Early Years of Youth Basketball In Portage
Submitted by: Bob Miller
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- Early Years of Youth Basketball In Portage
- 1959-1960 – 1st
- 1960/1961 – 2nd
- 1961/1962 – 3rd
- 1962/1963 – 4th
- 1963/1964 – 5th
- 1964/1965 – 6th
- 1965/1966 – 7th
- 1966/1967 – 8th
- 1967/1968 – 9th
- 1968/1969 – Portage Youth Basketball Begins
- The Following years
- 2019/2020 Season
- Impacts on Portage Sports/Community
- Memories
- Acknowledgements
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1959/1960
The First Season
VM Oct 16, 1959
VM Oct 20, 1959
VM April 14, 1957
In November Coach Noland was named the recreational director of the Inter-Club Council and it was agreed to change the name from the Little Boys Park Basketball League to the Portage Park Junior Boys Basketball League. Also, in that month Elwood “Bud” Samuel became involved with the league and the first games were played in November in the Garyton gym.
VM March 21, 1959
VM March 21, 1959
VM March 21, 1959
Games were played on school nights and it is unclear how/when the teams practiced. The league finished play in March 1960 and the Hawks were the tourney winners. Regrettably the writer has been unable to locate any pictures from that first year.
November 24, 1959
November 24, 1959
April 2, 1960
- Home Page
- Early Years of Youth Basketball In Portage
- 1959-1960 – 1st
- 1960/1961 – 2nd
- 1961/1962 – 3rd
- 1962/1963 – 4th
- 1963/1964 – 5th
- 1964/1965 – 6th
- 1965/1966 – 7th
- 1966/1967 – 8th
- 1967/1968 – 9th
- 1968/1969 – Portage Youth Basketball Begins
- The Following years
- 2019/2020 Season
- Impacts on Portage Sports/Community
- Memories
- Acknowledgements
- About the contributor