1947-48 Richland County League Basketball Scores
Bellville
Coach:  Harry Regula
Record:  10-12 (6-8 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Jim Fry (168 pts/8.4 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
12/02/47	Johnsville		L	33	35
12/05/47*	@Lucas			L	27	33
12/09/47*	@Lexington		W	37	30
12/12/47*	Plymouth		W	33	31
12/19/47*	@Union			W	42	30
12/23/47*	Ontario			L	31	32	11/25
01/09/48*	Butler			L	34	41
01/16/48*	Shiloh			W	87	21
01/20/48*	@Ontario		L	32	35
01/23/48*	Lucas			W	29	24
01/27/48	@Johnsville		L	40	44
01/30/48*	Lexington		L	35	51
02/03/48*	@Plymouth		L	31	46
02/06/48*	Union			L	34	42
02/10/48*	@Shiloh			W	52	31
02/13/48*	@Butler			L	28	42
02/18/48	Lexington		W	40	36	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/20/48	Ontario			W	37	36	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/21/48	Butler			W	35	33	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School - OT
03/06/48	New Riegel		W	55	42	Class B Sectional Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
03/12/48	Marseilles		L	28	51	Class B Sectional Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School - NEED BOX
03/13/48	Whetstone		L	27	39	Class B Sectional Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Butler
Coach:  Vernon Chaney
Record:  17-6 (11-3 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Sam Roberts (320 pts/15.2 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/14/47	@Perrysville		L	30	33	NEED BOX
11/21/47*	@Lucas			W	49	28
11/25/47*	Plymouth		W	43	27
12/02/47	@Danville		W	45	33
12/05/47*	@Shiloh			W	68	25
12/09/47*	@Union			W	50	49
12/12/47*	Ontario			W	50	24
12/19/47*	Lexington		L	34	36
01/02/48	Johnsville		W	37	34
01/09/48*	@Bellvlle		W	41	34
01/13/48	Perrysville		W	61	42
01/16/48*	Lucas			W	52	34
01/20/48*	@Plymouth		L	40	42
01/23/48*	Shiloh			W	89	23	NEED BOX
01/30/48*	Union			W	72	36
02/03/48*	@Ontario		L	44	46
02/06/48*	@Lexington		W	58	41
02/13/48*	Bellville		W	42	28	NEED BOX
02/19/48	Lucas			W	53	41	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/20/48	Plymouth		W	49	39	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/21/48	Bellville		L	33	35	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
03/04/48	Bettsville		W	37	35	CLass B Sectonial Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
03/05/48	Salem			L	20	33	CLass B Sectonial Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School - NEED BOX
Lexington
Coach:  Don Sutter
Record:  12-7 (12-2 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Rollin Ford (324 pts/19.0 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/21/47*	@Ontario		W	42	40
11/25/47*	Shiloh			W	81	27
12/05/47*	@Plymouth		W	50	32
12/06/47	Madison			L	36	57
12/09/47*	Bellville		L	30	37
12/12/47*	Union			W	71	34
12/16/47	Cardington		L	42	44
12/19/47*	@Butler			W	36	34
01/06/48	Holmes-Liberty		L	45	46
01/09/48*	@Lucas			W	50	38
01/16/48*	Ontario			W	51	43
01/20/48*	@Shiloh			W	78	24
01/23/48*	Plymouth		W	41	39
01/30/48*	@Bellville		W	51	35
02/03/48*	@Union			W	45	42
02/06/48*	Butler			L	41	58
02/10/48	@Madison		L	26	54
02/13/48*	Lucas			W	42	40
02/18/48	Bellville		L	36	40	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Lucas
Coach:  Leslie Burson
Record:  5-10 (5-9 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Don Stake (171 pts/11.4 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/21/47*	Butler			L	28	49
11/25/47*	@Union			W	35	34
12/05/47*	Bellville		W	33	27
12/09/47*	Plymouth		L	40	42
12/12/47*	@Shiloh			W	62	26
12/19/47*	@Ontario		L	32	35
01/09/48*	Lexington		L	38	50
01/16/48*	@Butler			L	34	52
01/20/48*	Union			W	42	28
01/23/48*	@Bellville		L	24	29
01/30/48*	@Plymouth		L	43	67
02/03/48*	Shiloh			W	59	17
02/06/48*	Ontario			L	33	34
02/13/48*	@Lexington		L	40	42
02/19/48	Butler			L	41	53	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Ontario
Coach:  Dick Casad
Record:  13-5 (10-4 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Howard Sunnucks (212 pts/11.7 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/15/47	Leesville		W	32	29
11/21/47*	Lexington		L	40	42
12/02/47	New Haven		W	38	31
12/05/47*	Union			W	37	35
12/09/47*	Shiloh			W	49	22
12/12/47*	@Butler			L	24	50
12/19/47*	Lucas			W	35	32
12/23/47*	@Bellville		W	32	31	11/25
01/09/48*	@Plymouth		W	49	48
01/16/48*	@Lexington		L	43	51
01/20/48*	Bellville		W	35	32
01/23/48*	@Union			L	39	46
01/30/48*	@Shiloh			W	48	26
02/03/48*	Butler			W	46	44
02/06/48*	@Lucas			W	34	33
02/13/48*	Plymouth		W	36	35
02/18/48	Shiloh			W	50	16	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/20/48	Bellville		L	36	37	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Plymouth
Coach:  Bob Lindsey
Record:  10-10 (8-6 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Desmond DOnnenwirth (242 pts/13.4 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/21/47*	Union			W	56	36
11/25/47*	@Butler			L	27	43
12/05/47*	Lexington		L	32	50
12/09/47*	@Lucas			W	42	40
12/12/47*	@Bellville		L	31	33
12/19/47*	Shiloh			W	50	25
12/20/47	@New London		L	40	46
01/06/48	New London		L	37	41
01/09/48*	Ontario			L	48	49
01/13/48	Willard			L	50	52	OT
01/16/48*	@Union			W	45	28
01/20/48*	Butler			W	42	40
01/23/48*	@Lexington		L	39	41
01/30/48*	Lucas			W	67	43
02/03/48*	Bellville		W	46	31
02/06/48*	@Shiloh			W	52	29
02/10/48	@Willard		W	47	38
02/13/48*	@Ontario		L	35	36
02/19/48	Union			W	38	37	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/20/48	Butler			L	39	49	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Shiloh
Coach:  Dave Phenegar
Record:  1-16 (0-14 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Bob Heifner (143 pts/8.4 avg)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/25/47*	@Lexington		L	27	81
12/05/47*	Butler			L	25	68
12/09/47*	@Ontario		L	22	49
12/12/47*	Lucas			L	26	62
12/16/47	North Fairfield		W	25	21
12/19/47*	@Plymouth		L	25	50
01/09/48*	Union			L	23	53
01/16/48*	@Bellville		L	21	87
01/20/48*	Lexington		L	24	78
01/23/48*	@Butler			L	23	89	NEED BOX
01/27/48	@North Fairfield	L	36	39
01/30/48*	Ontario			L	26	48
02/03/48*	@Lucas			L	17	59
02/06/48*	Plymouth		L	29	52
02/10/48*	Bellville		L	31	52
02/13/48*	@Union			L	39	61
02/18/48	Ontario			L	16	50	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Union
Coach:  Fred LaRue
Record:  5-11 (4-10 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  LeRoy Dill (251 pts/16.7 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF    DEF
11/18/47	Alumni			W	42	37	NEED BOX
11/21/47*	@Plymouth		L	36	56
11/25/47*	Lucas			L	34	35
12/05/47*	@Ontario		L	35	37
12/09/47*	Butler			L	49	50
12/12/47*	@Lexington		L	34	71
12/19/47*	Bellville		L	30	42
01/09/48*	@Shiloh			W	53	23
01/16/48*	Plymouth		L	28	45
01/20/48*	@Lucas			L	28	42
01/23/48*	Ontario			W	46	39
01/30/48*	@Butler			L	36	72
02/03/48*	Lexington		L	42	45
02/06/48*	@Bellville		W	42	34
02/13/48*	Shiloh			W	61	39
02/19/48	Plymouth		L	37	38	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Richland County League Standings
Team			RCL        OFF     DEF     OAVG     DAVG
Lexington             12 -  2      709     523    50.64    37.35
Butler                11 -  3      732     473    52.28    33.78
Ontario               10 -  4      547     527    39.07    37.64
Plymouth               8 -  6      612     524    43.71    37.42
Bellville              6 -  8      532     489    38.00    34.92
Lucas                  5 -  9      543     532    38.78    38.00
Union                  4 - 10      554     630    39.57    45.00
Shiloh                 0 - 14      358     889    25.57    63.50
Totals                56 - 56     4587    4587    40.95    40.95
Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK	AVG	Name			School			Points	Games
1	19.84	Rollin Ford		Lexington		258	13
2	16.50	LeRoy Dill		Union			231	14
3	15.78	Sam Roberts		Butler			221	14
4	14.42	Myron Collier		Butler			202	14
5	12.92	Desmond Donnenwirth	Plymouth		168	13
6	11.50	Don Stake		Lucas			161	14
7	11.42	Howard Sunnucks		Ontario			160	14
8	11.07	Cornelius Vanderbilt	Plymouth		144	13
9	10.21	Tom Tubbs		Lexington		143	14
10	 9.23	Bill Allen		Butler			120	13
Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK	PTS	Name			School			Versus			Date
1	51	Rollin Ford		Lexington		Shiloh			01/20/1948
2	33	Desmond Donnenwirth	Plymouth		Lucas			01/30/1948
3	30	Rollin Ford		Lexington		Union			12/12/1947
4	29	Sam Roberts		Butler			Shiloh			01/23/1948
5	28	Myron Collier		Butler			Shiloh			01/23/1948
	28	Sam Roberts		Butler			Union			01/30/1948
7	27	LeRoy Dill		Union			Shiloh			01/09/1948
	27	Myron Collier		Butler			Union			01/30/1948
9	23	LeRoy Dill		Union			Butler			12/09/1947
	23	LeRoy Dill		Union			Shiloh			02/13/1948
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