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

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Bruin sprinter Scot Stallsmith goes all out in the 100m at the CIC meet. Stallsmith finished fifth in the heat. Bruin sophomore Rod Adkins (center) runs a tight battle with his Peru and Alexandria Op- ponents. Adkins finished second. jf-- rtaAkSKHB VARSITY TRACK RECORD n Season Record 19-4 CIC Record 2nd BHS OPPONENT OPP 78 Tipton 25 78 Noblesville 50 8 A. Mississinewa 40a 61V2 Jay County 65 2 2nd CIC (8 teams) 2nd Blackford Inv. (9 teams) 81 Bellmont 40 81 Muncie South 28 42 Ft. Wayne Snider 88 42 Peru 20 After a victorious mile relay run, competitor Gregg Osborn (right) offers a congratulatory shake to junior Dave Powell. At the start of the two mile, Bruin runners Gregg Osborn and sophomore Paul Clark jump off to a quick start. Varsity Track 183

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Fettig, Boise, 10th and 16th CMxm slips to 19th spot Greg Osborn started the season with a dream. He ended it with a heartache. Osborn aimed his whole season to- wards winning the state champion- ship in the mile. At one point during the year he had the best time in the state. He was seldom pushed as few of his competitors were even in his class. He breezed through the sec- tional and finished second in the re- gional, despite an injured hamstring. Then came the state meet. Osborn still was suffering slightly from the hamstring problems and worse, had received a series of injections on the days immediately preceeding the race. At race time he looked weak and pale but at the end of two laps he was just a step behind the leader. Then, as the leader turned it on, Greg couldn ' t answer and lagged further and further behind. Finally he finished a disappointing 19th of 20. The evental champion. Brad Jones from Anderson, had beaten, and been beaten by, Osborn in previous meets. But a championship for Os- born was not to be. As a team, Blackford was very successful this season as they fin- ished 19-4. That includes second in the conference and the Blackford In- vitational. Outstanding perfor- mances were turned in by Kevin Fettig and Tod Boise. Fettig finished tenth in the state in shot put while Boise was 16th. Other excellent per- formances were turned in by Osborn and classmate Greg Mounsey. They finished 1-2 in the 880 at the Lime City Relays and sectional. Willie Myers and Scott Kimmel also did well in pole vault and discus. A tragic end to a great season. Gregg Osborn rounds turn four of the fourth lap of the mile at the state meet. He finished 19th. State competitor Kevin Fettig heaves the shot a personal best 54 ' at the state meet. That was good enough for 10th in the state. 182 Varsity Track

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Swinging away with the runner at third li . - . Brad McConnell in the Bruin ' s 3-2 win over Lawrence North. Blackford fans turned-out to support the Bru- ins in the sectional, but went home disap- pointed. Varsity Baseball Record 1 Season Record 20-7 CIC Record 6-1 BHS OPPONENT OPP. 5 Lawrence North 1 3 Lawrence North 2 8 So. Wells 1 9 Marion 7 6 Pendleton H. 1 11 Pendleton H. 8 13 Muncie Central 5 12 Muncie South 1 5 Eastbrook 6 5 Dekalb 3 1 Dekalb 4 Norwell 5 4 Madison Grant 3 4 El wood 1 7 Peru 4 12 Jay County 4 7 Kokomo Haworth 3 9 Kokomo Haworth 8 2 Ft. Wayne Wayne 15 6 Mississinewa 1 3 Huntington 4 3 Alexandria Blufflon (cane.) 1 8 Muncie North 5 8 Wabash 4 Delta 6 5 Tipton — Sectional — 6 2 Jay County 6 ' li «iil . ■ rtri»fcBB B «n In the sectional game with Jay County, hurler Steve Strine came in in relief He finished the year 5-0. Battling the sun, the wind, and the pressure Gary Langdon struggles to haul in a fly ball. It got away. 184 Varsity Baseball