1944-45 Crawford County Basketball Scores
Bucyrus
Coach: Chuck Tschanen
Record: 8-10 (4-6 NCOL; 3-3 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Dan Benham (174 pts/9.6 avg)
Date Versus W/L BHS OPP
12/01/44 @Tiffin Columbian L 17 23
12/05/44 Crestline W 30 21
12/08/44* @Upper Sandusky L 26 27
12/15/44* @Mt. Vernon L 27 40
12/22/44* Willard W 61 34
12/29/44* Shelby W 39 27
01/05/45* Marion Harding W 39 35
01/12/45* @Galion L 27 34
01/19/45* Ashland L 41 46
01/26/45* Mt. Vernon W 47 29
02/02/45# @Shelby W 36 35
02/06/45* Bellevue L 29 45
02/09/45* @Marion Harding L 33 39
02/13/45* @Crestline W 47 33
02/16/45# Galion L 27 35
02/23/45* @Ashland L 38 52
02/28/45 Upper Sandusky W 40 33 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
03/02/45 Lima South L 29 43 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Chatfield
Coach: Unknown
Record: 3-7 (0-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Bill Studer (104 pts/14.8 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
12/01/44 Mt. Zion W 21 15 NEED BOX
12/08/44* Tiro L 25 27 NEED BOX
01/26/45* @Holmes-Liberty L 24 53
02/02/45* Sulphur Springs L 32 48 NEED BOX
02/06/45* @Lykens L 27 59
02/09/45* Lykens L 35 53 NEED BOX
02/15/45 Whetstone W 47 46 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/21/45 North Robinson W 39 18 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/23/45 Lykens L 38 41 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/02/45 Fostoria St. Wendelin L 24 63 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Crestline
Coach: Charles Imel
Record: 4-16 (1-5 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Bill Mayer (153 pts/10.2 avg) (missing 5 games)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
11/??/44 ?Leesville W 43 38 NEED BOX
12/05/44 @Bucyrus L 21 30
12/08/44* @Willard W 36 22 NEED BOX
12/15/44 Upper Sandusky L 32 42
12/19/44 Galion L 35 39
12/22/44 @Mt. Vernon L 32 40 NEED BOX
01/07/45 @Madison L 30 35
01/09/45* @Shelby L 38 39
01/12/45 Mt. Gilead W 38 24
01/16/45* @Galion L 27 53
01/19/45 Marion St. Mary L 43 48
01/26/45* @Bellevue L 29 70
02/02/45* @Upper Sandusky L 21 37 NEED BOX
02/06/45 Ontario L 30 37
02/09/45 @Tiffin Calvert L 38 40
02/13/45* Bucyrus L 33 47
02/16/45 @Mt. Gilead W 31 30 OT
02/20/45 Shelby L 30 49 NEED BOX
02/23/45 @Marion St. Mary L 24 44
03/03/45 Lima Central L 34 41 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Galion
Coach: Bob Sheffer
Record: 9-12 (3-7 NCOL; 4-1 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Gene Plummer (255 pts/12.1 avg)
Date Versus W/L GHS OPP
11/22/44 @Mt. Gilead L 22 29
12/01/44 Fostoria W 37 30
12/05/44* Willard W 57 30
12/08/44 @Findlay L 22 39
12/15/44* Shelby L 33 52
12/16/44 @Delaware L 35 53
12/19/44 @Crestline W 39 35
12/22/44* @Ashland L 35 54
01/05/45* @Mt. Vernon W 35 32
01/19/45* Upper Sandusky W 36 32
01/12/45* @Bucyrus W 34 27
01/16/45 Crestline W 53 27
01/19/45* @Marion Harding L 48 52
01/23/45 Mt. Gilead W 48 32
01/26/45# @Shelby L 35 36
01/27/45 @Lima Central L 27 52
02/09/45* Mt. Vernon L 33 44
02/16/45# @Bucyrus W 35 27
02/20/45* Ashland L 27 37
02/23/45* Marion Harding L 32 33
03/01/45 @Findlay L 20 36 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Holmes-Liberty
Coach: Bill Donnenwirth
Record: 8-1 (8-0 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Lloyd Campbell (131 pts/14.5 avg)
Date Versus W/L HLHS OPP
12/08/44* North Robinson W 32 21
12/15/44* @Whetstone W 39 22
12/21/44* Leesville W 54 37
01/12/45* Tiro W 55 16 NEED BOX
01/19/45* @Sulphur Springs W 51 17
01/26/45* Chatfield W 53 24
02/02/45* @Lykens W 30 29
02/09/45* Mt. Zion W 57 21
02/20/45 North Robinson L 19 21 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Leesville
Coach: Paul Morton
Record: 3-6 (3-3 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Norbert Cole (85 pts/21.2 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
11/??/44 ?Crestline L 38 43
12/01/44 @Ontario L 32 38
12/08/44* Whetstone W
12/21/44* @Holmes-Liberty L 37 54
01/12/45* Mt. Zion L
01/26/45* @Tiro W 52 29
02/02/45* @North Robinson L 20 27
02/09/45* Sulphur Springs L 61 66 NEED BOX
02/15/45 North Robinson L 33 42 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Lykens
Coach: L.K. Rice
Record: 14-2 (5-1 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Vaughn Ransom (144 pts/13.0 avg) (missing 4 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
11/12/44 Sycamore W 26 22 May be 35-28 - NEED BOX
11/17/44 @Melmore W
11/22/44 Republic W
11/29/44 Melmore W 38 34
12/01/44 @Bloomville W
12/08/44* @New Washington W 55 24
12/22/44* @Sulphur Springs W 46 38
01/26/45* Mt. Zion W May be 54-11
02/02/45* Holmes-Liberty L 29 30
02/06/45* Chatfield W 59 27
02/09/45* @Chatfield W 53 35 NEED BOX
02/15/45 New Washington W 47 27 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/45 Tiro W 48 36 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/21/45 Sulphur Springs W 41 40 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School - OT
02/23/45 Chatfield W 41 38 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/01/45 Old Fort L 55 56 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Mt. Zion
Coach: Unknown
Record: 0-8 (0-6 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Billy Leitzy (67 pts/11.1 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L MZHS OPP
12/01/44 @Chatfield L 15 21 NEED BOX
12/08/44* Sulphur Springs L 30 60
12/21/44* North Robinson L 15 37 NEED BOX
01/12/45* @Leesville L
01/26/45* @Lykens L
02/06/45* Whetstone L
02/09/45* Holmes-Liberty L 21 57
02/20/45 Sulphur Springs L 24 56 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
New Washington
Coach: Cofold High
Record: 1-4 (1-2 CCL) (missing 1 game)
Leading Scorer: Emerson Eckstein (16 pts/8.0 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L NWHS OPP
12/01/44 @Attica L 18 57
12/08/44* Lykens L 24 55
01/26/45* @North Robinson L 8 23 NEED BOX
02/06/45 Attica
02/09/45* @Tiro W 29 28 NEED BOX
02/15/45* Lykens L 27 47 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
North Robinson
Coach: Ronald Somerville
Record: 8-3 (5-2 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Rodney Worden (127 pts/12.7 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L NRHS OPP
12/08/44* Holmes-Liberty L 21 32
12/21/44* @Mt. Zion W 37 15 NEED BOX
01/19/45* @Tiro L 27 34
01/26/45* New Washington W 23 8 NEED BOX
02/02/45* Leesville W 27 20
02/06/45* @Sulphur Springs W 28 26
02/09/45* @Whetstone W 29 27
02/15/45 Leesville W 42 33 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/45 Holmes-Liberty W 21 19 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/21/45 Chatfield L 18 39 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/23/45 Sulphur Springs W 41 40 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Sulphur Springs
Coach: Glenn Dennis
Record: 5-5 (4-3 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Herb Light (143 pts/15.8 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L SSHS OPP
12/08/44* @Mt. Zion W 60 30
12/21/44* Lykens L 38 46
01/19/45* Holmes-Liberty L 17 51
01/26/45* Whetstone W 38 22
02/02/45* @Chatfield W 48 32 NEED BOX
02/06/45* North Robinson L 26 28
02/09/45* @Leesville W 66 61 NEED BOX
02/20/45 Mt. Zion W 56 24 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/21/45 Lykens L 40 41 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School - OT
02/23/45 North Robinson L 40 41 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Tiro
Coach: Leland Pope
Record: 2-6 (2-3 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Herman Siebert (46 pts/15.3 avg) (missing 5 games)
Date Versus W/L THS OPP
12/08/44* @Chatfield W 27 25 NEED BOX
12/29/44 @Shiloh L 26 33 NEED BOX
01/12/45* @Holmes-Liberty L 16 55 NEED BOX
01/19/45* North Robinson W 34 27
01/26/45* Leesville L 29 52
02/02/45 Shiloh L 43 45 NEED BOX
02/09/45* New Washington L 28 29 NEED BOX
02/20/45 Lykens L 36 48 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Whetstone
Coach: Gonguer
Record: 1-6 (1-4 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Kenneth Lowmiller (56 pts/11.2 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L WHS OPP
11/19/44 @Martel L 17 23
12/08/44* @Leesville L
12/15/44* Holmes-Liberty L 22 39
01/26/45* @Sulphur Springs L 22 38
02/09/45* North Robinson L 27 29
02/06/45* @Mt. Zion W
02/15/45 Chatfield L 46 47 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Crawford County League Standings
Team CCL Reg Overall
Holmes-Liberty 8 - 0 8 - 0 8 - 1
Lykens 5 - 1 10 - 1 14 - 2
North Robinson 5 - 2 5 - 2 8 - 3
Sulphur Springs 4 - 3 4 - 3 5 - 5
Leesville 3 - 3 3 - 5 3 - 6
Tiro 2 - 3 2 - 5 2 - 6
New Washington 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4
Whetstone 1 - 4 1 - 5 1 - 6
Chatfield 0 - 5 1 - 5 3 - 7
Mt. Zion 0 - 6 0 - 7 0 - 8
North Central Ohio League Standings
Team NCOL Reg Overall
Ashland 10 - 0
Marion Harding 5 - 5
Bucyrus 4 - 6 7 - 9 8 - 10
Mt. Vernon 4 - 6 6 - 7 6 - 8
Shelby 4 - 6 8 - 9 8 - 10
Galion 3 - 7 9 - 11 9 - 12
Northern Ohio League Standings
Team NOL Reg Overall
Bellevue 5 - 0 18 - 0 25 - 0
Galion 4 - 1 9 - 11 9 - 12
Upper Sandusky 3 - 1 13 - 2 13 - 3
Norwalk 2 - 1 8 - 7 10 - 8
Bucyrus 3 - 3 7 - 9 8 - 10
Shelby 3 - 3 8 - 9 8 - 10
Crestline 1 - 5 4 - 15 4 - 16
Willard 0 - 7 2 - 13 2 - 14
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 21.25 Norbert Cole Leesville 85 4 (missing 2 games)
2 15.88 Herb Light Sulphur Springs 143 9 (missing 1 game)
3 15.33 Herman Seibert Tiro 46 3 (missing 5 games)
4 14.85 Bill Studer Chatfield 104 7 (missing 3 games)
5 14.55 Lloyd Campbell Holmes-Liberty 131 9
6 13.09 Vaughn Ransom Lykens 144 11 (missing 5 games)
7 12.70 Rodney Worden North Robinson 127 10 (missing 1 game)
8 12.14 Gene Plummer Galion 255 21
9 11.55 Lyle Lahman Holmes-Liberty 104 9
10 11.16 Billy Leitzy Mt. Zion 67 6 (missing 2 games)
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 30 Herb Light Sulphur Springs Mt. Zion 12/08/1944
2 26 Rodney Worden North Robinson Mt. Zion 12/21/1944
3 25 Gene Plummer Galion Crestline 01/16/1945
4 24 Herb Light Sulphur Springs Chatfield 02/02/1945
24 Don Hieber Lykens Chatfield 02/06/1945
6 22 Norbert Cole Leesville Crestline 11/??/1944
22 Norbert Cole Leesville Ontario 12/01/1944
22 Lloyd Campbell Holmes-Liberty Tiro 01/12/1945
22 Lyle Lahman Holmes-Liberty Sulphur Springs 01/19/1945
22 Rodney Worden North Robinson Sulphur Springs 02/23/1945
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