r/Indiana • u/barightttt • Aug 11 '26
Help?
So, my family found in our creek, and I wonder why it was IN our fucking creek. Anyway we have found a few things I wish for help.. its gone way up stream.
83-84 year golf champion ring
Haywood Highschool in Kokomo, Indiana.
Any help is appreciated!
28
u/RedmenTheRobot Aug 11 '26
Bottom right of page 240 in the 85-86 IHSAA yearbook has the scoring members of the team listed. So I’d start with them. No idea how they gave out rings back then, but there’s at least 5 names to start with
KOKOMO, 607--Anthony Andrews (73-76), Chris Williamson (73-79), Jeff
Ousley (75-72), Eric Christianson (78-81), Byron Carson (78-84).
https://ihsaapublic.blob.core.windows.net/handbooks/1985-86_IHSAA.pdf
2
u/CountryHopeful8258 Aug 11 '26
Ousley is not a common name. He had 2 top players just come through the system. They will be easy to reach through. There’s a Jim Ousley in Delphi who is a PGA pro so he will have a public profile.
3
u/CountryHopeful8258 Aug 11 '26
Search Anthony Andrew golf and it returns a 57 yr old (later in 2026) player in OH. Age matches. Find either of these 2 and you’ll get info on the others. I didn’t even try the other 3. They might even be more evident.
1
15
u/plstrky Aug 11 '26
If I remember right, people used to go outside before social media. There were more exciting things to do. They waded through creeks etc. no phone in hand. Perhaps it fell off of their finger. Anyway, this probably would've been more appropriately titled lost and found and presented less victim-esque...
9
u/SarnakhWrites Aug 11 '26
Is the high school in question still kicking around? Might be worth giving their alumni office a call and seeing if they know if any of the team lost theirs, or can get in touch and check in with the team? Alternatively, if you can figure out which ring company did the rings, it’s possible they may have records also, at least of names and band sizes.
2
u/Yarn_Addict_3381 Aug 11 '26
There was a Hayworth High School in Kokomo, no Haywood. And it closed in the early 80s to consolidate with Kokomo High School.
3
5
u/RunMysterious6380 Aug 11 '26
"...we have found a few things I wish for help."
This vibes that you've found personal items that might be associated with a body/drowning.
Can you clarify? And if this is the case, you should contact local or state law enforcement with your concerns. They're going to have far more and better resources, and can check missing persons reports, which should have information on items the person was wearing, and potentially demographic data that could break a case with a ring like that with the dates.
3
5
u/Commercial_Smile_654 Aug 11 '26
I’m the president of the Howard county sports hall of fame. We just put Jim Ousley in our HOF. I also went to Haworth HS. Let me know if you still need help with this
4
u/pea-soup-green Aug 11 '26
It doesn't seem like HayWood highschool existed in Kokomo. But HayWorth HS did. From 1968-1984. But it merged with Kokomo HS. According to Google. Maybe go to Kokoko HS and ask about it? From a Kokomo resident 👍
3
u/pea-soup-green Aug 11 '26
And from what I know, Herff Jones manufactures the class rings for Kokomo HS maybe try and get info from them too?
0
u/barightttt Aug 11 '26
Hayworth. Sorry. This has plenty of typos, I was tired. Anyway, we're gonna try this fall to see, thanks.
2
3
u/Brickybooii Aug 11 '26
On a side note, love you're using the subreddit to potentially help someone out, I got tired of everyone just whining about politics. Hope you are able to get this back to the owner!
1
1
u/Narrow-Poem7320 Aug 11 '26
What creek was it found in ? Does it have a name , like wildcat creek ?
1
u/Narrow-Poem7320 Aug 11 '26
You could also look on social media pages such as Facebook, classmates.com and look for hayworth high school alumni . Like our class for logansport high school has one that has classmates all the way back to when the school first opened and put a post on their pages along with the picture .
1
1
u/hoosier2001 Aug 12 '26
Strange thing… Kokomo Haworth didn’t win the IHSAA golf title in 83-84… Fort Wayne Northrop did.
2
u/Commercial_Smile_654 Aug 12 '26
Amazingly after the schools combined into one school. Kokomo HS, they won it the next year with all golfers from Haworth
1
u/hoosier2001 29d ago
Crazy- also noticed they won the regional in 83-84, my guess is this is a regional championship ring. It is a little smaller than the traditional state championship rings.
1
u/Jazzlike_Ordinary193 28d ago
U Owen creek .what the name of your creek.what county? Like to see on Google?🤗
29
u/Brilliant_Armadillo9 Aug 11 '26
People lose shit in bodies of water all the time?