1952-53 Huron County Basketball Scores
Bellevue
Coach: Ivan Wilhelm
Record: 12-8 (5-2 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Jim Windsor (314 pts/15.7 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/28/52 Alumni W 53 48
12/06/52 Bowling Green L 62 63
12/12/52 @Ashland L 54 68
12/13/52 @Port Clinton W 90 57
12/19/52 Norwalk W 69 64
12/29/52 @Lima South L 51 68 Holiday Carnival at Lima (not a tournament)
12/30/52 Lima Central W 66 53 Holiday Carnival at Lima (not a tournament)
01/06/53 Fostoria W 73 66
01/09/53* @Willard W 71 58
01/16/53* @Galion L 68 69
01/23/53* Shelby W 61 58
01/24/53 @Tiffin Columbian W 63 48
01/27/53 Fremont Ross L 66 81
01/30/53* Crestline W 87 45
02/06/53* @Norwalk W 71 48
02/07/53 Port Clinton W 72 43
02/10/53 @Sandusky L 59 67
02/13/53* Bucyrus L 53 67
02/20/53* Upper Sandusky W 61 52
02/24/53 Sandusky St. Mray L 68 70 Class A Sectional Tournament Sandusky Junior High School
Greenwich
Coach: Al Buckeye
Record: 7-13 (1-4 HCL)
Leading Scorer: Dick Moser (212 pts/11.7 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/14/52 @Union L 41 42
11/21/52 Norwalk St. Paul L 57 60 OT
11/25/52* North Fairfield W 54 41 NEED BOX - OR 64-51
11/26/52* @Monroeville L 48 49
12/02/52 @Ruggles-Troy W 57 50
12/05/52 New Haven W 72 57
12/12/52* @Townsend-Wakeman L 36 41
12/16/52 Milan W 61 51
12/19/52 @North Fairfield W 58 50
12/23/52 Alumni L 58 61 NEED BOX
12/30/52 Nevada L 58 62 Holiday Tournament at Bloomville High School
12/31/52 Holmes-Liberty L 37 39 Holiday Tournament at Bloomville High School
01/06/53 Polk W 65 24
01/13/53 @Union L 50 67
01/20/53 New Washington W 53 40
01/23/53* @New Haven L 39 64
01/27/53* New London L 57 63
01/31/53 Savannah L 60 69
02/03/53 @New Washington CANCELLED due to flu
02/06/53 Townsend-Wakeman L 47 50
02/10/53 @Milan CANCELLED due to flu
02/13/53 @Polk CANCELLED due to Ashland County Tournament schedule
02/17/53 Monroeville L 44 57 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
Monroeville
Coach: Bill McConaha
Record: 5-9 (1-6 FL; 2-2 HCL)
Leading Scorer: Tom Fries (165 pts/12.6 avg) or Dave Scheid (160 pts/12.3 avg) (missing 1 game each)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/15/52* @North Fairfield W 65 49 HCL - NEED BOX
11/25/52* Greenwich W 49 48 HCL
12/12/52* Milan L 47 58 FL
12/16/52* Townsend-Wakeman L 52 54 HCL
12/23/52 New Haven W 51 50 Possibly originally scheduled for 01/09/1953
01/09/53* @New London L 49 59 FL; HCL
01/13/53 @York L 49 53
01/16/53* Vermilion W 60 58 FL
01/23/53* @Huron L 60 77 FL
01/30/53* @Norwalk St. Paul L 51 55 FL
02/03/53* @New Haven HCL; PPD to 02/12 and then cancelled
02/06/53* Margaretta L 61 97 FL
02/13/53* @Berlin Heights L 65 69 FL
02/17/53 Greenwich W 57 44 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
02/19/53 New Haven L 45 50 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
New Haven
Coach: Richard Welton
Record: 7-15 (3-1 HCL)
Leading Scorer: William Van Zoest (271 pts/12.9 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/07/52 Bloomville L 38 57 NEED BOX
11/18/52 @Shiloh W 52 45
11/21/52 Milan L 65 75
11/25/52 Norwalk St. Paul L 43 62
12/02/52 @Plymouth L 58 71
12/05/52 @Greenwich L 57 72
12/12/52 Alumni L 49 57
12/16/52 Tiro L 46 68
12/19/52* @New London L 57 65
12/23/52 @Monroeville L 50 51 01/09
01/06/53 @Leesville W 51 46 At Crestline High School
01/16/53* North Fairfield W 53 48
01/21/53 @Milan L 42 62
01/23/53* Greenwich W 64 39
01/27/53 @Bloomville L 41 49
01/30/53* Townsend-Wakeman W 55 40
02/03/53 Attica L 37 59
02/06/53 @North Fairfield L 67 86
02/09/53* Monroeville 02/12 - Cancelled due to flu
02/19/53 Monroeville W 50 45 Class B Huron County Tournment at New London High School
02/21/53 Townsend-Wakeman L 51 55 Class B Huron County Tournment at New London High School
02/25/53 Oak Harbor W 72 70 Class B Sectional Tournament at Fremont Ross High School - 2OT
02/27/53 Troy-Luckey L 47 76 Class B Sectional Tournament at Fremont Ross High School - 2OT
New London
Coach: Les Myers
Record: 5-10 (1-6 FL; 5-0 HCL)
Leading Scorer: Russell Edington (283 pts/18.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
12/04/52* North Fairfield W 64 33 HCL - FIRST GAME IN NEW GYM
12/12/52* @Norwalk St. Paul L 62 69 FL
12/16/52 Savannah L 56 61
12/19/52* New Haven W 65 57 HCL
01/09/53* Monroeville W 59 49 HCL - FL
01/14/53* @Townsend-Wakeman W 61 60 HCL - OT
01/16/53* @Margaretta L 46 65 FL
01/23/53* Berlin Heights L 49 53 FL
01/27/53* @Greenwich W 63 57 HCL
01/30/53* Milan L 64 70 FL
01/31/53 @Lorain St. Mary L 65 70 02/03
02/06/53* @Vermilion L 79 81 FL
02/10/53 Wellington L 61 64 OT
02/13/53* @Huron L 55 83 FL
02/19/53 Townsend-Wakeman L 53 70 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
North Fairfield
Coach: Bob McNutt
Record: 5-12 (1-4 HCL)
Leading Scorer: Russell Conaway (160 pts/15.4 avg) (missing 6 games)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/14/52 @Milan L 36 50
11/15/52* Monroeville L 49 65
11/18/52 @Union W 45 38
11/21/52 Ruggles-Troy W 54 33
11/25/52* @Greenwich L 41 54
12/05/52* @New London L 33 64
12/13/52 Milan L 56 58
12/19/52 Greenwich L 50 58
12/27/52 Alumni W 49 44
01/09/53 Townsend-Wakeman L 45 49
01/16/53* @New Haven L 48 53
01/17/53 Shiloh L 49 52
01/30/53 @Sullivan L 48 65
01/31/53 Berlin Heights L 57 58
02/06/53 New Haven W 86 67
02/10/53 @Shiloh CANCELLED
02/13/53* @Townsend-Wakeman W 63 55
02/17/53 Townsend-Wakeman L 57 61 Class B Huron County Tournament
Norwalk
Coach: Grant Walls
Record: 8-10 (2-5 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Dale Olcutt (226 pts/12.5 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/25/52 @Shelby L 73 74
11/28/52 Toledo Libbey W 60 54
12/05/52 @Madison W 71 52
12/06/52 Fremont Ross W 63 34
12/12/52 Sandusky L 41 62
12/19/52 @Bellevue L 64 69
01/02/53 Port Clinton W 78 38
01/09/53* Shelby L 59 60
01/16/53* Crestline W 65 52
01/17/53 @Canton Timken L 62 63 OT
01/23/53* @Upper Sandusky W 59 57
01/24/53 Fremont St. Joseph W 68 56
01/30/53* @Bucyrus L 56 86
01/31/53 Cleveland John Marshall W 87 72
02/06/53* Bellevue L 48 71
02/13/53* @Willard L 74 83
02/14/53 Olmsted Falls CANCELLED
02/20/53* @Galion L 78 80
02/23/53 Tiffin Columbian L 56 63 Class A Sectional Tournament at Sandusky Junior High School
Norwalk St. Paul
Coach: Les Zorge
Record: 13-9 (5-2 FL)
Leading Scorer: Larry Mahaffey (365 pts/17.3 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/21/52 @Greenwich W 60 57
11/25/52 @New Haven W 62 43
11/28/52 Plymouth W 51 50
11/30/52 @Fostoria St. Wendelin L 49 67
12/07/52 Dennison St. Mary L 63 64
12/12/52* New London W 69 62 FL
12/14/52 Fremont St. Joseph L 46 72
12/19/52 Danbury W 64 44
01/03/53 Birmingham W 71 52
01/09/53* @Milan W 60 51 FL
01/10/53 @York W 49 44
01/16/53* Huron L 63 76 FL
01/21/53 @Tiffin Calvert L 65 83
01/23/53* @Vermilion W 76 61 FL
01/24/53 Lakewood St. Edward L 61 86
01/30/53* Monroeville W 55 51 FL
02/03/53 @Birmingham L 58 59
02/06/53* @Berlin Heights W 45 43 FL
02/07/53 Lorain St. Mary W 63 62
02/11/53* @Margaretta L 30 63 FL
02/13/53 Gibsonburg W 60 55 Class B Exempt Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
02/17/53 Carey L 62 68 Class B Exempt Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
Weston (through Mid-January)/Townsend-Wakeman
Coach: Stan Brumby
Record: 14-8 (2-3 HCL)
Leading Scorer: Fred Palmer (355 pts/16.9 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
12/05/52 @Huron L 35 67
12/06/52 @Berlin Heights W 51 38
12/09/52 Birmingham W 63 36
12/12/52* Greenwich W 41 36
12/16/52* @Monroeville W 54 52
12/29/52 @South Amherst L 54 83 Holiday Tournament at South Amherst High School
12/30/52 Camden L 45 59 Holiday Tournament at South Amherst High School
01/02/53 Wellington W 72 56
01/09/53 @North Fairfield W 49 45
01/14/53* New London L 60 61 OT
01/16/53 Camden W 55 54
01/20/53 @Birmingham W 51 50
01/23/53 Brownhelml W 69 55
01/30/53* @New Haven L 40 55
02/03/53 Milan L 71 72
02/06/53 @Greenwich W 50 47
02/07/53 Berlin Heights W 63 51
02/13/53* North Fairfield L 55 63 NEED BOX
02/17/53 North Fairfield W 61 57 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
02/19/53 @New London W 71 53 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
02/21/53 New Haven W 55 51 Class B Huron County Tournament at New London High School
02/27/53 North Baltimore L 56 61 Class B District Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
Willard
Coach: John Inhat
Record: 9-10 (3-4 NOL)
Leading Scorer: James "J.C." Miller (491 pt/25.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/28/52 Tiffin Columbian W 56 55
11/29/52 @Findlay L 31 94
12/05/52 Marion Harding L 46 53 At Marion Coliseum
12/09/52 @Fremont Ross L 48 71
12/12/52 Shelby L 53 89
12/16/52 @Crestline W 81 63
12/19/52 @Port Clinton W 65 59
01/02/53 Upper Sandusky L 69 71 2OT
01/09/53* Bellevue L 58 71
01/13/53 @Madison W 77 70
01/16/53* @Upper Sandusky L 55 77
01/23/53* Galion W 77 75
01/27/53 Bucyrus W 61 58
01/30/53* @Shelby L 53 87
02/06/53* Crestline W 66 62
02/10/53 Madison W 90 57
02/13/53* Norwalk W 83 74
02/20/53* @Bucyrus L 57 72
02/25/53 Tiffin Columbian L 62 78 Class A Sectional Tournament at Sandusky Junior High School
Firelands League Standings
Team FL Reg Overall
Huron 7 – 0 16 - 1 16 - 2
Margaretta 6 – 1 14 - 2 17 - 3
Norwalk St. Paul 5 – 2 12 - 8 13 - 9
Berlin Heights 4 – 3 4 – 14 5 - 15
Milan 3 – 4 15 - 6 16 - 7
Monroeville 1 – 6 4 - 8 5 - 9
New London 1 – 6 5 - 9 5 - 10
Vermilion 1 – 6 9 - 8 9 - 9
Huron County League Standings
Team HCL Reg Overall
New London 5 - 0 5 - 9 5 - 10
New Haven 3 - 1 5 - 13 7 - 15
Monroeville 2 - 2 4 - 8 5 - 9
Townsend-Wakeman 2 - 3 11 - 7 14 - 8
Greenwich 1 - 4 7 - 12 7 - 13
North Fairfield 1 - 4 5 - 11 5 - 12
Northern Ohio League League Standings
Team NOL Reg Overall
Bellevue 5 - 2 12 - 7 12 - 8
Bucyrus 5 - 2 11 - 4 13 - 5
Shelby 5 - 2 10 - 9 11 - 10
Galion 4 - 3 10 - 7 10 - 8
Upper Sandusky 4 - 3 14 - 3 14 - 4
Willard 3 - 4 9 - 9 9 - 10
Norwalk 2 - 5 8 - 9 8 - 10
Crestline 0 - 7 0 - 14 0 - 15
Huron County Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 25.84 J.C. Miller Willard 491 19
2 18.86 Russ Edgington New London 283 15
3 17.38 Larry Mahaffey Norwalk St. Paul 365 21
4 17.33 Zeke Evans New London 260 15
5 16.90 Fred Palmer Townsend-Wakeman 355 21 missing 1 game
6 16.40 Harold Landoll Norwalk St. Paul 361 22
7 15.70 Jim Windsor Bellevue 314 20
8 15.33 Dick Sherwood Townsend-Wakeman 322 21 missing 1 game
9 14.54 Russell Conaway North Fairfield 160 11 missing 6 games
10 13.10 Ray Christman Monroeville 131 10 missing 1 game
12.90 William Van Zoest New Haven 271 21 missing 1 game
Huron County Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 51 J.C. Miller Willard Norwalk 02/13/1953
2 46 J.C. Miller Willard Madison 02/10/1953
3 43 J.C. Miller Willard Crestline 12/16/1952
4 39 J.C. Miller Willard Madison 01/13/1953
5 35 Zeke Evans New London Vermilion 02/06/1953
6 33 J.C. Miller Willard Tiffin Columbian 11/28/1952
7 32 Jim Windsor Bellevue Norwalk 02/06/1953
8 31 Dick Sherwood Townsend-Wakeman New London 02/19/1953
9 28 J.C. Miller Willard Galion 01/23/1953
28 Russ Edgington New London Greenwich 01/27/1953
28 John Spettle Norwalk Cleveland John Marshall 01/31/1953
28 Dick Sherwood Townsend-Wakeman North Baltimore 02/27/1953
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