Mike was a first team All-City Baseball pitcher for Stivers his senior year. Despite his size of 5’7” and 135 pounds, he was still one of the best pitchers in the City League in 1972. Mike threw a no hitter and a one hitter in consecutive starts. He also threw […]
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Matt Dawicke was an outstanding all-around athlete in the late 1960’s. He earned six varsity letters in baseball and football, played basketball two years and ran track one season. Baseball was his best sport. He played on the Tiger Varsity three seasons and was named to the Journal Herald All-City […]
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John was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1951. He was the third of nine children born into the family of Ova and Elizabeth Rudd. He spent the majority of his years growing up in Marion, Ohio, where he played on several youth sports teams, the highlight being on a […]
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Jerry Woodbury was an outstanding athlete for the Tigers during the mid-1970s. He played 4 years of varsity baseball, 3 years of varsity football and had All-City honors in both. He also wrestled his sophomore year. Jerry’s best sport was baseball. He played shortstop all 4 years. After hitting .460, […]
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George was a three sport athlete at Stivers High School, excelling in track, baseball and football. He earned varsity letters in all three sports. He captained with Stivers’ Hall of Famer, Lee Fenner on the 1935 Stivers City Championship football team. A Dayton Daily News article mentioned George as one […]
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Gary Forrest was born in Dayton on November 11, 1953 to Jim and Irene Forrest. He had one brother Jim and two sisters, Irma and Mary. After graduating from Huffman Elementary, Gary went with his older brother Jim to baseball tryouts for the Stivers Summer League team, and made the […]
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Don Postway excelled in 2 sports at Stivers and was one of the Tigers best athletes of the 1970’s.Football was his best sport and even though the 1974-75 team finished with a 2 win 8 loss record, he was highly honored for his defense. Don was named to the All-Public […]
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Bob was a four year letterman on Stivers High School baseball team. He was also a two year letterman on the Stivers basketball team. Bob was selected as a pitcher on the Dayton All-City Baseball Team. He had a record of 3-0 in the city league and 5-1 overall his […]
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You need to save your best for last. You need to peak at the right time. These are two sports clichés that are often repeated. For coach, Bob Mayberry those two clichés described his 1972 cross country team. Team members were Robert West, Dale Hamilton, Bob Bradford, Larry Hunter, Benny […]
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