1946-47 Crawford County Basketball Scores
Bucyrus
Coach: Al Pesek
Record: 5-15 (2-5 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Jim Gallant (174 pts/8.7 avg)
Date Versus W/L BHS OPP
12/02/46 Marion St. Mary L 36 48
12/06/46 Tiffin Columbian W 28 17
12/10/46 Marion Harding L 28 35
12/13/46* @Shelby L 22 32
12/14/46 @Delaware L 26 36
12/17/46 Crestline L 42 46 OT
12/20/46 Galion L 37 55
12/27/46 Fostoria L 43 46
01/03/47 @Upper Sandusky W 37 32
01/10/47* @Galion L 48 60
01/14/47 Shelby L 38 49
01/17/47* Willard W 67 29
01/21/47 @Kenton L 34 35
01/24/47* @Crestline W 47 44
01/31/47* Bellevue L 41 48
02/07/47* Norwalk L 29 67
02/14/47 @Port Clinton W 54 52
02/18/47 @Marion Harding L 39 62
02/21/47* Upper Sandusky L 40 43
02/26/47 Celina L 42 58 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Chatfield
Coach: Johnny Luginbuhl
Record: 6-9 (3-6 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Graham Dunn (107 pts/8.2 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
11/22/46 Mt. Zion W 46 30
12/06/46* North Robinson L 25 37
12/13/46* @Holmes-Liberty L 14 43
12/19/46* Leesville L 27 29
01/03/47* Tiro W 25 24
01/07/47 @Sulphur Springs L 24 48
01/10/47* @New Washington W 39 35 NEED BOX
01/17/47* Sulphur Springs L 30 52
01/24/47* @Mt. Zion W 39 35
01/31/47 Lykens L 32 61 NEED BOX
02/07/47* @Whetstone L 30 43
02/12/47 Tiro L 21 33 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 North Robinson W 43 33 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 New Washington W 24 22 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/18/47 Holmes-Liberty L 22 33 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Crestline
Coach: Merle Hutson
Record: 5-12 (1-6 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Don Gehrisch (148 pts/9.2 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
12/06/46 @Upper Sandusky L 26 35
12/13/46 Willard W 47 31
12/17/46 @Bucyrus W 46 42 OT
12/20/46* Norwalk L 35 56
01/03/47 Galion L 31 42
01/07/47 @Mt. Gilead W 44 32
01/10/47* Upper Sandusky L 41 51
01/17/47 @Shelby L 29 50
01/21/47 Marion St. Mary L 29 51
01/24/47* Bucyrus L 44 47
01/28/47 @Madison L 32 42
01/31/47* @Willard W 44 41 NEED BOX
02/04/47* @Galion L 30 41
02/14/47* @Bellevue L 41 57
02/18/47 @Mt. Gilead W 32 30
02/21/47* Shelby L 37 40
03/01/47 Wapakoneta L 34 45 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Galion
Coach: Ed Rannow
Record: 9-8 (4-3 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Lynn Heskett (131 pts/7.7)
Date Versus W/L GHS OPP
12/06/46 @Findlay L 15 30
12/07/46 @Lima Central L 33 39
12/10/46 Delaware W 35 31
12/13/46 @Ashland L 39 44
12/17/46 Mt. Gilead W 54 37
12/20/46 @Bucyrus W 55 37
01/03/47 @Crestline W 42 31
01/07/47 Shelby W 29 24
01/10/47 Bucyrus W 60 48
01/17/47 @Bellevue L 36 54
01/24/47 @Norwalk L 48 64
01/31/47 Upper Sandusky L 37 45
02/04/47 Crestline W 41 30
02/07/47 Marion Harding L 38 49
02/14/47 @Shelby W 48 40
02/21/47 Willard W 52 40
03/01/47 @Findlay L 26 43 Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
Holmes-Liberty
Coach: Bill Donnenwirth
Record: 16-3 (9-0 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Bob Laipply (232 pts/12.8 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L HLHS OPP
11/29/46 Leesville W 40 25
12/03/46 Lykens W 32 25
12/06/46* @Sulphur Springs W 31 30
12/13/46* Chatfield W 43 14
12/14/46 Attica L 34 39 NEED BOX
12/20/46* @Whetstone W 30 26
12/27/46 @Sycamore W 22 20
01/03/47* @North Robinson W 41 21
01/10/47* @Leesville W 42 19
01/17/47* New Washington W 37 26
01/24/47* @Lykens W 28 22
01/31/47* Mt. Zion W 53 18
02/04/47 Harpster W 30 23
02/07/47* Tiro W 34 29
02/12/47 Leesville W 45 35 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Lykens L 26 34 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/18/47 Chatfield W 33 22 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/47 Sulphur Springs W 34 31 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/22/47 Lykens L 31 38 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Leesville
Coach: Robert Morrison
Record: 8-10 (4-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Ronald Beck (177 pts/11.0 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
11/19/46 Ontario W 30 25
11/22/46 Tiro W 43 31
11/27/46 North Robinson W 20 18 NEED BOX
11/29/46 @Holmes-Liberty L 25 40
12/06/46* Mt. Zion W 73 42
12/10/46 @Sulphur Springs L 23 59 NEED BOX
12/13/46* Whetstone L 36 46
12/17/46 Nevada W 46 32
12/19/46* @Chatfield W 29 27
01/03/47* @New Washington W 45 37
01/10/47* Holmes-Liberty L 19 42
01/17/47* @Tiro L 33 50
01/24/47* @North Robinson W 37 27
01/28/47 @Nevada L 42 44
01/31/47* Sulphur Springs L 34 35
02/07/47* @Lykens L 48 62
02/12/47 Holmes-Liberty L 35 45 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 Whetstone L 28 49 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Lykens
Coach: Dewey Youman
Record: 17-7 (7-2 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Dale Smith (272 pts/13.6 avg) (missing 4 games)
Date Versus W/L LHS OPP
11/13/46 Wharton W 39 36
11/19/46 @Sycamore W 34 24
11/26/46 Melmore W 56 14 NEED BOX
12/03/46 @Holmes-Liberty L 25 32
12/06/46* @New Washington W 30 25
12/10/46 Republic W 43 22
12/13/46* Tiro W 46 21 NEED BOX
12/17/46 Bloomville L 34 56 NEED BOX
12/19/46* Mt. Zion W 38 30
01/03/47* @Sulphur Springs L 45 46
01/10/47* North RObinson W 27 25
01/17/47* @Whetstone W 30 19
01/21/47 @Republic W 51 34 NEED BOX
01/24/47* Holmes-Liberty L 22 28
01/28/47 Sycamore W 51 35
01/31/47* @Chatfield W 61 32 NEED BOX
02/07/47* Leesville W 62 48
02/08/47 @Bloomville L 47 60
02/12/47 Whetstone W 57 43 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 Mt. Zion W 48 32 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Holmes-Liberty W 34 26 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/47 Tiro L 46 51 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/22/47 Holmes-Liberty W 38 31 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/27/47 Salem L 20 68 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Mt. Zion
Coach: William Boruff
Record: 2-14 (2-7 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Jack Hart (139 pts/9.2 avg)
Date Versus W/L MZHS OPP
11/14/46 Nevada L 40 49
11/22/46 @Chatfield L 30 46
11/23/46 Eden L 32 55
12/03/46 @North Robinson L 20 22
12/06/46* @Leesville L 42 73
12/13/46* Sulphur Springs L 27 86
12/19/46* @Lykens L 30 38
01/03/47* Whetstone L 23 52
01/10/47* @Tiro L 23 63
01/17/47* North Robinson W 35 32
01/24/47* Chatfield L 35 39
01/28/47 @Kirkpatrick L 50 52
01/31/47* @Holmes-Liberty L 18 53
02/07/47* New Washington W 21 12
02/14/47 Lykens L 32 48 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Whetstone L 25 50 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
New Washington
Coach: Eugene Wurm
Record: 5-13 (2-7 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Rodney High (180 pts/10.0 avg)
Date Versus W/L NWHS OPP
11/22/46 @Attica L 31 50
11/27/46 Sulphur Springs L 36 59 NEED BOX
12/06/46* Lykens L 25 30
12/13/46* @North Robinson W 28 26
12/19/46* @Sulphur Springs L 34 45
12/27/46 Melmore W 60 29
01/03/47* @Leesville L 37 45
01/07/47 @Bettsville L 34 75
01/10/47* Chatfield L 35 39 NEED BOX
01/17/47* @Holmes-Liberty L 26 37
01/18/47 @Republic W 24 21
01/22/47 New Haven L 30 31
01/24/47* Whetstone W 24 21
01/31/47* @Tiro L 22 37
02/04/47 Attica W 30 28
02/07/47* @Mt. Zion L 12 21
02/14/47 Tiro L 36 52 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Chatfield L 22 24 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
North Robinson
Coach: Maynard Coon
Record: 2-14 (1-8 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Herb Lohr (106 pts/7.0 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L NRHS OPP
11/27/46 @Leesville L 18 20 NEED BOX
12/03/46 Mt. Zion W 22 20
12/06/46* @Chatfield W 37 25
12/10/46 @Kirkpatrick L 29 57
12/13/46* New Washington L 26 28
12/19/46* @Tiro L 32 46
01/03/47* Holmes-Liberty L 21 41
01/10/47* @Lykens L 25 27
01/17/47* @Mt. Zion L 32 35
01/21/47 @Sulphur Springs L 17 58
01/24/47* Leesville L 27 37
01/31/47* @Whetstone L 34 36
02/04/47 Kirkpatrick L 40 67
02/07/47* Sulphur Springs L 29 72
02/12/47 Sulphur Springs L 19 66 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 Chatfield L 33 43 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Sulphur Springs
Coach: Tom Thatcher
Record: 18-3 (8-1 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Charlie Britton (309 pts/14.7 avg)
Date Versus W/L SSHS OPP
11/19/46 Kirkpatrick W 39 38
11/27/46 @New Washington W 59 36
12/06/46* Holmes-Liberty L 30 31
12/07/46 @Attica W 48 38
12/10/46 Leesville W 59 23
12/13/46* @Mt. Zion W 86 27
12/17/46 @Tiro W 46 39
12/19/46* New Washington W 45 34
01/03/47* Lykens W 46 45
01/07/47 Chatfield W 48 24
01/10/47* Whetstone W 47 36
01/17/47* @Chatfield W 52 30
01/21/47 North Robinson W 58 17
01/24/47* Tiro W 37 25
01/28/47 New Haven W 54 20
01/31/47* @Leesville W 35 34
02/07/47* @North Robinson W 72 29
02/12/47 North Robinson W 66 19 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Tiro L 19 49 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/18/47 Whetstone W 47 38 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/47 Holmes-Liberty L 31 34 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Tiro
Coach: Dale Kinney
Record: 11-9 (5-4 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Walt Burky (201 pts/11.8 avg) (missing 3 games)
Date Versus W/L THS OPP
Alumni L 46 47 Date and Location in schedule unknown
11/22/46 @Leesville L 31 43
11/28/46 @New Haven W
12/06/46* Whetstone W 46 40
12/10/46 New Haven W 46 38
12/13/46* @Lykens L 21 46 NEED BOX
12/17/46 Sulphur Springs L 39 46
12/19/46* North Robinson W 46 32
01/03/47* @Chatfield L 24 25
01/10/47* Mt. Zion W 63 23
01/17/47* Leesville W 50 33
01/24/47* @Sulphur Springs L 25 37
01/30/47 @Whetstone L 30 48
01/31/47* New Washington W 37 22
02/07/47* @Holmes-Liberty L 29 34
02/12/47 Chatfield W 33 21 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 New Washington W 52 36 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Sulphur Springs W 49 19 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/20/47 Lykens W 51 46 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/22/47 Crawford Cty All-Stars L 43 48 At Bucyrus High School
02/28/47 Arlington L 28 49 Class B District Tournament at Hopewell-Loudon High School
Whetstone
Coach: Floyd Porter
Record: 9-9 (4-5 CCL)
Leading Scorer: Charles Carr (185 pts/11.5 avg) (missing 2 games)
Date Versus W/L WHS OPP
@Bloomville W
11/15/46 Bloomville L 42 63 NEED BOX
11/25/46 Martel W
12/06/46* @Tiro L 40 46
12/13/46* @Leesville W 46 36
12/19/46* Holmes-Liberty L 26 30
01/03/47* @Mt. Zion W 52 23
01/10/47* @Sulphur Springs L 36 47
01/17/47* Lykens L 19 30
01/22/47 @Martel L 23 24
01/24/47* @New Washington L 21 24
01/30/47 Tiro W 48 30
01/31/47* North Robinson W 36 34
02/07/47* Chatfield W 43 30
02/12/47 Lykens L 43 57 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/14/47 Leesville W 49 28 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/15/47 Mt. Zion W 50 25 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
02/18/47 Sulphur Springs L 38 47 Class B Crawford County Tournament at Bucyrus High School
Crawford County League Standings
Team CCL Reg Overall
Holmes-Liberty 9 - 0 13 - 1 16 - 3
Sulphur Springs 8 - 1 16 - 1 18 - 3
Lykens 7 - 2 13 - 5 17 - 7
Tiro 5 - 4 7 - 9 11 - 10
Leesville 4 - 5 8 - 8 8 - 10
Whetstone 4 - 5 7 - 7 9 - 9
Chatfield 3 - 6 5 - 7 6 - 9
Mt. Zion 2 - 7 2 - 12 2 - 14
New Washington 2 - 7 5 - 11 5 - 13
North Robinson 1 - 8 2 - 12 2 - 14
Northern Ohio League Standings
Team NOL Reg Overall
Bellevue 6 - 1 13 - 5 14 - 6
Upper Sandusky 6 - 1 8 - 7 8 - 8
Norwalk 5 - 2 14 - 3 15 - 4
Galion 4 - 3 9 - 7 9 - 8
Shelby 4 - 3 8 - 9 8 - 10
Bucyrus 2 - 5 5 - 14 5 - 15
Crestline 1 - 6 5 - 11 5 - 12
Willard 0 - 7 0 - 16 0 - 17
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 14.71 Charlie Britton Sulphur Springs 309 21
2 14.23 Ken Shealy Sulphur Springs 299 21
3 13.60 Dale Smith Lykens 272 20 Missing 4 Games
4 13.19 John Miller Sulphur Springs 277 21
5 12.88 Bob Laipply Holmes-Liberty 232 18 Missing 1 Game
6 12.61 Walt Burky Tiro 227 18 Missing 3 Games
7 11.56 Charles Carr Whetstone 185 16 Missing 2 Games
8 11.31 Chuck Wagner Tiro 181 16 Missing 3 Games
9 11.06 Ronald Beck Leesville 177 16 Missing 2 Games
10 10.93 Wilber Cole Leesville 175 16 Missing 2 Games
Crawford County Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 30 John Miller Sulphur Springs Mt. Zion 12/13/1946
30 Dale Smith Lykens Leesville 02/07/1947
3 27 Charles Carr Whetstone Mt. Zion 01/03/1947
4 26 Ken Shealy Sulphur Springs Mt. Zion 12/13/1946
26 Rodney High New Washington Melmore 12/27/1946
26 Walt Burky Tiro All-Stars 02/22/1947
7 25 Charlie Britton Sulphur Springs Leesville 12/10/1946
25 Don Gehrisch Crestline Bucyrus 12/17/1946
25 Jim Gallant Bucyrus Port Clinton 02/14/1947
10 24 Dale Smith Lykens Tiro 12/13/1946
24 Chuck Wagner Tiro North Robinson 12/19/1946
24 Luther Eppley Chatfield New Washington 01/10/1947
24 Ken Shealy Sulphur Springs North Robinson 02/07/1947
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