1952-53 Wyandot County Basketball Scores
Carey
Coach: Mearl Atkins
Record: 8-12 (missing 1 game)
Leading Scorer: Lyle Orians (351 pts/18.4 avg) (missing 1 game)
Date Versus W/L CHS OPP
12/02/52 Leesville W 65 61
12/05/52 @Marion St. Mary L 46 48 At Marion Coliseum
12/09/52 Upper Sandusky L 57 60
12/12/52 Kenton W 62 61
12/16/52 @Mt. Gilead L 51 54
12/23/52 Bluffton NOT IN CAREY OR BLUFFTON YEARBOOK - CANCELLED?
12/26/52 Alumni W 78 70 NEED BOX
01/02/53 New Washington W 80 49 Holiday Tournament at Sycamore High School
01/03/53 @Sycamore L 49 67 Holiday Tournament at Sycamore High School
01/06/53 @Harpster L 59 63
01/09/53 @Ada L 59 71
01/13/53 Sycamore L 74 78 OT
01/16/53 Hardin Northern W 65 61
01/20/53 @North Baltimore L 54 65 NEED BOX
01/23/53 Clyde L 58 72
01/27/53 @McCutchenville W 57 40
01/31/53 @Arlington L 55 57 NEED BOX
02/03/53 Wharton L 42 43
02/17/53 Norwalk St. Paul W 68 62 Class B County Exempt Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
02/20/53 Fremont St. Joseph W 52 39 Class B County Exempt Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
02/25/53 North Baltimore L 59 64 Class B District Tournament at Fremont Ross High School
Harpster
Coach: Bob Wolfe
Record: 9-11 (5-7 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Mearl Mathews (353 pts/17.6 avg)
Date Versus W/L HHS OPP
11/11/52 @Green Camp W 80 58
11/14/52 @Hopewell-Loudon L 52 53
11/18/52 Morral L 44 45
11/21/52* Salem L 62 79
11/27/52* @Wharton W 61 44
12/02/52* Sycamore L 49 55
12/05/52* @Marseilles W 50 40
12/06/52 Meeker W 82 44
12/12/52* Nevada W 59 44
12/19/52* @McCutchenville L 45 49
01/06/53 Carey W 63 59
01/09/53* @Salem L 55 56
01/16/53* Wharton L 41 55
01/20/53* @Sycamore L 42 64
01/23/53* Marseilles W 73 43
01/27/53 @Caledonia W 54 51
01/30/53* @Nevada W 68 59
02/06/53* McCutchenville L 35 51
02/11/53 Wharton L 47 50 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
02/13/53 Nevada L 51 63 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
Marseilles
Coach: Roger Howe
Record: 5-15 (3-9 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Sherman McKinness (300 pts/15.0 avg)
Date Versus W/L MHS OPP
11/01/52 @Meeker W 46 30
11/14/52* @Sycamore L 43 65
11/21/52 New Bloomington L 54 56
11/27/52* Nevada L 63 75
12/02/52* @McCutchenville L 54 68
12/05/52* Harpster L 40 50
12/06/52 @Forest L 70 86
12/12/52* @Salem L 49 86
12/19/52* Wharton L 48 69
12/30/52 @McGuffey L 54 57
12/31/52 Alger L 56 67 At McGuffey High School
01/06/53* Sycamore L 53 63
01/09/53 Morral W 68 58
01/16/53* @Nevada W 62 55
01/20/53* McCutchenville W 48 39
01/23/53* @Harpster L 43 73
01/30/53* Salem W 74 59
02/06/53* @Wharton L 48 69
02/13/53 Salem L 56 69 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/16/53 Nevada L 67 74 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
McCutchenville
Coach: Mirle Rosendale
Record: 10-12 (5-7 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Bob Bland (282 pts/12.8 avg)
Date Versus W/L MHS OPP
11/11/52 @Melmore W 65 62
11/14/52* @Salem L 56 65
11/21/52* Wharton W 53 51
11/27/52* @Sycamore L 42 43
12/02/52* Marseilles W 68 54
12/05/52* @Nevada L 59 75
12/09/52 New Riegel W 62 56
12/16/52 @Hopewell-Loudon L 45 57
12/19/52* Harpster W 49 45
01/06/53* Salem L 61 65
01/09/53* @Wharton W 41 39
01/16/53* Sycamore L 56 58
01/20/53* @Marseilles L 39 48
01/23/53* Nevada L 52 56
01/24/53 @New Riegel L 54 59
01/27/53 Carey L 40 57
02/06/53* @Harpster W 51 35
02/11/53 Salem L 51 64 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/16/53 @Wharton W 70 63 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/18/53 Nevada W 68 66 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Marion Coliseum - 2OT
02/20/53 Salem W 62 60 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
02/27/53 Tiro L 43 55 Class B District Tournament at Heidelberg College
Nevada
Coach: Leon Neeb
Record: 13-10 (5-7 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Jim Steinhilber (380 pts/17.2 avg)
Date Versus W/L NHS OPP
11/07/52 Meeker W 71 52
11/14/52* @Wharton L 49 58
11/18/52 @Melmore W 65 58
11/21/52* Sycamore L 56 58
11/27/52* @Marseilles W 75 63
12/02/52 Mt. Zion W 64 43
12/05/52* McCutchenville W 75 59
12/09/52 @Caledonia W 70 60
12/12/52* @Harpster L 44 59
12/19/52* Salem W 67 65
12/30/52 Greenwich W 62 58 Holiday Tournament at Bloomville High School
12/31/52 @Bloomville L 65 67 Holiday Tournament at Bloomville High School
01/06/53* Wharton W 60 55
01/09/53* @Sycamore L 40 61
01/16/53* Marseilles L 55 62
01/20/53* Whetstone W 90 56
01/23/53* @McCutchenville W 56 52
01/30/53* Harpster L 59 68
02/06/53* @Salem L 57 66
02/11/53 Sycamore L 61 76 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/13/53 Harpster W 63 51 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
02/16/53 Marseilles W 74 67 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/18/53 McCutchenville L 66 68 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Marion Coliseum - 2OT
Salem
Coach: Thomas Willing
Record: 11-9 (7-5 WCL)
Leading Scorer: C. Gottfried (275 pts/14.4 avg)
Date Versus W/L SHS OPP
11/14/52* McCutchenville W 65 56
11/21/52* @Harpster W 79 62
11/27/52 @Meeker W 82 52
12/02/52* Wharton L 59 61
12/05/52* @Sycamore L 67 71
12/12/52* Marseilles W 86 49
12/16/52 Attica L 70 78
12/19/52* @Nevada L 65 67
01/06/53* @McCutchenville W 65 61
01/09/53* Harpster W 56 55
01/13/53 @Melmore L 60 69 NEED BOX
01/17/53 Forest W 69 61
01/20/53* @Wharton W 62 41
01/23/53* Sycamore L 49 57
01/30/53* @Marseilles L 59 74
02/06/53* Nevada W 66 57
02/11/53 McCutchenville W 64 51 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/13/53 Marseilles W 69 56 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/18/53 Sycamore L 58 75 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
02/20/53 McCutchenville L 60 62 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
Sycamore
Coach: Henry Roberson
Record: 25-2 (11-1 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Vaughn Shell (502 pts/18.5 avg)
Date Versus W/L SHS OPP
11/11/52 @Lykens W 74 38
11/14/52* Marseilles W 65 43
11/18/52 Old Fort W 56 30
11/21/52* @Nevada W 58 56
11/27/52* McCutchenville W 43 42
12/02/52* @Harpster W 55 49
12/05/52* Salem W 71 67
12/12/52* @Wharton L 47 49
12/16/52 @Sulphur Springs W 64 55
01/02/53 Mt. Zion W 53 37 Holiday Tournament at Sycamore High School
01/03/53 Carey W 67 49 Holiday Tournament at Sycamore High School
01/06/53* @Marseilles W 63 53
01/09/53* Nevada W 61 40
01/13/53 @Carey W 78 74 OT
01/16/53* @McCutchenville W 58 56
01/20/53* Harpster W 64 42
01/23/53* @Salem W 57 49
01/30/53* Wharton W 58 46
01/31/53 @Forest W 61 58
02/03/53 Melmore W 66 56
02/11/53 Nevada W 76 61 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/13/53 Wharton W 57 55 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/18/53 Salem W 75 58 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Marion Coliseum
03/03/53 Tiro W 58 37 Class B District Tournament at Heidelberg College
03/06/53 Sulphur Springs W 60 35 Class B District Tournament at Heidelberg College
03/07/53 Arlington W 60 47 Class B District Tournament at Heidelberg College
03/12/53 Delphos St. John's L 52 53 Class B Regional Tournament at University Toledo
Upper Sandusky
Coach: Leo Strang
Record: 14-4 (4-3 NOL)
Leading Scorer: Dick Stansberry (443 pts/24.6 avg)
Date Versus W/L USHS OPP
11/28/52 Kenton W 57 42
12/02/52 @Ada W 60 56
12/05/52 Crestline W 84 55
12/09/52 @Carey W 60 57
12/12/52 Clyde W 58 44
12/19/52 @Madison W 72 66
12/30/52 Shawnee W 56 53
01/02/53 @Willard W 71 69
01/03/53 Wapakoneta W 74 57
01/09/53* @Crestline W 73 62
01/16/53* Willard W 77 55
01/23/53* Norwalk L 57 59
01/30/53* @Galion W 84 66
02/06/53* @Bucyrus L 53 75
02/13/53* Shelby W 70 58
02/14/53 Madison W 89 81
02/20/53* @Bellevue L 52 61
02/24/53 Shelby L 54 76 Class A Sectional Tournament at Marion Coliseum
Wharton
Coach: Bill Dunham
Record: 11-11 (6-6 WCL)
Leading Scorer: Bill Vogel (309 pts/14.0 avg)
Date Versus W/L WHS OPP
11/14/52* Nevada W 58 49
11/18/52 Hardin Northern L 43 47
11/21/52* @McCutchenville L 51 53
11/27/52* Harpster L 44 61
12/02/52* @Salem W 61 59
12/09/52 @Melmore L 61 70
12/12/52* Sycamore W 49 47
12/16/52 @Vanlue L 72 74
12/19/52* @Marseilles W 69 48
01/03/53 @Mt. Blanchard W 62 47
01/06/53* @Nevada L 55 60
01/09/53* McCutchenville L 39 41
01/16/53* @Harpster W 55 41
01/20/53* Salem L 41 62
01/24/53 @Forest W 62 52
01/30/53* @Sycamore L 46 58
02/03/53 Carey W 43 42
02/06/53* Marseilles W 69 48
02/07/53 Mt. Blanchard W 62 47
02/11/53 Harpster W 50 47 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Sycamore High School
02/13/53 Sycamore L 55 57 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
02/16/53 McCutchenville L 63 70 Class B Wyandot County Tournament at Wharton High School
Northern Ohio League Standings
Team NOL Reg Overall
Bellevue 5 - 2 12 - 7 12 - 8
Bucyrus 5 - 2 11 - 4 13 - 5
Shelby 5 - 2 10 - 9 11 - 10
Galion 4 - 3 10 - 7 10 - 8
Upper Sandusky 4 - 3 14 - 3 14 - 4
Willard 3 - 4 7 - 11 7 - 12
Norwalk 2 - 5 8 - 9 8 - 10
Crestline 0 - 7 0 - 14 0 - 15
Wyandot County League Standings
Team WCL Reg Overall
Sycamore 11 - 1 19 - 1 25 - 2
Salem 7 - 5 9 - 7 11 - 9
Wharton 6 - 6 10 - 9 11 - 11
Harpster 5 - 7 9 - 9 9 - 11
McCutchenville 5 - 7 7 - 10 10 - 12
Nevada 5 - 7 11 - 8 13 - 10
Marseilles 3 - 9 5 - 13 5 - 15
Wyandot County Top Ten Scoring Averages
RNK AVG Name School Points Games
1 24.61 Dick Stansberry Upper Sandusky 443 18
2 18.47 Lyle Orians Carey 351 19 missing 1 game
3 18.59 Vaughn Shell Sycamore 502 27
4 17.65 Mearl Mathews Harpster 353 20
5 17.27 Jim Steinhilber Nevada 380 22
6 17.17 Marvin Henry Upper Sandusky 292 17
7 15.55 Conrad Walcutt Harpster 280 18
8 15.00 Sherman McKinness Marseilles 300 20
9 14.60 Jim Stiger Nevada 336 23
10 14.47 C. Gottfried Salem 275 19 missing 1 game
Wyandot County Top Ten Scoring Games
RNK PTS Name School Versus Date
1 40 Dick Stansberry Upper Sandusky Galion 01/30/1953
2 38 Dick Stansberry Upper Sandusky Crestline 12/05/1952
3 37 Dick Stansberry Upper Sandusky Madison 02/14/1953
4 35 Dick Stansberry Upper Sandusky Clyde 12/12/1952
5 34 Jim Steinhilber Nevada Marseilles 11/27/1952
6 31 Lyle Orians Carey Alumni 12/26/1952
31 Mearl Mathews Harpster Marseilles 01/23/1953
8 30 Sherman McKinness Marseilles Forest 12/06/1952
30 Roger Moser Wharton Vanlue 12/16/1952
30 Vaughn Shell Sycamore Carey 01/13/1953
30 Jim Steinhilber Nevada Marseilles 02/16/1953
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