1955-56 Morrow County Boys Basketball Scores


Cardington-Lincoln
Coach:  Gordon Shipley
Record:  3-18 (0-6 MOC; 1-5 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Dewey Yake (376 pts/17.9 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
12/02/55	Mt. Gilead		L	61	74
12/03/55	@Chesterville		L	78	80	Sudden Death 2OT
12/09/55	Fredericktown		L	51	91
12/16/55*	@Edison			L	52	60	MCL
12/17/55*	@Olentangy		L	55	81	MOC
12/20/55*	Big Walnut		L	54	68	MOC
12/23/55	@Marengo		L	31	59
01/06/56*	Chesterville		L	57	77	MCL
01/07/56*	@Elm Valley		L	51	92	MOC
01/13/56*	Richwood		L	62	67	MOC
01/14/56*	@Marion St. Mary	L	41	64	MOC
01/21/56*	@Mt. Gilead		L	49	85	MOC
01/24/56	Crestline		L	55	62
01/27/56*	Marengo			L	36	63	MCL
02/03/56*	Johnsville		L	62	74	MCL
02/04/56	Edison			W	70	58
02/08/56*	@Sparta			W	69	49	MCL
02/10/56*	Iberia			L	35	41	MCL
02/15/56	Chesterville		L	17	27	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/17/56	Sparta			W	62	44	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/20/56	Iberia			L	51	65	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Chesterville
Coach:  Leon Lefkowitz
Record:  14-9 (3-4 KML; 4-2 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Cliff Perkins (567 pts/24.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
12/02/55*	@Johnsville		L	55	77	KML
12/03/55	Cardington-Lincoln	W	80	78	Sudden Death 2OT
12/06/55	Iberia			W	67	63	OT
12/09/55	@Edison			W	70	58
12/13/55	@Caledonia		W	75	48
12/16/55*	Amity			W	89	29	KML
12/20/55*	@Sparta			W	95	62	KML
12/23/55*	Howard			W	59	53	KML
01/03/56*	Marengo			L	50	70	KML
01/06/56*	@Cardington-Lincoln	W	77	57	MCL
01/11/56*	@Bladensburg		L	47	51	KML
01/13/56*	Sparta			W	60	47	MCL
01/14/56	Fredericktown		L	51	79
01/20/56*	@Marengo		L	55	72	MCL
01/27/56*	Johnsville		W	64	56	MCL
01/28/56*	@Gambier		L	57	63	KML
01/31/56	@Ohio Deaf		W	66	36
02/03/56*	@Iberia			L	77	99	MCL
02/10/56*	Edison			W	99	64	MCL
02/15/56	Cardington-Lincoln	W	27	17	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/17/56	Edison			W	46	39	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/22/56	Marengo			L	31	33	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum - 2OT
02/24/56	Iberia			L	57	62	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Edison
Coach:  Jack Helvie
Record:  7-15 (2-4 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Art Gillison (307 pts/13.9 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     EHS     OPP
11/18/55	Green Camp		W	73	50
11/19/55	@Hayesville		W	72	58
11/23/55	Johnsville		W	65	62
12/02/55	@Iberia			L	57	98
12/03/55	Caledonia		W	72	55
12/09/55	Chesterville		L	58	70
12/10/55	@Claridon		L	43	77
12/16/55*	Cardington-Lincoln	W	60	52
12/23/55	@Mt. Gilead		L	41	74
01/06/56*	@Sparta			W	54	38
01/07/56	Pleasant		L	57	71
01/13/56*	Marengo			L	47	87
01/14/56	Meeker			L	60	63
01/20/56*	@Johnsville		L	47	49
01/21/56	Waldo			L	46	50
01/27/56*	Iberia			L	62	71
01/31/56	@Morral			L	54	95
02/04/56	@Cardington-Lincoln	L	58	70
02/10/56*	@Chesterville		L	64	99
02/17/56	Chesterville		L	39	46	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/20/56	Johnsville		W	47	46	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/22/56	Iberia			L	48	60	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Iberia
Coach:  Joe Shantz
Record:  17-9 (5-1 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Warren Zeger (446 pts/17.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     IHS     OPP
11/15/55	@Pleasant		L	66	67
11/18/55	Chatfield		W	82	61
11/22/55	@Caledonia		W	64	37
11/23/55	@Ontario		W	66	47
11/29/55	@Morral			W	74	70	OT
12/02/55	Edison			W	98	57
12/06/55	@Chesterville		L	63	67	OT
12/09/55	Alumni			W	76	57
12/13/55	@Johnsville		W	78	56
12/16/55*	Sparta			W	60	38
01/03/56	Leesville		L	75	78
01/06/56*	@Marengo		L	56	76
01/13/56*	Johnsville		W	69	67
01/14/56	Claridon		L	64	71
01/20/56	Mt. Gilead		L	56	72
01/24/56	@Leesville		W	77	53	At Galion Middle School
01/27/56*	@Edison			W	71	62
01/31/56	Marengo			L	61	85
02/03/56*	Chesterville		W	99	77
02/10/56*	@Cardington-Lincoln	W	41	35
02/15/56	Johnsville		W	64	49	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/17/56	Marengo			L	46	58	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/20/56	Cardington-Lincoln	W	65	51	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/22/56	Edison			W	60	48	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/24/56	Chesterville		W	62	57	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/29/56	Northwestern		L	72	76	Class B District Tournament at Capital University


Johnsville
Coach:  Howard Kile
Record:  10-11 (5-2 KML; 3-3 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Dalton Stewart (410 pts/19.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     JHS     OPP
11/18/55	@Union			W	68	66
11/23/55	@Edison			L	62	65
11/29/55	Lucas			L	60	66
12/02/55*	Chesterville		W	77	55	KML
12/09/55*	@Amity			W	65	45	KML
12/13/55	Iberia			L	56	78
12/16/55*	Marengo			L	40	64	MCL
12/20/55*	Gambier			W	55	53	KML
01/03/56*	Bladensburg		W	92	22	KML
01/06/56	Mt. Gilead		L	65	86
01/12/56*	@Howard			L	58	68	KML
01/13/56*	@Iberia			L	67	69	MCL
01/14/56	Bellville		W	63	61
01/20/56*	Edison			W	49	47	MCL
01/24/56*	Sparta			W	64	55	MCL
01/27/56*	@Chesterville		L	56	64	MCL
02/03/56*	Cardington-Lincoln	W	74	62	MCL
02/07/56	@Marengo		L	47	66
02/10/56*	@Sparta			W	57	49	MCL
02/15/56	Iberia			L	49	64	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/20/56	Edison			L	46	47	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Marengo
Coach:  Russ Ammons
Record:  21-1 (7-0 KML; 6-0 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Warren Skaggs (361 pts/18.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
11/21/55	@Waldo						CANCELLED
11/29/55	Elm Valley		W	46	32
12/02/55	Delaware St. Mary	W	81	44
12/06/55*	@Howard			W	78	59	KML
12/09/55*	@Sparta			W	75	32	KML
12/16/55*	@Johnsville		W	64	40	MCL
12/23/55	Cardington-Lincoln	W	59	31
01/04/56*	@Chesterville		W	70	50	KML
01/06/56*	@Iberia			W	76	56	MCL
01/13/56*	@Edison			W	87	47	MCL
01/17/56*	Amity			W	77	29	KML
01/20/56*	Chesterville		W	72	55	MCL
01/24/56*	Gambier			W	73	70	KML
01/27/56*	@Cardington-Lincoln	W	63	36	MCL
01/31/56	@Iberia			W	85	61
02/03/56*	Sparta			W	57	21	MCL
02/07/56*	Johnsville		W	66	47	KML
02/10/56*	@Bladensburg		W	67	33	KML
02/15/56	Sparta			W	48	30	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/17/56	Iberia			W	58	46	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/22/56	Chesterville		W	33	31	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum - 2OT
02/27/56	Pleasant		W	66	63	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College
03/01/56	Marysville		L	53	66	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College


Mt. Gilead
Coach:  Len Walls
Record:  12-8 (5-1 MOC)
Leading Scorer:  Gene Brush (394 pts/19.7 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MGHS    OPP
12/02/55	@Cardington-Lincoln	W	74	61
12/06/55	@Westerville		W	69	60
12/10/55*	Richwood		W	68	47
12/16/55	Marion St. Mary		L	40	41
12/17/55	Galion			L	56	77
12/23/55	Edison			W	74	41
12/30/55	Marysville		L	56	69
01/06/56	@Johnsville		W	86	65
01/10/56*	@Big Walnut		W	85	56
01/13/56*	Olentangy		W	66	51
01/20/56	@Iberia			W	72	56
01/21/56*	Cardington-Lincoln	W	85	49
01/27/56*	@Elm Valley		W	67	51
01/28/56	Prospect		L	49	66
02/03/56	@Fredericktown		L	69	88
02/04/56	Lexington		W	75	46
02/10/56	@Crestline		L	60	71
02/11/56*	@Marion St. Mary	L	41	43	At Marion Harding High School
02/22/56	Marion St. Mary		W	75	62	Class B Exempt Tournament at Otterbein College
02/28/56	Olentangy		L	62	82	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College


Sparta
Coach:  James Altman
Record:  2-18 (2-5 KML; 0-6 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Bernie Dalton (317 pts/15.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     SHS     OPP
11/22/55	@Centerburg		L	35	62
12/02/55*	Howard			L	43	71	KML
12/06/55	@Mt. Vernon St. Vincent	L	51	63
12/09/55*	Marengo			L	32	75	KML
12/13/55	@Bladensburg		L	43	44	Score booked actually ended up 44-44 at regulation
12/16/55*	@Iberia			L	38	60	MCL
12/20/55*	Chesterville		L	62	95	KML
12/23/55*	@Gambier		L	45	74	KML
01/03/56*	@Amity			W	46	37	KML
01/06/56*	Edison			L	38	54	MCL
01/13/56*	@Chesterville		L	47	60	MCL
01/17/56	Waldo			L	52	67
01/24/56*	@Johnsville		L	55	64	KML
01/27/56	Mt. Vernon St. Vincent	L	56	98
02/03/56*	?Marengo		L	21	57	MCL
02/07/56*	Bladensburg		W	63	50	KML
02/08/57*	Cardington-Lincoln	L	49	69	MCL
02/10/56*	Johnsville		L	49	57	MCL
02/15/56	Marengo			L	30	48	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/17/56	Cardington-Lincoln	L	44	62	Class B Morrow County Tournament at Marion Coliseum

Knox-Morrow League Standings

Team KML Reg Overall Marengo 7 - 0 17 - 0 21 - 1 Gambier 5 - 2 14 - 5 14 - 6 Johnsville 5 - 2 10 - 9 10 - 11 Howard 4 - 3 9 - 8 11 - 9 Chesterville 3 - 4 12 - 7 14 - 9 Bladensburg 2 - 5 4 - 14 4 - 15 Sparta 2 - 5 2 - 15 2 - 17 Amity 0 - 7 1 - 17 2 - 19

Mid-Ohio Conference Standings

Team MOC Reg Overall Marion St. Mary 6 - 0 13 - 5 14 - 6 Mt. Gilead 5 - 1 11 - 7 12 - 8 Olentangy 4 - 2 10 - 8 14 - 10 Big Walnut 2 - 4 6 - 10 6 - 11 Elm Valley 2 - 4 5 - 11 6 - 13 Richwood 2 - 4 7 - 10 7 - 11 Cardington-Lincoln 0 - 6 2 - 16 3 - 18

Morrow County League Standings

Team MCL Reg Overall Marengo 6 - 0 17 - 0 21 - 1 Iberia 5 - 1 13 - 7 17 - 9 Chesterville 4 - 2 12 - 7 14 - 9 Johnsville 3 - 3 10 - 9 10 - 11 Edison 2 - 4 6 - 13 7 - 15 Cardington-Lincoln 1 - 5 2 - 16 3 - 18 Sparta 0 - 6 2 - 16 2 - 18

Morrow County Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 24.65 Cliff Perkins Chesterville 567 23 2 19.52 Dalton Stewart Johnsville 410 21 3 18.05 Warren Skaggs Marengo 361 20 4 17.90 John Yake Cardington-Lincoln 376 21 5 17.84 Warren Zeger Iberia 446 25 6 15.85 Bernie Dalton Sparta 317 20 7 15.50 Dick Lewis Chesterville 341 22 15.28 Emmett Price Marengo 321 21 9 13.85 Art Gillison Edison 307 22 10 13.09 Ronnie Kirby Marengo 288 22

Morrow County Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 43 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Iberia 02/10/1956 2 39 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Sparta 12/20/1955 3 37 Dalton Stewart Johnsville Bladensburg 01/03/1956 37 John Yake Cardington-Lincoln Crestline 01/24/1956 37 John Yake Cardington-Lincoln Edison 02/04/1956 6 35 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Amity 12/16/1955 7 34 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Cardington-Lincoln 12/03/1955 34 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Iberia 12/06/1955 9 33 Warren Zeger Iberia Chatfield 11/18/1955 33 Warren Zeger Iberia Leesville 01/24/1956 33 Cliff Perkins Chesterville Iberia 02/24/1956 Return to the Morrow County index Email Me