Liberty Township High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Rudolph, OH)

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gaafefdaf Cygnet Zippers came up with an outstanding victory over Liberty, defeating them 70-65 on the Zippers court. A control-brand of basketball marked the North Baltimore-Liberty contest in which the unbeaten Tigers won by a 33-point margin, 64-31. Liberty's joy Wagner scored on the tip-in to keep Liberty in the Christmas Tourna- ment. Liberty defeated Webster 61-55. Liberty loses final game of the Christmas Tournament to Montgomery by a score of 57-55. Control of the backboards and fast-breaking enabled the Lake Flyers to climb back in the win column by outscoring Liberty 80-52 at the final close of the game. In a nip-and-tuck encounter that had the markings of a foul-shooting contest, the Lions won a 54-52 match over jackson Twp., to give Liberty their third win. The Olney Rangers led all the way and outscored a fast-improving Liberty squad, 69-58, in a non-league game. Eckert held top with 12 field goals and four free throws for 28 points. Weston Tigers pulled their league mark to .500 by winning their third game in six Western Wood County League starts, by defeating Liberty 54-39. Liberty outscores Tonrogany in the third period which netted 28 points, producing a 75-56 decision for the Liberty Lions. The Lions' good offensive work was overshadowed only by Coakley's sensational scoring, which nosed out Liberty, 95-73. Because of an injury which delayed the game for 15 minutes just before the half- time, an even bigger handicap arose to defeat the Liberty Lions, 83-43, for the Mont- gomery Local win. i t I 5: 5 .WZ 1 I IN I C -59-

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Z?a4Lef6a! Date Opponents Place Tuesday, November 9-Webster ............. ...... H Ome Tuesday, November 16-Pemberville ......... ....... A Way Friday, November 19-'Grand Rapids ........ ...... A way Friday, December 3-'Portage .................... ....... A way Tuesday, December 7--Bloomdale ......,.,.. ...... H ome Friday, December 10-'Haskins ............. ...... H ome Tuesday, December 14-Cygnet ............................................................... ....... A way Friday, December 17-'North Baltimore ................................................... ...... H ome Monday, December 27-Tuesday, December 28-Christmas Tourney ......... ...... H ome Bloomdale-Liberty-Montgomery Local-Webster Tuesday, january 4-Lake ................,........................................................... ....... A way Friday, january 7-'Jackson ....,,................. .,.......................................... ...... H o me Tuesday, january 11-Olney .......... ....... A way Friday, January 14-'Weston .,............ ....... Away Friday, January 21-'Tontogany .................... ....... A way Tuesday, january 25-Cygnet ............................. ...... H ome Tuesday, February 1-Montgomery Local ......... ...... H ome Friday, February 4-Risingsun ...........,............ ...... H ome 'Denotes League Games. The opening basketball game of the season was played on the home floor on Tuesday, November 9, with Webster. We were defeated 43 to 39. In their second game of the season on Tuesday, November 16, the Liberty Lions were defeated by the score of 78-50 by a tall Pemberville quintet. Grand Rapids' Pirates turned on the steam in the first and third quarters to roll over Liberty's Lions with a score of 84-56. Eckert was high with 20 points for Liberty. In a battle of the winless, a taller Liberty aggregation notched its first victory by toppling the helpless Portage High team, 67-51. Bloomdale downs Libery! The Bloomdale Bulldogs managed to squeeze by an improved Liberty club in a 54-50 non-league contest. Haskins traveled to Liberty to come up with their fourth consecutive victory, 67-50, on the Lions court. f,1 f- l. Qx Qt!-. ,581

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