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

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Getting ready for a race is not always an individual task. Kris Dcarduff accepts tlie help of track team manager Tony King to get his number pinned on. Each year a CIC queen is chosen from each school in the conference. This year ' s CIC queen for Blackford was senior Angle Bowman (center). At the helm of the Bruins ' track team is Head Coach Chris Coy. Coy led the team to a CIC victor}: an invitational victory and third-place finish in the Sec- tional. Up and over the hurdle is Evan Pethtel. Evan cleared many hurdles, as he broke the high hurdle record with a time of 14.24 and advanced to the State meet. VARSITY TRACK TEAM RECORD BHS OPP 90 Bellmont 32 32 Muncie North 48 32 Ft. Wayne Snider 81 89 Peru 37 1st Blackford Invitational 102.5 Mississinewa 24.5 88 Nobles ville 34 88 Tipton 31 73 Ft. Wayne Wayne 71 73 Ft- Wayne Luers 14 2nd South Adams Relays Track 179

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Osborn, Pethtel in State The extra push pays off as Gregg Osborn (right) placed first in both the mile and two mile events against Peru and Madison-Grant. He finished second in the half mile. With two runners in the State finals, a victory in their own Invitational, a cham- pionship in the Conference meet, and a third-place finish in the Sectionals, Coach Chris Coy ' s tracksters completed a suc- cessful season. First-place finishers in the CIC were Scott Stallsmith, Gregg Osborn, Evan Pethtel, and Brad Everhart. In the Sectional Osborn placed first in the mile and second in the two-mile. Peth- tel and Rick Shrock took first and second in the high hurdles, and Everhart placed second in the pole vault. Osborn, Pethel, Shrock, Mike Brown and Steve Strickland advanced to the Re- VARSITY TRACK TEAM: (Bottom Row) Asst. Coach Rick Clark, Steve Strickland, Gregg Osborn, Larry Gross, Tom Applegate, Doug Coons, Kent Roush, Gregg Willians, Greg Mounsey, Scott Stalls- mith, Coach Chris Coy. (Row 2) Asst. Coach Mick gional, and Osborn and Pethel advanced to the State with second and third place finishes, respectively, in the Regional. In State finals, Osborn placed fourth in the mile and Pethtel finished eleventh in high hurdles. Breaking records this year were Osborn, who shattered the mile and two-mile re- cords in times of 4:19.4 and 9:27.9; Peth- tel, high hurdles record in 14.24; Shrock, low hurdles record in 39.1; and Everhart, the pole vault record at 13-9. It was an exciting experience working with this particular group of kids, said Coach Coy. Clay, Buddy Geesaman, Tod Boise, Rick Shrock, Evan Pethtel, Mike Brown, Scot Kimmel, Kevin Fet- tig, Rich Roark, Pat Redmond, Kris Dearduff, Bryon Wright, Brad Everhart, Willy Myers. High performances were made by Brad Everhart in the pole vault, as he broke the school record with a vault of 13-9 and placed first in the CIC. 178 Track

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Discarding the Bruin baseball cap in disgust is Bruin Back to first-base in time is senior Joe Leeth as the Head Coach Craig Moore. Asst. Coach Gary Chees- Marion firstbase man gets the ball. Leeth led the man renders his advice on the situation. Bruins with the second highest batting average, .328. W mA Young team ended 11-10 Under the direction of Head Coach Craig Moore, the Bruins ended the season with 11 wins to 10 losses. In the CIC the Bruins defeated Madi- son-Grant, Elwood, and Alexandria, los- ing to Peru, Tipton, and CIC champion Wabash. In the Blackford Invitational tourney, the Bruins defeated Ft. Wayne North to advance to the final game of the tourney only to be defeated by Muncie Central, 3- 0. In the Sectional the Bruins were knocked out in the first game by Bluffton, whom they had earlier defeated 4-2. The Bruins were led in hitting by John Polster with a .360 average, and Joe Leeth with .328. Pitching was led by freshman John Twi- bell, who compiled a 5-0 record with an ERA of .77. It was really exciting to see John Twi- bell, pitch, said Head Coach Craig Moore. 180 Varsity Baseball