1930 – Whiting losses to Hammond High 6-0 – the first of three straight 6-0 losses for the Oilers to close out the first campaign of the Great Depression.
1955 – Gary Lew Wallace tops Gary Roosevelt 12-6 at tiny Tolleston Field on the city’s west side.
1974 – Led by running back Mark Traveline, Gary Wallace improves to 7-1 with a 41-0 win over Gary West Side.
1975 – The Andrean 59ers route Gary Horace Mann 61-6 in the last high school football game ever played at Gilroy Stadium.
1985 – In Mark Hoffman’s 10th season, the Valpo Vikings open the playoffs with a 56-8 over SB Lasalle. The Vikings went on to post a 12-2 mark for the season and made it to the 5A state finals, where they lost to future NFL quarterback Jeff George and Warren Central.
1985 – The East Chicago Roosevelt Roughriders play their last game ever, a 13-3 loss at home to Bishop Noll.
1985 – The East Chicago Washington Senators play the final football game in school history – a 33-8 loss to Gavit.
1985 – Whiting is routed by South Central 42-0 at home in what would turn out to be Al Holok’s last game as head coach. The Oilers finished the season at 2-7.
2002 – Head coach Chip Pettit, in his second season at Crown Point, picks up his first state tournament victory – a 34-14 decision over Chesterton.
2002 – Griffith opens the playoffs by winning a close one against Munster 21-18.
2002 – The Valpo Vikings start the playoffs with a 62-6 win over Gary Wallace. The Green Machine would go 12-2 and finish the season at semi-state.
2002 – Lake Central ends Merrillville’s season with a 14-13 win at the Burial Grounds. The Pirates finished 4-6, their second losing season in three years – something that hadn’t happened since the early 1960s. The Indians finished 5-6 on the year. Over the next four seasons, they would win a total of eight games.
2002 – Charlie Boston, the man picked to replace Don Howell at Hobart, coaches his last game as head of the Brickies, a 25-0 loss at SB Clay in a Class 4A sectional opener.
2013 – Touchdowns are overrated. In a game featuring five field goals, the Lake Central Indians defeat the Crown Point Bulldogs 9-6 in the opening round in sectional one.
2013 – The undefeated Andrean 59ers start their march to a state title with a 56-8 win over Knox at the Holy Land on Broadway.
