1947-48 Marion County League Boys Basketball Scores


Caledonia
Coach:  Thurman Wright
Record:  19-4 (10-1 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Kenneth Comstock (484 pts/21.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
11/14/47	Iberia			W	64	31
11/23/47	@Brown			W	73	52
11/25/47*	LaRue			W	47	32
12/03/47*	@Kirkpatrick		W	70	33
12/05/47*	Martel			W	74	14
12/12/47*	@Pleasant		L	28	32
12/16/47*	@Claridon		W	57	31
12/19/47*	Waldo			W	56	26
12/30/47	Grove City		W	40	22	At Forest High School
01/09/48*	Green Camp		W	71	21
01/10/48	Edison			W	49	32
01/16/48*	@Morral			W	57	40
01/17/48	Ashley			W	52	46
01/20/48*	New Bloomington		W	82	17
01/23/48	Alumni			L	44	45	NEED BOX
01/28/48	@Cardington-Lincoln	L	48	60
01/30/48*	@Meeker			W	73	47
02/06/48*	@Prospect		W	62	25
02/14/48	Martel			W	74	17	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/21/48	LaRue			W	40	32	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/28/48	Morral			W	64	25	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
03/02/48	Delaware St. Mary	W	72	30	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College
03/04/48	Brown			L	50	55	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College


Claridon
Coach:  William DeMora
Record:  6-14 (4-7 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Dale Irey (209 pts/10.4 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
11/14/47	@Magnetic Springs	L	34	35
11/21/47	@Howard			L	24	46
11/26/47*	Pleasant		L	14	42
12/02/47*	Prospect		W	34	30
12/05/47*	@Waldo			L	27	30
12/09/47	@Mt. Gilead		L	33	44
12/12/47*	Kirkpatrick		L	34	36
12/16/47*	Caledonia		L	31	57
12/19/47*	@Martel			W	38	29
01/06/48	Iberia			W	35	24
01/12/48	@Johnsville		L	33	51
01/16/48*	@Green Camp		W	47	28
01/20/48*	Morral			L	25	42
01/23/48*	@New Bloomington	W	40	27
01/30/48*	@LaRue			L	36	58
01/26/48	Cardington-Lincoln	L	29	59
02/06/48*	Meeker			L	33	56
02/13/48	Kirkpatrick		W	50	45	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/14/48	LaRue			L	30	50	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/20/48	New Bloomington		L	29	31	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School


Green Camp
Coach:  Norman Roettger
Record:  1-16 (1-10 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Bobby Weston (144 pts/10.2 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     GCHS    OPP
11/18/47	Berlin			L	37	39
11/22/47	@Magnetic Springs	L	25	34
11/25/47*	Prospect		L	33	40
12/02/47	@Wharton		L	31	47
12/05/47*	Meeker			L	20	52
12/16/47*	Morral			L	26	56
12/19/47*	@New Bloomington	L	27	33
01/09/48*	@Caledonia		L	21	71
01/13/48*	@LaRue			L	37	59
01/16/48*	Claridon		L	28	47
01/20/48*	@Pleasant		L	31	98
01/23/48*	Martel			W	49	33
01/30/48*	@Waldo			L	28	51
01/27/48	Magnetic Springs	L	23	46
02/06/48*	Kirkpatrick		L	31	57
02/13/48	Martel			L	31	37	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/20/48	Waldo			L	37	42	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School


Kirkpatrick
Coach:  D.M. Lust
Record:  5-11 (5-6 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Richard Jones (245 pts/17.5 avg) (missing 2 games)

Date		Versus		       W/L     KHS     OPP
11/25/47*	Martel			W	34	33
12/03/47*	Caledonia		L	33	70
12/12/47*	@Claridon		W	36	34
12/16/47*	@Waldo			L	37	50
12/19/47*	Pleasant		L	12	49
01/06/48	@Whetstone		L	18	49	NEED BOX
01/09/48*	Morral			L	23	47
01/16/48*	@New Bloomington	W	40	32
01/21/48*	Meeker			L	41	49
01/23/48*	@LaRue			L	31	57
01/30/48*	Prospect		W	31	25
02/03/48	@Mt. Zion		L	50	74
02/06/48*	@Green Camp		W	57	31
02/07/48	Edison			L	50	51
02/13/48	Claridon		L	45	50	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/20/48	Prospect		L	34	43	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School


LaRue
Coach:  Don Burton
Record:  10-8 (8-3 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Harold Brocklesby (242 pts/14.2 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     LHS     OPP
11/21/47	@Mt. Victory		L	34	35
11/22/47	Marseilles		L	35	44
11/25/47*	@Caledonia		L	32	47
12/02/47*	@Morral			L	32	44
12/05/47*	@New Bloomington	W	38	31
01/09/48*	@Pleasant		L	29	40
01/13/48*	Green Camp		W	59	37
01/16/48*	Martel			W	64	23
01/21/48*	@Waldo			W	58	40
01/23/48*	Kirkpatrick		W	57	31
01/24/48	Marseilles		L	38	57
01/27/48*	Prospect		W	51	21
01/30/48*	Claridon		W	58	36
02/03/48*	@Meeker			W	53	33
02/14/48	Claridon		W	50	30	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/21/48	Caledonia		L	32	40	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/26/48	Meeker			W	49	41	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/28/48	Pleasant		L	27	36	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School


Martel
Coach:  Dale Porter
Record:  2-15 (1-10 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Bud Manring (137 pts/8.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
11/15/47	@Edison			L	24	44
11/21/47	@Whetstone		L	19	51	NEED BOX
11/25/47*	@Kirkpatrick		L	33	34
12/03/47*	@Meeker			L	29	56
12/05/47*	@Caledonia		L	14	74
12/12/47*	Waldo			L	30	43
12/16/47*	Pleasant		L	31	67
12/19/47*	Claridon		L	29	38
01/09/48	Alumni			L	21	29
01/16/48*	@LaRue			L	23	64
01/20/48*	Prospect		L	33	54
01/23/48*	@Green Camp		L	33	49
01/30/48*	Morral			L	35	59
02/06/48*	@New Bloomington	W	43	35
02/13/48	Green Camp		W	37	31	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/14/48	Caledonia		L	17	74	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/20/48	Pleasant		L	22	52	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School


Meeker
Coach:  Irving Silvers
Record:  9-7 (6-5 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Walt Yost (142 pts/8.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
11/14/47	York Center		W	33	30
11/25/47*	@Waldo			L	21	25
12/03/47*	Martel			W	56	29
12/05/47*	@Green Camp		W	52	20
12/12/47*	New Bloomington		W	49	27
12/19/47*	@Morral			L	25	38
01/09/48*	@Prospect		W	43	33
01/16/48*	Pleasant		L	28	55
01/20/48*	@Kirkpatrick		W	49	41
01/30/48*	Caledonia		L	47	73
02/03/48*	LaRue			L	33	53
02/06/48*	@Claridon		W	56	33
02/13/48	Waldo			W	39	15	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/14/48	Pleasant		W	33	31	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/21/48	Morral			L	31	40	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/26/48	LaRue			L	41	49	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School


Morral
Coach:  Norman Weston
Record:  15-6 (9-2 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Jim Weston (202 pts/9.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
11/11/47	Marseilles		L	33	53
11/18/47	Harpster		W	14	13
11/28/47*	New Bloomington		W	50	22
12/02/47*	LaRue			W	44	32
12/06/47	Columbus Deaf		W	38	31
12/12/47*	@Prospect		W	39	28
12/16/47*	@Green Camp		W	56	26
12/19/47*	Meeker			W	38	25
01/06/48	@Harpster		W	40	32
01/09/48*	@Kirkpatrick		W	47	23
01/16/48*	Caledonia		L	40	57
01/20/48*	@Claridon		W	42	25
01/24/48*	Pleasant		L	34	36
01/27/48	Marion St. Mary		L	34	54
01/30/48*	@Martel			W	59	35
02/03/48	@Iberia			W	56	24
02/06/48*	Waldo			W	58	23
02/14/48	New Bloomington		W	66	22	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/21/48	Meeker			W	40	31	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/28/48	Caledonia		L	25	64	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
03/03/48	London			L	40	45	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College


New Bloomington
Coach:  Harry Alexander
Record:  3-17 (1-10 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  B. Johnson (132 pts/6.9 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     NBHS    OPP
11/11/47	@Edison			L	28	58
11/14/47	Mt. Victory		L	16	43
11/25/47*	@Morral			L	22	50
11/29/47	Edison			L	45     103
12/05/47*	LaRue			L	31	38
12/09/47	@Johnsville		L	23	49
12/12/47*	Meeker			L	27	49
12/16/47*	@Prospect		L	23	44
12/19/47*	Green Camp		W	33	27
01/06/48	Johnsville		L	22	60
01/09/48*	@Waldo			L	20	43
01/13/48*	@Pleasant		L	35	81
01/16/48*	Kirkpatrick		L	32	40
01/20/48*	@Caledonia		L	17	82
01/23/48*	Claridon		L	27	40
02/06/48*	Martel			L	35	43	NEED BOX
02/13/48	Prospect		W	24	20	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/14/48	@Morral			L	22	66	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/20/48	Claridon		W	31	29	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/21/48	Pleasant		L	22	59	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School


Pleasant
Coach:  Melvin Bernow
Record:  18-5 (11-0 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Charles Mayers (338 pts/14.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     PHS     OPP
11/14/47	@Edison			L	39	41
11/26/47*	@Claridon		W	42	14
11/29/47*	Waldo			W	32	19
12/05/47*	@Prospect		W	42	33
12/06/47	Radnor			W	40	25
12/12/47*	Caledonia		W	32	28
12/16/47*	@Martel			W	67	31
12/19/47*	@Kirkpatrick		W	49	12
12/23/47	Cardington-Lincoln	L	37	41
01/06/48	Marseilles					CANCELLED
01/09/48*	LaRue			W	40	29
01/13/48*	New Bloomington		W	81	35
01/16/48*	@Meeker			W	55	28
01/20/48*	Green Camp		W	98	31
01/24/48*	@Morral			W	36	34
02/03/48	@Marion St. Mary	L	28	39
02/10/48	@Richwood		W	40	29
02/14/48	Meeker			L	31	33	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/20/48	Martel			W	52	22	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/21/48	@New Bloomington	W	59	22	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/26/48	Prospect		W	37	31	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/28/48	LaRue			W	36	27	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
03/03/48	Mt. Gilead		W	46	45	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College
03/06/48	Marion St. Mary		L	34	49	Class B District Tournament at Otterbein College


Prospect
Coach:  Glenn Kessler
Record:  6-13 (4-7 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Ralph Long (204 pts/11.3 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     PHS     OPP
11/25/47*	Green Camp		W	40	33
11/29/47	@Richwood		L	27	42
12/02/47*	@Claridon		L	30	34
12/05/47*	Pleasant		L	33	42
12/12/47*	Morral			L	28	39
12/16/47*	New Bloomington		W	44	23
01/09/48*	Meeker			L	33	43
01/12/48	@Radnor
01/13/48	Orange			L	28	48
01/16/48	@Delaware St. Mary
01/20/48*	@Martel			W	54	33
01/23/48*	Waldo			W	43	28
01/26/48	Radnor			L	30	37
01/27/48*	@LaRue			L	21	51
01/30/48*	Kirkpatrick		L	25	31
02/03/48	Ashley			L	42	56
02/06/48*	Caledonia		L	25	62
02/13/48	New Bloomington		L	20	24	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/20/48	Kirkpatrick		W	43	34	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/21/48	Waldo			W	40	37	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School
02/26/48	Pleasant		L	31	37	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School

Waldo
Coach:  Paul Hill
Record:  8-7 (6-5 MCL)
Leading Scorer:  Jack Smith (118 pts/7.8 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     WHS     OPP
11/25/47*	Meeker			W	25	21
11/29/47*	@Pleasant		L	19	32
12/05/47*	Claridon		W	30	27
12/12/47*	@Martel			W	43	30
12/13/47	@Chesterville		W	45	43
12/16/47*	Kirkpatrick		W	50	37
12/19/47*	@Caledonia		L	26	56
01/09/48*	New Bloomington		W	43	20
01/21/48*	LaRue			L	40	58
01/23/48*	@Prospect		L	28	43
01/24/48	Ashley
01/30/48*	Green Camp		W	51	28
02/06/48*	@Morral			L	23	58
02/13/48	Meeker			L	15	39	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/20/48	Green Camp		W	42	37	Class B Marion County Tournament at New Bloomington High School
02/21/48	Prospect		L	37	40	Class B Marion County Tournament at Morral High School

Marion County League Standings

Team MCL OFF DEF OAVG DAVG Pleasant 11 - 0 574 294 52.18 26.72 Caledonia 10 - 1 677 318 61.54 28.90 Morral 9 - 2 507 332 46.09 30.18 LaRue 8 - 3 531 383 48.27 34.81 Meeker 6 - 5 459 427 41.72 38.81 Waldo 6 - 5 378 410 34.36 37.27 Kirkpatrick 5 - 6 375 477 34.09 43.36 Claridon 4 - 7 359 435 32.63 39.54 Prospect 4 - 7 376 419 34.18 38.09 Green Camp 1 - 10 331 597 30.09 54.27 Martel 1 - 10 333 573 30.27 52.09 New Bloomington 1 - 10 302 537 27.45 48.81 Totals 66 - 66 5202 5202 39.40 39.40

Marion County League Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 21.36 Kenneth Comstock Caledonia 235 11 2 18.54 Charles Mayer Pleasant 204 11 3 16.81 Richard Jones Kirkpatrick 185 11 4 15.50 Harold Brocklesby LaRue 155 10 5 13.54 Gene Flemming Caledonia 149 11 6 12.81 Randy Dickason Pleasant 141 11 7 12.70 Ralph Long Prospect 127 10 8 11.00 Jim Weston Morral 121 11 9 10.63 Dick Granlee Morral 117 11 10 10.00 Dale Irey Claridon 110 11

Marion County League Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 38 Charles Mayers Pleasant Green Camp 01/20/1948 2 35 Charles Mayers Pleasant New Bloomington 01/13/1948 3 29 Kenneth Comstock Caledonia Green Camp 01/09/1948 29 Richard Jones Kirkpatrick New Bloomington 01/16/1948 29 Kenneth Comstock Caledonia Meeker 01/30/1948 6 28 Richard Jones Kirkpatrick Green Camp 02/06/1948 7 27 Harold Brocklesby LaRue Kirkpatrick 01/23/1948 8 26 Richard Jones Kirkpatrick Meeker 01/21/1948 9 25 Kenneth Comstock Caledonia Morral 01/16/1948 25 Gene Flemming Caledonia New Bloomington 01/20/1948 Return to the Marion County League index Email Me