1957-58 Richland County League Basketball Scores
Bellville
Coach: Tony Megna
Record: 16-4 (11-1 RCL)
Leading Scorer: Fred Garber (339 pts/16.9 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/20/57 Alumni W 46 44
11/26/57 Fredericktown L 55 71
12/06/57* Ontario W 68 51
12/13/57* @Union W 78 74
12/14/57 @Mt. Vernon St. Vincent W 87 77
12/17/57* @Butler W 73 70
12/27/57 Shiloh W 71 52 Holiday Tournament at Madison High School
12/28/57 Crestline L 54 66 Holiday Tournament at Madison High School
01/03/58* @Lucas W 64 57
01/07/58* Lexington W 69 63
01/10/58* @Shiloh L 71 79
01/17/58* @Ontario W 87 42
01/24/58* Union W 76 74
01/25/58 @New London W 75 47
01/28/58* Butler W 57 51
02/07/58* Lucas W 51 44
02/11/58* @Lexington W 63 62
02/14/58* Shiloh W 73 58 At Mansfield Creveling Gym
02/17/58 Butler W 82 57 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/19/58 Shiloh L 53 56 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
Butler
Coach: Gordon Shipley
Record: 3-15 (1-11 RCL)
Leading Scorer: Gary Meeks (309 pts/17.1 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/27/57 Perrysville W 70 53
12/03/57 @Loudonville L 51 53
12/06/57* @Shiloh L 52 62
12/11/57 Mt. Vernon St. Vincent W 69 67
12/13/57* Ontario L 62 70
12/17/57* Bellville L 70 73
12/20/57* Union L 71 91
12/21/57 @Fredericktown L 48 70
01/03/58* @Lexington L 61 69
01/07/58* Lucas L 59 72
01/17/58* Shiloh L 44 63
01/24/58* Ontario W 66 61
01/28/58* @Bellville L 51 57
01/31/58* @Union L 58 95
02/07/58* Lexington L 73 76 OT
02/11/58* @Lucas L 63 69
02/15/58 @Mt. Vernon St. Vincent L 47 63
02/17/58 Bellville L 57 82 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
Lexington
Coach: Ernie Raber
Record: 12-10 (5-7 RCL)
Leading Scorer: Bill Banks (336 pts/15.2 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/22/57 North Robinson W 69 59
11/26/57 @Iberia W 73 63
11/30/57 @Johnsville W 71 60
12/06/57* Union L 72 73
12/10/57 Nashville W 70 55
12/17/57* @Ontario L 55 62
12/20/57* @Shiloh L 69 73
12/27/57 Ridgedale W 61 53 Holiday Tournament at Mt. Gilead High School
12/28/57 @Mt. Gilead L 55 75 Holiday Tournament at Mt. Gilead High School
01/03/58* Butler W 69 61
01/07/58* @Bellville L 63 69
01/10/58* Lucas W 76 50
01/14/58 Fredericktown L 58 68
01/17/58* @Union W 67 64
01/28/58* Ontario W 83 63
01/31/58* Shiloh L 53 65
02/04/58 @Nashville W 101 67
02/07/58* @Butler W 76 73
02/11/58* Bellville L 62 63
02/14/58* @Lucas L 72 81
02/18/58 Plymouth W 68 53 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/20/58 Union L 54 75 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
Lucas
Coach: Bobby Wine
Record: 9-9 (4-8 RCL)
Leading Scorer: Pat Kelser (412 pts/22.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/20/57 @Johnsville W 56 44
11/26/57 Nashville W 60 47
12/03/57 @Polk W 54 52
12/13/57* Shiloh L 52 61
12/17/57* @Union L 54 73
12/20/57* Ontario L 50 67
01/03/58* Bellville L 57 64
01/07/58* @Butler W 72 59
01/10/58* @Lexington L 50 76
01/14/58 @Nashville W 90 73
01/17/58 Huron Valley W 67 56
01/24/58* @Shiloh L 54 98
01/28/58* Union L 71 84
01/31/58* @Ontario W 62 57
02/07/58* @Bellville L 44 51
02/11/58* Butler W 69 63
02/14/58* Lexington W 81 72
02/18/58 Union L 54 70 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
Ontario
Coach: Bob Haines
Record: 5-15 (3-9 RCL)
Leading Scorer: Harold Snyder (393 pts/19.6 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/19/57 Chatfield W 65 51
11/22/57 @Iberia L 57 70
11/26/57 Leesville W 66 50
11/30/57 @Crestline L 51 74
12/06/57* @Bellville L 51 68
12/13/57* Butler W 70 62
12/17/57* Lexington W 62 55
12/20/57* @Lucas W 67 50
12/21/57 @Galion L 55 72
01/03/58* @Shiloh L 46 71
01/10/58* @Union L 74 88
01/14/58 Edison L 55 59
01/17/58* Bellville L 42 87
01/24/58* @Butler L 61 66
01/28/58* @Lexington L 63 83
01/31/58* Lucas L 57 62
02/07/58* Shiloh L 68 85
02/11/58 @Plymouth L 61 63 Plymouth known as Huron Valley earlier in season
02/14/58* Union L 77 81
02/17/58 Shiloh L 49 60 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
Shiloh
Coach: Harold Daup
Record: 20-5 (9-3 RCL)
Leading Scorer: George Poffenbaugh (376 pts/15.0 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/22/57 @New Washington W 54 37
11/27/57 Alumni W 65 64
12/03/57 Savannah W 89 68
12/06/57* Butler W 62 52
12/13/57* @Lucas W 61 52
12/17/57 Townsend-Wakeman W 62 51
12/20/57* Lexington W 73 69
12/27/57 Bellville L 52 71 Holiday Tournament at Madison High School
12/28/57 Ruggles-Troy W 100 59 Holiday Tournament at Madison High School
01/03/58* Ontario W 71 46
01/07/58* @Union L 51 69
01/10/58* Bellville W 79 71
01/14/58 @Johnsville W 82 65
01/17/58* @Butler W 63 44
01/24/58* Lucas W 98 54
01/31/58* @Lexington W 65 53
02/04/58 @Townsend-Wakeman W 84 58
02/07/58* @Ontario W 85 68
02/11/58* Union L 61 63
02/14/58* @Bellville L 58 73 At Mansfield Creveling Gym
02/17/58 Ontario W 60 49 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/19/58 Bellville W 56 53 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/22/58 Union W 60 57 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/28/58 North Robinson W 66 50 Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
03/07/58 Holmes-Liberty L 52 67 Class A District Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Union
Coach: Dick Gross
Record: 17-6 (9-3 RCL)
Leading Scorer: John Wolfe (452 pts/19.6 avg)
Date Versus W/L OFF DEF
11/22/57 Tiro W 70 69
11/26/57 Northwestern L 58 75
11/30/57 @Greenwich W 87 68
12/06/57* @Lexington W 73 72
12/13/57* Bellville L 74 78
12/17/57* Lucas W 73 54
12/20/57* @Butler W 91 71
12/27/57 Waldo W 109 60
01/07/58* Shiloh W 69 51
01/10/58* Ontario W 88 74
01/17/58* Lexington L 64 67
01/24/58* @Bellville L 74 76
01/28/58* @Lucas W 84 71
01/31/58* Butler W 95 58
02/03/58 @Northwestern L 46 88
02/11/58* @Shiloh W 63 61
02/14/58* @Ontario W 81 77
02/18/58 Lucas W 70 54 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/20/58 Lexington W 75 54 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/22/58 Shiloh L 57 60 Class A Richland County Tournament at Madison High School
02/28/58 Townsend-Wakeman W 68 43 Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
03/01/58 Sulphur Springs L 63 74 Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield Senior High School
Richland County League Standings
Team RCL OFF DEF OAVG DAVG
Bellville 11 - 1 830 725 69.16 60.41
Shiloh 9 - 3 827 714 68.91 59.50
Union 9 - 3 929 810 77.41 67.50
Lexington 5 - 7 817 797 68.08 66.41
Lucas 4 - 8 716 825 59.66 68.75
Ontario 3 - 9 738 858 61.50 71.50
Butler 1 - 11 730 858 60.83 71.50
Totals 42 - 42 5587 5587 66.51 66.51
Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 24.00 Pat Kelser Lucas 288 12
2 20.00 John Wolfe Union 240 12
3 19.91 Harold Snyder Ontario 239 12
4 19.58 Clyde Benninghoff Bellville 235 12
5 18.16 Gary Meeks Butler 218 12
6 17.00 Fred Garber Bellville 204 12
7 15.83 Bill Banks Lexington 190 12
8 14.91 Steve Rhodes Union 179 12
9 14.75 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh 177 12
10 14.58 John Groff Union 175 12
Richland County League Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 36 Pat Kelser Lucas Butler 01/07/1958
36 Pat Kelser LUcas Union 01/28/1958
3 33 Gary Meeks Butler Lucas 02/11/1958
4 30 Lynn Beveridge Butler Bellville 12/17/1957
30 John Groff Union Bellville 12/13/1957
30 Harold Snyder Ontario Lucas 12/20/1957
30 Gary Meeks Butler Lexington 02/07/1958
30 Pat Kelser Lucas Lexington 02/14/1958
9 29 John Groff Union Lexington 12/06/1957
10 28 Pat Kelser Lucas Bellville 01/03/1958
28 George Poffenbaugh Shiloh Ontario 01/03/1958
28 Fred Garber Bellville Shiloh 01/10/1958
28 Dick Bookwalter Shiloh Ontario 02/07/1958
28 Clyde Benninghoff Bellville Lexington 02/11/1958
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