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

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Defensive coordinator Brad Manner gives senior noseman Tod Boise special instruction during a timeout. Boise got 110 tackles during the season. Varsity Football Record Season Record 13-0 CIC Record 6-0 1 BBS OPPONENT OPP 42 Muncie South Muncie North 12 12 Elwood 7 32 Tipton 13 7 Jay County 34 Peru 45 Wabash 8 27 Madison Grant 29 Alexandria 23 Huntington North ' Sectional 28 Lewis Cass ' Regional 17 Concord 14 State 24 Nobelsville 22 26 Chris Eppard looks apprehensive as he watches the action at the Concord game. Chris manned the monster position on de- fense throughout the season. Junior halfback Marty Clock dives ahead for extra yardage during the Concord game. This game, won by the Bruins, was for the north- ern Indiana championship. Varsity Football 155

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Records fall Defense leads Bruins Lead by a driving offense and a bruising defense the Blackford Bru- ins pounded out a 13-0 season. The stalwart Bruin defense al- lowed a mere 76 points in 13 games, a school record. Junior Bill Sutton led the defense along with senior Tod Boise. Sutton compiled 127 tackles while Boise got 110. Boise also recovered five fumbles. John Payne recovered three. Leading the secondary was senior Kent Roush and junior Kevin Bench as each in- tercepted four passes. The defensive unit also blocked ten punts. Senior Allen Knox was responsible for four. The offensive unit was also pow- erful as they gained 3559 yards on the ground. They also passed for 265 yards. Junior halfback Joe Schmidt led the attack with 1704 yards on the ground. Classmates Marty Clock and Tim Lewis gained 890 and 552 respec- tively. Sophomore Dave Whitesell picked up 225 yards. Two new coaches were added to the staff this year as Dave Bowman coached the defensive ends and line- backers, and Jon Oswalt coached in- terior defensive linemen. These two joined defensive coordinator and de- fensive back coach Brad Manner in leading the defensive squad. The of- fensive line coach Rick Clark assist- ed head coach Chuck Lori in guiding the offense. Channel 8 sportscaster Chet Coppock chats with Bruin coach Chuck Lori before the championship game. Coppock predicted a Miller victory. Sorry Chet! 1 9 fs m ■A i f% 1 % %, w Ski w 1 m i B PI W T?- : di% ISiM M iL.k jiZ. t2 •-:j,sf« Varsity Football Team: (Bottom Row) Coach Jon Oswalt. Bob Havens, Dave Whitesell. Eric Morris, Brian Wentz, Kent Havens, Ran- dy Hall. Chris Eppard. Kent Roush. Scott Stallsmith, John Payne, Jim Sharp, Jack Nor- ton. Coach Rick Clark. (Row 2) Scott Fear, Todd Guyer. Chris Townsend. Tom Apple- gate, Todd Rea, Kevin Rench, Joe Schmidt, Doug Coons. Monty Wilcoxen, Dave Powell, Bill Sutton, Alan Townsend, Greg Buckner, Stan Roush, (Row 3) Coach Dave Bowman, Matt Daniel, Tom Sharp, Tim Stanley, Allen Knox, John Powell, Tod Boise, Chris Pearson. Kevin Fettig. Dave Fear, Scott Kimmel, Kel- ly Arm field. Rod Adkins. Gary Morrison, Head Coach Chuck Lori, Coach Brad Hanner. The Bruins leading ground gainer Joe ' Schmidt runs off-tackle against the Nobles- villa Millers as Tim Lewis looks on. Schmidt gained over 1700 yards in the season. 154 Varsity Football I

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Coach of the year, Lori, in- tently studies the champion- ship game. In two years at Blackford he has compiled an 18-5 record and a state championship. The signal from defensive coordinator Brad Manner is 50 Pinch. The defense held their opponents to an aver- age of less than six points a game. 156 Varsity Football