The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
S H O r IS
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TVS entries in the sectional tour
nament at Marietta were all
eliminated in the opening round
Caldwell bowed to Ciarlng-
ton 1929 with Mazgay scoring
nine points Woo d S f e | d
thumped Dexter City 5427 de-
spite Patterns Is points =. Vim
cent won over Belle Valley as
Mishlan was high with seven
For the season, Caldwell won II
while losing five as Lobby MAJ
gay and Ike Moore tailed l79
points each d. John Christopher
was next with l61.
SUMMERFIELD, only team since
Belle Valley to win consecutive
tournament titles, now has three
in a row following last Friday
nights win over Sarahsville As
A. Previous winners have been:
Belle Valley l927-l940, Dexter
City 1941, HarriettSVille 1912,
Summerfield 1943, Belle Valley
1914. Batesville l945, Belle Val
ley 1916, Harriettsville l947,
Summerfield l948-l950 SarahS-
vile and Forest Grove are yet
without a county crown
OSCAR SIN GER Of Harrietts
Vile. one Of the standOutS of the
entire tournament, was named to
the all-tourney team for the third
consecutive year. Harold Weston
of Sarahsville repeated from last
year, while Marvin Orr Of Sum
merfield made second team this
year and first team last year.
Only other repeater is Junior
Butler of Sarahsville who made
second team both years. This
wears selections were turned in
by the county coaches.
TWENTY SIX SENIORS partiCl-
pated in their final county tour
nament with Harriettsville los
ing only two by graduation, Os-
car Singer and Mark Williams.
Summerfield loses Dale Garrett,
Marvin Orr and Eugene Bates;
Forest Grove will miss Pat Arch
ibald, Don Nichols and Albert
Boyd; Batesville graduates En-
erson Christman, Dick Neuhart,
Herb Carpenter and Clarence
Pfeffer; Belle Valley loses Don
Palmer, George Hurst, Ed Schott,
Jim Buckley and Howard Mitch
ell; Dexter City has four seniors
Jim Wilson, Ivan Antil, Dale
Smith and Dick Harper; while
Sarahsville loses Junior Butler,
Harold Weston, Wayne Stotts-
berry, Myron Miley and Marvin
Carpenter.
NEW COACHES in the county
this year were Bob Mellck at
q Dexter City, Virgil Reed at
Batesville, and Emil Wittlig at
Forest Grove. The pre-tourney
records Of the teams were as fol-
4 lows: Sarahsville 1873, Summer
field 1878, Batesville lis, Har-
riettsville 7-12, Belle Valley 5-I4,
Dexter City 6l3, Forest Grove
lis.
CHEERL ADERS who per
formed for their teams included:
Jean Cisler, Jean Ogle, Barbara
Marquis and Jean Ann Wiley of
Forest Grove; Betty Lou Lamb,
Joyce Pfeffer and Rosemary Sic
vim of Batesville; Ellen HeiSler,
Jean Kehl and Beulah Mantel of
Harriettsville; Connie Sklenar,
Billie Richards, Patsy Caldwell
and Rita Wukelich of Belle Val
ley; Treva Garrett, Mary Lou
Sorg and Agatha Lou Leasure of
Summerfield Jane Ogle, Erma
Bell, Janet Ogle and Eleanor
Thesis of Dexter; Marlene Wes-
ton, Genevieve Rich, Anna Gra-
ham, Martha Gibson, Evelyn
Goodwill and Rose Marie Will
liams of Sarahsville.
BATESVILLE scored the most
/. points in the tournament, hitting
! 181 in four games for an average
/ of As per game Summerfield had
] the best average, however, with
140 points in three games an
average Of AS per game. Highest
/, single game score was Harrietts-
ville's 6522 win over Forest
Grove which was also the tour
ney's low mark HarriettSVille'S
defensive mark was the highest,
allowing 100 points in four tits
for an average Of 80 per game
Sarahsville was next in line with
80 per game average for four
games.
EMERSON CHRISTMAN scored
the most points in the tOurna-
ment getting an even 90 in four
games for a Is per game aver
age. Next was Harold Weston
with so, Junior Butler 46, Oscar
Singer As and Dale Garrett "A.
One-game high was IS bv Ed
Smithberger followed by II by
Oscar Singer.
JUNIOR BUTLER won the foul
shooting trophy by converting
IL out of IA free throws. Belt
buckles were presented to the
first all-tourney team, while
medals were awarded to the
Summerfield champions. Tro-
phies went to first, second and
third place teams with presenta-
ton of all awards being made by
county superintendent Fl. c. Sc
crest and tournament manager
II NJ. Moore. 1t was one of the
most closely-contested tourna-
ments on record with only two
being certain of the winners.
ThAsp were HarripttcyilIa over