A basketball friend asked me to look up some info on Westphalia High School - Now part of North Knox High. For those not from southern Indiana, Vincennes is the county seat there. He attended grade school there and was curious about its high school basketball history. I sent this to him, but thought I'd share it here, because why not. Nobody else cares about this sort of thing 
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Westphalia’s last varsity team wore green and white and used the mascot Wildcats, but there were those that unofficially referred to them as the “Cheestowners” because the town had two cheese factories that shipped cheese to much of the midwest.
Westphalia High School competed in the Knox County Conference.
The Wildcats participated in only one IHSAA tourney - 1927
1927 Vincennes 14-team Sectional played at Adams Coliseum: Monroe City 42, Westphalia 12 (Called just Vincennes Coliseum at that time)
1928 was the last season Westphalia fielded a team.
Westphalia never had its own gym. Instead using the gym at Sandborn High School for home games. Practices took place on a cinder court behind the school, and additional practices were held on a dirt court located behind the Mobil Gas Station.
Westphalia maintained a school thru grade 8 for several years with kiddos matriculating to Edwardsport High School (Nicknamed the Powers which is pretty cool) until it ultimately consolidated into what is now North Knox. During the 1947-48 season, Westphalia grade school captured the prestigious Knox County basketball championship. 1959 was last year for any school in town.
A guy named Herb Pepmeier was recognized by the Vincennes Sun-Commercial paper in 1997 as the all-time greatest player (Career leading scorer) for Westphalia. No numbers were offered, but he was a junior during their one Sectional year and apparently played his senior year in 1928 when they did not enter the tourney.
Well, they actually fielded a team several years. Played a pretty full schedule of Knox County Conference teams apparently. However, they only chose to enter the IHSAA tourney once. That was not uncommon for very small schools during that decade.
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Westphalia’s last varsity team wore green and white and used the mascot Wildcats, but there were those that unofficially referred to them as the “Cheestowners” because the town had two cheese factories that shipped cheese to much of the midwest.
Westphalia High School competed in the Knox County Conference.
The Wildcats participated in only one IHSAA tourney - 1927
1927 Vincennes 14-team Sectional played at Adams Coliseum: Monroe City 42, Westphalia 12 (Called just Vincennes Coliseum at that time)
1928 was the last season Westphalia fielded a team.
Westphalia never had its own gym. Instead using the gym at Sandborn High School for home games. Practices took place on a cinder court behind the school, and additional practices were held on a dirt court located behind the Mobil Gas Station.
Westphalia maintained a school thru grade 8 for several years with kiddos matriculating to Edwardsport High School (Nicknamed the Powers which is pretty cool) until it ultimately consolidated into what is now North Knox. During the 1947-48 season, Westphalia grade school captured the prestigious Knox County basketball championship. 1959 was last year for any school in town.
A guy named Herb Pepmeier was recognized by the Vincennes Sun-Commercial paper in 1997 as the all-time greatest player (Career leading scorer) for Westphalia. No numbers were offered, but he was a junior during their one Sectional year and apparently played his senior year in 1928 when they did not enter the tourney.
Well, they actually fielded a team several years. Played a pretty full schedule of Knox County Conference teams apparently. However, they only chose to enter the IHSAA tourney once. That was not uncommon for very small schools during that decade.
