1973-74 North Central Conference Basketball Scores


Buckeye Central
Coach:  Bob Raber
Record:  10-10 (4-5 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Steve Karl (256 pts/13.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     BCHS    Opp
11/24/73	Northmor		W	75	56
12/01/73	@Plymouth		W	59	53
12/07/73*	@Colonel Crawford	L	48	50
12/08/73	@Old Fort		L	52	72
12/14/73*	Pleasant		L	72	73	2OT
12/18/73	@Wynford		L	39	49
12/21/73	@Mansfield St. Peter's	L	46	68
01/04/74*	@River Valley		L	56	61
01/05/74	@Seneca East		L	56	59
01/11/74*	Wynford			W	70	57
01/15/74	Plymouth		W	89	63
01/18/74*	Ridgedale		W	58	52
01/25/74*	@Elgin			W	63	62
01/26/74	Colonel Crawford	W	65	50
02/01/74*	Riverdale		L	73	92
02/02/74	Crestline		W	80	56
02/08/74*	@Mohawk			L	58	63
02/15/74*	Carey			W	81	74	OT
02/23/74	New London		W	66	61	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield Malabar High School
03/02/74	South Central		L	53	88	Class A Sectional Tournament at Mansfield Malabar High School


Carey
Coach:  Karl Stephan
Record:  10-11 (2-7 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Jim Overbee (406 pts/19.3 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CHS     OPP
11/30/73	Riverdale		L	45	52
12/01/73	Hardin Northern		L	77	83	OT
12/07/73*	Pleasant		L	54	60
12/08/73	@Hopewell-Loudon	W	92	60
12/14/73*	@Wynford		W	51	40
12/18/73	@Fostoria St. Wendelin	W	72	68
12/29/73	Vanlue			W	58	55
01/04/74*	Elgin			L	67	70
01/05/74	@Arcadia		W	97	63
01/11/74*	@Mohawk			L	58	73
01/18/74*	Colonel Crawford	L	61	68
01/19/74	Ada			L	72	73
01/25/74*	@River Valley		L	92	97
02/01/74*	Ridgedale		W	97	56
02/02/74	Arlington		W	52	51
02/08/74*	@Riverdale		L	51	77
02/09/74	@New Riegel		W	91	76
02/15/74*	@Buckeye Central	L	74	81	OT
02/23/74	Monroeville		W	81	59	Class A Sectional Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/02/74	Norwalk St. Paul	W	63	57	Class A Sectional Tournament at Bucyrus High School
03/07/74	Mansfield St. Peter's	L	61	81	Class A Sectional Tournament at Galion High School


Colonel Crawford
Coach:  Vernon Noggle
Record:  6-13 (3-6 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Ed Redmon (306 pts/16.1 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     CCHS    Opp
11/23/73	Wynford			L	37	58
11/24/73	@Upper Sandusky		L	47	52
12/01/73	Bucyrus			W	65	57
12/07/73*	Buckeye Central		W	50	48
12/08/73	Crestline		W	69	59
12/14/73*	River Valley		L	45	52
12/28/73	Willard			W	56	54	2OT
01/04/74*	Ridgedale		W	55	48
01/05/74	@Marion Catholic	L	49	65
01/18/74*	@Carey			L	68	61
01/25/74*	Pleasant		L	46	67
01/26/74	@Buckeye Central	L	50	65
02/01/74*	@Wynford		L	61	64
02/02/74	Mt. Gilead		L	54	56
02/08/74*	Elgin			L	61	69
02/09/74	@Mansfield St. Peter's	L	63	69
02/15/74*	@Mohawk			L	42	44
02/16/74*	Riverdale		L	54	62
02/23/74	Upper Sandusky		L	50	51	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Galion High School


Elgin
Coach:  Dave Merchant
Record:  9-11 (2-7 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Kelly Kinsell (310 pts/15.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     EHS     OPP
11/20/73	@Mt. Gilead		W	59	54
11/23/73	Buckeye Valley		W	54	50
12/01/73	North Union		W	77	67
12/07/73*	@Ridgedale		L	57	74	At Marion Coliseum
12/14/73*	Riverdale		L	58	90
12/21/73	Kenton			W	77	71
12/22/73	@Upper Sandusky		L	47	52
01/04/74*	@Carey			W	70	67
01/11/74*	Pleasant		L	37	66	At Marion Coliseum
01/18/74*	@Wynford		L	62	64
01/19/74	Ridgedale		W	41	40	At Marion Coliseum
01/25/74*	Buckeye Central		L	62	63
01/26/74	@Benjamin Logan		W	53	46
02/01/74*	Mohawk			L	55	56
02/02/74	Marion Catholic		L	48	61	At Marion Coliseum
02/08/74*	@Colonel Crawford	W	69	61
02/12/74	@Pleasant		L	52	64	At Marion Coliseum
02/15/74*	River Valley		L	50	52	At Marion Coliseum
02/22/74	Big Walnut		W	50	45	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/02/74	River Valley		L	53	58	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum


Mohawk
Coach:  Jim Loader
Record:  8-11 (5-4 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Terry Bogard (324 pts/17.0 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     MHS     OPP
11/30/73	@Vanlue			W	58	53
12/01/73	@Hopewell-Loudon	W	51	34	NEED BOX
12/07/73*	River Valley		L	49	72
12/14/73*	Ridgedale		L	55	65
12/15/73	Bettsville		L	52	57
12/18/73	@Lakota			L	35	60
12/28/73	Old Fort		W	68	62	NEED BOX
01/04/74*	@Riverdale		L	51	74
01/08/74	Arlington		L	44	55
01/11/74*	Carey			W	73	58
01/18/74*	@Pleasant		L	63	84
01/19/74	Seneca East		L	60	68
01/25/74*	Wynford			W	63	55
01/29/74	@Liberty-Benton		L	60	90
02/01/74*	@Elgin			W	56	55
02/02/74	@New Riegel		L	76	85
02/08/74*	Buckeye Central		W	63	58
02/15/74*	Colonel Crawford	W	44	42
02/23/74	Norwalk St. Paul	L	56	57	Class A Sectional Tournament at Bucyrus High School


Pleasant
Coach:  Stan Kirby
Record:  20-4 (8-1 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Scott Ballinger (400 pts/16.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     PHS     OPP
11/24/73	@Marion Catholic	L	45	47	At Marion Coliseum
11/30/73	@River Valley		L	53	67	At Marion Coliseum
12/07/73*	@Carey			W	60	54
12/08/73	North Union		W	64	52
12/14/73*	@Buckeye Central	W	73	72	2OT
12/15/73	Northmor		W	71	60
12/28/73	Jonathan Alder		W	70	55
01/04/74*	Wynford			W	59	49	At Marion Coliseum
01/08/74	Ridgedale		W	63	56	At Marion Coliseum
01/11/74*	@Elgin			W	66	37	At Marion Coliseum
01/18/74*	Mohawk			W	84	63
01/25/74*	@Colonel Crawford	W	67	46
01/26/74	Cardington-Lincoln	W	65	57
02/01/74*	River Valley		W	61	48	At Marion Coliseum
02/07/74*	@Ridgedale		W	58	54	At Marion Coliseum
02/09/74	@Mt. Gilead		W	59	50
02/12/74	Elgin			W	64	52	At Marion Coliseum
02/15/74*	Riverdale		L	51	52
02/23/74	Cardington-Lincoln	W	70	60	Class A Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/01/74	Mt. Gilead		W	52	50	Class A Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/06/74	Granville		W	76	71	Class A District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum - 2OT
03/09/74	Columbus St. Charles	W	64	57	Class A District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
03/14/74	New Albany		W	66	47	Class A Regional Tournament at Dayton Arena
03/16/74	Franklin-Monroe		L	52	64	Class A Regional Tournament at Dayton Arena


Ridgedale
Coach:  Fritz Raab
Record:  6-13 (3-6 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Dave Ralph (296 pts/15.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RHS     OPP
11/23/73	@Seneca East		L	63	64
12/07/73*	Elgin			W	74	57	At Marion Coliseum
12/08/73	@Mt. Gilead		W	53	50
12/14/73*	@Mohawk			W	65	55
12/20/73	Marion Catholic		L	45	75	At Marion Coliseum
12/22/73	@Indian Valley South	L	47	54
12/28/73	@North Union		W	72	64
01/04/74*	Colonel Crawford	L	48	55	At Marion Coliseum
01/08/74	@Pleasant		L	56	63	At Marion Coliseum
01/12/74*	@River Valley		L	43	46	At Marion Coliseum
01/18/74*	@Buckeye Central	L	52	58
01/19/74	@Elgin			L	40	41	At Marion Coliseum
01/25/74*	Riverdale		W	80	68	At Marion Coliseum - OT
02/01/74*	@Carey			L	56	97
02/02/74	Cardington-Lincoln	W	85	75
02/07/74*	Pleasant		L	54	58	At Marion Coliseum
02/09/74	Ridgemont		L	54	57	At Marion Coliseum
02/15/74*	@Wynford		L	63	82
02/21/74	Marion Catholic		L	59	68	Class A Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum


River Valley
Coach:  Dick Fletcher
Record:  17-4 (7-2 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Chuck Clum (278 pts/13.2 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RVHS    Opp
11/27/73	Marion Catholic		W	50	47	At Marion Coliseum
11/30/73	Pleasant		W	67	53	At Marion Coliseum
12/07/73*	Mohawk			W	72	49
12/08/73	@Buckeye Valley		W	50	38
12/14/73*	@Colonel Crawford	W	52	45
12/15/73	@Bucyrus		W	83	62
12/27/73	Galion			W	60	38
12/28/73	@Kenton			L	54	63
01/04/74*	Buckeye Central		W	61	56
01/05/74	North Union		W	68	46
01/12/74*	Ridgedale		W	46	43	At Marion Coliseum
01/18/74*	@Riverdale		L	52	62
01/25/74*	Carey			W	97	92
01/26/74	Mt. Gilead		W	80	65
02/01/74*	Pleasant		L	48	61	At Marion Coliseum
02/02/74	@Northmor		W	83	56
02/08/74*	Wynford			W	65	57
02/15/74*	@Elgin			W	52	50	At Marion Coliseum
02/22/74	Northmor		W	66	38	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/02/74	Elgin			W	58	53	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/05/74	Columbus Mohawk		L	58	95	Class AA District Tournament at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum


Riverdale
Coach:  Mark Smith
Record:  21-4 (8-1 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Mike Decker (492 pts/19.6 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     RHS     OPP
11/30/73	@Carey			W	52	45
12/04/73	Kenton			L	52	59
12/07/73*	Wynford			W	65	56
12/14/73*	@Elgin			W	90	58
12/22/73	@Van Buren		W	84	58
12/28/73	Hardin Northern		W	64	58
12/29/73	Old Fort		W	65	52
01/04/74*	Mohawk			W	74	51
01/12/74	Ada			W	59	50
01/18/74*	River Valley		W	62	52
01/19/74	@Hardin Northern	W	83	65
01/25/74*	@Ridgedale		L	68	80	At Marion Coliseum - OT
01/26/74	@Arlington		W	60	57
02/01/74*	@Buckeye Central	W	92	73
02/08/74*	Carey			W	77	51
02/09/74	@Upper Scioto Valley	L	67	69
02/15/74*	@Pleasant		W	52	51
02/16/74*	@Colonel Crawford	W	62	54
02/22/74	McComb			W	77	57	Class A Sectional Tournament at Findlay High School
03/01/74	Cory-Rawson		W	88	43	Class A Sectional Tournament at Findlay High School
03/06/74	Fostoria St. Wendelin	W	79	69	Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
03/09/74	Gibsonburg		W	71	55	Class A District Tournament at Findlay High School
03/13/74	Lincolnview		W	73	72	Class A Regional Tournament at Bowling Green
03/16/74	Continental		W	60	58	Class A Regional Tournament at Bowling Green
03/21/74	Franklin-Monroe		L	53	57	Class A State Tournament at Ohio State University St. John's Arena


Wynford
Coach:  Jim Bauer
Record:  10-10 (3-6 NCC)
Leading Scorer:  Tim Steinhilber (410 pts/20.5 avg)

Date		Versus		       W/L     WHS     Opp
11/23/73	@Colonel Crawford	W	58	37
11/30/73	Mt. Gilead		W	45	42
12/01/73	Upper Sandusky		L	50	52
12/07/73*	@Riverdale		L	56	65
12/14/73*	Carey			L	40	51
12/18/73	Buckeye Central		W	49	39
12/22/73	Galion			W	60	54
12/28/73	Bucyrus			W	48	45
01/04/74*	@Pleasant		L	49	59
01/05/74	Willard			L	48	53
01/11/74*	@Buckeye Central	L	57	70
01/18/74*	Elgin			W	64	62
01/25/74*	@Mohawk			L	55	63
02/01/74*	Colonel Crawford	W	64	61
02/02/74	Seneca East		W	71	44
02/08/74*	@River Valley		L	57	65
02/15/74*	Ridgedale		W	82	63
02/20/74	Mansfield St. Peter's	L	51	53	#See Note Below
02/22/74	Ontario			W	61	50	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Galion High School
03/01/74	Lexington		L	44	60	Class AA Sectional Tournament at Galion High School

#Game started 01/26/1974 but postponed with 59 seconds when power lost St. Peter's led 53-46 at time; Restarted 4th quarter with St. Peter's leading 41-31

North Central Conference Standings

Team NCC OFF DEF OAVG DAVG Pleasant 8 - 1 579 475 64.33 52.77 Riverdale 8 - 1 642 526 71.33 58.44 River Valley 7 - 2 545 515 60.55 57.22 Mohawk 5 - 4 517 563 57.44 62.55 Buckeye Central 4 - 5 579 584 64.33 64.88 Colonel Crawford 3 - 6 482 515 53.55 57.22 Ridgedale 3 - 6 535 576 59.44 64.00 Wynford 3 - 6 524 559 58.22 62.11 Carey 2 - 7 605 622 67.22 69.11 Elgin 2 - 7 520 593 57.77 65.88 Totals 45 - 45 5528 5528 61.42 61.42

North Central Conference Top Ten Scoring Averages

RNK AVG Name School Points Games 1 23.11 Tim Steinhilber Wynford 208 9 2 21.22 Mike Decker Riverdale 191 9 3 20.11 Jim Overbee Carey 181 9 4 18.88 Steve Gamby Carey 170 9 5 18.66 Scott Ballinger Pleasant 168 9 6 18.55 Ed Redmon Colonel Crawford 167 9 7 17.11 Terry Bogard Mohawk 154 9 8 16.22 Kelly Kinsell Elgin 146 9 9 15.33 Dave Ralph Ridgedale 138 9 10 14.33 Larry Fink Pleasant 129 9 14.33 Craig Jesse River Valley 129 9

North Central Conference Top Ten Scoring Games

RNK PTS Name School Versus Date 1 40 Cengiz Kurkcu River Valley Carey 01/25/1974 2 34 Scott Ballinger Pleasant Buckeye Central 12/14/1973 3 32 Ed Redmon Colonel Crawford Elgin 02/08/1974 4 31 Terry Bogard Mohawk Pleasant 01/18/1974 31 Tim Steinhilber Wynford Elgin 01/18/1974 6 30 Dave Ralph Ridgedale Riverdale 01/25/1974 30 Tim Steinhilber Wynford Ridgedale 02/15/1974 8 28 Mike Decker Riverdale Mohawk 01/04/1974 28 Dave Ralph Ridgedale Buckeye Central 01/18/1974 28 Steve Comstock River Valley Wynford 02/08/1974 Return to North Central Conference index Email Me