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

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V - -H ■| 1| 1 1 W: ' ' ! » t» («» - ■ Pari of Greg Willinms ' pre-race routine includes ga- ting pscyhed up. The psyching apparently helped. as Williams was Blackford ' s No. 3 man. Blackford ' s Arron Pierce leads a wall of people early in the 12-team Blackford Invitational. Osborn IStJiJi ii ,. ' l finished second, the Bruins ninth. J!k..ii-fj. ' - Athletic Director John Carbone registers Aaron Pierce before a meet. Pierce. Blackford ' s So. 4 man in 1978, has three years remaining. ■ ' 9?«« »iS»- »;JWaE4-Er. ' CROSS COUNTRY RECORD BHS OPPONENT OPP 33 Blufflon 24 (No team Scores) Delta Opener 36 Muncie North 19 9th Blackford Invitational 4th Huntington Invitational 32 Tipton and Elwood 44 45 4th Yorktown Invitational 27 Jay County 31 9th Fort Wayne South Inv. 4th (Fr.-Soph Div.) Manchester Inv. 40 Fort a Tie Wayne 21 23 South Adams 35 2nd CIC Meet 9th Sectional 5th Tipton Inv. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: (Bottom Row) Scott Stallsmith, Chuck Ross, Mark Cook, Les Riggs, Dean Brown, Bill Derrer, Uarry Gross, Kevin Gil- land, Jim Parks, (Row 2) Coach Chris Coy, Mike Hess, Tom Norton, Mike Herr, Pat Redmond, Rob- bie Bratton, Mike Williams, Kris Dearduff, Gregg Osborn, Arron Pierce, Paul Clark. (Not Pictured) Greg Williams. Cross Countrv 157

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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

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TENNIS TEAM: (Bottom Row) Terry Maddox. Sean O ' Connell, Robby Bennett. Marty Rhodes. Bill Davis. Margie Cimino. Dave Jackson. (Row 2) Ga- briel Picache, Scott Twibell. Doug Geotz. Misti Heavy pressure is put on the ball as Robyn Richman volleys to her opponent. Richman was the first girl to play varsity tennis at Blackford. Crull. John Faas. Robyn Richman. Doug Mills. (Row 3) Brian Irelan, Craig Teagle. Kevin McDou- gall. Rusty Needier, Roger Schwarzkop, Tod Cain. Biff Wilson. .i Racquetmen racked up 3 «-. Bruin netmen finished their season Oct. 2 with a 3-14 record. Victories were against Elwood, Norweil, and Tipton. They were 2-4 in the CIC, with the Wa- bash Apaches taking the championship. Coach Mick Clay summarized: Doug Mill, sophomore, was the No. 1 single man all year, and, if he continues hard work, he should be No. 1 again. He also comment- ed, Biff Wilson, senior, consistently pro- vided leadership throughout the year and was the most complete player on the team. Tod Cain, senior, after a slow start, was probably the best game person of anyone on the team by the end of the season. Robyn Richman, sophomore, only girl to play BHS varsity tennis, had a record of 2-9 singles and 0-2 doubles, with Elwood being her first win. She is fundamentally the best player in the team, stated Coach Clay. The coach was pleased with attitude and desire of most of the team. The rebuild- ing year (Sectional team of four seniors and five sophomores) was somewhat dis- appointing. There were a couple of match- es we should maybe have won, and in some others we should have been a little more competitive. ■» Ja wi .1.1- . iji ' J Leaping through the air to return the volley is sopho- more Doug Mills. Doug held the number-one position throughout the season. 158 Tennis