1959-60
TOPEKA (4-17)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Les Bender, 5-4 sr. 178 359
Gordon Hirschy, 5-10 sr. 33 61
Dave Miller, 5-9 fresh. 64
Bruce Oesch, 5-11 soph. 210
Duane Rheinheimer, 5-5 jr. 29
Larry Schrock, 5-10 jr. 1
Phil Schrock, 5-6 soph. 1
Richard Slabaugh, 5-8 jr. 124
Gail Stoltz, 5-7 jr. 105
Alan Swartley, 5-10 soph. 1
Eugene Troyer, 5-10 sr. 172 518
Gerald Wingard, 5-8 soph. 58
Scores
34 at Wolf Lake 52
52 Cromwell 75
50 at Wawaka 67
63 Mongo 55
40 at Shipshewana-Scott 53
55 at Culver 75
46 at Howe Military 47
54 at Lima 60
52 Wolcottville 72
48 at New Paris 91
LaGrange County Tourney
74 Mongo 42
35 Wolcottville 48
25 at Orland 95
47 Lima 110
20 at Brighton 30
40 Wawaka (OT) 38
54 at Mongo 34
52 Jefferson Twp. 57
49 LaGrange 82
46 Millersburg 82
Sectional
38 Concord 93
1056-57
TOPEKA (9-12)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Ed Bontrager, 5-7 jr. 127
Frank Fought, 5-8 sr. 27
Elwyn Frain, 5-9 jr. 4
Dan Funk, 5-7 sr. 61
Jim Hochstetler, 5-9 sr. 13
Bob Hoover, 5-11 sr. 105
Dave Johns, 5-11 sr. 75
Leroy Lambright, 5-9 jr. 430
Glen Slabach, 5-5 jr. 4
Wayne Slabach, 5-7 sr. 166
Gary Stoltz, 5-7 jr. 12
Toby Swihart, 5-8 sr. 207
Jerry Woodworth, 5-9 jr. 0
Scores
49 Brighton 70
48 at Cromwell 59
60 Wawaka 67
46 at Rome City 68
25 at Millersburg 38
66 Shipshewana 68
84 Mongo 34
66 at Lima 56
54 at Howe Military 51
56 Bristol 55
81 Lima 77
LaGrange County Tourney at Howe
52 Howe Military 49
64 Wolcottville (OT) 66
63 at Wolcottville 73
104 Flint Twp. 13
60 Mongo (at Brighton) 44
62 at Wawaka 78
71 Cromwell 64
55 LaGrange 62
63 Millersburg 73
Elkhart Sectional
53 New Paris 59
1953-54
TOPEKA (8-14)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Eash
Dave Fought
Dick Fought
Funk
Hochstetler
Slabach
Smith
Stout
G. Stutzman
V. Stutzman
Swihart
Scores
31 at Brighton 61
41 Cromwell 54
23 at Wawaka 25
48 Mongo 34
44 Rome City 49
40 at Millersburg 50
49 at Scott 48
60 Lima 46
54 Wawaka 58
45 at Lima 33
LaGrange County Tourney at Howe
39 Lima 32
45 Wolcottville 43
24 Howe Military 65
53 Wolcottville 47
60 Mongo 39
50 at Shipshewana 60
24 at Howe Military 32
45 Scott 55
45 at Cromwell 52
48 Millersburg 56
57 at LaGrange 75
Kendallville Sectional
39 Wolcottville 69
1958-59
TOPEKA (3-17)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Les Bender, 5-4 jr. 162
Funk 2
Gordon Hirschy, 5-11 jr. 28
Bob Martin, 5-9 sr. 126 162
John Nisley, 5-7 sr. 49 49
Bruce Oesch, 5-11 fresh. 45
Layton Pergrem, 5-9 soph. 28
Duane Rheinheimer, 5-5 soph. 5
Eugene Troyer, 5-11 jr. 271
Gene Woodworth, 5-5 sr. 157 157
Scores
at Wolf Lake L
46 at Cromwell 73
38 Wawaka 54
55 Mongo 49
38 at Rome City 61
37 Shipshewana-Scott 55
45 Bristol 69
38 at Howe Military 44
71 Lima 60
42 at Wolcottville 48
49 Mongo (at Brighton) 60
LaGrange County Tourney
36 Howe Military 56
40 at Wawaka 87
54 Cromwell 53
36 Jefferson Twp. (at Goshen) 64
54 at LaGrange 101
Brighton L
50 at Millersburg 63
57 Orland 65
Sectional at Elkhart
36 Wakarusa 59
1955-56
TOPEKA (4-16)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Ed Bontrager, 5-6 soph. 99
Don Colby, 5-9 sr. 72
Dave Fought, 5-7 sr. 49
Frank Fought, 5-8 jr. 37
Fought 4
Elwyn Frain, 5-9 soph. 0
Don Funk, 5-6 jr. 51
Jim Hochstetler, 5-9 jr. 56
Bob Hoover, 5-10 jr. 27
Leroy Lambright, 5-9 soph. 312
Wayne Slabach, 5-6 jr. 202
Toby Swihart, 5-7 jr. 74
Scores
39 at Brighton 73
72 Mongo 51
56 Cromwell 78
37 at Wawaka 54
55 Rome City 77
60 Millersburg 67
57 at Shipshewana 70
62 at Lima 66
40 at Bristol 61
56 at Lima 72
LaGrange County Tourney at Howe
52 Brighton 67
49 Mongo (at Brighton) 41
41 Wolcottville 75
59 Brighton 74
46 at Howe Military 57
58 Wawaka 46
48 at Cromwell 47
22 at Millersburg 74
60 at LaGrange 79
Sectional at Elkhart
42 Millersburg 59
1952-53
TOPEKA (6-14)
Coach:
Season Career
Eash
Funk
Hartzler
Merriman
Miller
Nisley
Slabach
G. Stutzman
V. Stutzman
Yoder
Scores
54 Wawaka 74
63 Brighton 73
98 Mongo 53
43 Cromwell 50
53 at Wawaka 51
30 Rome City 45
53 Millersburg 72
69 Scott 57
51 Lima 49
60 Shipshewana 63
48 Millersburg 52
61 Lima 35
LaGrange County Tourney
41 Shipshewana 65
35 Wolcottville 43
49 Shipshewana 68
38 Howe Military 67
61 Scott 53
46 Cromwell 49
63 LaGrange 83
Kendallville Sectional
35 Cromwell 41
1957-58
TOPEKA (4-16)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Lester Bender, 5-3 soph. 19
Ron Funk, 5-10 soph. 7
Elwyn Frain, 5-10 sr. 162
Leroy Lambright, 5-10 sr. 494 1257
Robert Martin, 5-9 jr. 36
John Nisley, 5-7 jr. 0
Dennis Schrock, 5-11 sr. 37
Glen Slabach, 5-4 sr. 142
Gary Stoltz, 5-7 sr. 70
Eugene Troyer, 5-10 soph. 75
Jerry Woodworth, 5-10 sr. 21
Gene Woodworth, 5-4 jr. 0
Scores
44 at Wolf Lake 65
59 Cromwell 93
50 at Wawaka 73
50 Millersburg 73
57 Rome City 60
42 at Shipshewana 69
41 at Bristol 55
49 at Howe Military 66
42 at Lima 81
67 Wolcottville 57
LaGrange County Tourney at Howe
44 Howe Military 56
85 at Flint Twp. 48
76 at Mongo 37
61 at Brighton 62
50 Wawaka 75
43 at Cromwell 62
70 Jefferson Twp. 69
76 at LaGrange 83
53 at Millersburg 62
Sectional at Elkhart
40 New Paris 62
1954-55
TOPEKA (4-17)
Coach: Frank Hostetler
Season Career
Colby
Eash
D. Fought
F. Fought
R. Fought
Hostetler
Lambright
Slabach
Smith
Stout
Stutzman
Swihart
Scores
45 Brighton 72
59 Mongo 53
40 at Cromwell 46
55 Wawaka 64
46 at Rome City 56
34 at Millersburg 50
53 Scott 57
42 at Lima 43
36 at Wawaka 72
47 Lima 34
LaGrange County Tourney
39 Lima 38
20 Shipshewana 38
46 at Wolcottville 61
45 Mongo (at Brighton) 43
42 Shipshewana 43
45 at Howe Military 48
35 Scott 48
49 Cromwell 74
47 Millersburg 74
50 LaGrange 59
Kendallville Sectional
53 Rome City 59
