Edison High School - Reflections Yearbook (Milan, OH)

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Edison Varsity Falls to 3-16 Halt Edison High's varsity basketball squad, under the direction of Coach Micheal Schifer, ended the season in seventh place in the Firelands Conference. Edison had an overall record of 3-16. In the Chargers' first win they beat the St. Paul Flyers in their first encounter of the season by a close score. In that squeaker Ron Young tallied 19 points to pace the way. The next win came against St. Paul's for the second time in the 1972-73 season. John Cooke led the way with 17 points. In the season final the Chargers won in a come- from-behind victory over the Black River Pirates. . John Cooke, senior, led the team in scoring with 217 points for an average of 12.0, and Dan Lake, junior was second with 161 points and an average of 8.5. The big Blue and Orange hit the boards for 283 offensive rebounds and 463 defensive rebounds for a total of 746 karooms. At the charity stripe the Chargers made 224 of 409 free throws for 59 percent. Edison Varsdy Scoreboard 48 Norwalk 78 66 Monroeville 91 57 Monroeville 75 35 South Central 63 44 South Central 75 30 Western Reserve 38 75 Western Reserve 98 59 St. Paul 52 50 St. Paul 49 53 Mapleton 66 49 Mapleton 50 59 New London 90 55 Firelands 62 56 Black River 48 60 New London 67 gg ElEal1nRiver Sectional Tournament 58 Margaretta 75 43 Huron 87 RIGHT TOP: Ralph O'Hara coming down with a rebound against New London with John Cooke 144i looking on. BOTTOM, KNEEL- ING: Coach Michael Schifer. STANDING: Mgr. Tom Klepper, Ron Young, Bill Latham, Dale Shane, John Cooke, Ralph O'Hara, Dan Lake, Paul Phillips, Jim Pyle, John Zadell, Mgr. Mike Smith. Ron Young, junior, led the team in steals with 82. John Cooke had the highest percentage of field goals. He attempted 193 and canned 83 of them for 42 percent. John Cooke was selected to the second team all- conference with Ron Young getting honorable mention. John Cooke was voted most valuable player of 1972-73 season.

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Reserve Pull Through 8 10 Season Edison Reserve 1 Scoreboard 39 Norwalk 43 41 Monroeville 37 45 South Central 26 38 Western Reserve 31 42 St. Paul 41 45 Mapleton 50 38 Firelands 48 23 New London 34 28 Huron 50 30 Black River 36 33 Margaretta 38 32 Monroeville 40 44 Western Resenre 22 49 South Central 34 46 St. Paul 41 36 Mapleton 46 58 New London 48 30 Black River 32 Despite an 8-10 record the Reserves played excit- ing ball throughout the season. They lost their first game to Norwalk and then went on to win four conference games in a row against Monroeville, South Central, Western Reserve and St. Paul. The Chargers then lost seven in a row, three which were non-conference games. The Reserve cagers then bounced back to win three games against South Central, Western Reserve, and St. Paul. Near the end of the season the Reserves lost to Mapleton, and then came back to defeat New Lon- don. ln the season finale the Chargers lost a squeaker to Black River. Rich Mills, junior, led the team in scoring with 165 points for an average of 9.2 points a game. The Reserves averaged 40.0 points on offense and gave up 39.0 points on defense. UPPER RIGHT, KNEELING: Manager Loren Heckelman, Coach Jerry Osborne, Manager, Micheal A.. Smith. STANDING: Jeff Geason, Terry Hall, Steve Crecelius, Brian Willis, Rich Mills, Tony Robinette, Scott Burras, Pat Livengood, Darrell Maines, Wayne McCoy, and Gordy Moyer. BOTTOM RIGHT: Finding it hard to make 2 is Tony Robinette.