The Basket Ball team of the season of 1908–09 was the first, which the school had ever turned out. There were plenty of candidates for the respective places when the first call for practice was announced.
Mr. Arnold, who had played on the State Normal team, was secured as coach. Practice was started on the campus court until the equipment was completed. The team won the first game of the season in an impressive style. It was at once seen after this game that our boys with time and training would make a good showing.
We again won in the second and also in the third and fourth games, taking the Indianapolis Y. M.C. A., Providence H. S. and Monrovia H. S. into camp
Our team was now weakened by the loss of one of our best men, and we lost three successive games to Sheridan, Danville and Thorntown.
Throughout the entire year the team did not lose but six games and as three of these games were away from home, we should be proud of our first team, and very grateful to Mr. Arnold, to whose hard and faithful work much of our success was due.
The following is the result of the games:
| M. H. S. | 21 | Plainfield H. S. | 10 |
| M. H. S. | 11 | Monrovia | 5 |
| M. H. S. | 17 | Y. M. C. A. | 14 |
| M. H. S. | 19 | Providence H. S. | 18 |
| M. H. S. | 16 | Sheridan H. S. | 20 |
| M. H. S. | 12 | Danville H. S. | 28 |
| M. H. S. | 13 | Thorntown H. S. | 86 |
| M. H. S. | 28 | Monrovia | 12 |
| M. H. S. | 21 | Spencer H. S. | 10 |
| M. H. S. | 15 | Spencer H. S. | 42 |
| M. H. S. | 18 | Thorntown H. S. | 38 |
| M. H. S. | 23 | Clayton Masons | 10 |
| M. H. S. | 12 | Fortville H. S. | 42 |
| Left Forward | McPherson |
| Right Forward | Stayton |
| Center | Keller |
| Left Guard | Miller |
| Right Guard | G. Cook |
| Substitutes | R. Cook, Record, Apple, W. Keller |
| Coach | Arnold |
| Manager | Armstrong |
