1944-45 Buckeye League Boys Basketball Scores


Bowling Green
Coach:  Forrest Creason
Record:  5-13 (3-5 BL)
Leading Scorer:  Bill Bachman (138 pts/7.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     OFF     DEF
12/01/44	@Bellevue		L	13	55
12/08/44	Ada			L	18	27
12/15/44	@Celina			L	26	38
12/22/44*	@Fostoria		L	27	30	OT
12/29/44	Toledo Scott		L	16	19
01/05/45*	Tiffin Columbian	W	23	13
01/09/45	Napoleon		W	29	25
01/12/45*	@Findlay		L	20	40
01/16/45	Maumee			W	39	27
01/19/45*	@Fremont Ross		L	23	46
01/26/45	Toledo Waite		L	19	26
02/02/45*	Fostoria		W	49	29
02/09/45*	@Tiffin Columbian	W	37	35
02/13/45	@Perrysburg		L	26	35
02/16/45*	Findlay			L	22	33
02/20/45	@Kenton			L	23	27
02/23/45*	Fremont Ross		L	39	48
02/28/45	Lima South		L	29	36	Class A District Tournament at Findlay


Findlay
Coach:  Carl Bachman
Record:  14-4 (7-1 BL)
Leading Scorer:  Bob Wortman (287 pts/16.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     OFF     DEF
12/01/44	@Bexley			L	39	52
12/02/44	@Mansfield		W	33	27
12/08/44	Galion			W	39	22
12/15/44*	@Tiffin Columbian	W	46	24
12/16/44	Lima Central		L	32	33
12/19/44	Lima South		W	37	29
10/09/45*	Fremont Ross		W	41	30
01/12/45*	Bowling Green		W	40	20
01/19/45*	@Fostoria		W	36	22	NEED BOX
01/26/45*	Tiffin Columbian	W	38	20
02/09/45*	@Fremont Ross		L	21	31	plays without starting 5
02/13/45	Kenton			W	53	37
02/16/45*	@Bowling Green		W	33	22
02/23/45*	Fostoria		W	53	16
03/01/45	Galion			W	36	20	Class A District Tournament at Findlay
03/03/45	Celina			W	33	25	Class A District Tournament at Findlay
03/09/45	Lima Central		W	30	26	Class A District Tournament at Findlay
03/10/45	Wapakoneta		L	27	30	Class A District Tournament at Findlay


Fostoria
Coach:  Robert O'Neill
Record:  3-14 (1-7 BL)
Leading Scorer:  SCORES ONLY

Date		Versus		       W/L     OFF     DEF
		?Galion			L	30	37
		?Toledo Waite		W	28	25
		?Lima Central		L	32	63
	*	?Fremont Ross		L	27	57
	*	?Bowling Green		W	30	27
		?Upper Sandusky		L	28	31
		?Sandusky		W	33	24
	*	?Tiffin Columbian	L	21	31
		?Fostoria St. Wendelin	L	22	28
	*	?Findlay		L	22	36
	*	?Fremont Ross		L	24	44
	*	?Bowling Green		L	29	49
		?Kenton			L	37	40
		?Fostoria St. Wendelin	L	21	46
	*	?Tiffin Columbian	L	24	35
	*	?Findlay		L	16	53
03/01/45	Lima Central		L	36	49	Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School


Fremont Ross
Coach:  Harold Althoff
Record:  11-7 (7-1 BL)
Leading Scorer:  Kent Darr (229 pts/12.7 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     OFF     DEF
12/01/44	Toledo Woodward		L	24	46
12/08/44	@Port Clinton		L	34	54
12/12/44	Fremont St. Joseph	W	68	22
12/15/44*	Fostoria		W	57	27
12/19/44	@Norwalk		W	45	42
12/22/44*	@Tiffin Columbian	W	38	25
01/09/45*	@Findlay		L	30	41	01/05
01/11/45	Fremont St. Joseph	W	36	32	01/12
01/19/45*	Bowling Green		W	46	23
01/23/45	Mansfield		L	36	41
01/26/45*	@Fostoria		W	44	24
01/30/45	@Bellevue		L	34	43
02/02/45*	Tiffin Columbian	W	44	33
02/06/45	@Elyria			L	56	70	01/02
02/09/45*	Findlay			W	31	21
02/16/45	Sandusky		W	50	44
02/23/45*	@Bowling Green		W	48	39
03/02/45	@Sandusky		L	41	49	Class A District Tournament at Sandusky


Tiffin Columbian
Coach:  George Burkett
Record:  7-9 (2-6 BL)
Leading Scorer:  Scores Only

Date		Versus		       W/L     OFF     DEF
		?Bucyrus		W	23	17
		?Willard		W	41	20
		?Bellevue		L	34	53
	*	?Findlay		L	24	46
	*	?Fremont Ross		L	25	38
	*	?Bowling Green		L	13	23
	*	?Fostoria		W	31	21
		?Mansfield Senior	W	41	30
	*	?Findlay		L	20	38
	*	?Fremont Ross		L	33	44
	*	?Bowling Green		L	35	37
		?Tiffin Calvert		W	32	21
	*	?Fostoria		W	35	24
		?Sandusky		L	30	32
		Ashland			W	38	37	Class A District Tournament
		Port Clinton		L	24	40	Class A District Tournament

Buckeye League Standings

Team BL OFF DEF OAVG DAVG Findlay 7 - 1 308 185 38.50 23.12 Fremont Ross 7 - 1 338 233 42.25 29.12 Bowling Green 3 - 5 240 274 30.00 34.25 Tiffin Columbian 2 - 6 216 271 27.00 33.87 Fostoria 1 - 7 193 332 24.12 41.50 Totals 20 - 20 1295 1295 32.37 32.37

Buckeye League Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 18.57 Bob Wortman Findlay 130 7 11.87 Kent Darr Fremont Ross 95 8 11.12 Ed Seils Fremont Ross 89 8 9.62 Bill Bachman Bowling Green 77 8 9.33 Ned Chatelain Findlay 56 6 6.42 Harms Bowling Green 45 7 6.00 Dale Hoy Fremont Ross 48 8 5.62 Bud Inks Fremont Ross 45 8 9 5.00 Jim Askin Findlay 30 6

Buckeye League Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 28 Bob Wortman FIndlay Fostoria 02/23/1945 23 Kent Darr Fremont Ross Bowling Green 02/23/1945 22 Bill Wortman Findlay Bowling Green 01/12/1945 21 Bill Bachman Bowling Green Fostoria 02/02/1945 19 Bob Wortman Findlay Tiffin Columbian 12/15/1944 19 Bill Bachman Bowling Green Tiffin Columbian 02/09/1945 17 Bob Wortman Findlay Fremont Ross 01/09/1945 17 Ned Chatelain Findlay Fostoria 01/19/1945 17 Bob Wortman Findlay Tiffin Columbian 01/26/1945 10 17 Bob Wortman Findlay Bowling Green 02/16/1945 Return to the Buckeye League index Email Me