THIS DAY IN REGION FOOTBALL HISTORY: 9/12

1964 – The Andrean 59ers open the season with a Saturday contest at Gilroy Stadium where they get a 21-14 win over the Blue Devils of Gary Froebel.

1975 – The River Forest Ingots and Wirt Troopers go to overtime before the Ingots finally score a touchdown to win 6-0.

1980 – The Hobart Brickies travel to the Holy Lands on Broadway, where they blank the Andrean 59ers 35-0.

1986 – EC Central wins their third of three straight in the inaugural season, as they down Gavit in a close one 12-9. The Glads, who dressed about 15 players per game, went on to capture
a sectional title that year.

1997 – Don Howell defeats Crown Point for the final time in his illustrious career, as his team does just enough to get a one point win, 30-29 over the Bulldogs at Brickie Bowl.

2003 – Bill Melby’s Gavit Gladiators win by a field goal over the Clark Pioneers 15-12 at the Gavit Graveyard. Woodmar’s warriors went 7-4 in ’03 – marking the last time the school on 175th Street
ever had a winning end of the season record.

2003 – In his first season as the head of Brickie football, Wally McCormack evens up his record at 2-2 with 16-14 win over the Trojans at the Zipper in Highland.

2003 – Chip Pettit and the Crown Point Bulldogs travel to St. John where they edge the Lake Central Indians 17-16 at the Burial Grounds.

2008 – The Portage Indians bump off the Merrillville Pirates 22-20 in a nailbiter at the Warpath.

2008 – By one of the oddest football scores you’ll ever see, Lake Central wins on the road over Crown Point 10-5.

2014 – Roy Richards and Morton put a 53-14 hurting on Hammond High in week four at the Governor’s Mansion. Roy and the boys would finish the season with a 10-2 record.
It would be the fifth and final time in the Richards regime that a Morton team would win at least 10 games in a season.

2014 – The Lake Central Indians, and their head coach Brett St. Germain, hand Kevin Enright and the Crown Point Bulldogs their first loss of the season, a 27-13 defeat at home in week four.
It’s the fourth consecutive win for LC in the series.