1956-57 Richland County League Basketball Scores


Bellville
Coach:  Tony Megna
Record:  18-3 (13-1 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Fred Garber (386 pts/18.3 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/30/56	@Fredericktown		W	84	73
12/07/56*	Shiloh			W	70	69
12/11/56*	Lexington		W	79	70
12/14/56*	@Union			L	71	73
12/18/56*	Lucas			W      102	54
12/21/56*	@Plymouth		W	79	67
01/04/57*	Ontario			W	77	61
01/08/57*	@Lucas			W	53	40
01/11/57*	@Shiloh			W	82	62
01/12/57	Mt. Vernon St. Vincent	W      112	72
01/18/57*	@Butler			W	79	63
01/19/57	@Madison		W	62	60
01/25/57*	Union			W	96	75
02/01/57*	Plymouth		W	75	70
02/05/57*	@Lexington		W	63	51
02/08/57*	@Ontario		W	82	55
02/09/57	@Crestline		L	88	98
02/15/57*	Butler			W	81	58
02/16/57	Shiloh			W	54	43	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/18/57	Butler			W	59	54	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/21/57	Lexington		L	55	62	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Butler
Coach:  Gordon Shipley
Record:  5-15 (5-9 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Gary Meeks (329 pts/16.4 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
12/04/56	Loudonville		L	46	47
12/07/56*	Ontario			L	48	71
12/12/56*	@Lucas			W	75	61
12/14/56*	Plymouth		W	73	59
12/18/56*	@Lexington		L	62	74
12/21/56*	Union			L	65	99
12/22/56	Fredericktown		L	53	79
12/28/56	@Mt. Vernon St. Vincent	L	65	69
01/04/57*	Shiloh			L	67	72	OT
01/08/57*	Lexington		W	62	56
01/11/57*	@Ontario		L	59	63
01/15/57	@Perrysville		L	70	76
01/18/57*	Bellville		L	63	79
01/25/57*	@Plymouth		W	73	56
02/01/57*	@Union			L	55	86
02/05/57*	Lucas			W	65	53
02/08/57*	@Shiloh			L	52	60
02/15/57*	@Bellville		L	58	81
02/16/57	Lexington		L	52	59	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/18/57	Bellville		L	54	59	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Lexington
Coach:  Ernie Raber
Record:  14-8 (8-6 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Ron Armstrong (322 pts/14.6 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/30/56	Iberia			W	84	57
12/07/56*	@Union			L	59	60
12/11/56*	@Bellville		L	70	79
12/14/56*	Lucas			W	87	47
12/18/56*	Butler			W	74	62
12/21/56*	@Shiloh			L	65	68
01/04/57*	Plymouth		W	65	55
01/08/57*	@Butler			L	56	62
01/11/57*	Union			L	64	67
01/15/57	@Fredericktown		L	72	89
01/19/57*	Ontario			W	65	63
01/25/07*	@Lucas			W	69	37
02/01/57*	Shiloh			W	62	58
02/05/57*	Bellville		L	51	63
02/08/57*	@Plymouth		W	65	54
02/09/57	@Mt. Gilead		W	61	48
02/15/57*	@Ontario		W	46	44
02/16/57	Butler			W	59	52	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/18/57	Shiloh			W	60	59	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/21/57	Bellville		W	62	55	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/23/57	Union			W	66	49	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
03/01/57	Monroeville		L	65	83	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield High School


Lucas
Coach:  Bobby Wine
Record:  1-16 (1-13 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Pat Kelser (273 pts/16.0 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
12/04/56	Johnsville		L	43	61
12/07/56*	@Plymouth		L	44	59
12/11/56*	Butler			L	61	75
12/14/56*	@Lexington		L	47	87
12/18/56*	@Bellville		L	54     102
12/21/56*	Ontario			L	48	73
01/04/57*	@Union			L	49	78
01/08/57*	Bellville		L	40	53
01/11/57*	Plymouth		W	60	56
01/18/57*	@Shiloh			L	52     105
01/25/57*	Lexington		L	37	69
02/01/57*	@Ontario		L	44	56
02/05/57*	@Butler			L	53	65
02/08/57*	Union			L	63	87
02/15/57*	@Shiloh			L	68	73
02/16/57	Plymouth		L	65	82	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/19/57	Union			L	50	71	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Ontario
Coach:  Bob Haines
Record:  11-10 (8-6 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Harold Snyder (263 pts/12.5 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/21/56	Iberia			W	70	54
11/27/56	Leesville		W	51	29
11/30/56	Crestline		L	54	71
12/07/56*	@Butler			W	71	48
12/11/56*	Union			W	69	61
12/14/56*	@Shiloh			W	52	45
12/18/56*	Plymouth		W	60	43
12/21/56*	@Lucas			W	73	48
12/27/56	Savannah		L	50	82	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
12/28/56	Greenwich		W	71	53	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
01/04/57*	@Bellville		L	61	77
01/08/57*	@Plymouth		W	56	53
01/11/57*	Butler			W	63	59
01/18/57*	@Lexington		L	63	65
01/25/57*	Shiloh			L	50	51
02/01/57*	Lucas			W	56	44
02/05/57*	@Union			L	76	86
02/08/57*	Bellville		L	55	82
02/15/57*	Lexington		L	44	46
02/16/57	Union			L	52	70	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/19/57	Plymouth		L	45	52	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Plymouth
Coach:  Lew Petit
Record:  6-14 (2-12 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Ted Fox (339 pts/16.9 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
12/04/56	New Haven		W	69	56
12/07/56*	Lucas			W	59	44
12/11/56*	Shiloh			W	68	64
12/14/56*	@Butler			L	59	73
12/18/56*	@Ontario		L	43	60
12/21/56*	Bellville		L	67	79
01/04/57*	@Lexington		L	55	65
01/08/57*	Ontario			L	53	56
01/11/57*	@Lucas			L	56	60
01/15/57	@Bloomville		L	55	61
01/18/57*	@Union			L	65	73
01/22/57	New Washington		W	66	65
01/25/57*	Butler			L	56	73
01/29/57	Republic					CANCELLED
02/01/57*	@Bellville		L	70	75
02/05/57*	@Shiloh			L	57	59
02/08/57*	Lexington		L	54	65
02/15/57*	Union			L	56	99
02/16/57	Lucas			W	82	65	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/19/57	Ontario			W	52	45	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/21/57	Union			L	57	69	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Shiloh
Coach:  Harold Daup
Record:  11-11 (8-6 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  George Poffenbaugh (486 pts/22.0 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/20/56	Tiro			W	68	59
11/27/56	New Haven		W      101	58
12/01/56	New Washington		L	65	66
12/04/56	@Savannah		L	49	77
12/07/56*	@Bellville		L	69	70
12/11/56*	@Plymouth		L	64	68
12/14/56*	Ontario			L	45	52
12/18/56*	@Union			L	42	53
12/21/56*	Lexington		W	68	65
12/28/56	Radnor			L	54	67	Holiday Tournament at Olentangy High School
12/29/56	Northwestern		W	69	61	Holiday Tournament at Olentangy High School
01/04/57*	@Butler			W	72	67	OT
01/08/57*	Union			W	78	70
01/11/57*	Bellville		L	62	82
01/18/57*	Lucas			W      105	52
01/25/57*	@Ontario		W	51	50
02/01/57*	@Lexington		L	58	62
02/05/57*	Plymouth		W	59	57
02/08/57*	Butler			W	60	52
02/15/57*	@Lucas			W	73	68
02/16/57	Bellville		L	43	54	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/18/57	Lexington		L	59	60	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School


Union
Coach:  Dick Gross
Record:  19-5 (11-3 RCL)
Leading Scorer:  Dave Clingan (434 pts/18.0 avg)

Date		Versus                 W/L     OFF     DEF
11/21/56	@Johnsville		W	81	42
12/04/56	Greenwich		W	71	59
12/07/56*	Lexington		W	60	59
12/11/56*	@Ontario		L	61	69
12/14/56*	Bellville		W	73	71
12/18/56*	Shiloh			W	53	42
12/21/56*	@Butler			W	99	65
12/27/56	Greenwich		W	78	68	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
12/28/56	Savannah		W	65	62	Holiday Tournament at Union High School
01/04/57*	Lucas			W	78	49
01/08/57*	@Shiloh			L	70	78
01/11/57*	@Lexington		W	67	64
01/18/57*	Plymouth		W	73	65
01/25/57*	@Bellville		L	75	96
02/01/57*	Butler			W	86	55
02/05/57*	Ontario			W	86	76
02/08/57*	@Lucas			W	87	63
02/15/57*	@Plymouth		W	99	56
02/16/57	Ontario			W	70	52	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/19/57	Lucas			W	71	50	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/21/57	Plymouth		W	69	57	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
02/23/57	Lexington		L	49	66	Class A Richland County Tournament at Mansfield High School
03/02/57	Monroeville		W	74	53	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield High School
03/08/57	Sulphur Springs		L	49	65	Class A District Tournament at Mansfield High School

Richland County League Standings

Team RCL OFF DEF OAVG DAVG Bellville 13 - 1 1089 868 77.78 62.00 Union 11 - 3 1067 908 76.21 64.85 Lexington 8 - 6 898 819 64.14 58.50 Ontario 8 - 6 849 808 60.64 57.71 Shiloh 8 - 6 906 868 64.71 62.00 Butler 5 - 9 877 970 62.64 69.28 Plymouth 2 - 12 818 945 58.42 67.50 Lucas 1 - 13 720 1038 51.42 74.14 Totals 56 - 56 7224 7224 64.50 64.50

Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 20.50 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh 287 14 2 19.64 Dave Clingan Union 275 14 3 17.78 Ted Fox Plymouth 249 14 4 17.64 Fred Garber Bellville 247 14 5 17.50 Gary Meeks Butler 245 14 6 17.27 John Wolfe Union 190 11 7 16.64 Pat Kelser Lucas 233 14 8 16.50 Russ Wareham Butler 231 14 9 16.07 Jack Bennett Bellville 225 14 10 15.71 Ron Armstrong Lexington 220 14

Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 32 Russ Wareham Butler Union 12/21/1956 32 Fred Garber Bellville Ontario 01/04/1957 32 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh Lucas 01/18/1957 4 31 Dave Clingan Union Ontario 02/05/1957 5 28 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh Plymouth 12/11/1956 28 Dave Clingan Union Bellville 12/14/1956 28 Fred Garber Bellville Plymouth 12/21/1956 28 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh Butler 01/04/1957 28 Fred Garber Bellville Butler 01/18/1957 28 Pat Kelser Lucas Ontario 02/01/1957 28 Dave Clingan Union Lucas 02/08/1957 Return to Richland County League index Email Me