1943-44 Crawford County Basketball Scores
Bucyrus
Coach: Nick Wasylick (through 12/10/1943); Chuck Tschanen (after 12/10/1943)
Record: 11-6 (6-4 NCOL)
Leading Scorer: Jack Shuck (227 pts/13.3 avg)
Date Versus W/L BHS OPP
12/03/43 Tiffin Columbian L 35 37
12/10/43 Delaware W 41 31
12/17/43* @Shelby W 38 36
12/21/43 Upper Sandusky W 38 35
12/30/43* @Marion Harding W 34 29
01/04/44 Crestline W 42 41
01/07/44* Galion W 55 38
01/14/44* @Ashland L 45 58
01/21/44* @Mt. Vernon L 40 43
01/28/44* Shelby W 52 34
02/04/44* Marion Harding L 32 47
02/11/44* @Galion W 45 43
02/15/44 @Crestline W 52 40
02/18/44* Ashland L 33 48
02/25/44* Mt. Vernon W 44 29
03/01/44 Fostoria W 35 28 Class A District Tournament at Kenton High School
03/03/44 Wapakoneta L 34 36 Class A District Tournament at Kenton High School
Chatfield
Coach: Lloyd Volk
Record: 3-6 (1-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Paul Riedel (43 pts/8.6 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
12/15/43 Sulphur Springs W 35 25
12/17/43 @Tiro W 25 21 NEED BOX
01/07/44* @New Washington L 20 25
01/14/44* Holmes-Liberty L 25 30 NEED BOX
01/21/44* Lykens W
01/28/44* New Washington L 21 31
02/04/44* @Holmes-Liberty L 23 51
02/09/44* @Lykens L 18 39
02/19/44 Lykens L 28 30 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Crestline
Coach: Leonard Hill
Record: 8-10
Leading Scorer: Milton DeJean (168 pts/9.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
12/03/43 Shelby W 45 43 OT
12/10/43 Willard W 57 30
12/14/43 Madison W 43 28
12/21/43 @Marion St. Mary W 43 34
12/28/43 @Galion W 40 35
01/04/44 @Bucyrus L 41 42
01/07/44 Tiffin Calvert W 34 32 OT
01/14/44 Upper Sandusky L 27 32
01/18/44 Galion L 31 48
01/25/44 ?Shelby W 53 45
01/28/44 @Mt. Gilead L 31 42
02/01/44 Ontario L 22 37
02/04/44 @Upper Sandusky L 20 37
02/15/44 Bucyrus L 40 52
02/18/44 Mt. Gilead L 27 42
02/25/44 Marion St. Mary W 32 28
02/27/44 @Tiffin Calvert L 40 41 02/11
03/02/44 Celina L 44 46 Class A District Tournament at Kenton High School
Galion
Coach: Bob Sheffer
Record: 11-10 (3-7 NCOL)
Leading Scorer: Earl Miller (207 pts/9.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L GHS OPP
12/03/43 Iberia W 52 24
12/03/43 Edison W 43 24
12/07/43 @Willard W 35 33
12/10/43 @Fostoria W 35 25
12/17/43* Ashland L 41 83
12/21/43 Norwalk W 42 28
12/28/43 Crestline L 35 40
12/31/43* Mt. Vernon W 56 30
01/07/44* @Bucyrus L 38 55
01/11/44 @Mt. Gilead L 38 52
01/14/44* Marion Harding L 25 31
01/18/44 @Crestline W 48 31
01/21/44* Shelby W 42 26
01/28/44* @Ashland L 50 79
01/29/44 Lima Central W 55 40
02/04/44* @Mt. Vernon L 26 27
02/11/44* Bucyrus L 43 45
02/18/44* @Marion Harding L 31 48
02/22/44 Mt. Gilead W 46 43
02/25/44* @Shelby W 35 32
03/04/44 Celina L 39 55 Class A District Tournament at Kenton High School
Holmes-Liberty
Coach: Bill Donnenwirth
Record: 9-1 (6-0 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Lloyd Campbell (131 pts/16.3 avg)
Date Versus W/L HLHS OPP
12/10/43 Whetstone W 62 18 NEED BOX
12/17/43 @New Washington W 34 28
01/07/44* Lykens W 38 28
01/14/44* @Chatfield W 30 25 NEED BOX
01/21/44* Mt. Zion W 31 29 OT - NEED BOX
01/28/44* @Lykens W 29 28
02/04/44* Chatfield W 51 23
02/11/44* @Mt. Zion W 38 26
02/19/44 North Robinson L 35 37 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/25/44 New Washington W 43 33
Leesville
Coach: Paul Morton
Record: 14-2 (8-0 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Norbert Cole (250 pts/19.2 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
12/17/43 @North Robinson W 31 21 NEED BOX
21/21/43 @Galion Reserves W 28 27
01/07/44* @Tiro W
01/14/44* Whetstone W
01/21/44* Sulphur Springs W 43 24 NEED BOX
01/28/44* Tiro W 50 25
01/29/44 @Galion Reserves W 53 37
02/04/44* @Whetstone W 54 22
02/08/44 @North Robinson W 40 22
02/10/44* @Sulphur Springs W 52 35
02/19/44 New Washington W 30 29 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/22/44 Mt. Zion W 56 34 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 Sulphur Springs W 60 44 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 North Robinson L 38 40 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/03/44 McGuffey W 40 36 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
03/09/44 Bellville L 38 44 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Lykens
Coach: Walker (until 12/31/1943); Mearl Harrer (after 12/31/1943)
Record: 2-8 (1-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Vaughn Ransom (70 pts/8.7 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
12/03/43 Sycamore L 24 39
12/14/43 Bloomville L
01/07/44* @Holmes-Liberty L 28 38
01/14/44* New Washington L 36 45
01/21/44* @Chatfield L
01/28/44* Holmes-Liberty L 28 29
02/04/44* @New Washington L 33 40
02/09/44* Chatfield W 39 18
02/19/44 Chatfield W 30 28 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 North Robinson L 45 51 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Mt. Zion
Coach: Unknown
Record: 3-4 (3-3 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Wilbur Sharrock (137 pts/19.5 avg)
Date Versus W/L MZHS OPP
01/07/44* @Whetstone W 50 8 NEED BOX
01/14/44* North Robinson W 32 27 NEED BOX
01/21/44* @Holmes-Liberty L 29 31 OT - NEED BOX
01/28/44* Whetstone W 46 21
02/04/44* @North Robinson L 24 35
02/11/44* Holmes-Liberty L 26 38
02/22/44 Leesville L 34 56 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
New Washington
Coach: George Van Orsdall
Record: 8-5 (6-0 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Barrington (102 pts/9.2 avg)
Date Versus W/L NWHS OPP
11/24/43 Attica L
11/30/43 Green Springs W
12/11/43 @Attica L 15 26
12/17/43 Holmes-Liberty L 28 34
12/21/43 Sycamore W 30 22
01/07/44* Chatfield W 25 20
01/14/44* @Lykens W 45 36
01/21/44* @Tiro W 47 15
01/28/44* @Chatfield W 31 21
02/04/44* Lykens W 40 33
02/11/44* Tiro W 37 18
02/19/44 Leesville L 29 30 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/25/44 @Holmes-Liberty L 33 43
North Robinson
Coach: Unknown
Record: 8-5 (4-2 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Ronald Eich (133 pts/13.3 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L NRHS OPP
12/17/43 Leesville L 21 31 NEED BOX
01/07/44* Sulphur Springs W 28 27
01/14/44* @Mt. Zion L 27 32 NEED BOX
01/21/44* Whetstone W
01/28/44* @Sulphur Springs L 36 37
02/04/44* Mt. Zion W 35 24
02/08/44 Leesville L 22 40
02/11/44* @Whetstone W 45 22
02/19/44 Holmes-Liberty W 37 35 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/22/44 Tiro W 47 34 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 Lykens W 51 45 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 Leesville W 40 38 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/03/44 Bellville L 35 36 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Sulphur Springs
Coach: Unknown
Record: 2-7 (1-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Marion Althouse (76 pts/9.5 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L SSHS OPP
12/15/43 @Chatfield L 25 35
01/07/44* @North Robinson L 27 28
01/14/44* ?Tiro L 25 31 NEED BOX
01/21/44* @Leesville L 24 43 NEED BOX
01/28/44* North Robinson W 37 36
02/04/44* ?Tiro L 16 28
02/10/44* Leesville L 35 52
02/22/44 Whetstone W 72 24 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/26/44 Leesville L 44 60 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Tiro
Coach: Dale Kinney (replaced by Leland Pope when Kinney joins the Navy)
Record: 2-6 (2-4 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Don Pope (57 pts/11.4 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L THS OPP
12/17/43 Chatfield L 21 25 NEED BOX
01/07/44* Leesville L
01/14/44* ?Sulphur Springs W 31 25 NEED BOX
01/21/44* New Washington L 15 47
01/28/44* @Leesville L 25 50
02/04/44* ?Sulphur Springs W 28 16
02/11/44* @New Washington L 18 37
02/22/44 North Robinson L 34 47 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Whetstone
Coach: Unknown
Record: 0-8 (0-6 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Walter (28 pts/7.0 avg) (missing 4 games)
Date Versus W/L WHS OPP
12/10/43 @Holmes-Liberty L 18 62 NEED BOX
01/06/44* Mt. Zion L 8 50 NEED BOX
01/14/44* @Leesville L
01/21/44* @North Robinson L
01/28/44* @Mt. Zion L 21 46
02/04/44* Leesville L 22 54
02/11/44* North Robinson L 22 45
02/22/44 Sulphur Springs L 24 72 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Crawford County League Standings
Team CCL Reg Overall
Holmes-Liberty 6 - 0 9 - 0 9 - 1
Leesville 6 - 0 10 - 0 14 - 2
New Washington 6 - 0 8 - 4 8 - 5
North Robinson 4 - 2 4 - 4 8 - 5
Mt. Zion 3 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4
Tiro 2 - 4 2 - 5 2 - 6
Chatfield 1 - 5 3 - 5 3 - 6
Lykens 1 - 5 1 - 7 2 - 8
Sulphur Springs 1 - 5 1 - 6 2 - 7
Whetstone 0 - 6 0 - 7 0 - 8
North Central Ohio League Standings
Team NCOL Reg Overall
Ashland 9 - 1
Marion Harding 8 - 2 9 - 4 9 - 5
Bucyrus 6 - 4 10 - 5 11 - 6
Galion 3 - 7 11 - 9 11 - 10
Mt. Vernon 2 - 8
Shelby 2 - 8
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 19.57 Wilbur Sharrock Mt. Zion 137 7
2 19.23 Norbert Cole Leesville 250 13 missing 3 games
3 16.37 Lloyd Campbell Holmes-Liberty 131 8 missing 2 games
4 13.30 Ronald Eich North Robinson 133 10 missing 3 games
5 13.35 Jack Shuck Bucyrus 227 17
6 11.40 Don Pope Tiro 57 5 missing 3 games
7 11.00 Dan Benham Bucyrus 187 17
8 10.55 Glenn Cole Leesville 95 9 missing 5 games
9 9.88 Milson DeJean Crestline 168 17
10 9.80 Earl Miller Galion 207 21
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 42 Wilbur Sharrock Mt. Zion Whetstone 01/07/1944
2 31 Norbert Cole Leesville Whetstone 02/04/1944
31 Norbert Cole Leesville Mt. Zion 02/22/1944
4 28 Wilbur Sharrock Mt. Zion Whetstone 01/28/1944
5 26 Jack Shuck Bucyrus Galion 01/07/1944
26 Wilbur Sharrock Mt. Zion Leesville 02/22/1944
7 25 Norbert Cole Leesville McGuffey 03/03/1944
8 24 Lloyd Campbell Holmes-Liberty Chatfield 02/04/1944
9 23 Norbert Cole Leesville Sulphur Springs 01/21/1944
23 Earl Miller Galion Lima Central 01/29/1944
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