The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
SPORTS of TIMES
Cage Recap
BY LOU FABRO
Times Sports Editor

GAINESVILLE Rosecrans 22-D, Dover St. Joseph
1922 and Chillicothe Central Catholic 18-4) easily
dominated most of the 1862 Diocesan baSketoal
campaign.
Watterson GAG, Dennison St. Mary Q46) and
Lancaster Fenwick $3.50 finished their seasons with
a flourish to capture some attention.
THESE SIX TEAMS, PLUS MT. VERNON st. Vim
cent 900 were the only Diocesan squads to end their
campaigns Including tourney action) with winning
records. This is the lowest NUMBER 10 40 81 III hdhy
years.
One other team Rosary - broke even with a
1910 record while the remaining II Diocesan high
squads ended up with losing records. The teams with
losing records:
Hartley (9-1M. Columbus ST. Mary (8-9), Newark
Catholic (9-12), DeSale 49, New Lexington st.
Aloysius (9-12l, st. Charles (7-12), Aqunas C7-12,
Coshocton Sacred Heart (6-l3l Marion Catholic (4-lo,
Delaware st. Mary (3-13l Portsmouth Notre Dame
Ola and Holy Family Q-20l
Rosecrans earned top laures by battling through
its regular 18-game basketball schedule without a de-
feat a first for that school. Coach Gene Nangle's
Bishops then racked up four more victories to WIN
the GAINESVILLE Class "a" Non-County tourney title
for a second straight year as well as the Sectional
tournament championship at New Concord.
BISHOPS 22.CAME WINNING STREAK not
only is a basketball record for the school but also for
the Diocese. Their 22nd straight win put the Bishops
into the district championship game. RoSecranS loSt
that hectic battle, $3.50, to unbeaten and taller Fort
Frye after four Bishop starters fouled out OF the
game.
This, incidentally, was the third straight outstand-
ing year for Rosecrans under Coach Nangle. During
the past three cage seasons, the Bishops won % games
and lost only II.
ST. JOSEPH ALSO ENJOYED THE BEST season
in the schools history. Coach Art Teynor's Ramblers
lost only one game during the regular season and then
lost their opening tournament game. Both losses were
inflicted by arch-rival Dennison st. Mary.
The first defeat snapped a l5game winning
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also handed st. Joseph its first loss last season. That
decision cracked a 16-game Rambler victory string.
ROOKIE COACH JOHN HERRNSTEIN. filling in
for Coach Pat Mannion who was called into Military
service, guided Chillicothe Catholic through a banner
cage campaign. The 1874 record was one of the best -
il not the best - in the schools history.
Watterson lost its first three games but then
righted itself and battled to its first Central Catholic
League basketball championship. The Eagles, Incl
dentally, were the only Diocesan team to win a league
crown.
Coach Dick Walkers Watterson squad, in posting
its best cage record ever, also forged a 12-game winning
streak-a new high for the school. The Eagles streak
was snapped in the quarterfinals of the Central Dis
trict Class "AA" tournament by eventual champion
Newark.
DENNlSoN ST. MARY LosT THREE of its early
games by two points each but came on fast in the
second half of the season. This is the fifth straight
season that the Blue Waves enjoyed a fine season.
Under Paul DrotoVick. who will coach at Hartley High
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% in the past five years. In 1860, the Waves lost only
one regular season game and that by a single point.
The past campaign saw DeSales make its debut
into varsity cage competition. The Stations, composed
of freshmen and sophomores, did all right by winning
four games and losing only five.
Another event of notes was the losing record of
st. Charles. 1t was the first losing basketball campaign
in Coach Jack Ryan's 24year career at ST. Charles. 1t
might be noted, however, that the loss through injury
of a key starter for half the campaign contributed
substantially to the losing record.
REVIEWING THE TOURNAMENT PORTION of
the season, Diocesan teams won % tourney games and
lost Is. This record is somewhat misleading because
many Diocesan teams were knocking each other off in
non-county tournaments and Watterson eliminated
two Diocesan teams in district action.
LANCASTER FENWIcK WAS THE ONLY Dio.
cesar team besides Rosecrans to win a tournament
championship. And Fenwick was a bona-fide "Cinder
ella" team considering the Irish entered the tourna.
ments with a $3.50 98 record. Coach Mike LoPresti's
team pulled a couple OF major upsets enroute to the
Non-County Class "A" championship in the Central
district.
Besides RoSecrans and Fenwick, three other bio.
cesar teams qualified for sectional tournament action
These were Rosary, Chilicothe Catholic and St
AloySius. This was the third straight year that Chilli
Gothic Catholic earned a ticket to the sectional tourney