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Steven (Steve) Schrock, New Paris High School, 1955 Four-year varsity basketball for the Cubs Scored 634 points in career Strong rebounder Team’s best year was 1954-55,10-10 Steve notes that a highlight of his career was “the time I had to guard my own teammate to keep him from scoring for other team.” Competed and lettered […]

Thomas (Tom) L. Sawyer, Wakarusa High School, 1957 Tom led the county in basketball scoring his senior year with 484 points (22.0 ave.) capping a fine career in which he helped Wakarusa win many games. He set single game Wakarusa gymnasium scoring record  with 44 points. First team “All-Sectional” and “All-County Tourney.” Nominated for Indiana […]

Ernest “Ernie” Sample, Goshen High School, 1937 As a senior football player at GHS, Ernie was All-Northern Indiana Conference and honorable mention all-state as well as team captain. In basketball as a junior he was on a team that posted a 22-5 record, won the sectional and one game in the regional and as a […]

James (Jim) Perkins, Concord High School, 1949 Jim was named to the Elkhart Truth’s all-sectional basketball tournament teams in 1948 and 1949, and was the leading scorer on the 1949 Concord basketball team that won the school’s first Elkhart Sectional championship. He was the first player to enter the Concord Sports Hall of Fame in […]

Ken Mirer, Goshen High School, Football and Baseball Coach, 1974-85. Ken Mirer’s sports career received a boost as a high school athlete in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball. After serving as an assistant football coach at Goshen and head coach at New Prairie, he returned to Goshen as head football […]

Glenn Jay Miller, Middlebury High School, 1945 A four-year letter winner in basketball and baseball, Glenn also lettered in track and field his senior year when Middlebury added the sport. He played basketball under four different varsity coaches and scored a career total of 649 points, including his senior year when he finished as the […]

Burnell “Barney” Mahler, Millersburg High School, 1958 Barney earned four letters in track and field, three each in basketball and baseball. His specialty in track was the 440 yard dash and against Elkhart County competition won all but one of those races, including winning the 440 three consecutive years at the Elkhart County Track and […]

Karen Leeth, Elkhart Central, Coach Karen was the girls’ swimming coach at Elkhart Central for 26 years. In addition, she coached the boys’ swimming team for 2 years, and was Assistant Athletic Director for 15 years. When Karen resigned her coaching position in 1994 she had a lifetime coaching record of 366 wins, 27 loses, […]

Wayne Lambright, Middlebury High School, 1958 Wayne helped Middlebury to a three-year record of 58-12 record in basketball including county tourney championships in 1956 and 1958. He scored 625 points on a team known for team balance and fundamentals. In baseball, Wayne led a pitching staff that was unbeaten three consecutive seasons (30-0) in the […]

Jerry Lambert, Nappanee High School, 1963 Jerry was the Elkhart County basketball leading scorer in 1963, averaging 21 points per game as Nappanee’s MVP. His high school team lost only 8 games total during his junior and senior years. He earned three letters in basketball and two in track while at Nappanee HS. Jerry also […]