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Ernie Miller, Middlebury High School (1960) Ernie led the county and set a school record in basketball scoring with 439 points and a 19.9 points per game average his senior year for Middlebury HS, scoring 32 and 30 points in two separate games. He was also the team’s leading rebounder that year and one of […]

Lester LeVon Mann, Jefferson High School (1951) One of the highlights of “LeVon’s” basketball career occurred in the 1951 sectional when he set the one-game sectional scoring record of 34 points in the evening game against Bristol after scoring 21 points earlier in the afternoon against Concord. Jefferson won both games, but was beaten by […]

Fred Lopp, Nappanee High School (1933) During his basketball career as a three-letter winner at Nappanee, he became known as Freddie “Free-Wheeling” Lopp, based on his speed and quickness, excellent dribbling and ball handling, and tenacious defense. Newspaper articles used such phrases as “sparkplug guard and expert dribbler” to describe his contributions. In 1950, Tom […]

Howard Lewallen, Concord High School (1944) Howard was a three-year letter winner in basketball, baseball and track. As a basketball player he scored 384 career points, was known as a great defensive guard and was later named to Coach Les McCuen’s all-time starting five. In baseball, he was a pitcher and played third base. On […]

Leroy Lambright, Goshen News (Media) Leroy was one of LaGrange County’s most outstanding athletes when he was in high school, setting a career county scoring record of 1257 points that stood until 1972. However, for most of Elkhart County, he is better know as the retired sports editor for the Goshen News, a position he […]

Jim Everett, Bristol High School (1962) When Jim graduated from Bristol HS in 1962, he held the school records for: most points in career, 694; most points in a season, 392 (1961‑62, second in Elkhart County with a 20.6 average); most rebounds in a season, 232, as well as most rebounds in one game, 22; […]

Lorin “Snow” Evans, Wakarusa and Goshen High Schools (Coach) “Snow” Evans coached basketball at Goshen High School from 1938 to 1945. The Redskins went from 4-17 in 1938-39 to 15-5 each of the next two seasons. Goshen was 16-7 in 1941-42, winning a sectional championship. The Redskins defeated Culver Community in the regional before losing […]

Jody Showalter Downey, Fairfield High School (1978) Jody’s early athletic career was notable in that she played on various boys basketball teams, because there were no girls teams. However, in high school she lettered in basketball 4 years, volleyball 4 years, and track 4 years, in addition to earning her letter as a varsity cheerleader […]

Keith W. Dougherty, Nappanee & Elkhart High Schools (Coach) Coach Dougherty began his coaching career in 1949 as an assistant basketball coach at Lewisville High School and later became a highly successful head basketball coach at: Hymera High School, 1950-59; Nappanee High School, 1959-68; and Elkhart High School, 1968-72. Keith served as Elkhart Memorial High […]

Henry “Hank” Clason, Goshen High School (1938) Hank was an outstanding basketball player for GHS, leading the team in scoring for three consecutive years; was All-Conference (NIHSC) two years, including one year when he was the conference leading scorer. He also was named All-Sectional two years, a member of the Elkhart County All Stars in […]