FOOTBALL NIGHT IN THE REGION: Lake Central at Michigan City – Football – Week Six – 9/25/26
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This Day in Region Football History: 9/25
1936 - Behind the blocking of the great Eddie Herbert, Tom Harmon and the Horace Mann Horsemen, claw their way past the Hammond High Wildcats 6-0. The Horsemen, and their future Heisman Trophy winner Harmon, finish the season at 8-1. Some still wonder how anyone beat them. 1936 - EC…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/24
1976 - Defending 3A state champion Valpo improves to 5-0 with a 30-16 win at Chesterton. 1976 - The Merrillville Pirates double up on the Portage Indians by a score of 20-10. The Pirates get their fifth win of 11 wins en route to the school\'s only football state title.…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/23
1949 - Pete Rusinski’s Roughriders ride rough shot over the Horsemen of Horace Mann 31-0. It’s the third of 10 straight wins for ECR, who would add another mythical championship to the collection for their efforts during the ‘49 season. 1966 - The Wirt Troopers moved their winning streak to…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/22
1967 - It was close, but quarterback Jerry Perkins and the Wirt Troopers won their 17th straight game - a 7-6 nailbiter at Bulldog Turf in Crown Point. 1972 - Harry Szurlborski and his Golden Tornadoes of Emerson High School beat Gary Wallace 29-0 at Gilroy Stadium. The Tornado went…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/21
1929 - The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1945 - Hobart and Lowell battle it out in a black and…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/20
1952 - Morton High School plays its first ever varsity football game. The Governors, coached by Maury Zlotnik, travel to the shores of Lake Michigan where they lose to the Whiting Oilers 52-18. 1963 - Tom Kurt and his Griffith Panthers get the best of a good Gary Wirt…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/18
1964 - Russ Deal, the first Hobart coaching legend, picks up his last win over Gary Emerson, a 20-0 shutout against Harry Szurborski and the Golden Tornadoes. 1965 - Gary Tolleston plays Gary Roosevelt on a Saturday afternoon at Gilroy Stadium in Glen Park. The Blue Raiders of Tolleston…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/15
1961 - Don Elser\'s Horseman of Horace Mann narrowly escaped the Lew Wallace Hornets, coached by former Elser assistant Eddie Herbert, 7-6 at Gilroy Stadium in the Glen Park section of Gary. Elser\'s club finished 8-1, while Herbert\'s Hornets were hot on their heels, posting a mark of 7-2. 1972…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/13
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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…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/11
1964 - The Golden Tornadoes of Gary Emerson, notch their only victory of the season; an 18-14 squeaker over the Highland Trojans at Gary\'s Gilroy Stadium. 1981 - The Griffith Panthers shut out the East Chicago Roosevelt Roughriders 21-0. Despite the loss, ECR, which is coached by Bill Bork, finishes…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/10
1993 - RDP comes to life in a 49-0 Lowell blowout of Morton at the Inferno. The Devils improve to 3-0 - for the first time since the Les Klein club of \'69. It\'s also just the third time in the post World War II era the Lowell program hasn\'t…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/9
1966 - Eddie Herbert\'s Hornets of Gary Lew Wallace opened the 1966 season with a dominating 49-0 shutout win at home over Valpo. It was the first of 10 straight wins for Wallace, who went undefeated with a 10-0 record that season. All told, Wallace would win 19 straight across…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/8
1989 - Dave Templin\'s 2-0 Wallace Hornets, hosted Jerry Vlasic\'s 2-0 Bishop Noll Warriors in a week three contest along 47th Avenue in Glen Park, where a close, hard fought, low scoring battle ensued, with Lew Wallace coming out ahead 13-11. The Hornets improved to 3-0 on the season with two…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/7
1973 - Don Howell\'s Hobart Brickies traveled to Barney Hill Field on Columbia Ave in Munster where they beat the Mustangs in overtime by a score of 26-19. 1984 - The Hobart Brickies defeat the Valpo Vikings 27-8 in front of 6,000 fans at Brickie Bowl. The Boys of…
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This Day in Region Football History: 9/25
1936 - Behind the blocking of the great Eddie Herbert, Tom Harmon and the Horace Mann Horsemen, claw their way past the Hammond High Wildcats 6-0. The Horsemen, and their future Heisman Trophy winner Harmon, finish the season at 8-1. Some still wonder how anyone beat them. 1936 - EC…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/24
1976 - Defending 3A state champion Valpo improves to 5-0 with a 30-16 win at Chesterton. 1976 - The Merrillville Pirates double up on the Portage Indians by a score of 20-10. The Pirates get their fifth win of 11 wins en route to the school\'s only football state title.…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/23
1949 - Pete Rusinski’s Roughriders ride rough shot over the Horsemen of Horace Mann 31-0. It’s the third of 10 straight wins for ECR, who would add another mythical championship to the collection for their efforts during the ‘49 season. 1966 - The Wirt Troopers moved their winning streak to…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/22
1967 - It was close, but quarterback Jerry Perkins and the Wirt Troopers won their 17th straight game - a 7-6 nailbiter at Bulldog Turf in Crown Point. 1972 - Harry Szurlborski and his Golden Tornadoes of Emerson High School beat Gary Wallace 29-0 at Gilroy Stadium. The Tornado went…
Today in Sports History: 9/21
1929 – The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1934 – St. Louis Cardinals pitchers, and brothers, Dizzy and Paul Dean…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/21
1929 - The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1945 - Hobart and Lowell battle it out in a black and…
Today in Sports History: 9/18
1938 – The Bears defeat the Packers 2-0 thanks to a fourth quarter safety. 1956 – Mickey Mantle becomes the eighth player in MLB history to have a 50 homer season. 1963 – The final baseball game at Polo Grounds is played, as the Phillies beat the Mets, 5-1. 1964…
Today in Sports History: 9/9
1904 – The New York baseball team is referred to as the Yankees for the first time, with the name appearing in an article in the Boston Herald. The name would not become official until 1913. 1945 – Jimmie Foxx hits the 534th, and final, home run of his career.…
Today in Sports History: 9/2
1957 – Milwaukee first baseman Frank Torre ties an MLB record by scoring six runs in a game as part of a 23-10 win over the Cubs. 1962 – Stan Musial picks up career hit #3,516, passing Tris Speaker for second place on the all-time list, trailing only Ty Cobb.…
Today in Sports History: 8/29
1885 – Boxing has its first Heavyweight Title fight in a bout between John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey. 1925 – Babe Ruth is suspended and fined $5,000 after showing up late to batting practice. 1950 – The International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany and Japan back into…
