Grove City High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Grove City, OH)

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aaawz awwwaa We waz.. ma Al Pinney of Dublin, was high point man for the evening with 16 points. Gahanna Lincoln surprised the Greyhounds from Grove City on Jan- uary 9 by beating them 44 to 39. The Greyhounds trailed 20 to 15 at the half and failed to gain on the Gahanna boys who held their lead throughout. Carl Patzer again was high scorer, by hitting the net for 21 points, he was followed by Charles Chrysler of Gahanna with 15 points. Grove City's Greyhounds broke a three game losing streak by down- ing Ashville 42 to 38 on the Greyhounds' fioor January 13, 1948. The two teams fought on even terms the first quarter 13 to 13, but the Greyhounds pulled away to a 27 to 23 lead at halftime. The third period ended 33 to 31 with the Grove City lads still in front. The Grey- hounds scored 9 points to 7 for their opponents in the last quarter. Wilbur Herron was high with 14 points. Grove City hands defeat to the McArthur Generals on the Greyhounds' court, January 16. Carl Patzer was high man with 19 points. The score at the half was 20 to 15, with the final score at 44 to 33. The reserves won their last game under the coaching of Mr. Alsberg, by the score of 40 to 18. The Groveport Cruisers fell at the hands of the Greyhounds after a hard battle, 40 to 37, January 20 on the Grove City court. The Greyhounds jumped off to a 14 to 5 lead in the first quarter, but the Cruisers whittled it down to 23 to 16 at halftime. The Cruisers got hot in the third quarter and led 30 to 29, but the Greyhounds came back in the last quarter to win 40 to 37. Carl Patzer led the Greyhounds with 26 points. Hamilton Twp. went down to defeat at the hands of the Greyhounds 50 to 34 at Hamilton January 23. The Greyhounds took an 11 to 7 lead in the first quarter and advanced their lead to 25 to 18 at halftime. In the third period the Greyhounds went wild to score 18 points while holding the opponents to 5 and then coasted to victory. Carl Patzer and Jerry Grant were high with 15 and 14 points respec- tively. Shorty Lambert had 10 tallies. The Greyhounds' victory over Hilliards put them in a tie for second place with Dublin and Gahanna. The Grove City boys beat the Hilliards lads 41 to 30, January 30, at Grove City. The Greyhounds led 12 to 11 at the end of the first quarter and after that the Greyhounds were never threatened. Carl Patzer and Wilbur Herron paved the way with 12 and 10 points respectively. The Greyhounds kept in the four way tie by defeating New Albany 65 to 32 on the winner's fioor. The Greyhounds took the lead of 18 to 7 at the end of the first period and were never threatened. With 11 cagers scoring for Grove City Carl Patzer was the local high point man with 12 points. Walton of New Albany dropped in 18 points to take the high scoring honors for the evening. Grove City ended its County League season Friday February 13, by walloping the Mifflin Cowboys, 54 to 39, to gain a four way tie for first place, in the County League with Dublin, Gahanna and Worthington. The first three quarters Mifflin was able to stay within striking dis- tance, until the last quarter, when the Greyhounds scored 20 points to Mifflin's 9 points. Carl Patzer of G. C. and Mel Clemens of Mifliin were the big guns for both teams. Patzer who played a fine rebound game also found the range to score 28 points, while the Cowpuncher center tipped in 15 points re- spectively. Eighty-seven

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Baifnelldalf fncfiaicfuali amf 70114322 W724 The Greyhounds traveled to Gambier to win their first game of the season 51 to 36, November 25. In the first quarter the Grove City boys led 11 to 9 and 23 to 20 at half time. In the third quarter the Greyhounds scored 16 to their op- ponent's 10 and went on to outscore them in the last quarter 12 to 6. Carl Patzer led the way with 16 points followed by Grant with 14 and Sheets with 12. Grove City's Greyhounds went a long way to come home on the short end of a 33 to 29 score with Corning on November 29. The Greyhounds trailed all the way 11 to 6, 16 to 14, and 26 to 24. Gary Lambert was high for the Greyhounds with 12 points. The Greyhounds lost to Bremen for their second defeat in a row. The score of the game 45 to 28. The game was played on the winner's court December 2, 1947. Bremen was in the lead all the way. Grove City Greyhounds opened the Franklin County League by cover- ing Reynoldsburg December 5, on the loserls floor by the score 44 to 23. Little scoring was done by either team in the first half. Grove City pulled away from Reynoldsburg in the second half, outscoring them, 16 to 4 in the third period. After that, they were never threatened again during the game. Grove City's star center Carl Patzer was high point man for both teams with 14 points. Grove City took its third win of the season defeating Circleville 40 to 34. The Greyhounds took an early lead and retained that lead until the 3rd quarter when Circleville was ahead for the first time. It was a short lead and the Greyhounds managed to come out on top with Patzer being high man with 25 points. The loser's high point man was Smallwood with 9 points. In one of the most hard fought basketball games of this year, the Grove City Greyhounds stopped the fast breaking Worthington Cardinals, Friday December 12, by the score of 38 to 37. The fourth quarter was one of the most thrilling with Grove City scoring then Worthington scoring and tying the game. Grove City managed to come out with a victory over Worthington. Westerville gave the Greyhounds a 51 to 40 defeat on the loser's court on December 16, 1947. Carl Patzer sank 16 points for the losers and Bob Smith got 16 points for the winners. Grove City took its third county win at the hands of Canal Winchester with a score of 35 to 32. Grove City led the entire game up until the last quarter when the game was all tied up 30-30. In the overtime period Grove City went out ahead to take the game with Patzer being high point man with 17 points. The Grove City Greyhounds beat London High 40 to 35, December 23, 1947. The Greyhounds led in the first quarter 9 to 5 and 18 to 15 at half- time. The Greyhounds took a 5 point lead in the third quarter 27 to 22 and scored on even terms in the last quarter. Carl Patzer led the way with 17 points, 8 baskets and 1 free throw. The Greyhounds lost to Dublin, 38 to 36, after winning their first four county league games, on January 6. Dublin led in the first and second quarters by two points. Grove City was in the lead once in the third quarter, but could not keep up with Dubl1n's Al Pinney, who scored three straight baskets, to put the game on ice for Dublin. Eighty-sz'.1'

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First Row: Coach Carl Alsberg, Dick Martino, James Utzinger, Carl Dunn, Jerry Culberson, Edward Noble, Manager Jack Morris. Second Row: Charles Stephenson, Dick Chambers, Jack Blair, Bill Rowley, Donald Ford, Robert Mason, Melvin Feaster. R Baahafdell The baby Greyhounds got of to a good start by walloping Gambier 35 to 12, with Charlie Stephenson and Jim Feaster hitting for seven points each, and on the following Friday, the little Greyhounds lost to Corning reserves 23 to 19 with Stephenson accounting for nine points. The Greyhound reserves traveled to Bremen to take another defeat in a low scoring game 17 to 9 with Feaster collecting five points. The reserves won its first county league game by downing Reynoldsburg 43 to 18. Eddie Noble scored 16 points. The Circleville reserves downed the baby Greyhounds 28 to 24 with Bill Rowley receiving honors with 10 points. The Worthington baby Cardinals downed the little Greyhounds in a hard-fought game with Captain Bill Rowley getting 15 points: this was the first loss in the county for the Grey- hounds. The Westerville Drytowners outclassed the little Greyhounds 30 to 20. Jim Feaster was high man with 11 points. Canal Winchester's Indians hung the second county defeat on the Greyhounds 26 to 25 in a close game, Noble and Feaster were high with seven points each. The little Greyhounds doubled the score 32 to 16 to beat London on the home court, Jim Feaster and Jack Blair were high with 10 and 9 points respectively. The baby Greyhounds won their second county win over Dublin 29 to 16g Blair and Rowley were high with eight points each. Gahanna was the little Greyhounds' third win in the county 32 to 225 Feaster paved the way with 12 points. The Grove City reserves defeated the Ashville seconds 40 to 275 Feaster and Blair were high with fifteen and ten points respectively. The McArthur Reserves came a long way to go down to defeat 40 to 18, Feaster was high with 13 points. The baby Greyhounds downed the Groveport reserves 35 to 27 in a rough game. Donnie Ford was high point man with nine points. The Hamilton seconds rolled over the Greyhounds 33 to 30 at Hamilton. Rowley and Feas- ter led the way with nine points each. The Greyhound Reserves won a thrilling game over the Hilliards seconds 27 to 243 Donnie Ford and Jack Blair were high with eight and seven points respectively. The baby Greyhounds rolled over the New Albany reserves 27 to 15 on the home courtg Carl Chambers and Donnie Ford led the scoring with six points each. The Grove City Reserves ended their season with a 34 to 26 victory over Mifflin. Ford and Rowley were high point men with 12 and 10 points. Eighty-eight