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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1966
Page
15
Elyria Panthers coach Chuck Madhock faces a tough home stretch after a 52 51 setback at Mansfield St Peter as Elyria aims for a 3 10 overall mark and a 3 4 league run. The team plans three straight league games including clashes with St Stanislaus and St Peter.
Franklin finalizes an 9-1 record after a 47-28 win over Eastern Heights and Jefferson tops Northwood 32-26 to set a finals date at Naethman. Franklin’s Dan Fitzpatrick 16 points Bob Zvosec 12 Harold Hammons 13 led a three man in double figures. Eastern Heights John Husband 11. Franklin also won 28-12 in girls junior high wrestling at Elyria High to close their season with 10 wins and city title hopes for the junior high tourney on Feb 18 at 5 pm.
A Friday slate features Buckeye Conference games led by Fremont at Elyria and Lorain at Marion, with Sandusky visiting Admiral King and additional league matchups across the region including Elyria Catholic at St Stanislaus and Amherst at Vermilion. Nonconference and wrestling entries also populate the program with mixed men’s and women’s prep action through the evening.
Elyria hosts Fremont Ross in the regular season home finale with a win clinching at least a share of the Buckeye Conference title for Elyria, which sits at 13-2 overall and 10-2 in league play while Fremont stands 9-6 and 6-6 in Buckeye games. The Pioneers rely on Greg Davison and Dave Hopkins to pace the offense against Fremont’s Tim Thomas and Ted Wolfe, with Ed Ransom potentially slowed by a back ailment.
Readable records show Kennedy defeating Columbus University 56 to 32 and Mansfield beating Madison 94 to 72. New Philadelphia beat Coshocton 54 to 49 while Wooster fell 59 to 54 in another close matchup. Dover edged Malabar 54 to 42 and Madison lost 84 to 67 to New Philadelphia.
Elyria's grapplers aim to extend a nine win perfect record as they travel to Sandusky to meet the top Buckeye Conference foe. The Blue Streaks, strong in the league, handed Pioneer their toughest competition, though dual meets differ from the league title run Fremont.
The opening pro basketball season features the Pioneers and Blue Streaks in a tense setup with key matchups shaping early standings. Notable bouts include Elyria standout Hawthorne against Buckeye transfer Chan Martin and several heavyweight and 138 145 pound class contests influencing the Buckeye meet and Western divisions.
The Class A tournament draw will be held at Clearview High School tomorrow at 9 00 a.m. Twelve teams compete February 24 to March 5 with four seeded. Participating teams include Avon Columbia Clearview Firelands Lorain St Marys South Amherst Parma Byzantine St John Cantius Cuyahoga Heights Lutheran West Wellington and Keystone. Tournament managers and officials scheduled to supervise proceedings and the Feb 24 25 26 and March 3 games with one game on March 4 at Clearview facilities.
In the Franklin B League double elimination tourney sponsored by Elyria Parks and Recreation, Green Dragons beat Shotts 90 to 60 and Lay Chips defeated American Standard 90 to 49. The Dragons meet Eliminators at 8 p.m. next Thursday at Eastern Heights, while Lay Chips face Kelly Brothers at Jefferson at 9 p.m. Monday.
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