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Hoosiers love Indiana high school basketball and you’ll love these archived photos from the Indianapolis Star

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Matthew Glenesk

March 18, 2025Updated March 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m. ET

March 1990, Damon Bailey holds up the boys basketball championship trophy after leading his team, Bedford North Lawrence, to a state finals victory at the Hoosier Dome.
Zionsville and Fowler start a regional game in 1955 at Purdue's fieldhouse. Zionsville beat Fowler 39-37.
East Chicago Washington's Robert Miles is dejected as Evansville Bosse's Gene Lockyear (50) is carried off in the background of the 1962 state finals.
The 1990 IHSAA basketball finals moved to the then-Hoosier Dome. A national-record high school crowd of 41,046 was in attendance. The final game was Bedford North Lawrence (Damon Bailey) vs. Concord.
The Crispus Attucks High School basketball team took the Indiana High School Championship trophy in 1955.
Bobby Plump (second from right) of Milan High School and his Indian teammates celebrate after winning the state high school championships on March 20, 1954. Indianapolis News photo by Bill Herman.
Dejected Muncie Central basketball players react to Bobby PlumpÕs ÒLast ShotÓ that beat them in the 1954 Indiana High School finals on March 20, 1954. From left are (sitting): Jimmie Barnes, Phil Raisor, Leon Agullana, John Castelow and Gene Flowers. Standing are (from left): Principal Loren Chastain, Asst. Coach carl Adams, a school official and Jim Hinds. Indianapolis Star photo by James Ramsey.
The North Central boys basketball team pose for a photo with the trophy after beating Warsaw 69-49 in Saturday night's Class 4A State Finals held at Conseco Fieldhouse March 27, 2010. (Matt Detrich / The Star)
1916 Lafayette basketball team: seated (l to r) Kurt Haigis, Lionel Crsby, Lee Cannon. Standing back row (l to r) Mgr Fritz Grosshans, Claude Draper, Donald Tilson, Ray Campbell, Ted E. Weil, Coach C.F. Apking
3/24/01 Pike players, l-r, Donald Yates, Chris Thomas and Stacy Jenkins celebrate a state final win over Penn.
1917 Lebanon basketball team: Front row (l to r) Clyde Grater, Gerald Gardner; Second row, Robert Ball, Don White, Frank Little, Harry Devol, Fred Adam; Third row: Voris Demaree, Mgr. Chas Frank and coach Alva Staggs
3/27/2004 Class 4A boys basketball championship game: Lawrence North vs. Columbia City at Conseco Fieldhouse. /Lawrence North players celebrate with the championship trophy after their win.
1906 Franklin High School basketball team. Champions of the 1906 Johnson County basketball league
Chris Heineman, 322 and Brian Flanigan #32 of Connersville celebrate their 1983 state championship victory.
Jasper, the 1949 state champion, displays the trophy atop the cage of its "Wildcat" mascot. The Wildcats beat Madison 62-61. Front row, from left to right: student manager John Bohnert, Bill Byrd, Sam Allen, John Berg, Paul Rumbach, Ed Stenftenagel and Tom Schutz. Back row, from left: coach Leo "Cabby" O'Neill, assistant coach Nip Wuchner, Bob White, Bill Litchfield, Dave Krodel, Jerome Stenftenagel and Principal Claude Miller.
Fort Wayne South players pose with the state finals trophy in 1958.
Rushville's 1959 regional championship team; Front row, left to right: Julia Jackson, Donna Lawson, Sandy Temple, Karolyn Keith and student manager Dave Amick. Second row, left to right: Student manager Wally Wilson, Joe Keith, Larry Stewart, John Jones and James Callane. Third row, left to right: Coach Les Ray, Larry Newby, John Linginfelter, Phil Garrison, Bill Schroeder, Bill Evans, David Dalrymple, and assistant coach James Cundiff.
Noblesville Millers hold their 1990 Sectional champions trophy. From left: Tony Ethison, Brady Harvey, Dave Slain, Rob Morris and Cory Haffner.
Ahmed Bellamy of Ben Davis scores in the 1993 state finals game against Jeffersonville. Jeffersonville won 66-61.
Brownsburg's head basketball coach Joshua Kendrick talks to his team during a timeout in their IHSAA 4A Boys State Championship win over Marion Saturday evening at Conseco Fieldhouse. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
South Bend Central celebrates their 1957 state championship title.
Michigan City, 1966 State Champions. The Red Devils celebrate their first high school basketball championship defeating Indianapolis Arsenal Tech, 93-52 at Hinkle Fieldhouse, March, 19, 1968. Front row (l to r) Larry Gipson, Sam Garrett, Jim Cadwell, O'Neill Simmons and Mike Adams. Second row - Dennis Krueger, Harold Kennedy and Calvin George. Back row - Asistant Coach Al Whitlow, Rob McFarland, Terry Morse, Fred LaBorn, Coach Adams and Stan Farmer.
Washington High School, 1930 state champions - Washington, IN From left: Coach Friddle, Gilmore, Wade, Gorsage, McCracken, Morgan, Raney, Heavenridge, Edwards, Englehart, Depernett
The crowd swelled beyond 11,000 as Ben Davis and Washington met in the Hinkle Regional" Saturday March 11, 1990. Washington's heart was broken by Ahmed Bellemy's 22-foot desperation shot for Ben Davis with 1.5 second left. Ben Davis beat Washington 79-77.
The Southport Cardinal fans attempt to distract New Albany's Romeo Langford as he shoots a free-throw during their IHSAA Class 4A Semi-State Boy's Basketball game Saturday, Mar 19, 2016, afternoon at Richmond High School in Richmond IN.
The Andrean Fighting 59ers celebrate their win in the IHSAA 2A Boys Basketball State Finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Mar. 23, 2019. The Andrean Fighting 59ers defeated the Linton-Stockton Miners 59-54.
The Noblesville High School basketball fan student section cheers in unison as their team come back onto the court for the second half of the game, as Noblesville defeated Zionsville 51-45 at the ISHAA Sectional 9 4A Boys Basketball tournament at Noblesville, Tuesday March 3. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Marion player, Dave Peak hugs coach Bill Green after winning the 1976 state championship.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett (left) congratulates Lutheran head coach Remus Woods after his team defeated Southwood, 97-66, for the IHSAA Class A state title Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian Braves are introduced before IHSAA Class 2A state finals Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
North Central High School Eric Gordon,right, and Joey Brown,left, react to a foul called on the Panthers late in the fourth quarter of their 87-83 loss to East Chicago CEntral in the IHSAA 4A Boys' Basketball State Finals Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Arsenal Tech celebrates after winning the IHSAA Boys Basketball 4A State Finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Saturday, March 29, 2014. Arsenal Tech defeated Lake Central 63-59.
The Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian Braves celebrate at the buzzer as they defeat Linton-Stockton, 52-45, for the IHSAA Class 2A state title Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Morristown guard Logan Laster (22) reacts after hitting a 3-pointer during the first half of the IHSAA Boys' Basketball Class A State Finals game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse,, March 24, 2018.
Cathedral Irish guard Tayshawn Comer (12) cuts down the net after the IHSAA Class 4A boys basketball state final against the Chesterton Trojans, Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Cathedral won 65-31.
Indianapolis Washington, 1965. Left to right: Ralph Taylor, Mark Gladson, Marv Winkler,, Eddie Bopp, Bill Keller and William Rogers. William Oates/The Star
Evansville Bosse, 1944 state champions seated: l to r - Norman McCool, Erwin Scholz, Bryan Jerrel, Donald Tilley, Gene Whitehead standing: Arvel Kilpatrick, assn't coach Jack Matthews, Norris Candell, William Hollman, Julius Ritter Jr. Gene Schmidt, coach Herman Keller
Gary Roosevelt, 1965. Front row - Jerome Robinson, Willie McCarter and Adolphus Pulliam. Back row - Don Crudup, James Walton, Larry Wright and Coach Bo Mallard. Richard Young was absent for the photo
Pike Red Devils huddle around their coach, Ed Siegel. From left to right are James Irvin, Kelly Dunbar, Mack Gadis, Kit Tramm and David Siegel March 1981.
3/12/05. Roncalli players including Brandon Axum (foreground), celebrate their victory over New Castle HS. IHSAA Boys Basketball Regional Final, 3A, at New Castle High School.
Josi Faust (from left), Beau Bauer, Zach Frey, Michael Keller and Ben Williams of Lewis Cass proudly wear their Class 2A championship medals after finishing off an undefeated season in 2003. Lewis Cass was formed in 1963 as a consolidation of eight schools in the Cass County area. Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar
Lewisville players (with Marion Pierce center holding the ball) celebrate sectional title at New Castle.

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