Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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Westerville toured to Grove City for their return game the next week. The Cats were handed a fifth straight defeat by the Grey- hounds, 5-1 to 43. John Barr again led Wester- ville scorers with twelve points. Nothing seemed to go right for the team. On January 21, the pieces fell back into place, and the Cats defeated Mifflin for the second time, 70 to 59. Craig Hall led with twenty j oints and Jim Scarfpin collected eighteen. After dropping a non-league meeting with Reynoldsburg, the team went to Gahanna for a game with the Blue Lions. It proved to be a wild one, lasting through two overtimes. Craig Hall made a fifteen foot jump shot to tie the game at the end of regidation time. At the end of the first five miniue overtime, nothing had been decided, so another was necessary. The Wildcats scored four big points while holding Gahanna scoreless to take the shakey victory 51 to 47. Hall scored seventeen points, Scarfpin thirteen, and Hitt twelve to ice the win. London then came to Westerville for a re- match and this time things were different. The Cats outplayed the Raiders all over the floor and came away with a convincing 61 to 49 vic- tory. It was another example of fine work as the scoring was balanced and the defense strong. The Wildcats went to Groveport riding a three game win stretch in the league. Craig Hall turned in another sparkling twenty point per- formance and coupled with the rebounding of Jim Scarfpin it was plenty to give Westerville a 60 to 49 victory. It was a fourth straight win in league competition and upped the team ' s record to eight wins and four losses in league play. February 11, 1966, was the date set for the 1966 Homecoming at Westerville High School. Marysville was to provide the opposition and the team was up for this one. Captain Jim Scarfpin got into early foid trouble and the team had an uphill struggle, but they came on and lost by a heartbreaking single point. The loss hurt, but no one coidd blame the team. They gave it all they had. The final league game was no picnic either as the Cats an 87 to 67 drubbing at the hands of league champion Hilliard on the Hilliard floor. Thus the Wildcats closed league play with an eight and six record ami a tie for third place in the league, a sizeable improvement over last year ' s fifth place finish. In the opening round of the Central District AA Tournament the Cats were defeated by Worthington 62 to 42. The team ended the sea- son with an eight win and eleven loss record for all games. Craig Hall and Jim Scarfpin were . 11-Leaguc selections with Hall being third leading scorer in the Mid-Eight with a fourteen points-per- game average. Other members of the team, all of whom are important were: Seniors, John Barr, Paul Been- ey, Rick Hitt, Dan Keating, and George Raica, and Jim Wallace; Juniors, Rick Clapham, Rob Coad, Steve Jennings, and Garv Limbach. With the aid from retiuning lettermen and the help of the Reserves, who were league champs, the Westerville squad for 1967 shoidd be improved. Wcsten ' iUe Opponents 47 Linden 87 44 Mifflin 38 60 Gahanna 56 49 London 78 56 Grove]X)rt 44 64 Grove City 57 42 Linden 75 43 Pleasant ' iew 59 51 Marvsville 63 62 Hilliard 75 43 Grove City 54 70 Mifflin 59 56 Reynoldsburg 66 51 Gahanna 47 61 London 49 60 Groveport 49 49 Marysville 50 67 Hilliard 87 42 Worthington 62 169

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