Ladoga Canners 1949 Montgomery Co. Champs empire-records happy-rex-manning-day Games and practices were held

Games and practices were held outdoors or in lodge halls

This place had a great toy aisle

”  The first recorded basketball game played in Crawfordsville was in 1894 between the Crawfordsville YMCA and the Lafayette YMCA

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and most practices were conducted on outdoor cinder courts

Ladoga Canners 1949 Montgomery Co. Champs empire-records happy-rex-manning-day Games and practices were heldLadoga had always been called Ladoga High School or Ladoga Spartans. Since Wingate was also called Spartans, in 1931 a contest was held and basketball Coach Neff offered $1. 00 to the person who came up with the winning name. Since the largest industry in Ladoga was a canning company they became known as the Ladoga Canners.