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

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No foul here or is there? Freshman Ed Hold- croft puts up the shot in spite of a little con- tact from his Delta opponent. JV Basketball Team: (Front Row) Doug Coons, Greg Buckner, Bob Ha vens. Bill Da vis. Jack Norton. (Row 2) Willie Elliot, Ben Hod- gin, Rob Bratton, Tom Sharp, St eve Strine, Coach Rick Clark. JUNIOR VARSITY Season Record 8-12 CIC 5-2 BHS OPPONENT OPP 37 Wabash 41 28 Madison Grant 21 48 Peru 41 57 Delta 46 36 Marion 50 34 Muncie Cent. 35 40 Hunington 57 38 Southern Wells 37 38 Concordia 46 59 Mississinewa 40 38 Yorktown 52 58 Elwood 35 42 Alexandria 46 36 Bluffton 43 52 Tipton 46 45 Wayne 56 46 Muncie N. 54 45 Jay Co. 54 54 South Adams 46 53 Norwell 56 Junior forward Tom Sharp puts up the shot while sophomores, Ben Hodgin and Bob Havens converge for the rebound. Sharp played JV and varsity. JVAnd Frosh Basketball 171

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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

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Varsity coaches Moore and Daniel give instructions to their teams. Moore resigned after the Tipton game and Daniel took over. ■ ' if IM Moore resigns post Daniel coaches girls A young varsity basketball team survived a mid-season coaching change and an 0-4 start, to finish the season with a 5-12 record. Three of the wins came in conference compe- tition where the girls were 3-4. Coach Craig Moore took an early time-out due to a firm dedication to the baseball program and resigned as varsity coach after the Tipton game. Junior high coach Marty Dan- iel took over the reins and guided the team the remainder of the sea- son. The JV team didn ' t fair as well. They finished the season 2-12 under coach Cheryl Elwood. Coach Daniel complimented his senior starters Janet Booher and Diane Montgomery for the leader- ship. He was also pleased with how hard the girls worked even after several disappointing losses. The girls team will return several under- class letterwomen, headed by soph- omores Kelly Moorman, Beth Leeth, Jody Musselman and freshmen Ka- ren Hutson. Girls Basketball Teams: (Bottom Row) Sharie King. Shelly Confer. Karen Hutson. Donna McDonald, Kay West, Janet Booher, Beth Leeth, Rhonda McJunkin. (Row 2) Coach Cheryl Elwood, Diane Montgomery, Teresa King, Robyn Richman, Kelly Moorman, Jody Musselman, Michelle Baily, Coach Marty Daniel. Senior leader Janet Booher puts in the easy two against Anderson. The Lady Bruins were pounded by the ranked Indians, 68-37. 172 Girls Basketball