TIM WEAVER, NorthWood High School (1982) While at NorthWood, Tim proved he was one of NorthWood’s best all-around athletes. He was a stand-out in baseball, football and basketball, lettering three years in baseball and football and two years in basketball. In football he was MVP his senior year and named All-NLC on both offense and […]

Heather Smith Brenner, NorthWood High School (1992) Heather was an All-State (1992) basketball star at NortWood HS and played on the 1992 Indiana All-Star team. She was selected All-Conference and All‑Sectional all four years of high school. In addition to her scoring prowess, Heather was an outstanding defensive player as well as assist leader. Area […]

Louis M. Bonacorsi, NorthWood High School (Coach) Coach Bonacorsi started teaching at NorthWood HS in 1969, served as head wrestling coach from 1972-1984, and his record was 78 (W), 53 (L), 3 (T). In 1974, he coached the school’s first athlete to compete in the IHSAA State Finals (any sport) and in 1975 the wrestling […]

Rex Holmes, Northwood High School (1972) In his senior year Rex was selected as a 3-sport MVP … in football (14 TD passes and 8 TDs as quarterback, 12 fumble recoveries as a safety), basketball (12.4 ppg.), and track (6′ 3″ high jump,15.2 sec. high hurdles). For his career he earned 11 varsity letters in […]

Brian Bemiller, Northwood High School (1980) Brian earned All-State honors at NorthWood HS for his football achievements and was a standout baseball pitcher for the school, earning a slot in the North-South All-Star Series. As a senior pitcher, he won 12 games, six of which were shutouts and struck out 117 in 114 innings as […]

Janice “Jan” Schrock, Northwood High School (Coach) Coach Schrock’s coaching career was preceded by a high school, college and post-college athletic career competing in basketball, softball and soccer. State championships were a part of that experience. As a coach, her highest achievements were the five sectional championships in volleyball, from 1980-1988. With a varsity volleyball […]

Brenda L. Ervin, Northwood High School, 1982 Brenda is being honored as one of the outstanding female athletes in Northwood’s history. Brenda earned a combined total of 12 letters in basketball, volleyball and tennis. She was a 4-year starter in both basketball and volleyball. She was the first to reach the 1,000 point plateau at […]

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 […]

TODD SHEETS, NORTHWOOD HIGH, 1976 Todd won four letters each in basketball and track. three in football and also participated in baseball for two seasons. He was the leading rusher in his junior and senior seasons and the leading receiver his final year. Todd was all-state in football as a junior and senior and played […]

JEFF SCHROCK, NorthWood High School, 1994 Purdue University, 1998 Earned 10 varsity letters in 3 sports — cross country, track, basketball. Cross country — 4 letters .. Four-time All-Northern Lakes Conference … Three-time conference champion … Sectional champion, 1993 … Three-time state qualifier … All-State, 1993. Track — 4 letters .. Helped Panthers to sectional […]