1976-77 Marion County Boys Basketball Scores


Elgin
Coach:  Larry Gipson
Record:  6-13 (2-7 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Jeff Wall (275 pts/14.4 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     EHS     OPP
11/19/76	@Buckeye Valley		L	37	38
12/03/76	Mt. Gilead		L	48	64
12/10/76*	River Valley		W	57	52	At Marion Coliseum
12/17/76*	Ridgedale		L	57	72	At Marion Coliseum
12/18/76	Upper Sandusky		L	62	64
01/04/77	@Ridgedale		L	58	84
01/07/77*	@Riverdale		L	28	54
01/15/77	@Kenton			L	46	67
01/18/77	@North Union					CANCELLED
01/21/77*	Pleasant		L	43	45	At Marion Coliseum
01/25/77	River Valley		W	48	46	At Marion Coliseum
02/05/77	Marion Catholic		W	60	42	At Marion Coliseum
02/08/77*	Carey			W	75	56	At Marion Coliseum
02/11/77*	@Mohawk			L	43	45
02/17/77*	Colonel Crawford	L	44	47	At Marion Coliseum
02/19/77	Pleasant		W	66	64	At Marion Coliseum - OT
02/22/77*	Wynford			L	47	64	At Marion Coliseum
02/25/77	River Valley		W	51	43	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/26/77*	@Buckeye Central	L	67	69
03/01/77	Mt. Gilead		L	72	74	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Marion Catholic
Coach:  Tom Boehm
Record:  4-15 (2-5 MOC)
Leading Scorer:  Mike Nicolosi (285 pts/15.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L    MCHS     OPP
11/23/76	River Valley		L	50	54	At Marion Coliseum - OT
11/27/76	Crestline		W	60	44
12/04/76	@Northmor		L	65	71	OT
12/14/76	Ridgedale		L	44	74	At Marion Coliseum
12/18/76	Highland		L	45	55	At Marion Coliseum
12/23/76	@Centerburg		L	55	57
12/28/76	@Kenton			L	43	49
01/07/77*	Cardington-Lincoln	L	52	54
01/08/77	@Colonel Crawford	L	36	47
01/15/77*	@North Union		W	49	47
01/22/77*	Northmor		W	75	51	At Marion Coliseum
02/04/77*	Mt. Gilead		L	54	82	At Marion Coliseum
02/05/77	Elgin			L	42	60	At Marion Coliseum
02/10/77*	Buckeye Valley		L	39	40	At Marion Coliseum
02/12/77	@Fairbanks		W	62	56
02/18/77*	@Highland		L	59	74
02/19/77	@Cardington-Lincoln	L	42	52
02/22/77*	@Big Walnut		L	55	75
02/26/77	Danville		L	62	72	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mt. Vernon High School


Marion Harding
Coach:  Doug Riley
Record:  10-8 (7-7 BC)
Leading Scorer:  Bob Gooding (234 pts/13.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHHS    OPP
11/19/76	Columbus North		W	46	44
11/24/76	Col. Marion-Franklin	W	73	63
12/03/76*	Sandusky		L	43	53
12/10/76*	@Fremont Ross		W	67	49
12/14/76*	@Mansfield Senior	W	57	54
12/17/76*	Lorain Admiral King	W	57	42
12/21/76*	@Elyria			L	53	65
12/28/76*	Lorain Senior		W	67	58
01/07/77*	@Findlay		L	52	55
01/08/77	@Perkins		W	71	39
01/21/77*	Fremont Ross		W	70	50
02/05/77	@Galion						CANCELLED
02/09/77*	@Sandusky		W	61	59
02/11/77*	@Lorain Senior		L	58	60	At Lorain Admiral King High School
02/12/77*	@Lorain Admiral King	L	53	73
02/15/77*	Elyria			L	50	57
02/18/77*	Findlay			L	46	55
02/25/77*	Mansfield Senior	W	57	45
02/28/77	Defiance		L	55	67	Class AAA Sectional Tournament at Lima


Pleasant
Coach:  Stan Kirby
Record:  8-10 (4-5 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Rich Haas (226 pts/12.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     PHS     OPP
11/27/76	@Buckeye Valley		L	46	62
12/03/76	River Valley		W	79	61	At Marion Coliseum
12/10/76*	@Riverdale		L	56	70
12/11/76	@Northmor		W	85	76
12/17/76*	Carey			W	76	70
12/29/76	@Jonathan Alder		L	58	59
01/07/77*	Buckeye Central		L	66	67
01/14/77*	@Wynford		L	49	72
01/15/77	Hardin Northern		W	66	64
01/21/77*	Elgin			W	45	43	At Marion Coliseum
01/29/77	@Ridgedale					CANCELLED
02/11/77*	@River Valley		W	57	55
02/12/77	Mt. Gilead		L	54	76	At Marion Coliseum
02/15/77*	Colonel Crawford	L	62	64	At Marion Coliseum - OT
02/18/77*	Ridgedale		L	55	64	At Marion Coliseum
02/19/77	@Elgin			L	64	66	At Marion Coliseum - OT
02/22/77*	@Mohawk			W	63	62
02/23/77	@North Union		W	55	53	At Marion Coliseum
03/01/77	Buckeye Valley		L	37	56	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Ridgedale
Coach:  Dan Wendell
Record:  20-2 (8-1 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Brad Weston (454 pts/20.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RHS     OPP
11/27/76	Canal Winchester	W	73	61
12/04/76	Fischer Catholic	W      109	56
12/10/76*	Wynford			W	67	62
12/14/76	@Marion Catholic	W	74	44	At Marion Coliseum
12/17/76*	@Elgin			W	72	57	At Marion Coliseum
12/30/76	@River Valley		W      101	62	At Marion Coliseum
01/04/77	Elgin			W	84	58
01/07/77*	Mohawk			W      107	52
01/14/77*	@Colonel Crawford	W	90	63
01/15/77	@Ayersville		W	84	68
01/21/77*	River Valley		W	75	52
02/05/77*	@Riverdale		L	69	76
02/08/77	@North Union		W      106	56
02/11/77*	Carey			W      103	60
02/18/77*	@Pleasant		W	64	55	At Marion Coliseum
02/19/77	@Fairbanks		W	86	69
02/22/77*	Buckeye Central		W	90	85
02/25/77	East Knox		W	88	60	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mt. Vernon High School
03/01/77	New Albany		W      106	65	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mt. Vernon High School
03/05/77	Fairbanks		W      103	62	Class A District Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/08/77	Jonathan Alder		W	72	64	Class A District Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/10/77	Highland		L	58	66	Class A District Tournament at Marion Coliseum


River Valley
Coach:  Tom Main
Record:  6-13 (4-5 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Andy Mumper (254 pts/13.3 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RVHS    Opp
11/23/76	@Marion Catholic	W	54	50	At Marion Coliseum
11/26/76	Bucyrus			W	75	63
12/03/76	@Pleasant		L	61	79	At Marion Coliseum
12/07/76	@Mt. Gilead		L	52	57
12/10/76*	Elgin			L	52	57	At Marion Coliseum
12/17/76*	@Mohawk			W	55	54
12/21/76	Buckeye Valley		L	47	62
12/30/76	Ridgedale		L	62     101	At Marion Coliseum
01/07/77*	Colonel Crawford	L	58	60
01/08/77	@North Union		L	49	50
01/21/77*	@Ridgedale		L	52	75
01/25/77	@Elgin			L	46	48	At Marion Coliseum
02/05/77	@Delaware Hayes		L	35	71
02/09/77*	@Carey			W	71	65
02/11/77*	Pleasant		L	55	77
02/18/77*	@Wynford		W	69	66
02/22/77*	Riverdale		W	72	71
02/25/77	Elgin			L	43	51	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/08/77*	@Buckeye Central	L	54	71

Buckeye Conference Standings

Team BC Reg Overall Elyria 14 - 0 18 - 0 24 - 1 Findlay 10 - 4 12 - 6 13 - 7 Lorain Admiral King 9 - 5 13 - 5 13 - 6 Marion Harding 7 - 7 10 - 7 10 - 8 Sandusky 6 - 8 9 - 9 Lorain Senior 5 - 9 8 - 10 10 - 11 Mansfield Senior 5 - 9 8 - 10 10 - 11 Fremont Ross 0 - 14 0 - 18 0 - 19

Mid-Ohio Conference Standings

Team MOC Reg Overall Big Walnut 7 - 0 14 - 4 14 - 5 Buckeye Valley 5 - 2 14 - 4 16 - 5 Cardington-Lincoln 5 - 2 16 - 2 18 - 3 Mt. Gilead 5 - 2 13 - 5 14 - 6 Highland 3 - 4 13 - 5 17 - 6 Marion Catholic 2 - 5 4 - 14 4 - 15 Northmor 1 - 6 4 - 14 4 - 15 North Union 0 - 7 2 - 15 2 - 16

North Central Conference Standings

Team NCC Reg Overall Ridgedale 8 - 1 16 - 1 20 - 2 Riverdale 7 - 2 14 - 4 18 - 5 Wynford 7 - 2 10 - 8 10 - 9 Colonel Crawford 6 - 3 7 - 7 8 - 8 Buckeye Central 5 - 4 10 - 6 11 - 7 Pleasant 4 - 5 8 - 9 8 - 10 River Valley 4 - 5 6 - 12 6 - 13 Elgin 2 - 7 5 - 12 6 - 13 Mohawk 2 - 7 6 - 12 7 - 13 Carey 0 - 9 4 - 14 5 - 15

Marion County Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 20.63 Brad Weston Ridgedale 454 22 2 17.40 Brent Markely Ridgedale 383 22 3 15.00 Mike Nicolosi Marion Catholic 285 19 4 14.47 Jeff Wall Elgin 275 19 5 13.36 Andy Mumper River Valley 254 19 6 13.00 Bob Gooding Marion Harding 234 18 7 12.55 Rich Haas Pleasant 226 18 8 11.88 Bob Dutcher Pleasant 214 18 9 11.68 Tim Granlee Ridgedale 257 22 10 11.66 Clyde Lutsch Marion Harding 210 18

Marion County Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 28 Andy Mumper River Valley Ridgedale 12/30/1976 28 Brent Markley Ridgedale Buckeye Central 02/22/1977 28 Brad Weston Ridgedale Jonathan Alder 03/08/1977 4 27 Brad Weston Ridgedale River Valley 12/30/1976 27 Brent Markley Ridgedale Mohawk 01/07/1977 27 Brent Markley Ridgedale East Knox 02/25/1977 7 26 Brad Weston Ridgedale Fisher Catholic 12/04/1976 26 Brent Markley Ridgedale Marion Catholic 12/14/1976 9 25 Bob Gooding Marion Harding Col. Marion-Franklin 11/24/1976 25 Bob Dutcher Pleasant Northmor 12/11/1976 25 Brad Weston Ridgdale Elgin 12/17/1976 25 Mike Nicolosi Marion Catholic Centerburg 12/23/1976 25 Brad Weston Ridgedale Elgin 01/04/1977 Return to the Marion County index Email Me