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1Mar. II. 197“ Thp DnilyJoffpmoninPact* 9JGBy STEVE W ATTGalsSerious AboutCambridge, Oh»oBasketballJeff Sports EditorNEW CONCORD - You don't stick your head in the shower and say ‘nice game’ to your players, that is if you are Coach Rick Sherman of John Glenn High School. The reason . . . that’s simple, your players are girls.Wrhat is a guy doing coaching a group of girls? That answer is easy also, he is coaching and developing a darn good program for a group of ahtletes . . . who just happen to be female. At least that is the way Sherman looks at it and his record speaks for itself.In the three years that the Muskingum Valley League has officially recognized girl’s basketball as a varsity sport, John Glenn has had a part of, or all of the league championship, including the outright title this season with a 9-0 record.Sherman, who has directed theHutcheson and Cathy Woolf with.”each added 11 markers to the One reason for that mightw ell be the fact that the girls are out there because thev want toenter Muskingum Valley League tournament play thisweek. The little Muskie galsface River View tonight at 6:30 the club in scoring this season be. not because they are living p.m. in an opening round, up-eause.Hutcheson, a senior, has ledwith a 14.3 ppg average in the 12 outings while Jana Montague, a sophomore, is hitting at an 11.8 harder, mark. Van Reeth at 9.7 andup to someone’s expectations or desires, thus thev tend to workper-bracket game, followed by the Philo-Sheridan clash at 8Hard work is what lies aheadp.m.The JG-RVwinner meetsWoolf 5.7 to top the totals.Hutcheson also leads the club in rebounding with 92 in those 12 games while Van Reeth has 56 in 11 games, Woolf 81 in 12 and Montague 78 in 11 games. As a team thev have cleared 441wcaroms nearly 37 per gameaverage-wise.Of the team's 117 steals, Cathy Cunningham has 25, Hutcheson 22 and Van Reeth 21 while Van Reeth has 44 assists, Hutcheson 24 and Cunningham 12. The team totaled 102.John Glenn carries 12 girls on the varsity roster and 12 on reserve, but those 24 come fromabout 45-50 candidates trvingfor the JG group since they West Muskingum for the entryinto the semi-final game against the Philo-Sheridan winner Saturday at 2 p.m. The semifinals are next Tuesday.In the lower bracket, Mavsville faces Tri-Vallevw *Thursday at 6:30 p.m., followed by Morgan-New I,exington at 8 p.m. The Maysville-Tri-Valley winner meets CraoksvilleSaturday at 3:30 p.m. and that winner challenges the Morgan-New Lex winner next Tuesdayat 8 p.m.Tourney championship and consolation finals action is scheduled for next Thursday i March 201 at 6:30 and 8 p.m. All games are at Tri-ValleyHigh School in Dresden.cage program since the 1969-70 ullt eac^ Although the team season, has consistantly come c*oe‘s not ^avt a iuni01 01up with a winner despite occasionally taking a little kidding about his charges.But as women’s athletics becomes more and, more of a category to be contended with throughout the nation, the kidding has subsided once one w atches the gals play the game.This season the Little Muskiegals finished regular season play with an overall mark of 12- t°urnamer,ts. This year the0 and a winning margin that sh- numt)ei was i aised to 12, plus ould leave anv coach envious.grade school feeder system,which other schools are now developing, such programs are hoped for by Sherman to upgrade the program since the gals will play in state tournament eliminations next vear.At the outset, the girls were allowed to play only six games per season, which was latPv increased to 10, umladingThe JG quintet has scored an average of 49.1 points per game while their defense proved more than stingy at 27.8 ppg. That’s not bad.additional tourney play duringthe post-season, while the stateformat will be adopter! next JOHN GLENN GIRL CAGERS — Members of the John Glenn Eusner, Mary Cunningham. Robin Eidens, Bethyear.WhoGirl's Varsity basketball team are shown here with their coaeh, cares ’ Well about an Rick Sherman. The gals were undefeated this year at 12-0.average of 200-250 spectators Pictured are, L to R, kneeling—Susan Elliot, Susie Cole, BethIJghthizer.Back—Coach Sherman, Jana Montague, Cathy Cunningham, Nancy Hutcheson, Cathy Woolf, Beth Rupert and Lita Van Reeth.
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Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Tue, Mar 11, 1975
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