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

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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

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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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Teeing off Tor the junior varsity team is Scott Confer. An 89 was turned in at the CIC by second man on the The JV recorded six wins to only two losses in dual Bruins ' golf team, Jeff tanning, tanning chips the matches. ball to the green for a par shot. -1» . ' GOLF TEAM: (Bottom Row) Lloyd Johnson. Jim Yount, Bill Ely, Dennis Tyler, Robbie Robbins, Da- vid Jackson, Scotl Simmons, Brian Ickes, Scott Con- fer. (Top Row) Ben Hodgin, Doug Mills, Roger Schwarzkopf, Bob Roark, Chris Halley, John Faas, Doug Goetz, Brian Hay (coach). Linksmen victors in CIC Participating in his first year as head coach for the golf team was Mr. Brian Hay. The golf squad had a total of 21 wins and 14 losses in varsity competition and six wins and two losses in junior varsity action. The Bruins finished first in the CIC for the first time since 1970. Finishing in the top spot was Bob Roark, followed by Chris Halley, both with scores of 80. The varsity squad consisted of Bob Roark, Jeff Lanning, Chris Halley, Doug Mills, and John Faas in respective order of their position. Chris Halley had the low score for nine holes with a 36, followed by Bob Roark with 37. The most consistent golfers were Roark and Lanning, stated Coach Brian Hay. The top golfer and CIC medalist with a score of 80 for the Bruins was Bob Roark. Roark is ready to drive the ball from the fairway to the green. 184 Golf