INDIANAPOLIS â Fifty-three seasons and over 1,100 games.
Never absent, never unavailable.
Every. Single. Contest.
Keith Nuest, a 1961 Kouts grad, has spent more than half of his life as his alma mater s boys basketball statistician.
On Saturday, the 78-year-old was finally able to see the Mustangs play for their first state title at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Of course, he was keeping stats. You can count on him just like you can count on paying taxes every year, Kouts coach Kevin Duzan said. He s always going to answer the bell, and he s always going to be there.
Prior to the Mustangs Class A state final appearance, which ended in a 64-48 loss to Barre-Reeve, I spoke to Keith about his labor of love, which has helped him become a walking, talking almanac for not only Kouts but several other schools around Porter County and the Region.
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