1954-55 Richland County League Basketball Scores


Bellville
Coach:  Fred Martinelli
Record:  16-8 (9-5 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Ron Kochheiser (416 pts/17.3 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/26/54	@Fredericktown		L	53	75
12/03/54*	Lexington		W	66	64
12/04/54	Madison			L	62	74
12/10/54*	@Ontario		L	56	60
12/14/54*	Lucas			L	52	54	OT
12/17/54*	Butler			W	62	52
12/21/54*	@Union			W	79	65
12/28/54	@Loudonville		W	66	55	Holiday Tournament at Loudonville High School
12/29/54	Centerburg		W	66	62	Holiday Tournament at Loudonville High School
01/07/55*	Plymouth		W	69	38
01/14/55*	Shiloh			W	58	50
01/21/55*	@Lexington		L	52	55
01/22/55	@Crestline		W	66	61
01/28/55*	Ontario			L	68	78
02/01/55*	@Lucas			L	65	70
02/04/55*	@Butler			W	44	39	
02/08/55*	Union			W	61	57
02/11/55*	@Plymouth		W	62	38
02/18/55*	Shiloh			W	45	39
02/21/55	Plymouth		W	64	48	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/24/55	Union			W	56	53	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/26/55	Lexington		W	58	47	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
03/04/55	Sulphur Springs		L	56	66	Class B District Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Butler
Coach:  Marion Lowks
Record:  3-17 (3-11 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Russ Wareham (246 pts/12.9 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/30/54	Loudonville		L	51	71
12/03/54*	Ontario			L	40	63
12/10/54*	@Lucas			L	60	74
12/14/54*	Shiloh			L	54	68
12/17/54*	@Bellville		L	52	62
12/21/54*	Plymouth		W	50	46
12/28/54	Norwayne		L	32	78	Holiday Tournament at Lucas High School
12/29/54	Perrysville		L	61	71	Holiday Tournament at Lucas High School
01/04/55	@Perrysville		L	73	81
01/07/55*	Union			W	80	78	OT
01/14/55*	Lexington		L	55	68
01/21/55*	@Ontario		L	57	58
01/28/55*	Lucas			L	63	77
02/01/55*	@Shiloh			L	55	56
02/04/55*	Bellville		L	39	44
02/08/55*	@Plymouth		W	79	38
02/11/55*	@Union			L	62	68
02/12/55	@Chesterville		L	41	93
02/18/55*	@Lexington		L	46	87
02/22/55	Lexington		L	42	50	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Lexington
Coach:  Arthur Seesholtz
Record:  12-10 (9-5 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Cliff Schnebly (337 pts/15.3 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
12/03/54*	@Bellville		L	64	66
12/10/54*	Union			L	54	56
12/14/54*	@Plymouth		W	69	39
12/17/54*	@Ontario		W	69	61	OT
12/21/54*	Lucas			L	66	74
12/27/54	Marion St. Mary		L	56	69	Holiday Tournament at Marion Harding High School
12/29/54	Elm Valley		L	54	56	Holiday Tournament at Marion Harding High School
01/07/55*	@Shiloh			L	75     100
01/08/55	@Radnor			W	65	55
01/14/55*	@Butler			W	68	55
01/21/55*	Bellville		W	55	52
01/28/55*	@Union			L	74	75	OT
02/01/55*	Plymouth		W	85	54
02/04/55*	Ontario			W	74	71
02/08/55*	@Lucas			W	79	61
02/11/55*	Shiloh			W	62	52
02/15/55	@Mt. Gilead		L	50	74
02/18/55*	Butler			W	87	46
02/22/55	Butler			W	50	42	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/24/55	Lucas			W	49	46	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/26/55	Bellville		L	47	58	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
03/02/55	Sycamore		L	23	34	Class B Distric Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Lucas
Coach:  John Hauck
Record:  12-8 (9-5 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Russell Leiter (388 pts/19.4 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/30/54	@Johnsville		L	56	71
12/03/54*	@Plymouth		W	83	32
12/10/54*	Butler			W	74	60
12/14/54*	@Bellville		W	54	52	OT
12/17/54*	Shiloh			W	62	56
12/21/54*	@Lexington		W	74	66
12/28/54	Perrysville		W	63	58	Holiday Tournanment at Lucas High School
12/29/54	Norwayne		L	54	55	Holiday Tournanment at Lucas High School
01/07/55*	@Ontario		L	53	72
01/14/55*	@Union			L	58	77
01/18/55	Johnsville		W	65	54
01/21/55*	Plymouth		W	58	41
01/28/55*	@Butler			W	77	63
02/01/55*	Bellville		W	70	65
02/04/55*	@Shiloh			W	52	48
02/08/55*	Lexington		L	61	79
02/11/55*	Ontario			L	71	76
02/18/55*	Union			L	58	61
02/22/55	Shiloh			W	69	66	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/24/55	Lexington		L	46	49	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Ontario
Coach:  Bob Haines
Record:  15-5 (12-2 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Al Gilbert (313 pts/15.6 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/26/54	@Melmore		W	53	42
11/30/54	Leesville		W	67	50
12/03/54*	@Butler			W	63	40
12/07/54	@Crestline		L	48	50
12/10/54*	Bellville		W	60	56
12/14/54*	@Union			W	74	67
12/17/54*	Lexington		L	61	69	OT
12/21/54*	@Shiloh			W	59	57
12/29/54	Greenwich		L	74	79	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
12/30/54	@Union			W	73	65	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
01/07/55*	Lucas			W	72	53
01/14/55*	@Plymouth		W	64	35
01/21/55*	Butler			W	58	57
01/28/55*	@Bellville		W	78	68
02/01/55*	Union			W	74	69
02/04/55*	@Lexington		L	71	74
02/08/55*	Shiloh			W	68	57
02/11/55*	@Lucas			W	76	71
02/18/55*	Plymouth		W	82	47
02/21/55	Union			L	66	71	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Plymouth
Coach:  Fred Kreutzfeld
Record:  0-19 (0-14 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  John Fox (205 pts/10.7 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/20/54	@North Fairfield	L	38	88
11/23/54	Margaretta		L	32	62
12/03/54*	Lucas			L	32	83
12/10/54*	@Shiloh			L	38	67
12/14/54*	Lexington		L	39	62
12/17/54*	Union			L	48	63
12/21/54*	@Butler			L	46	50
01/07/55*	@Bellville		L	38	69
01/14/55*	Ontario			L	35	64
01/18/55	North Robinson		L	38	72
01/21/55*	@Lucas			L	41	58
01/25/55	New Haven		L	56	64
01/28/55*	Shiloh			L	56	58
02/01/55*	@Lexington		L	54	85
02/04/55*	@Union			L	40	69
02/08/55*	Butler			L	38	79
02/11/55*	Bellville		L	38	62
02/19/55*	@Ontario		L	47	82
02/21/55	Bellville		L	48	67	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Shiloh
Coach:  Harold Daup
Record:  9-14 (6-8 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Tom Laser (373 pts/16.9 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/24/54	@Republic		L	51	60
11/30/54	Savannah		L	60	77	At Ashland College
12/03/54*	@Union			L	65	75
12/07/54	New Haven		W	64	42
12/10/54*	Plymouth		W	67	38
12/14/54*	@Butler			W	68	54
12/17/54*	@Lucas			L	56	62
12/21/54*	Ontario			L	57	59
12/29/54	@Union			W	70	64	Holiday Tournament at Ashland College
12/30/54	Greenwich		L	52	66	Holiday Tournament at Ashland College
01/04/55	@Sullivan		W	79	65
01/07/55*	Lexington		W      100	75
01/11/55	New Washington		L	46	64
01/14/55*	@Bellville		L	50	58
01/21/55*	Union			W	70	42
01/25/55	@New Washington		L	71     104
01/28/55*	@Plymouth		W	58	56
02/01/55*	Butler			W	56	55
02/04/55*	Lucas			L	48	52
02/08/55*	@Ontario		L	57	68
02/11/55*	@Lexington		L	52	62
02/18/55*	Bellville		L	39	45
02/22/55	Lucas			L	66	69	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School


Union
Coach:  Don Terman
Record:  11-10 (8-6 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Tony Stirp (496 pts/23.6 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/12/54	New Haven		L	57	69
11/19/54	@Johnsville		W	70	65
11/20/54	Tiro			W	77	68
12/03/54*	Shiloh			W	75	65
12/10/54*	@Lexington		W	56	54
12/14/54*	Ontario			L	67	74
12/17/54*	@Plymouth		W	63	48
12/21/54*	Bellville		L	65	79
12/29/54	Shiloh			L	64	70	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
12/30/54	Ontario			L	65	73	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
01/07/55*	@Butler			L	78	80	OT
01/14/55*	Lucas			W	77	58
01/21/55*	Plymouth		L	42	70
01/28/55*	Lexington		W	75	74	OT
02/01/55*	@Ontario		L	69	74
02/04/55*	Plymouth		W	69	40
02/08/55*	@Bellville		L	57	61
02/11/55*	Butler			W	68	62
02/18/55*	@Lucas			W	61	58
02/21/55	Ontario			W	71	66	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
02/24/55	Bellville		L	53	56	Class B Richland County Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School

Richland County League Standings

Team RCL OFF DEF OAVG DAVG Ontario 12 - 2 960 820 68.57 58.57 Bellville 9 - 5 839 759 59.92 54.21 Lexington 9 - 5 981 862 70.07 61.57 Lucas 9 - 5 905 848 64.64 60.57 Union 8 - 6 922 897 65.85 64.07 Shiloh 6 - 8 843 801 60.21 57.21 Butler 3 - 11 792 887 56.57 63.35 Plymouth 0 - 14 590 958 42.14 68.42 Totals 56 - 56 6832 6832 61.00 61.00

Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 23.14 Tony Stirp Union 324 14 2 19.28 Russell Leiter Lucas 270 14 3 18.21 Tom McMillen Lucas 255 14 4 17.92 Ralph Beer Ontario 233 13 5 17.00 Clifford Schnebly Lexington 238 14 6 16.85 Ron Kochheiser Bellville 236 14 7 16.78 Bob Stone Lexington 235 14 8 16.23 Tom Laser Shiloh 211 13 9 15.83 Fred Rader Shiloh 190 12 10 15.00 Al Gilbert Ontario 210 14

Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 37 Fred Rader Shiloh Lexington 01/07/1955 2 35 Clifford Schnebly Lexington Butler 02/18/1955 3 34 Art Coon Butler Union 01/07/1954 34 Bob Stone Lexington Ontario 02/04/1955 5 32 Russell Leiter Lucas Plymouth 12/03/1954 32 Tony Stirp Union Plymouth 02/04/1955 32 Ralph Beer Ontario Shiloh 02/08/1955 8 31 Tony Stirp Union Butler 01/07/1955 9 30 David Dill Lexington Plymouth 02/01/1955 30 Russell Leiter Lucas Bellville 02/01/1955 30 Tom McMillen Lucas Ontario 02/11/1955 Return to Richland County League index Email Me