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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1950

Page

8

Ohio University Buckeyes Fall In Final Campaign Contests

Ohio University finished 1950 with a 14th loss in 20 games as coach Jim Snyder navigated a sophomore group through a tough season. The piece notes late-season misses, development for the future, and the impact of short scoring droughts. It also mentions local officials Jack Rhoades Fred Swearingen at a Waterloo tournament and Snyder’s Toledo coach appointment context.

Jim Snyder Bobcats Jack Rhoades Fred Swearingen Waverly Waterloo Wonders Wheelersburg Rhoades Wonders Tom Vernin, Jr Chillicothe Navy Bob Snyder University of Toledo Bobcat Snyder Toledo Ohio University Rockets NCAA

Cavaliers and Rockets reach Class A district semifinals

In Chillicothe and Wellston, Chillicothe Cavaliers defeated Gallia Academy 55 to 41 while Wellston Rockets edged Logan 46 to 43 to advance to the Class A district semifinals. Logan led late in the final period after trailing early and mustered its comeback before falling short.

Chillicothe Cavaliers Wellston Golden Rockets Gallia Academy Blue Devils Logan Rockets Greisheimer Bryant Bates Burstine Brown Benson Johnson Halliday Curry Wwe Wetherholt Hogan Hee Jackson Lucas Collins Fopdhouns Oo Imees T ‘Mantz Walburn ATR Grandy Wenn Shaw Mauk Myers Ore Wen Voris Wee Wwe Rafferty J. Myers

Ohio high school district tourneys push toward regionals

District play swings into regional berths across Ohio as Northwestern and Eastern district finals set the field. Findlay, Steubenville, Zanesville hosts feature standouts like Yorkville, Strasburg, Midvale and Devon. notable scorers include Dick Mantz and Ned Shaw amid tight sectional to district shifts.

Columbus Ohio Kent Youngstown New Concord Toledo Steubenville Zanesville Findlay Trojans Woodward Fostoria Mansfield Bellevue Toledo Whitmer Hamilton Cincinnati Dover Tiltonsville Yorkville Scio Strasburg Midvale New Matamoros Belpre Marietta Dresden Warsaw Philo

College basketball roundup with varied scores across teams

Bowling Green 73 DePaul 55 and other results show Notre Dame 65 Marquette 58 Indiana Tech 45 Kentucky 95 Tennessee 58. Akron Goodyears 66 Cincinnati Okla 37 St Louis 35 Capital 55 Heidelberg 54 Wisconsin 60 Minnesota 54 Illinois 69 Northwestern 52 Oklahoma 64 Nebraska 48 Iowa 70 Creighton 46 Western Reserve 67 Case 61 Baldwin Wallace 62 Duquesne

Bowling Green DePaul Wash-Jeff Marietta Notre Dame Marquette Bradley Drake Findlay Indiana Tech Kentucky Tennessee Akron Goodyears Cincinnati Okla Aggies St. Louis Capital Heidelberg Wisconsin Minnesota Mlinois Northwestern Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa Creighton Western Reserve Case Baldwin-Wallace Duquesne

Glouster Tomcats Lead Local Hoop Tourney Push

The Glouster Tomcats sit in the upper bracket of the county tourney with an 18‑of‑21 season mark and face Union Furnace in Tuesday action. Corning’s Rail roaders and Glouster are eyed for a potential semi final clash as New Lexington and McArthur compete in the lower bracket. Ohio University falls to Western Michigan 78 52 in Kalamazoo as OU’s Bobcats fade late.

Corning Railroaders Glouster Tomcats Perry County Vinton Gallia County Racine New Lexington St. Aloysius Junction City Union Furnace Hocking County Skein Crooksville Kalamazoo Mich Western Michigan Broncos Ohio University Bobcats Broncos Western Michigan Butler University Miami

Tourney at a Glance for Class B and A brackets

Tournament schedule lists Monday games with Vinton versus Corning Glouster versus Union Furnace New Lexington against McArthur Chauncey meeting Middleport Tuesday pits Lancaster against Nelsonville Portsmouth against Portsmouth East Wednesday features winners from Monday lines Thursday shows winners from Tuesday Friday crowns the championship with 8 p.m. title match.

New Lexington Rio Grande Quint McArthur Generals Jacksonville Chauncey Dover Gibisonville Middleport Yellow Jackets Jackets Lancaster Pomeroy Nelsonville Hounds Marietta Trojans East High Vinton Corning P.m. Glouster Union Furnace P.m. Chauncey P.m. Lancaster P.m. Portsmouth Portsmouth East

Akron Goodyears Wingfoots Hold Off Cincinnati

Akron Goodyears Wingfoots came from eight points down in the final five minutes to beat Cincinnati 66 to 64. Guard Chuck Buttermore tipped in a late field goal for the winning basket as Cincinnati led 21 to 16 after the first period and 52 to 44 after the third.

AKRON Akron Goodyear University of Cincinnati Chuck Buttermore Goodyear Cincinnati

Reserve Rallies To Beat Case 67-61 In NEO Cage Clash

In Cleveland Case Tech led Western Reserve 32-29 at halftime before the Reserve Redcats surged to a 67-61 victory. John Kappos scored 19 for Reserve while Bob Heaton had 17 for Case. Jim Cochrane boosted his career total to 740-38 points over the former scoring mark.

Logan Voris Rockets Wellston Ned Shaw Jerry Collins Chiefs Bill Rafferty Mauk Bucket Jim Myers Chieftains Mantz Chillicothe Gallipolis Cavaliers Tom Bryant Ray Greisheimer Roger Bates Bryant Greisheimer Bates Ken Curry Bill Hogan Curry Hogan Cleveland Case Tech Western Reserve Redcats Case John Kappos Bob Heaton Jim Cochrane Hank Lefkowitz

Cage Card This Week Class B and A Tourneys

Class B and A tournaments at OU gym run nightly starting tonight. Feature matchups include Point Pleasant against Huntington East in Section 25 at Huntington Friday. Other notable games list mid American teams Western Reserve at Kent State and Xavier at Cincinnati with several college and university clashes nationwide.

Point Pleasant Huntington W. Va Western Reserve Kent State Xavier Cincinnati Ohio Wooster Slippery Rock Allegheny Boston U Tufts Boston College LaSalle Boston Garden Minnesota Iowa Hardin-Simmons Arizona Denver

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