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

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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

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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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Participation leapt Sieve Strine busy as he played on all three levels of the Bruins. Here Strine talks out some strategy for bascrunning with Coach Chccs- FRESHMAN BASEBALL RECOP D JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL RECORD BHS OPP. BHS OPP 9 Marion Jones 8 Marion Justice 9 Salamonie 6 Huntington Rivervicw 10 South Adams 2 Marion McCulloch 1 Salamonie 3 Muncie North 10 5 4 6 3 9 7 5 8 10 2 1 8 13 Muncie North Marion Yorktown Jay County Huntington Adams Central Muncie South Muncie Central 8 2 1 3 6 10 2 Elwood Bluffton 2 9 Bluffton 11 Tipton a a BRU ' — ■ FRESHMAN BASEBALL TEAM: (Bottom Row) Jim Sharp, Bill Davis, Mike Ludwig, Marty Rhodes, Bob Havens; (Row 2) Geoff Witt, Richard Snyder, Roger Rinker, Dave Whitesell, Eric Morris, Charles Watkins, Jack Norton; (Row 3) Coach Riiss Sutton, Chuck Ross, Greg Buckner, Aaron Pierce. Tim Cur- tis, Neil Schwindt. Wins added experience Under the direction of Head Coach Gary Cheesman, the Junior Varsity com- piled a record of 9-3. Setting records were Bill Sutton, with the highest batting average of .636, fol- lowed by Greg Anderson with .578; Marty Clock for assists for a first baseman with 51, and Anderson for on-base percentage with 72%. Clock led in RBI ' s and hits, with 9 and 12, respectively. Dave Dickey had the lowest ERA, .78, and Craig Rees had the most strikeouts with 36. Rees led the pitchers with a 4-1 record, followed by Anderson 2-0, Dickey 2-2, and Steve Strine 1-0. Coach Cheesman said, The most excit- ing game was a 2-0 win over a tough El- wood team with some excellent defense and timely hitting. Without the help of John Twibell and Steve Strine as pitchers. Head Coach Russ Sutton led the Teddybears to a 5-3 record, including a win in an inntational at Hun- tington Riverview. Leading the team with the highest bat- ting average was Marty Rhodes. .500. Jack Norton, .333. and Dave Whitesell. .330. The pitching staff was led by Aaron Pierce, with a 3-1 record including a no- hitter and two shutouts, followed by Roger Rinker and Bill Davis, both with 1-1 re- cords. Frosh Baseball 1 83