Page 141 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

Oxford Blue Devils
School Colors: Blue & White
Best Season: 21-6 (1944-45)
All-time Tournament Record: 64-53
Sectional (5) 1926 1938 1939 1943 1945

Regional (1) 1945
Consolidation: Oxford, along w/ Ambia, Boswell, & Fowler will consolidate into the already existing Benton Central
HS in the Fall of 1968.

Pine Twp. Eagles
Best Season: 14-7 (1956-57)
School Colors: Blue & Red
All-time Tournament Record: 13-45
Sectional: 0
Consolidation: After the 1960-61 school year,
Pine Twp. will close its doors as a
high school & the students will be
absorbed into Oxford HS.

Wadena Indians
Best Season: 15-8 (1957-58)
School Colors: Purple & White
All-time Tournament Record: 14-37
Sectional: 0
Consolidation: After the 1960-61 school year, Wadena will close
its doors as a high school & the students will be
absorbed into Fowler HS.
Noteworthy: As late as the 1956-57 season, Wadena was
considered to be the smallest high school in Indiana
that competed in Boys Basketball. In 1956-57 the high school had an enrollment of 21 students
(12 boys & 9 girls).

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