Harry Wilhelm was a member of the Stivers Football team that won the State Championship in 1919. He was coach at Stivers High from 1924 until 1926. In an article by Marc Katz, he was described as a hell and high water coach. Harry Wilhelm was coaching both football and […]
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Ken earned 7 letters during his high school years. He earned 4 letters in football and made All-City Halfback in 1951, 1952 and 1953. Ken was All-State in 1953. His team was Public School Champs in 1953 and Ken was 2nd in the State in scoring in 1953. In Track […]
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Floyd “Shorty” Stahl was head coach of basketball and football at Stivers from the fall of 1926 until the final 1928-1929 season. The first team he coached at Stivers was the 1926 – 1927 team. They won 21 games out of 23. Bob Lively was Captain of the 1928 team. […]
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“Billy” O’Neill is one of the greatest tennis players to come out of the Dayton area. He played No.1 singles for Stivers for 4 years from 1944 to 1947. To quote – The Stivers News, May 31, 1946, “The brightest spot on this year’s tennis team was the No.1 singles […]
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Jim played basketball as a starter for 3 years, the only Sophomore starter on the ’50-’51 team that won the City and the District. He was the leading scorer in the championship game against Chaminade. Stivers was ranked #1 in the State in 1953 final Associated Press poll. Jim was […]
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Bob earned 10 Varsity “S” letters. He played End Position in Football during his Sophomore and Junior years and received 2 letters. Bob played Outfield position in Baseball during his Sophomore, Junior and Senior years and earned 3 letters. Bob also received three letters in Basketball in his Sophomore, Junior […]
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Gene received 3 letters in Football. In 1953 he received the Public School Champions letter, In 1952 – ’53 he was the All City Quarterback 2nd Team and he was the Team Captain in 1952 – ’53. In Basketball he also received 3 letters. The Stivers team won City Champions […]
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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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