IRV PRATT, COACH MIDDLEBURY, NORTHRIDGE Irv achieved a remarkable coaching record at Middlebury, which later combined with Jefferson to form Northridge, where he continued his success. He came to Middlebury in 1964, coaching basketball, cross-country, track and golf. He led the cagers to an overall 67-38 record. (Irv had come from Springfield Township, Franklin County, […]

WALT KINDY, MIDDLEBURY HIGH SCHOOL, 1924 A fine athlete at Middlebury and Manchester College, Walt is being honored for his outstanding coaching achievements. Although a head coach for only four seasons, his success at tiny Beaver Dam earned him a place in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997. From Manchester, Walt went to […]

BOB BIDDLE, Coached Middlebury High Basketball, 1948-1957 Bob’s teams won 136 games while losing just 65 at Middlebury HS. His 1957 team lost by a single point in the sectional to Millersburg, after having been edged 37-35 by powerful Elkhart High the previous year in the sectional title game (the Blazers went on to their […]

GLADDEN SCHROCK, MIDDLEBURY HIGH, 1954 Gladden won 3 letters each in basketball, track and baseball, being named all-county three years and all-sectional in 1954 in basketball. Gladden scored 729 career points for the Middies, who won the county tourney title in ’52. Although just under 6-feet tall, Gladden could dunk a basketball and his leaping […]

ROSS KRIDER, Middlebury High School, 1958 Ross is the all-time Middlebury High School basketball scoring leader, reaching the elite 1,000 point Club, with 1,038. His sophomore through senior years saw the Middies compile a 58-12 record, including two Elkhart County tourney titles (’56 and `58). He was named to the all-sectional basketball team three straight […]

REX KRIDER, Middlebury High School, 1958 A member of the famed Middlebury team which featured his twin brother, Ross, and twins Wayne and Warren Lambright, Rex played on teams which compiled a 58-12 overall record his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He ended with 973 points in four years of basketball. Middlebury lost three sectional […]

RAY MOTT, Middlebury H.S., 1936 Elkhart County basketball scoring champion during 1935-36 season Helped 1936-37 team to unbeaten season Lettered in basketball and baseball Attended DePaul University Graduated from Kokomo Business College.

AMZIE MILLER, Middlebury H.S., 1944 AII-Elkhart County basketball team member in 1943 and 1944 Four-year letter winner in basketball and baseball Graduated from Manchester College Played baseball and football at Manchester Coached basketball 8 seasons at Brighton High School, 4 seasons at Adams Central and 1 season at New Carlisle compiling a 198-92 career coaching […]