Keith Bagby is a 1969 graduate of North High School. He was a IHSAA basketball referee for 29 years(1980-2008) and officiated the 2003 IHSAA State Championship. Keith has three daughters: Ashley, Taylor, and Lindsay. Keith is employed by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation and lives on the East Side with his wife Tracie.

Evansville High Schools Top Basketball Teams and
Players of the Last Half Century    
by Keith Bagby

Teams are in chronological order and players are in alphabetic order.

The Top 10 Teams - Chronological

1951 Reitz Panthers
1953 Central Bears
1957 Lincoln Lions
1962 Bosse Bulldogs
1964 Rex Mundi Monarchs
1966 Harrison Warriors
1967 North Huskies
1968 Reitz Panthers
1982 Bosse Bulldogs
1990 Bosse Bulldogs

The Top 25 Players - Alphabetic Order

Rick Atkinson - Harrison
John Barhill - Lincoln
Calbert Cheaney - Harrison
Jerry Clayton - Central
Derrick Dowell - Bosse
Andy Elkins - Bosse
Bob Ford - North
Gary Grieger - Bosse
John Harrawood - Central
Gary Holland - Central
Steve Holland - North
Clint Keown - Memorial
Matt Kiefer - Mater Dei
Ted Lander - Lincoln
Gene Lockyear - Bosse
Jerry Mattingly - Rex Mundi
Walter McCarty - Harrison
Brian Miles - North
Greg Nelson - Harrison
Dave Schellhase - North
Earl Schneider - Rex Mundi
Charles "Top Cat" Tyler - Central
Larry Weatherford - Bosse
Vaughn Wedeking - Harrison
Jerry Whitsell - Reitz

Honorable Mention

Tim Fletcher - Reitz
Tom Neimeier - Rex Mundi
Derek Lindauer- Central
Curt John - Reitz
Myron Christian - Bosse
Jerry Southwood - Bosse