Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-17
BY John Krueqer

night under the lights at Berg
man Field in Genoa you couldn't
tell the champions and the best
of the Sandusky Bay Conference,
Oak Harbor, from the conference
cellar dwellers, Genoa, without
score card.
The winless Genoans battled on
even terms with the undefeated
Rockets for those first two periods
but the Martinmen made right with
might in the second half with
three touchdowns to end another
great season on triumphal note,
26-O.
Oak Harbor held a narrow one
touchdown lead at halftime. And
the Rockets had the edge during
the first half in the scoring col
umn only. A blocked Genoa punt
late in the second quarter result
ed in a touchdown by Immel for
the Rockets and Hoover's success
full placement conversion made it
10 at the midway point.
AS the final result shows this
one score was all Oak Harbor
needed to stretch its unbeaten
streak to % straight games and
to record its second consecutive
undefeated season-eSpecially with
that stout Red and Green line.
The Rockets forward wall held
up throughout the game; Genoa's
didn't. In the second half white
jerseyed ball carriers leaked
through a cracking Maroon de-
fense that practically had been
impregnable for the first "a min
uteS.
Thus Oak Harbor maintained its
prestige as one of the outstanding
area grid teams in a way that
left small consolation for hap
less Genoa eleven suffering its
eighth defeat in a row, No. 5 in
the Conference.
The win gave the T-tutored dis
ciples of Coach Dave Martin a 60
record in the final loop standings.
Martin has compiled an outstand-
ing overall four-year record at
OHHS: two SBC champions; the
schools first undefeated and un-
tied eleven Q949); this years un-
beaten edition (tied by Port Clin-
tom, in addition to nurturing that
22-game streak. The Rockets last
lost in 1948.
Oak Harbor's 1850 success can
be attributed mainly to the fell
lows up front, who over the sea-
son limited the opposition. to 81
points as compared to 1856 for the
Rockets. Last years team was a
high-powered offensive machine
that ran its opposition into the
ground, scoring 344 points, tops
northwestern Ohio Class B cir
cles, with 10 markers on the
debit side. Eight starters were
lost from that squad by gradu-
ton.
What was lacking in speed for
so was compensated for with
Drawn in the line and corps of
hard-running backs. Twelve squad
members don cap and gown next
spring, 10 from either the first
string defensive or offensive unit.
Bowing out against Genoa were
Lezotte, Shatto, Cass, Robinson,
Foreman, Boon, Sidell, Borsh,
Arndt, Schiller, Chiarelli, and
Chambers. And they made their
exit in the workmanlike manner
that was their trademark through
out their scholastic gridiron ca
reerS.
BY way of senior highlights: Le-
zotte dashed for two touchdowns
on his favorite bootleg play;
Sidell blocked the kick that re-
suited in the first score; Foreman
recovered Genoa tumble that set
the stage for the third I'd; Schil-
ler shagged couple of yard con-
suming passes, and Robinson made
a pertinent pass interception from
his linebacker's position.
Getting into the scoring act
were Juniors Immel, st. Clair,
and Hoover. Immel was Johnny
on-the-spot following Sidell's block
of that attempted Genoa punt late
in the second quarter. Rog played
the rebound and skipped 16 yards
into the end zone.
st. Clair rumbled Il yards for
touchdown No. in the fourth
period after Foreman smothered
a Genoa tumble of a punt on the
Genoa Is. Hoover accounted for
two PATS with his good right toe
after the first and last siX-pointers.
Lezotte legged it with the
leather over the goal in the third
and fourth quarters on runs of 16
and 10 yards. His passes to
Schiller, one for 80 yards, the
other for 10 Zine work by both
boys in freezing weather that
numbed the bodily extremities)
placed OH in an advantageous po-
sition for the scoring finale on the
Genoa IL.
But here the attack stalled and
a fourth and seven LeZotte aerial