losses of the year dealt to the Cubs were against Marion and Elwood. The Marion game was the first loss in four starts, as the Little Giants squeezed by the Cubs 14-7 on a fourth quarter touchdown. Elwood was a little tougher, as they downed the Cubs 27-14. The most impressive win of the season for the junior varsity gridders came against Delta. We completely shut them off! exclaimed Coach Seymour after the Cubs trounced the Eagles 24-0. The Cubs also had another shutout in their first game of the season against Anderson Madison-Heights by a score of 6-0. The Cubs ended their season with a 21- 18 victory over South Adams. Sutton had his best game of the year, as he had over 100 yards rushing and scored touchdowns of 50 and 12 yards. In most of the games, they played on 90% emotion and 10% ability, mentioned Coach Seymour. On the whole, it was a real fine year. The Freshmen Teddybears had the simi- lar record as the JV, only reversed. The frosh ended with a 2-5 season mark by winning their last two games of the season against Marion and Tipton. The frosh totaled 1374 yards on the year, 908 via the rush and 446 by the pass. Dave Whitesell and John Twibell led the team on the ground with 296 and 293 yards, respectively. This year ' s passing game was the best we have had, stated Coach Craig Moore. Led by quarterbacks Steve Strine and Alan Townsend, the Ted- dybears completed 71% of their passes. On defense the frosh were led by Jim Sharp, who piled up 81 tackles on the year, 16 solo and 65 assists. Mike Ludwig also had 37 tackles. The Teddybears, although improving near the end, were still outscored by their opponents 76-142. S JV FOOTBALL SQUAD: (Bottom Row) Todd ker, Kevin Rench. Larry Williams. Don Mitchell. Guyer. Jim Mueller. Bill Sutton. Brian Elliot. Kim (Row 3) Tim Stanley. Marty Clock. Matt Daniel. Enyeart, Scott Kimmell. (Row 2) Coach Dan Sey- Tom Applegate. Kelly Armlleld. Chris Hogan. Leon mour, Monty Wilcoxon, Dave Cbristman. Ron Ba- Miller. Coach Rick Clark. 154 JV And Freshman Football

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Freshman Robbie Bratton points out the grueling 2 ' 2-mile course to other participants following his run in the Jay County meet. Injuries hurt Coymen Youth characterized the Bruins ' 4- 3 dual meet season, which was high- lighted by junior Gregg Osborn setting a school record time of 12:22.9, winning the CIC, and placing 19th at the state meet. Gregg ' s performance was great in 1978, and he should be one of Indiana ' s premier runners in 1979, stated harri- er Coach Chris Coy of Osborn. As a team, our lack of experience hurt us early while illness and injuries cost us toward the season ' s end, sum- marized Coach Coy. In addition to dual meets. Bruin run- ners competed in six Invitationals, fin- ishing fourth out of eight teams at both Huntington and Yorktown, and fifth out of seven, at Tipton constituting their highest finishes. Blackford was also ninth out of 24 teams at the Sec- tional and Central Indiana Conference runners-up. Junior varsity harriers posted a 6-1 dual meet season with victories over Bluffton, Elwood, Fort Wayne Wayne, Jay County, South Adams, and Tipton. The Junior Varsity gained valuable runnir experience, assessed Coach Coy, who added, I was very pleased with their performance. 1 J All alone and heading for yet another victory is ju- nior Gregg Osborn. Besides winning the CIC meet, Ozzie finished 19th in the state finals. 156 Cross Country