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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

THIS DAY IN REGION FOOTBALL HISTORY - 9/19 1958 - Bernie Krueger and the Wildcats of Hammond High move to 3-0 after a 20-7 win against Pete Rucinski’s East Chicago Roosevelt team. Krueger and crew would not be defeated in ‘58, posting a 8-0-1 record. 1975 - Tom Stokes...

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...