1958-59
PORTAGE (14-8)
Coach: Harvey Noland
Season Career
Jim Benfield, sr. 175 201
Dave Berg, jr. 101
Mike Corson, jr. 102
Bert Fekete, sr. 236 326
Frank Grennes, sr. 14 14
Jim Setley, sr. 165 282
Dave Luke, jr. 84
Bob Mullin, sr. 17 21
Don Nelson, sr. 56 73
Dave Wilkie, sr. 260 548
Bob Wilson, sr. (elder) 327 639
Scores
102 River Forest 52
50 Valparaiso 78
63 Hammond Tech 64
77 Merrillville 46
65 Gary Froebel 85
61 Griffith 70
58 Highland 66
70 Gary Edison 63
Holiday Tourney
66 Hammond Clark 64
44 Whiting 54
88 Dyer 48
61 Gary Wirt 50
57 Chesterton 43
76 Buchanan, Mich. 56
75 Lowell 60
72 Hobart 47
64 Calumet 69
97 East Gary 73
79 Gary Mann 71
70 Crown Point 62
Valparaiso Sectional
82 Hebron 65
60 Valparaiso 97
1955-56
PORTAGE (18-6)
Coach: Dean Snider
Season Career
Pete Adams, sr. 4 4
Jim Bacon, jr. 301
Lindy Betancourt, sr. 17 281
Larry Bradford, sr. 257 630
Mike Brady, jr. 173
Marv Nicoletto, sr. 2 2
Bob Parish, sr. 148 219
Paul Parker, soph. 4
Larry Petersen, jr. 180
John Robbins, sr. 407 583
Phil Schlobohm, sr. 2 2
Dave Strilich, soph. 66
Scores
57 Hebron 49
53 Valparaiso 51
53 Chesterton 48
75 Dyer 53
64 Gary Edison 38
72 Gary Wirt 63
70 Wheeler 49
Tourney at E.C. Roosevelt
57 Hammond Clark 43
50 East Chicago Roosevelt 51
95 East Gary 85
65 Calumet Twp. 76
56 Hammond Morton 59
PCC Tourney
44 Boone Grove 45
64 Merrillville 61
60 Hobart 56
81 Lowell 60
69 Kouts 44
63 Griffith 66
84 Boone Grove 63
Valparaiso Sectional
49 Valparaiso 48
93 Liberty Twp. 63
60 Chesterton 51
52 Boone Grove 46
Hammond Regional
75 Gary Froebel 76
1952-53
PORTAGE (16-8)
Coach: Karl Speckard
Season Career
Marv Ansbro, sr. 0 0
Lindy Betancourt, fresh. 1
Jim Blair, sr. 239 262
Tom Brady, sr. 253 333
Gary Bradford, soph. 61
Larry Bradford, fresh. 1
Milt Carlson, sr. 83 115
Jack Clem, sr. 0 5
Ralph Coker, sr. 4 4
Jim Creasy, sr. 2 2
Nick Fekete, soph. 23
Larry King, sr. 380 578
Tom Lenburg, soph. 4
Dick Parker, sr. 229 387
Ron Puett, soph. 0
Bob Selby, sr. 165 176
Joe Sistanich, jr. 14
Larry Thorn, sr. 29 50
Scores
75 Hebron 64
46 Valparaiso 59
43 Chesterton 52
63 Gary Wirt 52
55 Merrillville 64
83 Dyer 60
55 Gary Edison 72
Tourney at Valparaiso
65 Valparaiso 63
75 Chesterton 52
52 Boone Grove 57
74 Hobart 88
62 Wheeler 48
Porter County Tourney
74 Morgan Twp. 50
67 Liberty Twp. 52
71 Hebron 65
75 Crown Point 61
61 East Gary 57
51 Lowell 28
56 Griffith 52
56 Kouts 52
59 Knox 81
Sectional
60 Valparaiso 59
69 Morgan Twp. 45
41 Wheeler 46
1957-58
PORTAGE (8-14)
Coach: Harvey Noland
Season Career
Jim Benfield, jr. 25
Bert Fekete, jr. 90
Tom Kunstek, sr. 106 152
Bill McGivern, sr. 11 11
Bob Mullin, jr. 4
Don Nelson, jr. 17
Paul Parker, sr. 104 143
Jim Setley, jr. 112
Dave Strilich, sr. 205 396
Marv Thomae, sr. 248 303
Dave Wilkie, jr. 171
Bob Wilson, jr. (elder) 217
Scores
40 Hebron 81
44 Gary Edison 56
44 Valparaiso 73
47 Hammond Tech 70
49 Buchanan, Mich. 44
58 Merrillville 50
38 Calumet 70
59 Chesterton 75
Holiday Tourney
62 Hammond Morton 73
69 East Gary 61
47 Griffith 66
77 Dyer 53
57 Gary Wirt 70
85 Jackson Twp. 45
70 Boone Grove 45
66 Chesterton 70
82 Lowell 75
77 Gary Froebel 88
77 East Gary 80
58 Gary Mann 41
44 Crown Point 60
Sectional
60 Kouts 70
1954-55
PORTAGE (10-13)
Coach: Dean Snider
Season Career
Jim Bacon, soph. 25
Lindy Betancourt, jr. 90
Gary Bradford, sr. 300 631
Larry Bradford, jr. 210
Mike Brady, soph. 149
Nick Fekete, sr. 13 49
Nick Greavu, sr. 0 0
Leroy Jones, sr. 5 5
Tom Lenburg, sr. 128 132
Jim McHargue, sr. 20 62
Bob Parish, jr. 35
Lowell Ripperdan, sr. 89 199
John Rollins, jr. 176
Joe Swab, sr. 2 2
Scores
49 Hebron 51
39 Valparaiso 60
47 Chesterton 56
48 Merrillville 68
65 Dyer 47
50 Gary Edison 56
51 Gary Wirt 57
Tourney at Valparaiso
43 Crown Point 32
26 Chesterton 41
45 Wheeler 51
52 Calumet Twp. 67
53 Morgan Twp. 29
45 Chesterton 46
62 East Gary 54
73 Hobart 74
79 Lowell 59
59 Griffith (2 OT) 57
45 Kouts (2 OT) 43
70 Hammond Morton 71
62 Boone Grove 32
Valparaiso Sectional
73 Jackson Twp. 37
62 Valparaiso 60
44 Chesterton 47
1951-52
PORTAGE (10-10)
Coach: Melvin Taylor
Season Career
Rob Bannister, sr. 77 117
Jim Blair, jr. 23
Tom Brady, jr. 80
Milt Carlson, jr. 32
Jack Clem, jr. 5
John Hawkins, sr. 10 10
Oscar Jolly, sr. 187 296
Larry King, jr. 198
Harold Merwald, sr. 227 321
Dick Parker, jr. 148
Bob Selby, jr. 11
Joe Sistanich, soph. 1
Larry Thorn, jr. 21
Scores
33 Hebron 45
46 Valparaiso 57
36 Gary Edison 54
51 Chesterton 57
65 Boone Grove 33
57 Gary Wirt 42
54 Merrillville 49
64 Dyer 55
Tourney at Valparaiso
41 Valparaiso 69
54 Chesterton (OT) 52
60 Hobart 46
65 Wheeler 67
Porter County Tourney
48 Chesterton 56
62 Griffith 59
43 Crown Point 48
45 East Gary 69
42 Lowell 23
60 Kouts 55
65 Knox 56
Sectional
29 Gary Edison 59
1956-57
PORTAGE (14-9)
Coach: Dean Snider
Season Career
Jim Bacon, sr. 194 520
Mike Brady, sr. 222 546
Jim Benfield, soph. 1
Tom Kunstek, jr. 46
Larry Petersen, sr. 464 644
Paul Parker, jr. 35
Jim Setley, soph. 5
Dave Strilich, jr. 125
George Svihla, sr. 42 42
Marv Thomae, jr. 55
Dave Wilkie, soph. 117
Bob Wilson, soph. (elder) 95
Scores
67 Hebron 48
65 Valparaiso 39
50 Buchanan, Mich. 59
54 Merrillville 60
55 Gary Edison 71
47 Calumet 68
53 Hammond Morton 62
59 Chesterton 58
62 Griffith 65
61 Dyer 51
74 Gary Wirt 53
PCC Tourney
54 Hebron 51
49 Boone Grove 42
60 Chesterton 56
67 Hobart 64
74 Lowell 73
55 Gary Froebel 70
84 Kouts 63
77 East Gary 57
56 Crown Point 44
53 Boone Grove 58
Sectional
68 Wheeler 31
57 Hebron 62
1953-54
PORTAGE (8-13)
Coach: Edmund Strelow
Season Career
Lindy Betancourt, 6-2 soph. 173
Garry Bradford, 6-1 jr. 270
Larry Bradford, 5-7 soph. 162
Mike Brady, fresh. 2
Dick Clem, 6-0 sr. 126 126
Nick Fekete, 5-11 jr. 13
Tom Lenburg, 5-9 jr. 0
Jim McHargue, 5-6 jr. 42
Bob Parish, 5-10 soph. 36
Ron Puett, 5-10 jr. 61
Joe Sistanich, 5-9 sr. 32 47
Lowell Ripperdan, 5-6 jr. 110
Putnam Robbins, 5-11 jr. 4
Scores
47 Hebron 81
37 Valparaiso 39
59 Chesterton 55
50 Merrillville 65
58 Dyer 48
36 Gary Edison 50
42 Gary Wirt (2 OT) 40
Tourney at Valparaiso
49 Crown Point 71
42 Chesterton 51
48 Wheeler 66
32 Calumet Twp. 62
PCC Tourney
62 Jackson Twp. 49
42 Hebron 59
57 East Gary 53
47 Hobart 67
78 Lowell 63
48 Griffith 80
55 Kouts 53
46 Hammond Morton 78
56 Boone Grove 53
Valparaiso Sectional
40 Valparaiso 47
1950-51
PORTAGE (13-8)
Coach: Melvin Taylor
Season Career
Rob Bannister, jr. 40
Brian Blair, sr. 114 116
Larry Brown, sr. 6 6
Carl Cauley, sr. 82 82
Oscar Jolly, jr. 103
Forrest McHargue, sr. 240 285
Harold Merwald, jr. 39
Pat Murray, sr. 2 2
Verne Nelson, sr. 111 111
Dick Parker, soph. 10
Dave Sam, sr. 245 479
Bill VanBergen, sr. 2 2
Scores
63 Boone Grove 37
58 Hebron 37
52 Valparaiso 50
36 Gary Edison (2 OT) 34
47 Chesterton 48
39 Merrillville 54
44 Dyer 45
50 Gary Wirt 44
Tourney at Valparaiso
47 Chesterton 50
44 Valparaiso 53
44 Hobart 31
44 Wheeler 36
Porter County Tourney
55 Morgan Twp. 27
52 Chesterton 50
43 Wheeler 42
46 Griffith 61
55 Crown Point 49
42 East Gary 50
36 Lowell 32
50 Kouts 32
Sectional
47 East Chicago Washington 72
1949-50
PORTAGE (12-8)
Coach: Melvin Taylor
Season Career
Brian Blair, jr. 2
Alan Colville, sr. 54 60
Oscar Jolly, soph. 6
Forrest McHargue, jr. 45
Ralph McHargue, sr. 73 78
Harold Merwald, soph. 55
Charlie Metzcus, sr. 149 370
Verne Nelson, jr. 1
Wayne Olson, sr. 2 2
Bob Petersen, sr. 0 7
Dave Sam, jr. 131
John Sistanich, sr. 16 16
Carl Wells, sr. 305 453
Scores
34 Hebron 21
47 Boone Grove 34
49 Dyer 17
30 Valparaiso 39
41 Gary Wirt 33
47 Chesterton 48
34 Merrillville 28
39 Gary Edison 35
Tourney at Valparaiso
22 Valparaiso 29
39 Hobart 41
45 Hobart 41
46 Wheeler 44
Porter County Tourney
54 Kouts 45
39 Chesterton 40
45 Griffith 63
43 Crown Point 33
54 East Gary 57
32 Lowell 31
56 Kouts 46
Sectional
50 Hobart 53
