Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-02-21
Madison Rural
And sol|on MHl
Might


basketball tournament at Mid
way Friday night and Midway
stayed in the tourney with a tri-
unph in the consolation division.
Plain City nosed out West JEFF
ferson, the champions of the Mad.
7 Fison County League, by 4 three
point margin and a final tally
/; of 46 to 43. tsa 80
Mt. Sterling. trailing in the early
stages, defeated Madison Rural
to the tune of 1888.
Fairfield was eliminated from
tournament play when Midway
took them over with a score OF
81 to .;33. The. latter contest was
played in the consolation division
Of the double elimination tourney.
Mt. Sterling in chalking UP their
third victory of the 1850 tourna.
ment, opened up with fun steam
IN the final quarter to subdue the
hard-driying Madison Rural ag-
creation. When they went into tho
last quarter the Mt. Sterling lads
were behind 3O-29. During the
stanza they collected is points
and held the Madison. Burial team
TO nine, Anderson and Brady led
the scoring for, the, winners with
IL each while, Hunter OF Madison
Rural with 19, points was high
man Of the game.
= West. jefferson and Plain City's
contest was bang-up sports en-
tertaihrnent from tie opening
whistle to final gun. Evenly
matched, they played nip and tuck
throughout the setto. sAs the final
quarter rolled around the tally
was knotted at 20. ~ = sf~@s
u Top scorer in the game was
Oscar Jefferson of Plain City who
flipped in II field shots for "a
points. ...... -. -. !. =. ..a.5 {.
Midway had "a - couaparatively
easy time in disposing Of Fair
field in the consolation game.
They took over the lead at the
opening of the contest 4nd were
never headed. Second stringers
entered the game in the CLOSING
quarters.
Two consolation games were on
the evenings program when the
tournament was continued Sat-
urday evening. They were Madison
Rural VS. Midway and South Solon
VS. West jefferson.
,a Consolation Games
Played Saturday
Madison Rural defeated Mid
way. 5o-48 and South Solon down.
ed West Jefferson x67-63 In the
consolation division games of the
tournament Saturday night.
In the first game Madison Rur-
al. put on last minute rally to
come from behind and edge Mid
way. Midway went into the lead
at the start of the game and at
the end of the first quarter they
were ahead of Madison Rural by
a score of IA to 12. During the
second quarter, Midway scored II
points while holding Madison
Rural to 8. The teams went to the
dressing room at the end of the
half with Midway leading 26 10
90.
! In the third quarter. Midway
continued sharpshooting and pull
ed still farther into the lead AZ TO
33. In the final stanza, Midway,
at one time, led Madison Rural
! IA points. In the latter stages OF
the quarter. the boys from Mad
ison Rural got hot and put on the
greatest rally of the tournament
They tied the score with less than
a minute to 60 and with only
seconds remaining, Hunter, Of Mad
ison Rural, dropped in a field
goal to put Madison Rural in the
lead and cinch the game.
! Bogenrife of Midway copped
the scoring honors III this con-
test with % points. while Huntel
of the victors led his mates with
Is. - 8
Jeffer.cn Out n
In the second contest South
Scion eliminated West Jefferson
the league champions. The game
was nip and tuck affair all the
way. The deciding factor In this
tilt was the efficiency in fou
shooting, West Jeferson coule
make only Is out Of a possible 81
while South Solon CONNECTED with
10 of a possible 81. Jefferson suf
fered q blow when they lost fou,
men, Faust, Rice. Kronk and Pfeil
via the foul route. South Soior
lost three of their starters. Smith
Mills and Gahrn, due to fouls
| At the end of the first quarter
the teams were tiedt17-17. In tht
second stanza, South Solon scor
ed 20 points while West Jeffer'
son collected IA. This gave Solof
halftime lead of 81 to al.
The third quarter found Wes
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