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

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With the ball seemingly in hand, Jamie Willmann ' s South Adams opponent is ready to tag him. The Teddvbears lost 14-6. JV BASEBALL RECORD Season Record 13-1 CIC 3-0 BHS OPPONENT OPP 7 Masonaquah 2 6 Bluffton 1 6 York town 6 Huntington 4 1 Jay County 4 Marion 11 13 Dekalb 11 3 Alexandria 1 1 Adams Central 8 Muncie Central 7 6 El wood 2 12 Muncie South 2 15 Madison Grant Tipton (cane.) 1 FRESHMAN BASEBALL RECORD 1 Season Record 4-2 BHS OPPONENT OPP 8 Marion Jones 13 14 Huntington 7 4 Marion Justice 1 6 South Adams 14 17 Marion McCulloch 4 4 Muncie North 1 Freshman Baseball Team (Front Row) Justin Moore, Mark VanHorn, Darrin Bolt. Perry Miller. Jeff Strait. Mike Chaney, Jim Nuckols, Jamie Willmann. (Row 2) Coach Russ Sutton, Tom Lambert, Joe Spencer, Tim Hi- day, Tony Uggen, Chuck Dick, Lane Morris, Mike Apple- gate, Todd Turner. (Row 3) Ron Kreischer, Ed Hodcroft, Eric Wade. Brian Bothast, Scot Hopkins, Rick Morrical. Bill McAffee, Monte Jackson, Chris Holiday, Brian Twi- bell. Greg Bullard. JV Baseball Team (Front Row) Chuck Ross, Jim Sharp, Bill Davis, Dave Whitesell, Marty Rhodes. (Row 2) Neil Schwindt, Mike Ludwig, Richard Snyder, Paul Whitesell. Bob Havens. (Row 3) Coach Gary Cheeseman, Roger Rinker, Mike Fanning, Arron Pierce, Bob Banter, Jack Norton, Tim Miller (mgr.). 186 JV Frosh Baseball

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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

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During the heat of the game the Teddybears infield holds a conference to discuss the sitau- tion. The Cubs beat Muncie North 4-1. SUding safely into third is Brian Twibell. Twi- bell shared the bulk of the pitching duties with Jamie Willmann. Pitching leads team Cubs tie record at 13-1 mM Led by super pitching and consis- tent hitting, Coach Gary Cheese- man ' s Cubs had a 13-1 record this year tying the record for most wins set by the 1973 JV squad which was also 13-1. Although the Blackford freshman squad was 4-2, several freshmen saw junior varstiy action which could help account for the two losses. Leading the JV pitchers was soph- omore Arron Pierce who was 6-0 with a 0.95 ERA including a one hit- ter and a no hitter. He was followed by classmate Roger Rinker who was 3-0. Junior Greg Anderson was 2-0 JV second basemen Marty Rhodes gives ad- vice to batgirl Sindee Musser. Rhodes saw some varsity time as a reserve second base- men. with a one hitter as was freshman Paul Whitesell. Whitesell also threw a one hitter. Rounding out the corps was freshman Bob Banter. Banter was 1-1 in three appear- ances. The hitting department was led by Rinker as he came on with a late season flurry to finish batting .500. He was followed by sophomore Mike Ludwig at .371 and Banter at .314. The freshman squad was led by four individuals. Hitting was headed by Ed Holdcroft and Bill McAffee and pitching was done by Brian Twi- bell and Jamie Willmann. JV Frosh Baseball 187