1968-69 Lakeland Conference Boys Basketball Scores


Amherst
Coach:  George Simonovich
Record:  9-10 (8-6 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Terry Griffey (281 pts/14.7 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     AHS     OPP
12/07/68*	@Clearview		W	69	58
12/13/68*	@Midview		W	64	60
12/20/68*	New London		W	59	43
12/21/68*	@Oberlin		L	61	83
01/03/69*	North Ridgeville	L	62	69
01/04/69	@Huron			L	65	70
01/10/69*	@Vermilion		W	59	53	OT
01/11/69*	Wellington		W	71	62
01/17/69*	Clearview		L	40	53
01/18/69	Brookside		L	69	73
01/24/69*	Midview			L	55	69
01/25/69*	@New London		W	77	61
01/31/69*	Oberlin			W	74	66
02/01/69	@Brunswick		L	48	51
02/07/69*	@North Ridgeville	L	71	79
02/08/69*	Vermilion		W	81	62
02/14/69*	@Wellington		L	84	94
02/15/69	Firelands		W	63	58
02/22/69	Avon Lake		L	67	70	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Lorain Admiral King High School


Clearview
Coach:  Bob Walsh
Record:  8-12 (7-7 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Rick Buckosh (304 pts/16.0 avg) (missing 1 game)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
11/29/68	Elyria Catholic		L	51	72
11/30/68	@Brookside		L	54	58
12/07/68*	Amherst			L	58	69	NEED BOX
12/13/68*	North Ridgeville	L	52	70
12/14/68	@Lorain St. Mary	L	47	51
12/20/68*	@Vermilion		L	43	52
12/21/68*	Wellington		W	55	52
01/03/69*	@Midview		L	51	56
01/04/69	Lorain St. Mary		L	60	69
01/10/69*	New London		W	46	40
01/11/69*	@Oberlin		L	62	81
01/17/69*	@Amherst		W	53	40
01/24/69*	@North Ridgeville	L	51	61
01/25/69*	Vermilion		W	58	55
01/31/69*	@Wellington		W	54	50	OT
02/07/69*	Midview			L	55	65
02/08/69*	@New London		W	70	41
02/14/69*	Oberlin			W	66	62
02/22/69	Firelands		W	64	52	Class A Sectional Tournament at North Ridgeville High School
02/28/69	Lorain St. Mary		L	57	62	Class A Sectional Tournament at North Ridgeville High School


Huron
Coach:  Tom Binkley
Record:  12-7 (11-3 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Jay Baksa (267 pts/15.7 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
12/07/68*	@Wellington		W	65	52
12/13/68*	Amherst			L	60	64
12/14/68	Elyria Catholic		L	46	70
12/20/68*	Oberlin			L	63	74
12/21/68*	@New London		W	69	56
01/03/69*	Clearview		W	56	51
01/04/69	@Brookside		W	68	67
01/10/69*	@North Ridgeville	L	70	82
01/11/69*	Vermilion		W	56	54
01/17/69*	Wellington		W	61	40
01/18/69	Avon			L	59	65
01/24/69*	@Amherst		W	69	55
01/25/69*	@Oberlin		W	57	49
01/31/69*	New London		W	55	46
02/01/69	@Elyria Catholic	L	46	53
02/07/69*	@Clearview		W	65	55
02/08/69*	North Ridgeville	W	57	49
02/14/69*	@Vermilion		W	55	52
02/26/69	Bay			L	51	68	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Lorain Admiral King High School


New London
Coach:  Robert Lavengood
Record:  0-19 (0-14 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Dean Harmony (223 pts/12.3 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     NLHS    Opp
11/27/68	Keystone		L	56	61
11/30/68	@Mapleton		L	45	58
12/07/68*	@Vermilion		L	39	92
12/13/68*	Wellington		L	50	58
12/20/68*	@Amherst		L	43	59
12/21/68*	Midview			L	56	69
01/03/69*	Oberlin			L	48	58
01/04/69	@Monroeville		L	45	60
01/10/69*	@Clearview		L	40	46
01/11/69*	North Ridgeville	L	52	79
01/17/69*	Vermilion		L	56	65
01/18/69	Gibsonburg		L	56	57
01/24/69*	@Wellington		L	53	89
01/25/69*	Amherst			L	61	77
01/31/69*	@Midview		L	46	55
02/07/69*	@Oberlin		L	61	69
02/08/69*	Clearview		L	41	70
02/14/69*	@North Ridgeville	L	37	60
02/21/69	Plymouth		L	56	67	Class A Sectional Tournament at Willard High School


North Ridgeville
Coach:  Dave Dudik
Record:  14-5 (13-1 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Barry Wilford (414 pts/21.7 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     NRHS    OPP
11/29/68	Westlake		L	54	55
11/30/68	@Avon			L	48	67
12/07/68*	Oberlin			W	79	78
12/13/68*	@Clearview		W	70	52
12/20/68*	Wellington		W	83	69
12/21/68*	Vermilion		W	70	60
12/27/68	@Elyria Catholic	L	76	78
01/03/69*	@Amherst		W	69	62
01/04/69	Fairview		W	63	57
01/10/69*	Midview			W	82	70
01/11/69*	@New London		W	79	52
01/17/69*	@Oberlin		W	68	55
01/24/69*	Clearview		W	61	51
01/25/69*	Wellington		W	64	53
01/31/69*	@Vermilion		W	67	37
02/07/69*	Amherst			W	79	71
02/08/69*	@Midview		L	49	57
02/14/69*	New London		W	60	37
02/21/69	North Olmsted		L	52	63	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Lorain Admiral King High School


Oberlin
Coach:  Carl Laukuf
Record:  7-11 (6-8 LC)
Leading Scorer:  John Sherrod (252 pts/14.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     OHS     OPP
11/27/68	@Mansfield St. Peter's	L	59	89
12/07/68*	@North Ridgeville	L	78	79
12/13/68*	Vermilion		L	55	56
12/20/68*	@Midview		W	74	63
12/21/68*	Amherst			W	83	61
12/27/68	@Firelands		L	56	66
01/03/69*	@New London		W	58	48
01/10/69*	@Wellington		L	72	77
01/11/69*	Clearview		W	81	62
01/17/69*	North Ridgeville	L	55	68
01/24/69*	@Vermilion		W	67	66
01/25/69*	Midview			L	49	57
01/31/69*	@Amherst		L	66	74
02/07/69*	New London		W	69	61
02/08/69*	Wellington		L	58	67
02/14/69*	@Clearview		L	62	66
02/15/69	@Sandusky St. Mary	L	61	87
02/21/69	@Lorain Admiral King	L	57	61	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Lorain Admiral King High School


Vermilion
Coach:  Floyd Longfellow
Record:  6-14 (5-9 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Tim Lerchbacker (260 pts/13.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     VHS     OPP
11/27/68	Norwalk			L	54	89
12/07/68*	New London		W	92	39
12/13/68*	@Oberlin		W	56	55
12/14/68	Huron			L	63	72
12/20/68*	Clearview		W	52	43
12/21/68*	@North Ridgeville	L	60	70
12/27/68	@Bellevue		L	52	84
01/03/69*	Wellington		W	75	59
01/10/69*	Amherst			L	53	59	OT
01/11/69*	@Midview		L	54	56
01/17/69*	@New London		W	65	56
01/24/69*	Oberlin			L	66	67
01/25/69*	@Clearview		L	55	58
01/31/69*	North Ridgeville	L	37	67
02/01/69	@Huron			L	56	66
02/07/69*	@Wellington		L	73	88
02/08/69*	@Amherst		L	62	81
02/14/69*	Midview			L	52	55
02/18/69	Fostoria		W	62	61	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Bellevue High School - OT
02/21/69	Huron			L	55	69	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Bellevue High School


Wellington
Coach:  Ed Golding
Record:  7-12 (6-8 LC)
Leading Scorer:  Dwight Rucker (282 pts/23.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     WHS     OPP
11/23/68	@Western Reserve	L	52	73
11/30/68	@Black River		L	61	85
12/07/68*	Midview			L	52	65
12/13/68*	@New London		W	58	50
12/20/68*	North Ridgeville	L	69	83
12/21/68*	@Clearview		L	52	55
01/03/69*	@Vermilion		L	59	75
01/10/69*	Oberlin			W	77	72
01/11/69*	@Amherst		L	62	71
01/17/69*	@Midview		L	40	61
01/24/69*	New London		W	89	53
01/25/69*	@North Ridgeville	L	53	64
01/31/69*	Clearview		L	50	54	OT
02/01/69	@Firelands		L	50	72
02/07/69*	Vermilion		W	88	73
02/08/69*	@Oberlin		W	67	58
02/14/69*	Amherst			W	94	84	Dwight Rucker's 41 sets school record
02/15/69	Keystone		W      107	94	Dwight Rucker's 50 sets school record
02/19/69	Firelands		L	56	69	Class A Sectional Tournament at North Ridgeville High School

Lakeland Conference Standings

Team LC OFF DEF OAVG DAVG North Ridgeville 13 - 1 980 804 70.00 57.42 Midview 11 - 3 858 779 61.28 55.64 Amherst 8 - 6 927 912 66.21 65.14 Clearview 7 - 7 774 794 55.28 56.71 Oberlin 6 - 8 927 905 66.21 64.64 Wellington 6 - 8 910 918 65.00 65.57 Vermilion 5 - 9 852 853 60.85 60.92 New London 0 - 14 683 946 48.78 67.57 Totals 56 - 56 6911 6911 61.70 61.70

Lakeland Conference Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 22.71 Barry Wilford North Ridgeville 318 14 2 22.00 Dwight Rucker Wellington 198 9 misses first 5 games 3 17.41 Jay Baksa Midview 209 12 4 15.64 Terry Griffey Amherst 219 14 5 15.23 Rick Buckosh Clearview 198 13 missing 1 game 6 14.42 Tim Lerchbacker Vermilion 202 14 7 14.38 John Sherrod Oberlin 187 13 8 14.07 Mark Trenchard Midview 197 14 9 13.85 Dan Nelson North Ridgeville 194 14 10 13.61 Joe Godfrey Amherst 177 13 missing 1 game

Lakeland Conference Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 41 Dwight Rucker Wellington Amherst 02/14/1969 2 34 Barry Wilford North Ridgeville Amherst 01/03/1969 34 Barry Wilford North Ridgeville Midview 02/08/1969 4 32 Dwight Rucker Wellington Oberlin 01/10/1969 5 31 Lynn Howard Amherst Wellington 02/14/1969 6 29 Barry Wilford North Ridgeville Clearview 12/13/1968 29 Barry Wilford North Ridgeville Oberlin 01/17/1969 8 28 Terry Griffey Amherst Vermilion 02/08/1969 9 26 Jay Baksa Midview Wellington 01/17/1969 26 Tim Lerchbacker Vermilion Wellington 02/07/1969 Return to the Lakeland Conference index Email Me