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

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Huts off to the Bruins! says Gary Larjgdon. as he retrieves the ball from the first-baseman. Gary helped out the Bruins in the pitching department. A key position first-base was held down by junior southpaw Pat Parker. Here Pat executes a routine throw to first-base for the out. VARSITY BASEBALL RECORD BHi OPP. 2 Muncie Central 3 8 Marion 1 4 Blufflon 2 10,0 2 Pendleton Heights (DH) Southern Wells 7,4 6 Belmont 3 12 Norwell g 5 Muncie South 1 6 Madison-Grant 1 4 Elwood 3 1 1 Madison Heights Peru 12 8 1 5 Huntington North Alexandria Blackford Invitational: 2 4 Ft. Wayne North Muncie Central 3 2 Muncie North 5 1 Wabash 7 1 Tipton Sectional 3 5 Bluffton 6 .lyKSfic ' VARSITY BASEBALL SQUAD: (Bottom Ro») Doug Myers, Dan Young, John Twibell, Chris Town- send, Larry Williams, Bret Townsend. (Row 2) Tony King (mgr.), Mike Howard, Joe Leeth, Pat Parker, In the final game of the Blackford Invitational against Muncie Central, Tod Cain rushes back to first base in time, but the Bruins lost the game 0-3. Steve Stnne, Matt Daniels i,mgr. I. Mike Bi ' .ii (mgr.). (Top ?ou) Craig Moore (coach.) Eric Lang- don, Greg Glancy, Gary Landon. John Polster. Tod Cain. Gary Cheesman (coach). Mr. Bill Milholand. Varsitv Baseball IS I

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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

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f Heading back to first base as the pitcher tries to hold him on base is Bill Davis. Bill helped the Frosh in pitching with a l-l record. In a Teddybear game Neil Schwindt heads toward first base as the first baseman stretches for the out. The Frosh ended the season 5-3. JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM: (Bottom Row) John Payne, Bill Davis, Brad McConnell, Craig Kirkwood, Richie Brown. (Row 2)T m Lewis, Marty Clock, Craig Reese. Bill Sutton. Greg Ander- son, Brian Elliot. (Row 3) Gary Cheesman, Dave Dickey, Steve Strine, Bob Kemps, Kelly Armfield, Jeff Cooper, Brett Townsend, Mike Beltaz. Another run scores as Marty Clock crosses home- plate. Clock broke the school record of assists for a first baseman with 51 and led in RBVs and hits. I82 JV Baseball