Category: Posts
-
DeJernett and Friddle Breaking Racial Barriers While Winning Basketball Games for the Washington Hatchets
Call it destiny. Call it fate. Some individuals are brought together to accomplish feats that not only change their times, but also impact the narrative for decades to come. Two men came together in 1925 in the southern Indiana town of Washington, and their contributions to the game of basketball and race relations should be…
-
Fort Branch Twigs Mike Garrett remembers
1964 seems like yesterday but then again it has been years ago. I was playing basketball for The Fort Branch Twigs, yes. I said Twigs. The mascot was a branch about 3” diameter mounted on 2 metal rods fastened to a piece of wood with rollers. As I remember there was a weekend every year…
-
michael garrett twigs
-
Albany, Redkey, Delta, Union City, Burris, Peru
https://www.newspapers.com/article/muncie-evening-press/123242928/
-
Ireland Captures First Sectional Crown over Springs Valley
Otwell and Dubois lose. Jasper out.
-
INDIANA BASKETBALL FROM WIRE TO LIVE STREAM
On Saturday March 12, 2022, I sat in Dallas, Texas, and watched my alma mater, North Daviess High School in Elnora, Indiana, win the Class 1A Loogootee Basketball Regional. From my daughter’s living room, on her smart TV, being “cast” from my wife’s I-phone, I was able to enjoy all the action. Can I explain…