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

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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

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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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VARSITY GOLF RECORD 1 Season Record 7-6 CIC Record 2nd | BHS OPPONENT OPP 181 Marion 159 181 Bluffton Madison Grant (cane.) 190 182 Peru 197 183 Wabash 182 172 Jay County South Adams (cane.) 180 172 New Castle 158 332 Alexandria 358 174 Tipton 170 238 El wood 243 5th CIC meet 173 Huntington 159 178 Norwell 170 176 Southern Wells 191 169 Mississinewa 173 6th Sectional JV GOLF RECORD Season Record 7-1 BHS OPPONENT OPP 206 Peru 222 182 Wabash 222 188 Jay County 206 184 New Castle 188 176 Alexandria 207 195 El wood 205 189 Huntington 167 178 Alexandria 200 One of the two seniors on the team, Scott Confer, teamed-up with classmate Chris Hal- ley to lead the 7-6 squad. Chris Halley crosses the creek at the Black- ford Country Club. Halley shot a 77 in the sectional to qualify for regional. Sophomore Ben Hodgin coaxes the ball in the hole during a meet with Mississinewa. He was one of five underclassmen to letter. Golf 189