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

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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

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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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In the Bruin ' s only night game of the year Head Coach Craig Moore chats with Jim Sharp who hit .286. Bruins fall in sectional Mistakes prove costly i fc: :t -v Wf ! f ' r . ' ,-. L £ ahta,Jttr t For the second year in a row disas- ter struck a talent ladened Bruin baseball team in game one of the sectional. This year the Bruins fell to Jay County, 6-2, a team the Bruins had beaten earlier in the season 12- 4. As head coach Craig Moore plainly put it, We choked and that ' s all there is to it. He went on to say the team was nervous and was a victim of tourney inexperience. The Bruins committed five errors in the section- al game and Sophomore John Twi- bell lost the first game of his high school career. Varsity Baseball Team (Front) Mike Howard (mgr.), Dave Whitesell, Tony King, Marty Rhodes, Brad McConnell, John Twibell, Matt Daniel (mgr.). (Row 2) Willie Elliot. Craig Rees, Larry Williams, Greg Anderson, Jack Norton, Marty Clock, Chris Townsend, Bill Davis. (Row 3) Asst. Coach Gary Cheesman, Steve Strine, Bob Kemp, Dave Dickey. Kevin Rench, Brett Townsend, Eric Langdon, Gary Langdon, Coach Craig Moore. Twibell, who was 5-0 as a fresh- man, was 9-0 in 1980 going into the sectional. He finished 9-1 and still owns a sparkling 0.87 ERA. Other outstanding pitchers this season were junior Craig Rees and sopho- more Steve Strine. Rees was 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA while Strine was 5- with a 1.26 ERA. The team batting average was .282. Senior Gary Langdon led the averages with a .365 average and was followed by junior Chris Town- send with a .325. Townsend also had the most RBI ' s and homeruns with 29 and 6 respectively. Varsity Baseball 185