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

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A determined look on his face, senior play- maker Kent Roush twists for two against Del- ta. The Bruins lost to the Eagles. Senior center-forward Marc Rench made this sswannfw short jumper against Peru to help the Bruins win a 54-63 decision over the Tigers. Varsity Basketball Team: (Bottom Row) Steve Strine, Doug Coons, Bill Davis, Kent Roush, Dave Spencer, Willie Elliott. (Row 2) Asst. Coach Norm Fogwell, Asst. Coach Rick Clark, Brett Townsend, Robbie Bratton, Marc Rench, Jeff Stroup, Dave Dickey, Tom Sharp, Coach Steve Brunes. 166 Varsity Basketball

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Janet Booher sends another serve over the net with her powerful overhead style. Janet completed her fourth year in high school vol- leyball this year. Pounding a spike down at her Peru opponents is senior Penny Clamme. Penny led the team blocking opponent ' s spikes this year. In rebuilding year Bruin Spikers go 0-16 The varsity volleyball team suf- fered through the most frustrating year in its history at Blackford this year as they compiled a disappoint- ing 0-16 record. Second year coach Miss Sheryl Wright said the reason for the poor showing was the graduation of five seniors and a lack of playing exper- ience in the starters t-kis pastryear. Wright called the season a rebuild- ing year with a lot of young talent. The three sophomores on the var- sity squad were each tabbed best in a specific category by Coach Wright. The most spikes and best spiker honors went to sophomore Kelly Moorman, while sophs Casey Mclntire and Lorri Dewitt took top honors in serving and serve recep- tion, respectively. The most valuable player honor went to senior Diane Montgomery. She was also picked as the team ' s best setter. Senior Penny Clamme made the most blocks on the team. Things were not as bleak for the Ju- nior Varsity squad. They claimed an 8-7 record. The award for the most improvement went to sophomore Kay West. 11. Bottom: Varsity, Lou Ann Dearduff, Lesa Glancy. Penny Clamme, Janet Booher, (Row 2) Kelly Moorman, Kathy Love, Lori Dewitt, Casey Mcln- tire, Jody Lee, Diane Montgomery, (Row 3) Junior Varsity, Beth Eppard, Linda Bouse, Roxanne Mar- tin, Connie Green, Michelle Bailey, Angle Carll, Coach Sheyl Wright, (Row 4) Assistant Coach Donna Needier, Mgr. Lucy Hartley, Tina Enochs, Debbie Rinker, Londa Pierson, Kim Storer, Lynn Crouse, Kay West, Mgr., Rhonda McJunkin. Volleyball 165

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The Bruin ' s leading rebounder and second leading scorer, Jeff Stroup, scores on a fastbreak in first round sectional action. The Bruins best Wes-Del 56- 54. VARSITY BASKETBALL Season Record 12-11 CIC 3-3 BHS OPPONENT OPP 38 Wabash 44 60 Madison Grant 53 64 Peru 63 59 Delta 45 62 Marion 76 56 Muncie Central 63 80 Huntingdon 67 69 So. Wells 59 73 F.W. Concordia 80 82 Mississinewa 64 35 Yorktown 62 77 Elwood 60 49 Alexandria 50 66 Bluffton 53 62 Tipton 80 62 F.W. Wayne 70 58 Muncie North 79 68 Jay County 55 76 South Adams 48 57 Norwell 60 Sectional 56 Wes-Del 54 72 Eastbrook 49 53 Delta 60 In season highlight Bruins blast Eastbrook Early in the year several people predicted the Bruin roundhallers wouldn ' t win as many games as the football team. They didn ' t. The Basketball team did finish over .500 finishing 12-11. But for the second year in a row the Bruins lost their own Isectional. This year the Delta Eagles derailed the Bruins in the championship game 60-53. The Bruins did have school bright spots as juniors Dave Dickey and Brett Townsend averaged 10 and 12 points a game. Seniors Dave Spen- cer and Jeff Stroup led the team in that department though, by averag- ing 15 and 13 points a game. Though the Bruins did not get a Despite having a Delta Eagle on his back, ju- nior Brett Townsend puts in an easy two. Townsend averaged just over 12 points a game for the Bruins. chance to play the Eastbrook Pan- thers during the season, they did meet them in the sectional semi-fin- als. As usual the Bruins downed the Panthers 72-49, this marked their 12th straight victory without a de- feat against the varsity Panther roundballers. Besides being second in the scor- ing department, Stroup led the team in rebounding. He had 188 rebounds while Townsend hauled down 165. Senior Dave Spencer led the team in field goal percentage with his 45% coming mainly on 20 footers. Senior Kent Roush led the team in steals and assists with 56 and 100 for the 23 game season. Varsity Basketball 167