Hobart's Race to State Stopped by Lowell

The Hobart Brickies lost to the Lowell Red Devils 38-10 on Friday night, November 5, ending their quest for a state championship this year. Read the story in the Northwest Indiana Times.

The Rain Held Off for BrickieFest 2021

It rained in the morning, and it rained in the late afternoon, but it did not rain on the BrickieFest Picnic on Saturday, October 2, from 12 noon to 3 pm. Thanks to the 35 people who attended, and thanks to the VFW for allowing us to use their place for the event.

The Hobart High School Alumni Association raised nearly $200 in memberships, merchandise sales, and donations. We had hot dogs, brats, chips, cookies, and bottled water, and sang Happy Birthday to HHSAA board member Debbie Vega and Paul Addison's brother-in-law Terry Hills.

The Brickies won their Friday night football game, too!

[Pictures to come!]

Coach and Teacher Jerry Hicks Passes

Longtime teacher and coach at Hobart Junior and Senior High School Jerry Hicks has passed away. His obituary can be found on our site here: https://www.hobartalumni.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=9007281.

Here is a story on the NW Indiana Times website: https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/jerry-hicks-longtime-hobart-football-offensive-coordinator-dies-at-85/article_a75549f7-a44c-5364-9223-12b931e293bb.html.

(Personal note: Mr. Hicks was my 9th grade Health teacher and my Drivers' Ed instructor.)

Congratulations to the 2021 HHSAA Scholarship Winners!

Hobart High School seniors Calle Hairston and Adam Barney are the winners of the 2021 HHS Alumni Association scholarships. Calle will be attending Wheaton College this fall and majoring in History. Adam will attend Butler University and is planning to major in Anthropology and Psychology. The winners and their families were taken out to the Paragon for a celebration dinner on May 13. Congratulations!

Pictured below at left: Paul Addison, Calle Hairston, Nanelle Hairston, James Hairston
Pictured below at right: Shannon Barney, Adam Barney, Paul Addison

David Kostbade Returns to Hobart High School to Coach Football

Hobart High School alumnus David Kostbade, former Brickie football standout, graduated from Marion University last week, and is returning to Hobart High School to coach the offensive line under Head Coach Craig Osika. David was a 2016 scholarship winner from the HHS Alumni Association. Welcome back, David!

David is pictured at the right with his parents, David and Holli Kostbade.

Riley Johnston Commits to IU

Riley Johnston, Hobart Brickie pole vaulter and football quarterback, has committed to attending Indiana University. His father, Jim Jr. and grandfather, Jim Sr. both attended Purdue. The story is here in the Northwest Indiana Times. 

You may remember that another family of Hobart High School standouts attended Indiana University. Longtime Brickie football coach Russ Deal, and his sons Mike and Mark Deal, were all lettermen at IU.

HHS Coaches Don Howell and JJ Johnston Honored

Hobart High School's football field will now become "Don Howell Field at the Brickyard", and the track there will become the "James T. 'JJ' Johnston Track". The School Board approved the recommendations at their January 21 meeting.

Read the story here in the Post-Tribune.

Our New, Improved Website Is Live!

The new website design is now in place. For desktop users, you'll see three small differences: 1) you can click the Sign In button to the right, or the User icon at the top right to log in (it looks a little like a person), 2) the first links are across the top, with the rest on the left, and 3) to see the Member Functions like Edit Contact Info, Change Password, and Log Out, you'll click on the User icon.

Smartphone and tablet users will notice a remarkable improvement in the look of the website. Until now, the entire page was squeezed into one screen. Now it is much easier to read. Smartphone and tablet users should click on the User icon to log in, and the Menu icon (three horizontal bars) for all functions.

Click on "Website Redesign" at the left or click here to see a description and sample screen shots of the new look.

We hope you like the new design. Try it on your smartphone or tablet. Email us at info@hobartalumni.org if you have any comments or problems.

We do our best to keep up with listing obituaries for HHS alumni. We are able to find most obituaries that have the words "Hobart High School" in them, but many do not. If you come across any online obituary notice that is not posted in the "Recent Obituaries" page on this website by the time of the funeral, please send the link to me at info@hobartalumni.org, along with the classmate's year of graduation, if you know it, and I will post it right away.

Thanks to Gorjean Quick, who just sent me several obituaries from the Class of 1963.

 Do You Have Class Reunion News to Share?

If your class is having a reunion later this year, or in 2020it's not too early to start letting people know about it. Please email us at info@hobartalumni.org, or email me (Paul Addison) personally at paulhaddison@gmail.com. Let us know the class year, the date, time and place of your reunion (however much you know at this time), and the name of the person to contact for more information. Thanks!