1959-60
PIERCETON (8-13)
Coach: Burt Niles
Season Career
Allan Anders, 5-8 jr. 21
Joe Crouch, 5-10 jr. 16
Jack Keener, 5-10 jr. 211
Claude Manuel, 5-10 sr. 66 204
Bob Menzie, soph. 152
Gary O'Dell, soph. 64
Stan Pequignot, 5-10 jr. 90
Arden Rhoades, 5-11 sr. 91 91
John Rutherford, jr. 2
Bill Schaller, 6-2 sr. 331 620
John Stouffer, 5-8 sr. 212 281
Scores
50 at Claypool 46
46 at Syracuse 63
57 Columbia City 76
56 South Whitley 63
47 at Milford 59
90 Sidney 36
55 at Warsaw 62
48 at Silver Lake 40
45 Mentone (OT) 43
Tourney at Manchester College
64 Noble Twp. 53
51 North Manchester 58
45 Etna Green 54
81 at Leesburg 73
Kosciusko County Tourney at Grace College
57 Beaver Dam 59
66 at North Manchester 72
58 Wakarusa 71
69 North Webster 74
67 Albion 82
67 at Akron 62
Columbia City Sectional
77 Milford 67
60 Columbia City 74
1956-57
PIERCETON (21-7)
Coach: Burt Niles
SeasonCareer
Don Arms, soph. 0
Bill Barnhart, sr. 2323
Jim Hackbirth, sr. 3232
Jack Horn, jr. 492
Estil Kissinger, sr.300535
Roger Leedy, jr. 0
Arden Leiter, jr. 160
Opie Parker, sr. 2828
Rex Slusher, jr. 440
Bob Tenney, sr. 229244
David Zimmerman, sr. 184185
Scores
92 Claypool 49
94 Syracuse 65
76 at Columbia City47
77 Milford 70
68 Leesburg 65
65 at South Whitley73
58 Warsaw 54
78 Silver Lake 54
62 at Mentone 65
Holiday Tourney at North Manchester
71 North Manchester 65
55 South Whitley 44
53 at Etna Green 54
Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
68 Leesburg 67
63 North Webster 59
66 Mentone 57
64 Etna Green 67
58 at North Manchester 69
81 Chester Twp. 49
84 Sidney 39
76 at North Webster67
75 at Albion 83
73 Akron 40
Syracuse Sectional
64 Sidney 42
55 Mentone 42
56 Silver Lake 46
63 Etna Green 60
Elkhart Regional
51 Plymouth 49
42 South Bend Central 82
1953-54
PIERCETON (11-11)
Coach: Burt Niles
SeasonCareer
Jack Bolinger, jr. 1
Bob Crouch, jr. 2
Tim Derf, soph. 3
Terry Farris, jr. 69
Fred Hathaway, sr. 3131
Dave Leiter, sr. 188195
Rex Mort, soph. 3
Dick Slusher, soph. 126
Larry Slusher, jr. 13
Jim Stouffer, jr. 308
Ted Tinkey, jr. 23
Larry Ulrey, sr. 141189
Jim Watters, soph. 90
George Winsley, sr. 335557
Scores
68 at Leesburg 63
55 at Syracuse 44
53 Columbia City66
82 Beaver Dam 68
82 Atwood 53
59 South Whitley66
61 at Larwill 65
63 at Milford 77
48 Mentone 58
61 Claypool 53
71 Etna Green 56
Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
59 Mentone 71
42 North Manchester 72
61 at Chester Twp. 69
70 Sidney (OT) 67
42 North Webster43
66 at Akron 61
76 Albion 59
Warsaw Sectional
55 Beaver Dam 54
50 Leesburg 47
68 Mentone 78
1958-59
PIERCETON (14-9)
Coach: Burt Niles
Season Career
Don Arms, 5-11 sr. 229 352
Mark Crain, 6-1 sr. 218 218
Devon Faulkner, 6-0 sr. 61 64
Jack Keener, soph. 0
Ted Long, 6-0 sr. 35 35
Claude Manuel, 5-9 jr. 138
John McFarren, 5-9 sr. 381 547
Roger Miller, 5-8 sr. 83 86
Stan Pequignot, soph. 0
Bill Schaller, 6-2 jr. 271
Max Spann, 5-8 sr. 57 143
John Stouffer, 5-5 jr. 67
Scores
80 Claypool 50
49 Syracuse 64
36 at Columbia City 65
75 at South Whitley 84
63 Milford 54
79 Sidney 55
63 Warsaw 48
73 Silver Lake 47
75 at Mentone 57
Tourney at Manchester College
74 South Whitley 64
58 Noble Twp. 56
73 at Etna Green 58
88 Leesburg 72
Kosciusko County Tourney at Grace College
86 Leesburg 52
70 Mentone 67
56 Syracuse 58
57 Manchester 70
77 at Wakarusa 64
61 at North Webster 63
70 at Albion 87
56 Akron (OT) 57
Columbia City Sectional
66 Atwood 51
59 Warsaw 71
1955-56
PIERCETON (20-4)
Coach: Burt Niles
SeasonCareer
Tim Derf, sr. 283493
Bertis Gebert, sr. 0 8
Jack Horn, soph. 29
Cecil Kissinger, sr. 2 2
Estel Kissinger, jr.233
Arden Leiter, soph. 18
Rex Mort, sr. 247461
Jack Sellers, sr. 0 3
Dick Slusher, sr. 40221
John Slusher, jr. 193
Rex Slusher, soph. 173
Bob Tenney, jr. 15
Jim Watters, sr. 312636
Dick Williamson, sr. 0 0
Dave Zimmerman, jr. 1
Scores
30 at Leesburg 44
67 at Syracuse 63
48 Columbia City37
55 at Milford 54
60 South Whitley 65
50 at Warsaw 58
62 at Silver Lake46
58 Mentone 47
Tourney at North Manchester
64 North Manchester 54
72 South Whitley 62
65 Etna Green 50
Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
76 North Webster65
65 Leesburg 52
73 Mentone 55
62 North Manchester 55
80 at Chester Twp. 68
86 at Claypool 45
72 Sidney 41
74 North Webster55
78 at Akron 64
56 Albion 50
Syracuse Sectional
63 Columbia City 49
75 Etna Green 46
55 Warsaw 61
1952-53
PIERCETON (9-11)
Coach: Marvin Heaton
SeasonCareer
Delbert Caudill, sr.179
Tad Derf, sr. 77
Al Hackbirth, jr. 23
Dave Hackbirth, sr. 134
Dave Leiter, jr. 71
Louis Shenefield, sr. 16
Dick Slusher, fresh.33
Dan Steckbeck, sr.117
Jim Stouffer, soph. 10
Ted Tinkey, soph. 4
Larry Ulrey, jr. 48
George Winsley, jr.222
Scores
37 Leesburg 42
65 Claypool 41
46 Larwill 26
50 Syracuse 45
58 Beaver Dam 50
65 at Atwood 43
43 at South Whitley52
38 at Columbia City53
51 Milford 46
52 Silver Lake 70
54 Mentone 39
39 at Etna Green 46
Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
48 Sidney 60
44 at North Manchester 54
46 Chester Twp. 45
53 Sidney 59
13 at North Webster 18
43 Akron 40
49 at Albion 58
Warsaw Sectional
40 Leesburg 47
1957-58
PIERCETON (13-7)
Coach: Burt Niles
Season Career
Don Arms, 5-8 jr. 123 Don Boggs, 5-9 sr. 19 19 Devon Faulkner, jr. 3 Jack Horn, 5-10 sr.341862 Max Jones, 6-1 sr. 70 70 Roger Leedy, 5-8 sr. 6 6 Arden Leiter, 5-9 sr. 190368 John McFarren, 5-9 jr. 166
Roger Miller, 5-8 jr. 3 Bill Schaller, soph. 18 Rex Slusher, 5-11 sr. 285898 Max Spann, 5-8 jr. 86 John Stouffer, soph. 2 Jim Werstler, 5-8 jr. 6
Scores
95 at Claypool 56
55 at Syracuse 53
66 Columbia City 52
68 South Whitley 55
57 at Milford 43
72 at Leesburg 49
65 at Warsaw 59
57 at Silver Lake 51
80 Mentone 49
Tourney at Manchester College
72 South Whitley 57
60 Manchester 80
60 Etna Green 67
Kosciusko County Tourney at Syracuse
61 Syracuse 81
110 Sidney 56
54 at Manchester 64
64 Wakarusa 52
57 North Webster 62
79 Albion 72
44 at Akron 85
Sectional
42 North Webster 62
1954-55
PIERCETON (17-7)
Coach: Burt Niles
SeasonCareer
Bob Crouch, sr. 2527 Tim Derf, jr. 207 Terry Farris, sr. 167236 Bertis Gebert, jr. 8 Estel Kissinger, soph. 2
Rex Mort, jr. 211 Jack Sellers, jr. 3 Dick Slusher, jr. 22 John Slusher, soph.19 Larry Slusher, sr. 215 Jim Stouffer, sr. 433751 Ted Tinkey, sr. 3764 Jim Watters, jr. 234
Scores
66 Leesburg 53 74 Syracuse 67 38 at Columbia City62 68 Beaver Dam 41 53 at Atwood 38 54 at South Whitley (OT) 53
54 Warsaw 57 50 Milford 56 45 Silver Lake 77 48 at Mentone 47 61 Claypool 36 49 at Etna Green 50 Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
55 Milford 45 48 Mentone 42 54 Silver Lake (champ.) 56
54 at North Manchester 42
64 Chester Twp. 44 72 Sidney 50 63 at North Webster 57
65 Akron 59 53 at Albion 43 Warsaw Sectional
69 Leesburg 44 59 Milford 41 54 Etna Green 58
1951-52
PIERCETON (20-4)
Coach: Marvin Heaton
SeasonCareer
Bill Caudill, sr. 25 47 Delbert Caudill, jr.132 Herman Conley, sr. 1 21 Jim Gebert, sr. 24 36 Ed Gregory, sr. 322 592 Dave Hackbirth, jr. 162
Bob Kilgore, sr. 203 347 Cloyse Rider, sr. 95 172 Bob Steckbeck, sr.264 447 Dan Steckbeck jr. 0 Dewayne Ulrey, sr. 17 17
Scores
48 at Leesburg 40 73 Claypool 34 50 at Larwill 33 67 at Syracuse 43 53 Atwood 40 52 Lady of the Lake41 42 South Whitley 37 45 Columbia City (2 OT) 47
62 at Milford 52 51 Mentone 37 Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
61 Atwood 46 58 Sidney 42 48 Warsaw 51
58 Etna Green 43 53 North Manchester 35
32 at Silver Lake 36 38 at Chester Twp. 34 46 Sidney 42 64 at Beaver Dam 56 51 North Webster 38 40 Albion 31 Warsaw Sectional
41 North Webster 36 65 Silver Lake 54 47 Columbia City 49
1950-51
PIERCETON (12-9)
Coach: Marvin Heaton
SeasonCareer
Bill Caudill, jr. 22 Herman Conley, jr.8 Jim Gebert, jr. 12 Ed Gregory, jr. 270 Dave Hackbirth, soph. 37
Bob Kilgore, jr. 142 August Lundquist, sr. 111 111
Cloyse Rider, jr. 77 Bob Steckbeck, jr. 178
Norman Whitehead, sr. 47 50
Scores
50 Claypool 35 54 Leesburg 32 45 Larwill 37 44 Syracuse 58 29 at Atwood 47 48 Lady of the Lake37 29 at South Whitley39 37 at Columbia City35 35 Milford 38 59 Silver Lake 46 53 at Mentone 43 Kosciusko County Tourney at Warsaw
53 Etna Green 47 40 Beaver Dam 42
42 at Etna Green 50 52 at North Manchester 42
47 Chester Twp. 40 42 at Albion (OT) 44 40 Sidney 33 41 Beaver Dam 28 32 at North Webster 40
Warsaw Sectional
32 Milford 37