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BILL MILLINER, Coach, Elkhart High, 1948-1954 During his tenure with the Blue Blazers, Bill led them to 112 victories and just 39 losses. His teams won five straight sectional titles and four regional championships. His final team won the semi-state, then lost to Muncie Central in the state championships. That was the year tiny Milan […]

WARREN LINN, Concord High School, 1960 Warren played on Minutemen basketball teams which recorded 24-1 and 22-2 records in 1959 and 1960, advancing to the sectional title game both years only to lose heartbreakers to Elkhart High. He was one of the county elite to reach the 1,000-point scoring plateau, totaling 1,001 points in his […]

LISA LATTIMER, Concord High School, 1979 Lisa lettered four years in volleyball, basketball and tennis, winning MVP honors in volleyball three years, had the most winning sets two years and was honorary team captain two years. She also played on four sectional volleyball teams and two regional runnerup teams, was a unanimous all Northern Lakes […]

FRED LANDS, Elkhart High School, 1967 Fred was second in the state cross-country meet and second in the state mile run as a junior, then won the state championship in the two-mile run as a senior with a record time of 9:23.9. A week later he became the second fastest miler in Indiana history by […]

ROSS KRIDER, Middlebury High School, 1958 Ross is the all-time Middlebury High School basketball scoring leader, reaching the elite 1,000 point Club, with 1,038. His sophomore through senior years saw the Middies compile a 58-12 record, including two Elkhart County tourney titles (’56 and `58). He was named to the all-sectional basketball team three straight […]

REX KRIDER, Middlebury High School, 1958 A member of the famed Middlebury team which featured his twin brother, Ross, and twins Wayne and Warren Lambright, Rex played on teams which compiled a 58-12 overall record his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He ended with 973 points in four years of basketball. Middlebury lost three sectional […]

GEORGE KNOBEL, Nappanee High School, 1935 George led Nappanee to the Bulldogs’ second straight sectional championship in 1935, beating Goshen, 35- 19 in the title game. He was amed to all-NIHSC, all-Sectional and all-State teams in 1935. Knobel led Nappanee to the Sweet Sixteen (’35), where the Bulldogs lost a second-round game to eventual champion […]

JIM HETTLER, FW South Side, 1947 Coached at New Paris High School, 1957 to 1965, posting an overall record of 131 victories against 69 losses. At New Paris, he turned the program around immediately. He won the Elkhart County tourney that first year, beating a good Middlebury team, 51-50, then lost a heart-breaker to heavily-favored […]

BILL HARDY, Elkhart High School, 1943 Hardy was one of the finest all-around athletes in EHS history and was one of the very few ever to play four years in each of three major sports… football, basketball and track. He was EHS football MVP in 1940, all-Northern Indiana Conference for three years (`40-’42), and captain […]

BRENTON GRAHAM, Bristol High School, 1942 Brenton lettered all four years in basketball and baseball and was named to the All-Sectional team as a freshman. He went on to earn 10 varsity letters at Manchester College from the fall of 42 to the spring of ’48 (his college career was interrupted by military service in […]