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

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Below: Sophomore wrestlers Dave Abbott and Ben Green watch with Coach Charlie Carter. Both finished 16-0. Getting in position to roll his Jay County op- ponent over is Tod Boise. The heavyweight wrestler compiled a 9-8 season record. VARSITY WRESTLING 1 Season Record 4-7 CIC Record 4-2 1 BHS OPPONENT OPP 13 Oak Hill 48 53 Wabash 23 10 Jay County 57 39 El wood 30 34 So. Adams 39 27 Tipton 38 5th Western Inv. 40 Peru 28 23 Madison Grant 48 26 Norwell 50 42 Mississinewa 24 5th CIC Tournament 21 Bluffton 45 3rd Sectional Regional Wrestling 177

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Junior Tow Applegate appears upset with the fact that he was pinned. Applegate wrestled in the 185 pound class. His arm raised with victory in hand, senior Tod Boise returns to the bench after decision- ing his Mississinewa opponent. Regular season records are 16-0 Abbott, Green lead wrestlers Blackford ' s varsity wrestlers fin- ished their season with a 4-7 record. Three wrestlers gained regional competition. Sophomores Dave Abbott and Ben Green teamed up with junior Mike Herr to represent the Bruins in the regional. Though all three lost in the regional, they will all return next year looking for further advance- ment. Abbott and Green also com- piled the regular season ' s most im- pressive records as each went 16-0. Abbott wrestled in the 126 pound class while Green manned the 132 pound class throughout the season. Abbott and Green also took first place in the conference meet. Other mentionable records belong to senior heavyweight Tod Boise at 9-8 and 155 pound Mike Herr at 8-6- 2. Boise also finished 2nd in the con- ference. The team took 5th place in the conference tournament, but in dual meets against conference teams went 4-2. The team only loses two wrestlers to graduation, Boise and John Powell, and should make a run for next year ' s conference crown. Wrestling Team: (Front Row) John Payne, Brian Bowman, Ben Green, Dave Abbott, Pat O ' Hern. Richie Welch, Greg BuUard. (Row 2) Asst. Coach Rich Broyles, Man. Todd Rea. Tod Boise. Tom Applegate, John Powell, Bill Sutton, Mike Herr, Donny Yates, Coach Char- lie Carter. Looking to the sidelines for assistance is freshman Pat O ' Hern. OHern was the only freshman to hold down a varsity spot the whole season. 176 Wrestling

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Freshman Mike Applegate shows the form that earned him 5th place in a home meet against Jay County. BHS won 91-80. Senior co-captain Steve Strickland runs through his routine on sidehorse. Also co-cap- tain was senior Scot Stallsmith. BOYS GYMNASTICS Season Record 5-5 CIC record 2-0 BHS Opponent 0pp. 92 Angola 75 91 Jay County 80 6th Blackford Invita- tional 97 Madison Heights 100 92 Jay County 91 92 Wabash 80 91 Highland 106 98 Anderson 109 99 Heritage 105 96 Wabash 90 97 North wood 103 7th Sectional Jeff Cook practices his vaulting. He placed 13th in the state. Cook had the Bruins ' team high on vault, with an 8.55. 178 Boys Gymnastics