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

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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

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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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Returning letterman Mark Cook displays a shoulder stand in the home meet against Wa- bash. The Bruins won the meet 92-80. BOYS GYMNASTICS TEAM: (Front Row) Gary Case, Bob Snapp, Mike Stallsmith, Dan Hutson, Justin Moore, Mike Applegate, Brett Shaw. (Row 2) Daryl Lennon, Eric Reid, Jay Bramlett, Mark Cook, Rob Johnson, Kem Bai- ley, Robbie Robbins, Todd Falk. (Row 3) Coach Mick Clay. Asst. Coach Mike Paver, Scot Stallsmith, Jim Sullivan, Steve Strick- land, Jeff Cook, Todd Forrester, Bryan Bul- lard, Bruce Miller, Kerry Kemp (Mgr.). Cook 13th in state Gymnasts gain experience First year head coach Mick Clay guided the Boys Gymnastics Team to a 5-5 record. Junior Jeff Cook was the only state competitor. Replaced 13th on the vault. Cook stored consistently in the high sevens and mid eights and peaked at sectional with an 8.55. In fact, the whole vault team did well as junior Rob Johnson had a season high of 8.4 and senior co-captain Scot Stallsmith garnered an 8.1. The only other senior on the team, co- captain Steve Strickland, had a team high 5.65 on side horse. Bruins first man in floor exercise, Jim Sulli- van, does the splits during his routine. Jim ' s season high was a 6.5 against Madison Heights. Coach Clay said the team should be particularly strong next season due to the experience and practice put in by the team. He thought pos- sibly as many as five individuals could and should advance to the state meet. The Bruins placed sixth in their own invitational against many top ranked teams including eventual state champs Warren Centpal. The team swept home and away meets with Jay County and Wabash and downed Angola for its five season wins. Boys Gymnastics 179