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

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After a victory over Wes-Del int he first Although fans were sparse during the regular round of the sectional. Bruin cheerleaders season, they turned out in mass to support the storm the court to congratulate their heroes. Bruins at sectional time. ■V ■.j tHi wi m i av i3 . . ■. ■ Wi f 1 -I f 1 Forward Dave Dickey starts to drive on his Delta Eagle opponent during the sectional. Dickey averaged ten points a game. Even though the crowd doesn ' t seem excited, the Bruin bench is obviously pleased with something. Varsity Basketball 169

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Dave Spencer unleashes one of his rainbow shots from the baseUne in spite of the Delta Eagle. Spencer hit 45% of his shots. B-ball crowds dwindle Where are the fans? As many co aches put it, the home crowd is the team ' s best sixth man. In that case the Blackford Bruins were weak off the bench this year. Whether the reason be lack of in- terest or a team that just isn ' t spec- tacular no one is sure, but the Bruins aren ' t the only school bitten by the no show bug. State wide, crowds are slipping slowly at about 5% yearly rate. But the Blackford crowds have dropped about 15% a year over the last three years. Although regular season crowds are down, students still get excited about sectional. In the 1979-80 sec- tional the Bruin crowds were plainly the most vocal, as the home crowd should be. Although the games with Eastbrook High School have be- come bitter rivalries, the adminis- tration can still credit Eastbrook for livening the Blackford student ' s spirit. It may be time the administration proposed some kind of incentive sys- tem to those who attend the games before there ends-up being more players at the games than fans. While Dave Spencer hops up to get a better look at things, Brett Townsend avoids a Peru opponent to put in two more points. 168 Varsity Basketball

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Combined record 23-8 Frosh set win record The 1979-80 Freshman team bounded through the most success- ful season for a freshman team in BHS history. Coach FogweWs Ted- dybears (in A and B action) had a record of 23-8. The A team was 13-5 while the B was 10-3. Although Coach Clark ' s Cubs did not have an impressive a record, 8- 12, he felt his kids learned well. Leading the Cubs throughout the season were sophomores, Rob Brat- ton and Jack Norton. Bratton was the team ' s leading scorer with a sev- en point average and also hauled down the most rebounds. Norton led the team in steals and assists. Part of the Cub ' s problem could be blamed on the promotion of two of their starters, Bill Davis and Tom Sharp, to the varsity level midway through the season, after which the Cubs lost four of five games. The highlight of the freshman season was a championship at the Marion Tourney. It was the first time a team from Blackford County had won the Marion Tourney. Fog- well cited Ed Holdcroft and Bob Banter as the team leaders in scor- ing and rebounding while Jim Nuck- ols was the floor leader. Ml !i . Freshmen Basketball Team: (Lying) Mark Van Horn, (Row 1) Bri- an McDonald, Mike Cheney, John Williams, Lee Myers, Jeff Bark- dull. Tony Uggen. (Row 2) Mike Hardesty, Barry Bailey, Scott Stroup, Bob Banter, Coach Norm Fogwell, Ed Holdcroft, Chuck Dick, Jim Nuckols, Jeff Thomas, (mgr.) Mike Fanning. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL RECORD 62 Wes-Del 49 39 York town 28 Season Record A Team 13-5 B Team 10-3 36 Bluffton 29 BHS A OPPONENT OPP 51 Wes-Del 25 41 Muncie Cent. 45 BHS B OPPONENT OPP 32 Madison Grant 42 24 Wes-Del 8 53 Jay County 34 33 Muncie Cent. 54 33 Marion McCulloch 35 53 Madison Grant 68 42 Delta 36 46 Jay Co. 41 44 Muncie S. 46 57 Marion McCulloch 38 48 Alexandria 36 54 Delta 42 36 Marion McCulloch 35 44 Muncie S. 48 43 Marion Jones 36 59 Alexandr ia 35 45 Mississinewa 33 65 Mississinewa 35 43 Salamonie 33 62 Salamonie 28 56 El wood 27 64 El wood 25 41 South Adams 33 38 Yorktown 33 37 Delta 39 54 Bluffton 35 Freshman center Ed Holdcroft muscles his way between two Delta opponents. He led the team in scoring and rebounding. 170 JV And Frosh Basketball