Local Historian Bob Lingle – WMOK Full Coffee Break – May 6, 2024

WMOK spoke with local historian Bob Lingle for Coffee Break on May 6, 2024.

We discussed the following topics:

• How basketball evolved
• 1924 Centennial
• Summer of 1924 – changed name of high school
• Uniforms
• Fellow coaches
• Longest coaches
• Back in the day players
• 3 coaches
• 1st Regional Tournament Win
• State Tournament
• IHSA
• 1st District Tournament
• High School doubled in size
• 2 other district wins
• 1933 Official nickname – Trojans
• Other school teams
• Civitan Park
• Fast Pitch

Hear WMOK’s full Coffee Break with Local Historian Bob Lingle below: