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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1965
Page
8
Portsmouth Oak Hill Piketon edge 45 in a Class A sectional. Shade defeats Waterloo 53 to 41. Chauncey tops Ames Bern 75 to 4. Kyger Creek 82 beats Wilton 55. Wellston Southwestern 80 over Hamden 61. Zaleski 65 over Rutland 49. Breabenville ghatyake 61 Scio 41. River Valley 73 defeats Marion Catholic 58. Fredericktown 8 over Delaware 81. Mary 42.
The e S Sportsmen backed Sunday waterfowl hunting and opposed surface grading for coal mines. They urged non poisonous shot research, set bag limits for ducks, and favored higher federal duck stamp prices to fund wetlands. Lake Erie declared a disaster area to access low-interest loans. William Field A Stahl became president. John Thompson and Bradford Pierce elected to offices.
The page lists February and March Class A sectional pairings at Miller Athens York Warren Local South Western and Wellston with game times including February 26 and 27 and winners advancing to Ath, plus several mismatched or damaged entries and notes on advancing to Ath. The streets include Crooksville New Lexington Aloysius York Sheridan Albany Shade Plains Union Furnace Glouster Racine Kgger Creek Pomeroy Middleport McArthur Zaleski Allensville Southwestern Gallia Symmes Valley Hannan Trace New Lexington Athens Warren Local Marietta Wellston and others.
Albany edged Waterloo 53 41 to reach a semi final against top seed Albany. Jed Davis scored 13 and Ron Llewellyn 12 for Waterloo while Shade led 20 10 at halftime and 18 14 in the second half. Waterloo closed the season 9 10 earlier.
Ellwood Frank Ellwood, ex Woody Hayes aide at Ohio State, is hired by Ohio University to replace Nick Mourouzis as offensive backfield coach. Bill Hess announced the move Monday morning and Ellwood begins March 1.
Charles, the 28 year old New Zealand left hander and former British Open champion, won the Tucson Open by four strokes. He posted rounds of 65 69 67 70 71 for an 17 under total, earning $6,800 and moving to the top of 1965 earnings with $13,575. Don January closed with 63 to finish five behind, while Al Geiberger trailed by five.
Kyger Creek 7 10) advances to face top seed Racine 12 6) in the Class A sectional second round after beating Wilton 82 55. Lanny Tye led Kyger Creek with 20 points and Chuck Leach 15 as Wilton’s Jim Strasbaugh scored 19. Kyger Creek led 44 18 at halftime and out rebounded 48 28. Wilton finishes 8 16 overall.
Ohio University freshman offense piled 59 points as Loyola of Chicago surged past the Bobcats 79 59 at Southern Illinois. Ohio coach Jim Snyder hopes a win over Loyola tonight at Grover Center resets pace for two remaining MAC games.
Ohio University wrestlers slipped to 4-3-2 after a 14-11 defeat by Toledo. Wayne Sot won by forfeit in 123 pounds, Jack Garbo prevailed at 157, and Bill Attamante pinned in heavyweight for Ohio. Other results included losses by Frys 137, Witt 147, Troutman 130, Deiser 167, and Cargould 177. The dual concludes in Athens next Saturday against Miami. Ohio swimming beat Miami 54-40, led by six firsts and a medley relay school record of 3:51.0 set by Randall, Kelly, Greenfield, and Parker. Double winner Saldana led Ohio with a top performance.
Mermen sweep with sophomores winning the 200 yard individual medley and 500 yard freestyle while Mike Kelley led a winning relay and captured the 200 yard breast stroke. Ohio University athletes claim several firsts and seconds at Ohio Federation Indoor Meet, with freshmen and relay squads also placing. The hockey game against Illinois was canceled due to illness.
Rio Grande College Redmen rally past Wilberforce 97 87 in Gallia Academy gym to extend their win streak to five. Don Trainer scores 37 points on 13 of 13 from the line as all five starters reach double figures.
In a Class A Sectional semifinal round, Chauncey defeated Ames Bern 75-54 to advance. Glenn Bridgewater and Roger Bentley led Chauncey with 19 points each, while Chuck McPherson topped Ames Bern with 26. The win sets Chauncey to face Nelsonville and Glouster in Friday’s semi finals.
Southwestern defeats Hamden 80 to 61 and Zaleski beats Rutland 65 to 49 to advance in the Class A sectional. Rodney Cook leads Southwestern with 26 points and Richard Saunders scores 24 for Zaleski as the two teams set up Friday night semifinals at Wellston.
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