Swanton High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Swanton, OH)

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m Bulldogs, MVL Champions Our Swanton Bulldogs, sparked by five senior letter- men, won the first Maumee Valley League champion- ship in the school's history by topping Ottawa Hills in the championship game at Ottawa Hills, 66-64, in a never -to-be-forgotten thriller. After trailing by 14 points at the half, the Bulldogs began to click in the second half and won out in the final hectic minutes. Carl Buehrer tied the score at 61 all with 2 minutes to go, Then two foul shots each by Blayz and Kling and one by Buehrer clinched the champion- ship. Blayz hit for 18 points and Buehrer for 17 in this game. Dunbar was also outstanding. The Swanton Bulldogs defeated the Scott Bulldogs by a one-point margin, 52-51, on the Scott court. After a see saw struggle Langenderfer broke the tie with a foul shot in the last three seconds of playing time to give SHS its second win of the season. T he s e c ond game with Holland was decided in a h e c ti c 3 - minute overtime. The regulation game ended in a 52-52 tie. Buehrer and Carroll came Swanton was eliminated from the sectional tourna- ment when they were defeated by Wauseon, 51-46, in one of their poorest performances of the year. Larr y Dunbar sparkled for the Bulldogs with 21 points but he got little help from his team-mates and that ended the 1952-53 season for SHS . Larry Dunbar was awarded a trophy for proficiency in foul shooting and Robert Carroll received a trophy for being the varsity rebound champion. The Toledo Blade's all M VL first team included Carl Buehrer and R ob e r t B l ayz , and the second team included Jim Mason. The five leading SCO!-'63-'5 wer e as follows: The three leading re- Robert Blayz 304 bounders were: Carl Buehrer 255 Robert Carroll 241 Jim Mason 135 Jim Mason 237 Robert Carroll 168 Carl Buehrer 192 160 Larry Dunbar through for Swanton, and the game finished with the Bulldogs winning with a 60-56 score, Swanton's last quarter drive at the first Ottawa Hills game fell short by one point with Blayz making 11 points in the final period. Hills' Baunach hit two fo ul s ho t s with 5 seconds remaining to hand SHS their only league defeat. Blayz collected the highest points made by any player of S HS in any one game in 1952 at the Perrysburg game by racking-up 25 points. The game with this GNC memb er was the best and smoothest game played all year by the Bulldogs who had their fast break working to perfection, and virtually ran to a 69-58 decision. The combined scores of Swanton, 76, and Ros sford, 60, established a record in the Rossford fieldhouse for th e lar g est number of points obtained in any game. During the season Swanton tackled three GNC teams, and defeated them with ease. Besides Rossford and Perrysburg, the Bulldogs also defeated Whitmer of the Great Northern Conference, 64-45. The team's over-all 12 won and 9 lost record was the be st since the 1947-48 season for a SHS cage squad. WE THEY 41 Metamora 44 62 Delta 56 46 Waite 57 52 Scott 51 45 Anthony Wayne 38 61 Holland 56 57 Ottawa Hills 58 69 Perrysburg 58 59 Delta 44 54 Archbold 69 52 Bryan 59 68 Anthony Wayne 60 57 Fulton 62 60 Holland 56 76 Ros sford 60 66 Ottawa. Hills 64 64 Whitmer 45 49 Wauseon 54 Mr . Mar tin

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Dan Langenderfer, Pete Najarian, Gary Hallett, Jerry Perkins, James Mroczkowski, Jim Lambert, Jack Robinson, Tom Camp, Dick Runnels KNEELING: Jim Ward anton' s reserve squad also had an outstanding a. s on as they notched up a fine l4 won and 4 lost ord and gained second place in the Maumee ley League. Displaying some excellent team- rk and fancy shooting, the boys gave promise mother banner season next year. five leading scorers were: Jerry Perkins Dan Langenderfer Gary Hallett Jim Mroczkowski Dick Runnels It' s a basket! Coach and his boys! WE 44 43 49 33 65 59 60 62. 33 45 47 3l 66 36 50 56 67 Ronald Fitzsimmons Alvin Kruez Metamora Delta Waite Anthony Wayne Holland Ottawa Hills Perrysburg Delta Archbold Bryan Anthony Wayne Fulton Holland Ros sford Ottawa Hills Whitmer Wauseon