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Jim Powell
JAMES POWELL, CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL, 1960 Jim won 10 varsity letters for the Minutemen, four in baseball and three each in basketball and track. He ran the 440 (57.1), the 880 (2:08), mile (4:46) and the mile relay (3:47). A shortstop, Jim had a .927 career fielding percentage and a .424 batting average. His 1960 […]
Dave “Pete” Peterson
DAVID (PETE) PETERSON, COACH, OFFICIAL, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Pete touched the lives of many students and athletes in Elkhart during his 35 years of teaching and coaching prior to his 1989 retirement. Pete coached track for all three grades at North Side Junior High (1953?1989) , winning dozens of city championships. He also won 3 city […]
Connie Peterson
CONNIE PETERSON, ELKHART MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, 1983 Connie lettered 4 years in both swimming and tennis and was elected captain of each team as a senior. She was named to the NIC first all-conference team in tennis and was MVP in both swimming and tennis as a senior. Connie holds the school records in 500 […]
Bob Riley
BOB RILEY, BASEBALL COACH, NORTHWOOD Bob is among the winningest baseball coaches in Indiana prep history, registering 435 victories which was 7th all-time at the time of his retirement in 1987. Bob coached baseball two years at Akron (Ind. ), three at Star City, one at Wakarusa and one at Nappanee, before the latter two […]
Rod Roberson
ROD ROBERSON, ELKHART CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, 1977 Rod quickly established his own credentials after growing up in the shadow of older brother Garvin, one of Elkhart’s finest all-around athletes and a co-winner of the Tim Bringle Award. Rod went on to win the Bringle himself in 1977, after a brilliant career which saw him named […]
Glenn Silcott
GLENN SILCOTT, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ELKHART HIGH Glenn was a fine athlete and coach in his own right, but he is best remembered as a genial ambassador of sports, while serving as the Blue Blazer Athletic Director for 26 years. A native of Kansas, Glenn found his way to Elkhart after graduating from Altamount (Kan.) in […]
Richard “Dick” Simper
RICHARD (DICK) SIMPER, JIMTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, 1945 Dick was one half of the famed Simper twins, who helped propel the Jimmies to the 1945 Elkhart basketball Sectional Title and a Regional upset of Culver, prior to losing the regional title game to powerful South Bend Riley. The Jimmies beat Middlebury and Nappanee in the sectional […]
Don Veller, PH.D.
DON VELLER, PH.D., FOOTBALL COACH ELKHART HIGH Don Veller coached Elkhart High School football for just seven seasons but established an enduring legacy. His Blue Blazers won 49 games and tied 4, losing just 13 times. The native of Linton and graduate of Bicknell, Ind., came here in 1935 after a brilliant athletic career at […]
Randall J. “Randy” Weddle
RANDALL J. (RANDY) WEDDLE, NAPPANEE, 1966 Randy was a sophomore on the track team just to get in shape for basketball, spending most of the season as a middle distance runner. Then, in some practice 220’s, he showed some speed. In the last meet, Randy made his sprint debut, placing 2nd in the 100 and […]
Don Wood
DON WOOD, BRISTOL HIGH SCHOOL, 1942 Don was an outstanding player on both the hardwood and diamond. As a pitcher, he threw one no-hitter, another game in which the lone safety was an infield single, and several games of 4 or fewer hits. Pitching 66 1/3 innings during his career, he allowed only 45 hits, […]