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
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