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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1973

Page

9

Belpre tops Federal-Hocking in overtime to share TVC title

Belpre nips Federal-Hocking 60-58 in overtime as Tom Meeley’s late free throws seal the win. The victory leaves Belpre, Federal-Hocking and Nelsonville York tied at 6-2 in Tri-Valley Conference play, sharing the TVC crown. Meeley scored 12, including 8 in the fourth and OT.

Belpre Tom Meeley Federal-Hocking Tri-Valley Nelsonville- York TVC Danny Hall Federal Hall Federal Hocking Meeley Lancers Jim Schloss Bob Crissinger Williamstown Junior Eagles

Eastern 69 Symmes Valley 66 shares SVAC title

Alan Duvall led Eastern with 23 points as Eastern edged Symmes Valley 69 to 66 to share the Southern Valley Athletic Conference crown with Hannan Trace. Symmes Valley finishes 10-8. Eastern 11-7. Jene Myers led Symmes Valley with 19 points while Phil Robinson claimed the SVAC scoring title with 203 points.

Tuppers Plains Alan Duvall Eastern Symmes Valley Southern Valley Athletic Conference SVAC Hannan-Trace Jene Myers Phil Robinson SWAC Randy Boring Jamie Lafon

Symmes Valley Falls to Eastern 69 66 in Nailbiter

Symmes Valley trailed by one at halftime and rallied to 66 in the fourth as Eastern edged them 69 66. Key scorers included Lafon and Robinson for Symmes Valley and Dill Spencer and Duvall for Eastern. Reserve scoring favored Eastern 35 percent to 4.

Lafon Robinson Corn Webb Eastern Dill Spencer Boring Sheets Duvall Symmes Valley

Bishop Flaget Edges Vinton County 80 78 In Non league Clash

In Chillicothe a four player double figure effort led Bishop Flaget to an 80 78 win over Vinton County. Vinton County drops to 9 9 while Flaget improves. Also Racine beats Waterford 60 59 as Bobby Miller clinches with free throws with eight seconds left.

Bishop Flaget Vinton County Chillicothe Charney L. Menefee Rogers D. Menefee Gaus Zupi Racine Bobby Miller Waterford Southern Tornadoes Tornadoes Dave Sayre Miller

Portsmouth routs Ironton 79 to 35 in non league finale

Portsmouth built a 41-19 halftime lead and topped Ironton 79-35, dropping Ironton to 5-13. Clemmons and White led Portsmouth with 20 points each. Green and Wylie each scored for Ironton as Portsmouth shot 37 of 78 from the floor.

Ironton Portsmouth Tigers Clemmons White Ken Green Scott Wylie

Grapplers Set for MAC with Ohio Lead

Ohio University matmen swept Miami 29 to 8 in the Convocation Center. The RedHawks defeat keeps Ohio in the conference drivers seat as the MAC championships near.

Bob Hunter Messenger Ohio University Matmen Convocation Center Miami Redskins Ohio

Falcons blank Ohio in 11-0 hockey rout at Bird Arena

Bowling Green dominated Ohio with an 11-0 victory at Bird Arena as BG swept the CCHA series to move into fourth. John Stewart's hat trick led BG while Ohio's Brian Teeple stopped 36 of 47 shots as the Bobcats finish the season with a home-and-home vs Ohio State.

Bobcat Bowling Green Falcon Bird Arena Central Collegiate Hockey Association Ohio CCHA Cats Donnie Boyd Brian Teeple Falcons Bowling Green Iers John Stewart Mike Bartley Pete Badour Ohio State Buckeyes Bobcats Convocation Center

Tri Valley Conference All-League Cage Team Listed

The 1972-73 Tri Valley Conference all league selections were announced by coaches with ten players earned spots and five honorable mentions. Nelsonville York shared the title and will host a banquet where Coach of the Year and MVP will be named. Players include Humphrey Hall Schloss Crissinger Jackson Pritchard Smathers Barber Eberts Spence.

Stewart Nelsonville-York High School Mark Humphrey Belpre Danny Hall Jim Schloss Federal-Hocking Nelsonville-York Bob Crissinger Sam Jackson Humphrey Dave Pritchard Greg Smathers Nelsonville York Kevin Barber Tri-Valley TEA Os Slore Fed. -Hock Fed.-Hock Nels.- York Winton Ci

Athens Bulldogs Defeat Meigs in Dual Meet 39-9

Athens high school wrestlers won 11 of 13 varsity matches to down Meigs 39-9 in a Saturday dual. The win follows a prior season defeat by the Marauders. Athens closes regular season Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. hosting Nelsonville York at the high school gym.

Athens Meigs Bulldogs Nelsonville- York Nelsonville-York

Williamstown Beats Warren Local 79 74 In Saturday Clash

Williamstown opened 23 13 lead and held off a late rally to defeat Warren Local 79 74. Vic Knick led Warren with 20 points and Randy Offenberger added 17.

Warren Knost Spence Knick Stacy Offenberger Moore Stephens Wentz Williamstown Parsons Miller Young Garber Thomas Longwell Burton Seuffer Warren Local Warriors Vic Knick Randy Offenberger

Rockets edge Redskins as Kozelko sits 13 points

Toledo beats Miami of Ohio 67-63 to tighten the race with Miami and Bowling Green in the MAC title chase. Kozelko had 13 points while the Rockets held Miami scoreless in the final 3:44 to seal the win.

Ohio Bruce Hosta Redskins MAC Central Michigan Cats Bowling Green Toledo Miami Hosta Associated Press Columbus Bob Nichols Tom Kozelko Rockets Kozelko Oxford Nichols

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