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
Season
Career
Don Arms, soph.
0
Bill Barnhart, sr.
23
23
Jim Hackbirth, sr.
32
32
Jack Horn, jr.
492
Estil Kissinger, sr.
300
535
Roger Leedy, jr.
0
Arden Leiter, jr.
160
Opie Parker, sr.
28
28
Rex Slusher, jr.
440
Bob Tenney, sr.
229
244
David Zimmerman, sr. 184
185
Scores
92 Claypool
49
94 Syracuse
65
76 at Columbia City
47
77 Milford
70
68 Leesburg
65
65 at South Whitley
73
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 Webster
67
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
Season
Career
Jack Bolinger, jr.
1
Bob Crouch, jr.
2
Tim Derf, soph.
3
Terry Farris, jr.
69
Fred Hathaway, sr. 31
31
Dave Leiter, sr.
188
195
Rex Mort, soph.
3
Dick Slusher, soph. 126
Larry Slusher, jr.
13
Jim Stouffer, jr.
308
Ted Tinkey, jr.
23
Larry Ulrey, sr.
141
189
Jim Watters, soph. 90
George Winsley, sr. 335
557
Scores
68 at Leesburg
63
55 at Syracuse
44
53 Columbia City
66
82 Beaver Dam
68
82 Atwood
53
59 South Whitley
66
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 Webster
43
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
Season
Career
Tim Derf, sr.
283
493
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.
247
461
Jack Sellers, sr.
0
3
Dick Slusher, sr.
40
221
John Slusher, jr.
193
Rex Slusher, soph. 173
Bob Tenney, jr.
15
Jim Watters, sr.
312
636
Dick Williamson, sr.
0
0
Dave Zimmerman, jr. 1
Scores
30 at Leesburg
44
67 at Syracuse
63
48 Columbia City
37
55 at Milford
54
60 South Whitley
65
50 at Warsaw
58
62 at Silver Lake
46
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 Webster
65
65 Leesburg
52
73 Mentone
55
62 North Manchester 55
80 at Chester Twp. 68
86 at Claypool
45
72 Sidney
41
74 North Webster
55
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
Season
Career
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 Whitley
52
38 at Columbia City
53
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