Coach “Skip” LaRue came to Stivers from Mason High School in 1942. He coached basketball, football, and track until 1957. Skipper led his basketball teams to the City Championships in 1943, 1947, 1951, and 1953. Stivers shared that title with Chaminade in 1944 and was runner-up to them in 1945 […]
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As a Stivers Tiger, Vern earned 4 letters in baseball and 2 letters in basketball. During his 4 years at Stivers basketball was very successful in gathering City Championships in 1950, 1951 and 1953. In 1951 they won a District Championship. In 1952 Vern was Honorable Mention All-City and 1st […]
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“Big” Bill Hosket, so named because he was just shy of 6’5″ tall. In his Sophomore year at Stivers, he was called the greatest center ever seen in action on a high school basketball court by the three tournament officials who placed him on the All-Star Class A team. He was […]
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Jim lettered in 3 years in football at Stivers. In 1939 and 1940 he was on the All-City Team as a guard and was Captain of the Stivers Football team in 1940. Jim was Class President of Stivers in 1937. Jim received a football scholarship to the University of Dayton. […]
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Chuck attended Stivers his freshman, sophomore and junior years but became so disappointed at sitting on the bench that he dropped out for a full year to help support his mother and 7 siblings. When his brother returned from the military he urged Chuck to return to Stivers. At 6’5″ […]
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Davis received 3 letters in football and 3 letters in track during his high school years and was known as a fireball, do-it-all man for the Stivers grid squad. The Dayton Journal Herald Newspaper named him the “Most Valuable Football Player in Dayton” in 1943 at their Eight Annual Citation […]
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Colburn attended Stivers from 1926 – 1929. The Stivers team he played with went 29-1, 29-1, and 27-0 in 1928-29-30, the 2 losses coming in a National tournament in Chicago. Bob was only 5’1″ & 102 lbs. when he started but Coach Stahl said that he had such beautiful coordination […]
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Gene began his Stivers Basketball career on the varsity as a freshman and started every game as a guard, forward or center during all 4 years. He served as Captain in both his junior and senior years. Gene was named to the All-City team as a junior and named Captain […]
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Dale participated in Baseball (I year) Golf (3 years) Basketball (4 years). He earned 7 Varsity Letters – 1 in Baseball, 3 in Golf and 3 in Basketball. Dale was the lead scorer for the Reserve Basketball team and scored a basket in a Varsity game as a Freshman. He […]
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Dale, a native Daytonian, was a product of Dayton Public Schools, attending Belmont Elementary and graduating from Stivers High School, where he was in the marching band and ran the hurdles in track. His brother, Dick, is also a Stivers product, graduating in 1947. Dale attended Ohio University, later receiving […]
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