Page 30 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

Timeline of

Lafayette Area Basketball

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March 16 , 1894: The 1 basketball game in Indiana was believed to be played in Crawfordsville. The
Crawfordsville YMCA defeated the Lafayette YMCA by a score of 45-21.
1900s

1901: Crawfordsville has a record of 9-3 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana .
1902: Crawfordsville has a record of 5-2 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana.
1903: Crawfordsville has a record of 6-1 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana.
1904: Crawfordsville has a record of 13-2 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana.
1907: Crawfordsville has a record of 12-0 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana.
1909: Crawfordsville has a record of 17-1 & is named the “un-official State Champion” of Indiana.

1910s

January 1910: Rosey Heron (Crawfordsville) scores 44 points to set the area’s Single Game Points record.

1911: Crawfordsville has a record of 16-2 & wins the first IHSAA Boys Basketball State Championship defeating

Lebanon in the championship game.
a. The first IHSAA State Tournament was by invitation & was conducted at Indiana University
in Bloomington.
State Finals Appearance: Crawfordsville, Lafayette Jeff
December 1912: John Green (Crawfordsville) scores 48 points v. Terre Haute Wiley to set the area’s single game
scoring record.
1913: Wingate wins the IHSAA State Championship defeating South Bend in the championship game by a score
of 15-14 in 5 OT.
a. Homer Stonebraker (Wingate) scores either 80 pts. or 74 pts. v. Hillsboro. The total is listed as 80
by the IHSAA, while the Journal Review (Crawfordsville) lists it as a 74 pt. game. Either total
would be the area’s single game scoring record.
State Finals Appearance: Crawfordsville, Cutler, Lafayette Jeff, Linden, Wingate
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1 Team All-State: Homer Stonebraker (Wingate)
1914: Wingate repeats as State Champions, defeating Anderson 36-8 in the final game.
State Finals Appearance: Burlington, Crawfordsville, Cutler, Darlington, Lafayette Jeff,
New Richmond, Rensselaer, Rossville, West Lafayette, Wingate, Wolcott
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1 Team All-State: Homer Stonebraker, J.D. Blacker (Wingate)
1915: Montmorenci is defeated in the state title game 33-10 by Thorntown.
a. The format of the IHSAA State Tournament is changed & the first Sectionals are played.
Sectional champions will advance to the 16-team State Finals until 1920.
b. James Alexander (New Richmond) scored 62 pts. in a game during the 1914-15 season.
There is no mention of who the opponent was (it is only mentioned in an article from
2013), thus no first-hand documentation substantiates this high scoring game.
State Finals Appearance: Crawfordsville, Montmorenci

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