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

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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

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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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Coach Brian Hay gives some last minute ad- vice to his team before they meet Missis- senwa. The Bruins won, 169-173. Regional qualifier Chris Hally tees off at the Blackford Country Club. Halley was the team ' s most consistent golfer. jt r Golf Team (Front Row) Scott Simmons, Den- nis Tyler, Doug Goetz, Dave Jackson. (Row Two) Coach Brian Hay, John Faas, Doug Mills, Chris Halley, Roger Schwarzkopf, Ben Kodgin. Scott Confer, Geoff Witt. Halley goes to regional Young golfers finish fifth Blackford ' s varsity golf team struggled to a disappointing 7-6 re- cord, hut the squad had a slew of golfers capable of playing on the varsity squad. The JV squad breezed to a 7-1 re- cord. Outside of the meet the JVer ' s lost to a tough Huntington team, they were only tested once as they pulled out a 184-188 decision over New Castle. Coach Brian Hay was disappoint- ed that the defending CIC champs could do no better than fifth but was pleased with the team ' s depth. Coach Hay lettered seven golfers, Chris Halley, Doug Mills, Roger Schwarzkopf John Faas, Scott Con- fer, Ben Hodgin, and Dennis Tyler. He often used others to compose the five man varsity team. The team finished 6th out of 16 at the Huntginton Sectional, Senior Chris Halley qualified for the re- gional by shooting a 77 for 18 holes. i ???%X S 188 Golf