The records of the first nine coaches are lost in the dust bin of antiquity, but their tenth coach, another Wabash graduate named Alex Cox, posted a four year record of 45-22.  Cox, a 1925 graduate of Darlington coached his alma mater from 1936-1941 before moving on to successful coaching stints at Bowers and Linden. The Indians had only one losing season from 1935 to 1971, but could not win a championship until Pete Irwin, a...

Wingate was even more successful, winning the County basketball title in 1932 when they beat New Richmond and again in 1935 and 1936.  The gold and blue had won sectionals in 1917, 1918, 1922, 1925, and 1931.  As all Hoosier basketball fans know, Wingate became the first repeat winner of the IHSAA State Championship by outclassing the entire field in 1913 and 1914.

Earl Pattengale coached everything but track in the firs...

Darlington High School had a long and storied basketball history. According to John “Butch” Dale, basketball was introduced at Darlington in 1906-07. Its story is similar to that of the other schools. Mr. Harry Wright, the principal at that time, mentioned to the boys the basic rules of the game. Interest was stirred up enough that the boys went out and bought a basketball and began playing a crude adaption of the game on a ro...

Former Southmont standout Kaleb Swick is now a starter for Adrian College Men’s basketball team

Swick leads Bulldogs to pair of wins

Southmont graduate and former standout basketball player Kaleb Swick helped Adrian College to a pair of men’s basketball wins just before Christmas to even the Bulldogs record at 5-5.

Swick scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in Adrian’s 82-61 win over Loras, and six points, five rebounds,...