Homer Stonebraker led Wingate High School to its first State Championship in 1913. The first team pictured is the 1911-12 team, Homer Stonebraker's sophomore year. The 1913 title game was a five overtime game won by Wingate over South Bend Central 15-14. Forest Crane made the winning basket and finished with 6 points. Homer had 9 points.

Homer Stonebraker was the tallest player on the 1911-12 team

 

Jesse Wood was the coach of the 1913 State Championship team.  He is standing on the far left.  Homer Stonebraker is kneeling in the middle and John Blacker is on his left.

Another picture of the Championship 1913 team

Jesse Wood HOF text

Jesse Wood

Coached Wingate to 19013 State Championship

High School—Bedford

College—Indiana State 1910; Purdue 1917

A baseball and football player at Bedford, which he “left” in 1906…played basketball and football at Indiana State Normal in 1910…left that school to coach tiny Wingate High School in 1912 and ’13…in that second year, Wingate posted a 21-4 record despite playing without a gymnasium…won state championship 15-14, in a 5-overtime game in which the referee had ruled that the first team to score 2 points would be the winner,,,coached Rockville to 18-6 record a year later, before returning to school. 

John Blacker was the pitcher and captain of the baseball team and guard on the basketball team.