The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-03-25
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Diocesan Cagers
Had Good Season
By Lou Fahro

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though not particularly outstanding, was a good one
for Diocesan cage teams.
Final records show nine Diocesan teams chalked
up winning records while two others had 500 seasons.
Winning marks were posted by: DennlSon ot. MARY,
GAINESVILLE Rosecrans, Newark Catholic, Portsmouth
Notre Dame, st. Charles, Somerset Holy Trinity, Co
lumbus st. Mary, Rosary, and Chillicothe Central
Catholic. Watterson and New Lexington St. Aloysius
had even records.
FORGING HI BEST CAGE ARR in the Diocese
was Dennison st. Mary which clicked for a 1911 record.
1t was also the best cage record in the Blue Waves
history. Their previous best mark was in 1853 when
they had a 1872 record.
Also with t~op-flight records were: Rosecrans IA
d. Newark Catholic Q44); Notre Dame Q34); st.
Charles Q4-5; and Holy Trinity Q4-6). The top six
teams had a combined record of "a wins and "a losses.
Looking at the season from another viewpoint, lO
Diocesan teams improved their records over a year ago.
These include: Holy Trinity, Rosecrans, st. Charles,
Dennison st. Mary, Notre Dame as well as Delaware
st. Mary &c., Chillicothe Catholic Q0-8G Coshocton
Sacred Heart (5-15); Marion Catholic (5-13G and Dover
st. Joseph GID.
Hoiy Trinity, st. Joseph, Notre Dame and De)a-
ware St. Mary enjoyed their best season in years.
TWO DIOCESAN TEAMS WON league titles.
Rosary snagged the Franklin County League title for
the second year in a row while Newark Catholic grab
bed the Central Catholic League crown for the fourth
time in a row and sixth time in the last seven years.
Meanwhile, st. Charles, Watterson, Hartley and
Holy Family finished second, third, fourth and last,
respectively, in the Gel.
Portsmouth Notre Dame finished second, behind
powerful New Boston, in the Southern Ohio Con-
ference; Mt. Vernon st. Vincent, a co-champlon last
year, dropped to last place in the Knox County
League: Chillicothe Catholic ended in a threeWay tie
for third place in the Ross County League; Columbus
st. Mary did likewise in the Franklin County League;
and Aquinas hit the basement in the Columbus City
League.
turned in by Holy Trinity and Dennison st. Mary.
ALSO or NOTE WA n HIGHEST individual
scoring effort. This was turned in by Portsmouth
Notre Danes talented junior Joe Barry, who sWlshed
in 80 points in his teams 1857 victory over Minford.
The past cage season was Hartley High Schools
first and Somerset Holy Trinitys last. Holy Trinity
High will be closed at the end OF the current school
year.
Diocesan teams didn't fare any too we'll in the
tournaments. Their combined record was 1925 as
compared to last years 20-22 mark.
Only three Diocesan teams-Chillicothe Catholic,
Dennison st. Mary and st. Aloysius-made advances
on the tourney trail. st. Mary earned a sectional berth
by winning the noncounty tournament title at Dover
for the second straight year while Chillicothe Catholic
and st. Aloysius took sectional berths by winning
consolation rounds in non-county and county action.
st. Mary and Chillicothe Catholic were eliminated
in their first games in sectional action while st.
Aloysius won one game before being eliminated by
tough Glenford.
c%HILLIcoTHE CATHOLIC NJ LANCASTER
st. Mary staged the two biggest tov~@ 'c:t upsets.
The Panthers pulled their major upset by dumping
Clarksburg, which had a til record, in the Ross
County tourney. 81. Mary got the big one by defeating
Newark Catholic in non-county tourney action.
This was the second straight year that a Diocesan
team failed to reach the regionals.
Nice Going Bucks -.
Fabulous! That's the word to describe the scintil-
lating 1860 Ohio State University basketball team
which swept to the NCAA cage championship after
winning the Big Ten title.
THERE'S NO DOUBT in our minds that this is the
greatest cage team in OSU's history. The Catholic
Times extends its heartiest congratulations to the
Buckeyes and their coaching staff headed by Fred
Taylor.
We're also happy that graduate of one of the
Diocesan high schools is a member Of the team. The
player is Dave Barker who played on the great 1856
Columbus ST. Mary team which barely missed winning
the State Class B championship by one point.