1978-79 Marion County Boys Basketball Scores


Elgin
Coach:  Larry Gipson
Record:  21-2 (8-1 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Dan McGrath (264 pts/11.4 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     EHS     OPP
11/25/78	Mt. Gilead		W	57	48
11/28/78	@Buckeye Valley		W	48	43
12/08/78*	@River Valley		L	57	60	At Marion Coliseum
12/15/78*	Ridgedale		W	74	50
12/16/78	Upper Sandusky		W	68	55
12/19/78	@North Union		W	68	52
12/22/78	@Kenton			W	62	51
01/05/79*	@Riverdale		W	73	58
01/06/79	River Valley		W	61	55	At Marion Coliseum
01/12/79*	Carey			W	76	42
01/20/79*	@Pleasant		W	61	56
01/23/79	Marion Catholic		W	71	50
01/26/79*	Wynford			W	57	36
02/02/79*	@Buckeye Central	W	56	52
02/06/79	@Ridgedale		W	60	56
02/09/79*	Mohawk			W	59	37
02/16/79*	Colonel Crawford	W	79	39
02/17/79	Pleasant		W	69	53
02/23/79	Columbus DeSales	W	50	34	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Newark High School
02/27/79	Columbus Beechcroft	W	64	39	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Newark High School
03/06/79	Liberty Union		W	71	67	Class AA District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
03/10/79	Bexley			W	58	52	Class AA District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
03/16/79	Ironton			L	48	49	Class AA Regional Tournament at Ohio University


Marion Catholic
Coach:  Dennis Ball
Record:  12-8 (10-4 MOC)
Leading Scorer:  Tim Cornely (505 pts/25.2 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L    MCHS     OPP
11/21/78	River Valley		L	60	65	At Marion Coliseum
12/01/78*	@Centerburg		W	62	24
12/09/78*	Cardington-Lincoln	W	78	67	At Marion Coliseum
12/12/78	@Ridgedale		W	74	72	At Marion Coliseum - OT - Tim Cornely scores Coliseum record 45 points
12/15/78*	@Highland		L	56	74
12/20/78	@Pleasant		L	57	60
12/28/78*	Northmor		W	75	57
01/05/79*	Mt. Gilead		L	65	67	At Marion Coliseum
01/09/79*	@Crestline		L	82	84
01/12/79*	@Fredericktown		W	70	67
01/19/79*	Centerburg		W	65	43
01/23/79	@Elgin			L	50	71
01/26/79*	@Cardington-Lincoln	L	62	78
01/30/79*	Highland		W	61	60	At Marion Coliseum
02/02/79*	@Northmor		W	81	55
02/06/79*	@Mt. Gilead		W	90	79
02/10/79*	Crestline		W	71	64
02/13/79*	Fredericktown		W	67	48
02/28/79	Northridge		W	68	49	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mt. Vernon High School
03/03/79	Jonathan Alder		L	73	77	Class A District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum


Marion Harding
Coach:  Bob Pacsi
Record:  7-12 (5-9 BC)
Leading Scorer:  Henry Starks (238 pts/13.2 avg) and Lamar Ross (238 pts/12.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHHS    OPP
11/28/78	Lima Senior		L	70	75	2OT
12/01/78*	Sandusky		W	58	56
12/02/78	@Galion			W	58	54
12/08/78*	@Fremont Ross		W	82	63
12/15/78*	Lorain Admiral King	L	50	51
12/16/78*	@Mansfield Senior	L	61	71
12/22/78*	@Elyria			L	64	67
12/28/78*	Lorain Senior		L	52	65
01/05/79*	@Findlay		L	54	70
01/12/79*	@Sandusky		L	60	93
01/16/79	Delaware Hayes		W	61	52
01/23/79*	Fremont Ross		W	65	62
01/26/79*	@Lorain Admiral King	L	53	80
02/02/79*	Elyria			W	64	63
02/09/79*	@Lorain Senior		L	53	58
02/10/79	@Elida			L	67	69
02/16/79*	Findlay			L	61	73
02/23/79*	Mansfield Senior	W	81	79
02/28/79	Shawnee			L	67	73	Class AAA Sectional Tournament at Lima Senior High School


Pleasant
Coach:  Stan Kirby
Record:  7-12 (4-5 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Kyle Standley (332 pts/17.4 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     PHS     OPP
11/18/78	@Olentangy		L	48	57
11/25/78	Highland		L	49	56
12/01/78	River Valley		L	45	62	At Marion Coliseum
12/08/78*	@Riverdale		L	45	69
12/09/78	@Fairbanks		W	58	57
12/15/78*	Carey			L	61	66
12/20/78	Marion Catholic		W	60	57
01/05/79*	Buckeye Central		W	60	55
01/06/79	@Ridgedale		L	51	52
01/12/79*	@Wynford		L	53	77
01/20/79*	Elgin			L	56	61
01/26/79*	@Mohawk			W	59	46
01/27/79	@Benjamin Logan		L	71	72
02/02/79*	Colonel Crawford	W	58	49
02/03/79	Hardin Northern		W	81	60
02/09/79*	@River Valley		L	59	63
02/16/79*	Ridgedale		W	46	43
02/17/79	@Elgin			L	53	69
02/28/79	Columbus Mifflin	L	50	84	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Worthington High School


Ridgedale
Coach:  John Schroeder
Record:  5-14 (3-6 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Todd Sims (304 pts/16.0 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     RHS     OPP
12/02/78	Highland		W	75	51
12/08/78*	Wynford			L	64	67
12/12/78	Marion Catholic		L	72	74	OT - At Marion Coliseum
12/15/78*	@Elgin			L	50	74
12/22/78	@Cardington-Lincoln	L	59	61
12/29/78	@River Valley		L	52	62
01/05/79*	Mohawk			W	77	59
01/06/79	Pleasant		W	52	51
01/12/79*	@Colonel Crawford	L	50	72
01/19/79*	River Valley		L	59	65
01/20/79	@Ayersville		L	52	53
01/26/79*	Buckeye Central		W	57	56	OT
01/30/79	@Mansfield Malabar	L	46	49
02/02/79*	@Riverdale		L	56	57
02/06/79	Elgin			L	56	60
02/09/79*	Carey			W	85	63
02/13/79	@Mansfield St. Peter's	L	62	76
02/16/79*	@Pleasant		L	43	46
02/28/79	Newark Catholic		L	49	58	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mt. Vernon High School


River Valley
Coach:  Dick Naher
Record:  19-3 (8-1 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Jim Hall (364 pts/16.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RVHS    Opp
11/21/78	@Marion Catholic	W	65	50	At Marion Coliseum
11/24/78	Bucyrus			W	74	50
12/01/78	@Pleasant		W	62	45
12/08/78*	Elgin			W	60	57	At Marion Coliseum
12/15/78*	@Mohawk			W	64	49
12/16/78	Olentangy		W	93	75
12/19/78	@Mt. Gilead		W	91	63
12/29/78	Ridgedale		W	62	52
01/05/79*	Colonel Crawford	W	76	54
01/06/79	@Elgin			L	55	61	At Marion Coliseum
01/12/79*	@Buckeye Central	W	70	62
01/19/79*	@Ridgedale		W	65	59
01/20/79	North Union		W	69	56
01/26/79*	Riverdale		W	68	58
02/02/79*	@Carey			W	85	69
02/09/79*	Pleasant		W	63	59
02/10/79	Ontario			W	79	51
02/16/79*	Wynford			L	54	74
02/24/79	Northmor		W	84	47	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Newark High School
02/28/79	Licking Valley		W	92	58	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Newark High School
03/05/79	Columbus Centennial	W	73	63	Class AA District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
03/10/79	Madison Plains		L	80	82	Class AA District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum - OT

Buckeye Conference Standings

Team BC Reg Overall Findlay 13 - 1 17 - 1 18 - 2 Lorain Admiral King 10 - 4 13 - 5 17 - 6 Lorain Senior 10 - 4 11 - 7 13 - 8 Elyria 7 - 7 9 - 9 9 - 10 Sandusky 6 - 8 8 - 10 10 - 11 Marion Harding 5 - 9 7 - 11 7 - 12 Fremont Ross 3 - 11 5 - 13 5 - 14 Mansfield Senior 2 - 12 4 - 14 4 - 15

Mid-Ohio Conference Standings

Team MOC Reg Overall Highland 12 - 2 15 - 3 18 - 4 Cardington-Lincoln 10 - 4 13 - 5 13 - 6 Fredericktown 10 - 4 11 - 7 13 - 8 Marion Catholic 10 - 4 11 - 7 12 - 8 Mt. Gilead 7 - 7 8 - 10 8 - 11 Crestline 5 - 9 6 - 12 6 - 13 Northmor 2 - 12 3 - 15 3 - 16 Centerburg 0 - 14 0 - 18 0 - 19

North Central Conference Standings

Team NCC Reg Overall Elgin 8 - 1 17 - 1 21 - 2 River Valley 8 - 1 16 - 2 19 - 3 Wynford 8 - 1 16 - 2 18 - 3 Carey 4 - 5 9 - 9 9 - 10 Pleasant 4 - 5 7 - 11 7 - 12 Riverdale 4 - 5 10 - 8 12 - 9 Buckeye Central 3 - 6 9 - 9 9 - 10 Ridgedale 3 - 6 5 - 13 5 - 14 Colonel Crawford 2 - 7 4 - 14 4 - 15 Mohawk 1 - 8 2 - 16 2 - 17

Marion County Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 25.25 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic 505 20 2 17.47 Kyle Standley Pleasant 332 19 3 17.25 Duff Cochran River Valley 345 20 5 16.54 Jim Hall River Valley 364 22 5 16.00 Todd Sims Ridgedale 304 19 6 13.22 Henry Starks Marion Harding 238 18 7 12.77 Scott Hepner River Valley 281 22 8 12.52 Lamar Ross Marion Harding 238 19 9 12.21 Tracy Bollinger Ridgedale 232 19 10 11.47 Dan McGrath Elgin 264 23 #Bruce Brown of Ridgedale averaged 13.55 through 9 games before being injured in a season-ending #accident

Marion County Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 45 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Ridgedale 12/12/1978 2 39 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Cardington-Lincoln 12/09/1978 3 37 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Crestline 01/09/1979 4 36 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Highland 01/30/1979 5 33 Duff Cochran River Valley Mt. Gilead 12/19/1978 6 30 Jim Hall River Valley Columbus Centennial 03/05/1979 7 29 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic River Valley 11/21/1978 29 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Fredericktown 01/12/1979 29 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Mt. Gilead 02/06/1979 29 Tim Cornely Marion Catholic Jonathan Alder 03/03/1979 Return to the Marion County index Email Me