Webster Township High School - Web Yearbook (Scotch Ridge, OH)

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WEBS'!'ER BEATS TRDY IN DI TRICT FINAL Takes Dlstrlct Tltle By Easy Margm Wood County Qtuntet Fxrst Stnce 1936 To Try For State Crown Vlabttofl Emil. ll line 5 bil- ltrtball team an hu been um: Ill play here for levers! lclbdllln won the Iulfl'l0f Cllll B ills Saturday night by overwhelming Luckeyt of Troy township .A I nelghborhood rival, 49 to 21, ln an all Wood county tangle In Bois gym. Along with the championship and wagon load of trophies that were glven went a berth lh the' state cage tournament which opens ln Sprmgfleld thus week Webster became the fuxt Wood county team to advance to the blg play: slnce 1936 uhen North Baltimore, made the Lrxp to Columbus Coach Brlck Longs crew dem onstrated thelr xlght to succeed xl-.lmoze as the dlstmt txtllst by Lhelr play here although they faxled to wm the tournament l thexr own county The Scots ehalked up four v1c turxes ln the Fremont play and all were bv declslve margins and El I more was mcluded Jn the Ust ofl vlcums Before romplng over Luckey 1n the fmals the Scot.: de feated Clyde 50 to 21 Norwalk St Pauls 44 to 28 and Elmore 43 to 35 W'ln Bully Lxttle need be :ald about the teams ixnal round vlctory u the score speaks for itself Away to ln early lead the winners merely added to their :core as the game progressed and there was no doubt as to the tlnal outcome from the txme the two teamg walked onto the court. The only queltlon wu what the flnnl more would be As in all put tourney triumphs nt was Capt Don Kuhlman Merlin Blnker and Chuck Chrlaten who accounted for the polntn this time sconng 39 of the 49 racked up In tthe order hated they tallied 14, 13 and 12 points, respectively The Scots were away to I 13 to 4 lead ln the fxrst quarter ll scored by Meyer and they increased their margin to 30 to 8 lt half txme the Troy Trojans again :cor qmg but once from the court The' lscots eased the pressure I bit l lthe thnrd perxod but mll outscored thexr foe X1 to 7 and d.ld the' same thmg in the flnal canto Al 'though Coach Long sent In an en lure team of second ntrlngera. All Toumey Team However, to bring recognition in several other players wh demonstrated thelr worth even In detest. the column this year b picking an eight-mm nut team, naming three forwuh. hr-so gunnh ull two Qlhfls Get out he clubs-we're about realy to :gil the uv! For fhfild we have nmed Don Kuhlmm and llarlhl hhku from Wallin! and Mori Hmnomm from D- mon. For centers, dmd Qrb- ten of Webster, and Jtmlor Egnrt of Bmore. For gout Joi Milt of Elmont, ily Bod lofi of Iberiy and Enroll! Sd Int of Wohlter hone the teen: what do you want to mah of It! Trophies Prewnted The we-tory gave Webster I uc sonal record of 24 victories and one defeat Durmg the regular season they won 16 games for a perfect 1 record added four vlctorlen agmlnst one defeat m Wood county tourney play and then topped all four of lthenr games here Tne tournament was offxr.-rally! 'r-losed by the presentatlon of the t ophu-s by Manager Ray Baller: ,ger Webster not only received the! dxstrlct trophy but Coach Long and each of hls flrst 10 player: re cexved lndlvxdual trophxel prfvlcvul ly presented at the state mee! ,Members of the Luckey team re cetved fobs and the team a trophy as the runner upl Webster-49 fV I Bunker t Kuhlman Wight f Chnsten Seifert g Meder g Gottschalk Totals Luckey 21 Juergens f Landwehr f Joseph 1' stewart f Meyer c Loomxs g lxurfess ' Totals Webster Luck:-v 0 I 9 Offlcxals Mollenkopf and Gear 313 214 12 49 7 21 13 17 11 8-49 4 4 'I 6-21 Pictured around Coach Myron Bnck L ong of Webster Twp High School, are slx of lthe Webster Scot cagers themselves These sturdy youngsters fanled to brmg Webster xts first county tttle but they defeated Troy at Fremont nn the All Wood County fmals there Thus gave Webster xts frrst dxstnct txtle and W ood County tts flrst xn sxx years The Scots also survived the fxrst round of the state tour nament at Springfield whxch makes them among the exght best teams nn the state Thxs l5 not the entlre story Gwen a httle ludk Webster mxght well have shown the rest of t he state just where Scotch Rxdgc rs Pnctured around the coach left to nght are Gus Wlg ht Harold Seifert joe Meder Ralph Charley Chrxsten Merhn Brmker and Don Kuhlman Wood County Quintet Scots Defeat Falrpon S S t Harbor 40 To 31 'lags Omefse ---il . 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' in - ' lads to hope twxoe durmg the game Coach Bnclr Long s five moved one more step nearer the coveted state class B champlonshlp Thursday night by defeatlng the Harborltes 40 to 31 ln a flrst round game at Sprmgfxeld The Scots meet Somerset today .n the quarter :mal rounds Som erset defeated Ttpplcanoe Clty 38 to 1 Clesrvxew and Lonln both un beaten this season also meet today Clearview coached by Doyt Perry a Bowllng Omen U graduate and lBremen both have wn M games FaU1F0rt took an early lewd and anthescoreto7 toe Webster went ahead I to 'I and were never 'again thxeaftened exeept when I-'air port Harbor managed to tle the 'score at.l8n1lm the thlni penod Winter was ln front 14 toll at the luugmtermtaslon Merlin Brinker the Boots ace scorer was tllt for a :part of'tKe game Brxnker did not leave Wood Glnty with the rest of the team Sulerlng an attack of tonsllltll he remained At home nere yesterday and then made the trlp to bring ated the games Wlth Brinker on the bench lt was Gus Wght who so ably filled tne mighty Merlins shoes Coach Long s boys had some trou ble with Pnxrport Harbors man for man defense but loosened lt up ln the lut hal! to score 28 polnta while holding thelr opponents to out 20 Fairport Harbor commltted nine raonnls and mixed three of sax 'ree thro Webster committed but tlve fouls and missed but five of M charity tosses Webster also outshot then qapon ents from the floor mnnng 16 leld goals to 11 for Fairport Har Wehltef Twp. MM Kuhlman f Brinker f wiaht I Chnsten Stetert g Heder g C Totals Fairport Sulch f Kovms Adams c Klein.: Olson g Totlls li Harbor Defense Rnxmng into the best man for man defense they have bumped xnto thxs season the Webster Scots Wood Countys fxrst senes contender for the state class B crown went down to defeat Pnday mght by a score of 37 to 24 at the hands of Some: set of Perry County The defeat left the charges of Coach Brtck Long with a record of l tones tn 26 meetings The Scots were also defeated by Lake 'INI Forwards Don Kuhlman and Mer lln Brlnser both were unable to cllck bat at the same txme xt should be said Lhey ran into SONIC great defense men ln Walser and Starkey of Somerset Brinker scored but slx and Kuhlman four both to tals bemg eonsxderably below their game averages Guard Harold Slefert and Center Charley Chnsten of Webster both carried three fouls from mrly ln the game but survived Chnstefn led the Scot scoring wlth 14 points eight of them m the second period Webster scored flrst xn the game but dxdnt connect agaln ln the flrst penod while Somerset swished them for 10 points Chrlstens eight second penod points brought the score to 18 to l2 at the long lnter mtssion In the second half Som erset continued to go away while Webster couldn t fmd their shooting eyes 4 w I 1 Websters mvmlon of the flnal rounds of the state toumument team ha.. done so and the first tlrne nn sax years that a Wood County team hu gone through the Pre mont district meet It also should be remembered that! Somerset ls wlthm 10 mlles of Glen N ford defending state champlonst but who are already out of the tournament and also very near Bre men the only unbeaten class B team m the state Somerset has been beaten sxx times but perhaps me many as four by these two teams Summary Somerset 1311 Curl f Starkey 1' Dupler c Walser g R Starkey g Totals Webster Twp. 24 Kuhlman f Brinker f VChrtsten. c 'Slefert g 'Meader g Totals By quarters Somerset I0 810 D-311 Webster Twp 2 10 8 4-M Referee--Schwab Ohio Wmleyln l Umplre-Skihble Bowling Green