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

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During a quick timeout. Bruin trainer Marty Daniel retapes Randy Hall ' s fin- gers. Hall was named the Bruin ' s out- standing defensive linemen. Coach Lori sings ' ' Oh what a season ' ' The picture above summarizes the Bruin season, in the end they were unquestionably 1. Thirteen weeks in a row the Bruins won on Friday night and the morning after Coach Lori sang Oh What a Night. By November he could sing Oh What a year. The most prestigious post season honor went to nose guard Tod Boise, Tod was named one of the state ' s top 33 players on several lists. The Associated Press named four Bruins to the first team. They were Boise, kicker Todd Guyer, running back Joe Schmidt, and linebacker Bill Sutton. Gaining honorable men- This picture symbolizes the emotion that the Bruins owned during the year Emotion was a t a peak during the Bruin ' s championship game. tion were Scott Kimmel and Marty Clock. The Bruins placed eight players on the All Conference team. Offen- sive players selected were Schmidt, Guyer, and offensive linemen, Todd Rea, Chris Pearson, and Chris Townsend. Defensively Boise was picked along with end Randy Hall and safety Kent Roush. At the fall banquet Boise was cho- sen MVP and Rea was picked as Most proved. Pearson and Boise were co-captains. The mental atti- tude award went to Kent Havens. Other award winners for the year were Roush (defensive back), Pear- son (offensive lineman). Hall (defen- sive lineman), and Allen Knox (spe- cialty). Varsity Football 157

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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

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JV defensive halfback Eric Morris tries to haul down an Elwood runner late in the game while noseguard Gary Morrison gives pursuit. JV (Front Row) Dave Hawkins, Jack Norton. Fear, Dave Whitesell. (Row 3) Coach Jon Os- Stan Roush. Alan Townsend, Rod Ad- wait, Mgr Billy Ely, Dave Christmas, Kelly kins, Ron Wagner (Row 2) Bob Havens, Jim Armfield, Tim Stanley. Matt Daniel, Coach Sharp, Gary Morrison, Eric Morris, Scott Dave Bowman. Under new guidance JV, Frosh show promise Both Blackford ' s JV and Fresh- wen football teams had learning ex- periences this season. The Cubs were 2-6. The Teddybears were 3-1- 2. First year coaches Dave Bowman and Jon Oswalt had a 17 member JV team which lost several close games. The Cubs started the season with a tough loss to Madison Heights 20-12. After a cancellation by Wa- bash the Cubs won two in a row beating Madison Grant 21-6 and Marion 22-16. The Cubs then went on a rough five game skid, losing to Jay County, Delta, Huntington North, Elwood, and South Adams. Dave Whitesell led the rushing at- tack, gaining 495 yards. Jim Sharp followed with 260. Kelly Armfield led the receivers with seven recep- tions for 98 yards. Ron Wagner snagged four passes for 30 yards. The defense was led by linebackers Jim Sharp ana Stan Roush. Sharp had 53 tackles, Roush 45. Dan Baughey and Norm Fog well coached the Teddybears to three wins, over Madison Grant, Nobles- ville and Marion McCulloch. The loss came in overtime to Tipton 13-6. The Teddybears tied Elwood and Jay County. The Teddybears ' offensive punch was led by Mike Fanning as he gained 422 yards. Paul Whitesell and Mark Van Horn gained 231 and 173 yards respectively. Bob Banter caught six passes for 142 yards and two TD ' s. Though neither team ' s record was really outstanding, both clubs showed potential for the varsity lev- el. Freshman offensive coordinator Dan Baughey talks over the strategy with quar- terback Tony Uggen. Tony completed 5 of 11 passes in the season. 158 JV And Frosh Football