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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1956

Page

10

Trimble, Rome and Albany win in county tournament debut

Trimble defeats Carthage Troy 82 to 53 securing an upper bracket semi final berth. Rome overwhelms The Plains 60 to 36 and Albany stomps Buchtel 68 to 38. Rome faces Waterloo tonight while Albany meets Shade or Ames Bern in lower bracket action.

Bob Shesky Cardinals Carthage-Troy Rome Albany Amies Bern Sheskey Trojans Charles Wilson Wilson Trimble Mike Morrison Morrison Junior Vore Plains Indians Cohhampions Plains Ralph Talbert

Athens County Tournaments Highlight Ohio University Matchups

In Athens County area high school schedule games feature Rome against Waterloo at 7 p.m. Shade versus Ames Bern at 8 p.m. plus Nelsonville, Crooksville, Chauncey, Glouster, Pomeroy Racine, Eastern, Racine and Middleport across Meigs County with Giov Gallia County showdowns including Gallipolis Rio Grande and Cadmus Cheshire. Milwaukee Braves sign Lima native John Henderson to 1956 Class C deal with Eau Claire.

Milwaukee Milwaukee Braves John Henderson Lima Eau Claire Middletown Canton South Akron South Columbus East Canton Timken Cleve East Tech St. Marys Mem Newark Toledo Macomber Lorain Canton McKinley Defiance Orange Gallipolis Portsmouth Toledo Clay Hamilton Shelby Cleveland Holy Name Findlay Fremont St. Joe Youngstown Raven Boardman East Liverpool Steubenville Mt. Vernon Carrollton Bellaire Salem Wellston Akron Garfield Sylvania Cleveland St Edward Barberton Mansfield Canton Lincoln Athens Springfield North Canton Eaton Alliance Wiltshire Columbus St Mary Glenford Strasburg Berne Union North Lima Troy Lueckey Sycamore Pleasant City Miller City Ottawa Hills Champion Plain City Lockland Wayne Brewster Jackson-Liberty Huron Hartville Boston Yorkvile Rossford Marysville Columbiana Lordstown Fredericktown Lancaster St Mary Gnadenhutten Nelsonville Middleport Rio Grande Greentown Highland New Vienna Blue Creek Ney Ashville Concord Arcanum Marlboro Windham Old Fort Rome Hudson Pleasantville McArthur Albany Eastern Allensville Brunswick Gibisonville Trimble South Zanesville Townsend Hopedale Bremen Oak Hill

Illini Louisville Move Around Flyers Favorites Win In Hocking Co

The opening round of the Hocking County basketball tournament at Logan High School saw favorites prevail. Union Furnace beat Carbon Hill 78 62. Murray City defeated South Bloomingville 57 31. Laurelville also played.

Logan Hocking County Logan High School Union Furnace Carbon Hill Murray City South Bloomingville Laurelville Achison Vasko Dane Smith Seeeee John Wooten Senee Hinte Sanborn Eenee Il Ss. Bloom Unger Serene McNichols Ebert Tee Justice Ee Goode S. Bloomingville Aurelville G Parker Pritchard Huggins Allen Ree Wiggins

High School Top Ten Poll and League Play Outcomes

The bulletin lists top A and B teams with points across divisions, names Ohio city schools and players, notes league leaders Gibisonville Union Furnace Murray City and Laurelville, and previews first-round byes and upcoming semifinal matchups with finals set for Saturday.

Rockbridge Warriors Union Furnace Bill Miller Larry Walter Ackinson Mike Devol South Bloomingville Murray Miners Jack Wooten Larry Smith McNichols Dodgers Laurelville Scrappy Raiders Larry Tucker Gibisonville Murray City

Top 10 reshuffled as San Francisco holds No 1 in AP poll

San Francisco remains undefeated at 20 0 and leads the AP college basketball poll with Illinois moving to second and Louisville rising to third Dayton drops to fourth after a loss to Louisville Kentucky falls to eighth following a defeat by unranked DePaul North Carolina State slips to sixth Vanderbilt up to fifth as North Carolina swaps with Temple and Alabama climbs to seventh.

Associated Press San Francisco Dons Louisville Ohio Dayton Illinois Kentucky DePaul Wildcats North Carolina State Duke Maryland Vanderbilt Tulane Tennessee Commodores North Carolina Temple Alabama N. Carolina State St. Duke Son Methodist Iowa Houston UCLA St. Francis Holy Cross Oklahoma City George Washington Iowa State

Wolfe and Fuller Win Pin Salute

Two bowling feats highlighted Sportland Recreation night. Floyd Wolfe of Night Stars achieved a 668 series with games of 236 200 and 232. Francis Fuller of Wolfe Hardware converted a rare 4 6 7 10 split in the Monday League.

Sportland Recreation Floyd Wolfe Night Stars McBee Francis Fuller Wolfe Hardware

Lavene Signed by San Francisco Seals

San Francisco Seals sign 23 year old rookie second baseman Charles Lavene of Mobile Alabama. Lavene previously played for Marion Ohio and was signed on Monday.

SAN Francisco Charles Lavene Mobile Ala Marion Ohio San Francisco Seals

Fight Results Across Cities In Non Title Bouts

In San Francisco Archie Moore 197 from San Diego outpointed Howard King 186 from Reno in a 10 round non title bout. In New York Rory Calhoun 16154 defeated Angelo Defendis 16544 of Brooklyn. In New Orleans Ralph Dupas 139% beat Hoachine Khalfi 138 of France in a 10 round bout.

San Francisco Archie Moore San Diego Calif Howard King Rena Ney New York Rory Calhoun White Plains N. Y S' Angelo Defendis Brooklyns New Orleans Ralph Dupas Khalfi France

Multiple county basketball tournaments open midweek

Six area tournaments start or resume this week with Vinton County in Wellston and Gallia County in action tonight. New Lexington and Meigs join Non-County and Meigs County play as Nelsonville and Crooksville plus Glouster Chauncey headline five games at New Lexington. Eastern Harrisonville Racine and Middleport varsity squads also compete as Southeastern Ohio teams chase state glory.

Vinton County Wellston Athens County Hocking County Gallia County New Lexington Pomeroy Nelsonville

Local tourney favorites crowned in regional league play

Scheduled petition highlights Rio Grande of Gallia Gib sonville and McArthur as favorites in Vin ton County action. Rio Grande and Gib sonville each hold league titles, signaling strong standings as the tournament opens.

Rio Grande Gallia Gibsonville Hocking McArthur Vinton County

Bobcat Swimmers Set for Inaugural Home Meet

After losses to defending conference champions and a solid Indiana squad, the Bobcats travel to face a league underperformer in a season opener tomorrow afternoon aiming for momentum.

Indiana Bobcat Swimmers

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