Think of that for a moment. 3 talking about this. Front Row (L to R) Paul Pennell, asst coach; Ed Ratleff, Dwight Lamar, Larry Walker, Roy Hickman, Alonzo Nick Conner, Bob Hart, Head Coach; H. Wannemacher, Director of Athletics. They played the usual Class B teams, but also a lot of the big school Class A squads, as well as some of the better teams from across the river in Kentucky, including the defending state champion which also lost to the Wonders. The state championship of boys high school basketball in Ohio has been determined by a tournament since 1909. Watch this highlight video of the Columbus East (Columbus, IN) basketball team in its game Columbus East vs Floyd Central Game Highlights - Feb. 22, 2023 on Feb 22, 2023, Watch this highlight video of the Columbus East (Columbus, IN) basketball team in its game Columbus East vs Madison Consolidated Game Highlights - Feb. 17, 2023 on Feb 17, 2023. Back Row Daryl Lynch, Manager; Bob Hart, Head Coach; Eddie Ratleff, Alonzo Nick Connor, Randy Smith, Mel Fowlkes, Harry Hairson, Bob Chapman, Manager. The defeat halted the Middies win streak at 43 in a row, their first chance at an undefeated season ending at 24-1. In 1923 and 1924 the tournament consisted of all the games from the Sweet 16, roughly corresponding to todays regional semi-finals, to the championship game. Clevelands Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School had had some previous success in the boys tournament as its predecessor, the all boy St. Joseph High School, but the Vikings had never been able to win the championship hardware. North led by two points, 31-29, after three quarters, but Middletown took a 37-33 lead early in the fourth quarter and never again trailed. Their victories included wins over three college freshman teams. Only two schools have won more. Over the years there have been many great high school basketball players in Ohio, and it is difficult to compare players from different eras, but one would be hard pressed to find a better player over the decades of Ohio high school hoops than LeBron James of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. Born on Nov. 4, 1930, in the borough of Wilkinsburg, on Pittsburgh's east side, Groat's first love was basketball. Being the second oldest of the Ohio high school tournaments, the boys basketball tournament is loaded with history. Quarterfinals University of North Georgia. Finally, in 1937, Hamilton put it all together. Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame 2022-2023 SEASON SCHEDULE 2022-2023 Scores Boys | Girls Team Rosters EBL Contact Information Stephen Shipley Elementary Basketball League Coordinator shipleys@bcsc.k12.in.us Need help with directions? It was a close game all the way, but the Middies never could gain the lead and suffered a 68-65 defeat. Howard, Roman They roamed the court at will, free-lancing to the nth degree, and adapting their court tactics on the fly as the situation dictated. Columbus East HS Boys, 1966-67 Volunteer Roster last updated on Apr 21, 2023 @ 3:08pm (GMT) Print Roster Correction All-Time Roster Paul Walkers first Middletown team finished the regular season with a modest 13-6 record. Now playing in Class AA, the Tigers swamped East Tech in the semi-final game, 58-44, then took the measure of Warren Harding, 41-32, to win their second state championship. Then, all of a sudden he had the ball and a split second later was either setting up shots for the others with his incredible passing, or he would toss in a two-handed set shot from the corner or break across the key for a left-handed hook. A few of these schools were mentioned in the preceding article. Upon his release, he committed to focusing on baseball professionally after being persuaded by Pirates general manager Branch Rickey. Their school nickname was the Little Generals, but it did not take long before their on court expertise, and antics, had earned the Waterloo basketball team a more deserving moniker the Waterloo Wonders. That number was almost 2,000 more than had attended the whole Class B tournament just two years before. The Wildcats last trip to the tournament came in 1981, when they lost a heart-breaker in the semi-finals, 83-81, to eventual Class AAA state champion Dayton Roth. He was a two-sport star who attended Duke on a basketball scholarship. Who else could author such a decorated major-league career two World Series rings, a batting title and an MVP award and have that be considered only a small slice of his life and list of accomplishments? In their semi-final game the Middies were able to settle a couple of old scores when they defeated Canton McKinley, 29-28, on a last second basket. East Tech made it to the Final Four each of the next four seasons, advancing to the championship game twice. Nine of the Bears' 10 draft picks went to Power Five programs Tennessee, Florida, Miami (Fla.), South Carolina, Texas, Cincinnati, Oregon, Minnesota and Stanford. The 1946 Class A tournament returned to the Toledo Fieldhouse, as did the Middletown Middies. In 1979 they lost to Columbus East in the Class AAA finals, 74-65, despite a championship game record 51 points by the Vikings great Clark Kellogg. Winning two state titles was quite rare in those days, as seen by the fact that in the first 35 years of the OHSAA tournament Bellpoint would be one of only two schools to win two Class B championships. In the OT session the Trojans outscored the Bulldogs, 4-3, to take home the schools first state championship. There were no separate classifications for teams in this tournament, all of the teams playing as one group, but they were divided into Northern and Southern Divisions. On 2/22, the Columbus East varsity basketball team lost their home conference game against Floyd Central (Floyds Knobs, IN) by a score of 66-56. Haskin, Jehloni 2022-2023 Boys Varsity Basketball Roster; 2022-2023 Boys Basketball Seniors; 2022-2023 Boys Basketball Teams; Bruin Championships; 2019-2020 Boys Basketball Starting line ups; The Big Blue would play in three more big school championship games. Host team and 1-seeded Ohio State will also face 4-seeded East Tennessee State. He was a hometown kid who lived out one boyhood dream, then another, then another. The psychology behind this was incredible, for the opposing team was often unable to regain its composure and confidence after being treated in this manner. On those rare occasions when the Wonders fell victim to a fast break, it was not unusual for Wiseman to hold off two or three opponents until help arrived, often ending the threat himself by stealing the ball. The year 1923 marks the beginning of the OHSAA sponsored boys basketball tournament. Neither team was able to score in the first overtime period. Returning to the title game in 2004 (this time in Div. In 1962, Tech was again back in the championship game, this time squaring off against Hamilton Taft in a game of unbeatens. North gained first possession of the ball in the second OT, but lost it on a bad pass. East lost to Cincinnati Hughes in the 1955 Class A semi-finals, but when the Tigers next returned to the tournament in 1963 there was a much different result. Again, quoting from Mr. Burdette: Wherever the Wonders played, fans flocked in droves to see their unusual style. The finals in 1921 were held on Saturday, March 12, with Dayton Stivers winning the championship by defeating Toledo Woodward Tech, 26-19. From 1984 to 1991 there was probably not a hotter basketball team in the state than the one from the now closed Bishop Wehrle High School of Columbus, coached by Chuck Kemper. Another tactic after that opening jump would be for one of the Wonders to race toward the wrong basket and drop in a two-pointer for the other team. The injury came with 6:47 left in the Class 4A Sectional 14 first-round game, which Columbus East won 60-50 over East Central to move into Friday's semifinal against host Shelbyville. It would be awfully difficult, if not impossible, to top the 1958 Class AA state tournament for sheer thrills and excitement. LUBBOCK, Texas - For the fifth-consecutive season, the No. Shivers. Another team making big headlines of late is the Bulldogs of Canton McKinley High School. Boys Varsity Basketball. 1 seed in the East . The Tigers stretched their winning streak to 46 in a row before losing in the sixth game of the 1930-31 season. The championship game that year was just a bit more closely contested. HenryFran Guilbault (25-1)Springfield Catholic CentralTim SullivanColumbus WehrleChuck Kemper Columbus WehrleChuck Kemper (25-3) Canton McKinleyDave CadyStow-Munroe FallsDavid CloseCincinnati WoodwardJim Leon (23-5)Van WertKeith NoftzCanton SouthJack FullerPortsmouthJoe Suboticki (24-3) Columbus HartleySam DavisRichmond Dale While not a big time scorer like the others, his passing was just as crisp, and as he moved into his second year on the team his performance improved accordingly. In 1980 the Trojans found themselves on the short end of a one-point Class AA championship game, dropping that contest 45-44 to Hamilton Ross. Jerry Lucas scored 25 points in this game, rather he was held to 25 by the North defense, about nine points below his career average, in this the only high school game that he ever lost. The Middies still had one more year left in their golden era.The very next season coach Walker had his team back in the tournament. Moran, Nasir The Scarabs advanced to the finals in 1967, but lost to Columbus Linden McKinley, 88-56. It would be three more years before the Middies again saw tournament action, but this time they were here to stay. View Full Bio, Demierre Ed Ferguson passed the ball to Gerald Warren. Columbus East's stats have been entered for the 74-48 loss @ Jennings County on 2/10/2023 7:30 PM. That 1945-46 campaign was not a bad one for Middletown coach George Houck, either, who led the team to a perfect 26-0 season in his only year at the helm. He played three seasons on the hardwood for the Blue Devils and was a two-time All-American in both basketball and baseball (1951 and 52). He was also named Ohios Mr. Phillips, Tajh On another occasion they played seven games against Class B opponents in nine days, and won all of those games as well. Columbus East won the first state boys basketball championship for the capital city in 1951. Beginning in 1961 the Trojans would qualify for the tournament roughly once per decade through the 1990s, but when they did they made the most of their opportunity. In 1909, only seven teams were invited to the tournament, but by 1921 that total had grown to 160. Hamilton High School is one of seven schools that have won four OHSAA state boys basketball titles. It was the end of an era, the crumbling of the greatest cage dynasty the state has ever boasted. (Plain Dealer). Columbus East High School, Columbus (OH) Basketball Players - RealGM Both Bishop Wehrle and Villa Angela-St. Joseph high schools had quite a run of success over a relatively short period of time. In the semi-finals Newark crushed a good Bridgeport team by the score of 51-24 up to that time the most points ever scored in a semi-final or final game. Coach Walkers Middies cruised through the 1955-56 season, posting 23 straight victories. During the Wonders undefeated 1933-34 season their margin of victory averaged 26 points, was as high as 60 points and only twice did they win by less that 11 points. 10 was retired by Duke, and he later became the first person inducted into both the college basketball and college baseball halls of fame. Wagner . 6:50 p.m. Front Row (L to R): Joe Leatherbury, Manager; Ronnie Tucker, Mike Peters, Larry Walker, Daryl Lynch, Manager. In 1961 the Trojans used a come from behind fourth quarter rally to defeat Elyria High School in the Class AA semi-finals, then rallied again in the final two minutes of the championship game to defeat Urbana, 50-44, to take home the schools second state championship trophy. Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross . After the game both coach Walker and McKinley head coach Bup Rearick agreed, along with most other knowledgeable basketball people around the state, that the 1955-56 Middies were perhaps the best team that they had ever seen. Middletowns first appearance upon the state tournament stage came back in 1937, when the tournament still included the Sweet 16.The Middies stay that year was short lived, but exciting. Ivey, Blake So accommodating, in fact, that for 1934-35 the Wonders schedule had more than doubled to 66 games. Through the 2003-2004 season the Bulldogs had made a record 26 trips to the state tournament, and had advanced to the championship game nine times, yet had come away with just one state championship in 1984. While only two schools can claim more OHSAA tournament championships, no school has been credited with more boys state basketball championships than the eight owned by Dayton Stivers High School. The Middies would average more than 17 wins per season over the next four years, but would not return to the tournament until 1952. Their opponent in the first round of Class A play was Canton McKinley, who the Middies took to overtime before dropping a 40-38 decision. Just about that time, however, and carrying over into the early 1940s, another team was one of the few to enjoy a significant amount of success in the early days of the boys basketball tournament. And when they finally finished, only the opposing team had suffered. He had a great knack for hiding the ball like a football quarterback, holding onto it until the last possible second before passing off to a teammate for an easy two-pointer. After playing 26 games and averaging 11.9 points per game for the Pistons in the NBA, he enlisted in the Army. Groats basketball playing career ended when he enlisted in the U.S. Army, but he returned to the sport after his baseball days were over, calling Pitt basketball games on the radio from 1979 to 2019 alongside friend and fellow broadcaster Bill Hillgrove. Those first tournaments were sponsored by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Bridgeport fell victim to Newark, 32-22, in the semi-finals, and the Wildcats closed out their first successful run through the tournament with a 32-23 championship game victory over Findlay High School. Coach Stahls Tigers were one better during the 1929-1930 campaign, as they completed a perfect 30-0 season with a thrilling 18-16 win over Akron East in the Class A finals. St. Henry High School (of St. Henry, Ohio) has qualified for the state tournament just five times since 1979, but on each occasion the Redskins have advanced to the championship game. III), the Redskins regained their championship form by defeating Versailles by a score of 61-49, placing themselves among the states elite basketball teams with a fourth state championship. Columbus East's stats have been entered for the 66-56 loss vs. Floyd Central on 2/22/2023 7:30 PM. One interesting side note to that first tournament, something that has probably never been duplicated in the 85 years of the OHSAA tournament, is the fact that one man coached two different teams in the tournament, one in each class. Game Summaries. Before the 1933-34 season there was little real reason to believe, or to even hope, that the local basketball team would be anything but decent, at best, that year. How lucky can a guy be? Nesbitt. The Wonders statistics are impressive, in fact, somewhat mind boggling when you consider what they did and when they did it. Trabel, a . 3 in the 1952 NBA Draft and played point guard for the NBAs Fort Wayne Pistons in 1952-53. Congratulations to Ben Sylva for being selected the Columbus East player of the game. Middletown fell behind by four early in the third quarter, but tied the game at 38-38 and took a 48-43 into the fourth quarter. Just about everyone is familiar with some of the tournaments more recent highlights. 160 high school basketball teams playing in one tournament in one location, the Edwards Gymnasium at Ohio Wesleyan. 31-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders are heading to the postseason as they travel to Columbus, Ohio for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament on May 5-7.. Tech is the 2-seed of the regional and is set to play 3-seeded Louisville in the first round. This was all part of their strategy, which was to see what the other team was capable of doing, sort of like scouting the opposition as they were playing them. VASJ missed the tournament in 1993, but came back the next year under new coach Ted Kwasniak to take their third state championship in four years when they defeated Wauseon in the Division II finals by a score of 73 to 59. In the championship game against Toledo Central, the Big Blue rode a 29-point second period outburst to a 38-17 halftime advantage, then coasted home with a 70-52 victory and their second state championship. Many of us have seen at least some of these players and teams in action, so it might come as a surprise to many of you to learn that the greatest Ohio high school basketball team of all-time spun its magic on Ohios hardwood courts more than 70 years ago, that the team came from a school that had just 26 boys, the tallest player was only 62 if that, and they played so many games in their second championship season that they did not have time to hold practice sessions once the season began outside of their 45 minute gym class. They easily disposed of Cleveland St. Ignatius, 58-42, in the quarter-finals and Cincinnati Withrow, 67-48, in the semis to earn a championship game match-up with undefeated, 28-0, Steubenville. They are still one of only two schools, and the last one to do so, to win back to back Class B or small school Class A state championships. During one memorable stretch, 1944 to 1947, the Middies played in four consecutive championship games, winning three of them. CEHS Freshman Boys Basketball . After his Pirates stint, Groat spent time with the Cardinals, Phillies and Giants. . Welcome to the official website of the Paris Region destination. He added a second World Series ring with St. Louis in 1964. Columbus East Olympians Varsity Boys Basketball Columbus, IN 22-23 V. Basketball Home Schedule Roster Stats Rankings Photos Videos News More / Columbus East High School Basketball Columbus East Basketball OVERALL 2-20 0.09 Win % CONFERENCE 0-6 7th Hoosier Hills HOME1-8 AWAY1-11 NEUTRAL0-1 PF1098 PA1437 STREAK2L Contribute to the Team Coach Hairston had three returning starters, all juniors, around whom to build his team for the 1933-34 season: guard Orlyn Roberts (60), forward Wyman Roberts (510), who was Orlyns cousin, and center Curtis McMahon (62). Rounding out the starting line-up would be another junior, Stewart Wiseman (57), a forward and the son of the teams previous coach, and sophomore Beryl Drummond (57), a transfer from nearby Cadmus who said that he had been lured to Waterloo by the high schools new gym. After three quarters Macomber held a 47-46 advantage, setting up an incredible finish. Bill Russell - The 6-2 Russell was the first player in Columbus program history to eclipse 1,000 points, finishing his career as an Indiana All-Star in 1963 with 1,272 points. le-de-France, rgion of France encompassing the north-central dpartements of Val-d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ville-de-Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Essonne, and Yvelines. They were not totally immune to getting whistled for a foul, however, and one of their three defeats during the 34-35 season was in part due to four of the boys fouling out of a particularly rough the game. That would have been truly incredible, but both schools are probably quite satisfied to have won four titles in a five year span, while VASJ, at least, looks forward to capturing championship #5 sometime soon. The 1953 tournament would be a record setter for Middletown, but first coach Walkers team had to overcome a stubborn bunch of St. Ignatius Wildcats in the semi-finals. Lockett, Daniel Needless to say, with a schedule like this the Wonders games were not restricted to Friday and Saturday nights. Middletown High School was on top of the Ohio basketball world after the 1946 Class A tournament, having win 70 of its last 72 games; but, as an article in the. Tech did not qualify for the tournament the next year, but beginning in 1958 the Scarabs would make the tournament six consecutive seasons. Unlike the last tournament, however, this one would be no walk in the park for coach Walkers team. ET Sunday, ABC (series opener) Point spread: Knicks -4.5 (Knicks favored to win by more than 4.5 points, otherwise Heat cover) Moneyline: Knicks -200 favorites to win (bet . For instance, who can ever forget the excitement surrounding the team from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School during its great run of success from 2000 to 2003? LeBron James continued his sensational play and was named a first team high school All-American, the first sophomore to ever achieve that distinction. The Middies then struggled through six tournament games, but managed to win them all to earn a spot in their fourth consecutive Class A final. The Columbus team lost in the semi-finals in 1985, but from 1986 to 1990 they were almost unbeatable in tournament play. Earlier this week, Brown announced that this, his 20th season at the helm of the. During the 1933-34 season the Wonders played 32 games and won them all, including the Class B state championship. At other times two or three of the boys sat down on the bench for a breather in the middle of a game, grabbing some popcorn or a hotdog while the rest of the team remained on the court. With the four championships that Stivers won during the days of the Delaware Tournament, the Tigers had won eight state titles in the 15 years from 1916-1930. While the tournament has usually been played at a site in Columbus, presently at the Schottenstein Center, it has over the years been played at various venues around the state, including locations in Kent, Toledo, Cincinnati, Dayton and Cleveland. The team won all 32 of its games during the 1923-1924 campaign, finishing its remarkable season with a 24-20 victory over Archbold in the Class B championship game. A 12-6 run to start the final frame gave the Polar Bears a 55-54 lead with 4:02 left in the game. Often after winning the opening jump ball the Wonders would immediately give the ball to one of the players on the opposing team and invite him to take a free shot. Guilford, Domonik He ranks second in the basketball programs history with an average of 23.0 points per game. This is rural farm country. Basketball for the third straight time, the only player to ever earn that award three times. The championship game, played that same evening before a standing room only crowd of 7,500, pitted Middletown against Bellevue. have their first matchup of the 2023 NCAA college basketball . Beryl Drummond, a sophomore, was the youngest and least polished of the five as a player. East Tech then worked the ball down the court. One night coach Hairston discovered that he had scheduled two games for the same night, in two different towns no less. Back in 1936, Newark High School qualified for the state tournament for the first time. The 6 8 center, a first team All-Ohio selection, was pouring in points at the rate of 28.1 per game. The team did not qualify for the tournament the next two seasons, but in 1927 the Tigers made it as far as the quarter-finals, where they suffered only their second loss of the season in getting bounced from the tournament. Pierre, Kalen Lott, Grant Called the Inter-High School Basketball Series, and later popularly known as the Delaware Tournament, it was an invitational tournament and was played from 1909-1922. After building an eight-point halftime lead the Wildcats had to hold off the hard charging Bulldogs to nail down their third state championship, 47-42, becoming only the second school in the state to win as many as three basketball championships. Wyman Roberts was the teams best passer and a master at finding the other teams weaknesses on defense. The next season, playing twice as many games and a considerably tougher schedule, they still managed to maintain a winning margin that averaged more than 16 points. But the thing that was really grabbing everyones attention was the way in which the Wonders were winning their games. The official 2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster for the Columbus State University Cougars. This was Columbus, Ohio's first basketball championship for the high school category. Boozer's high school team, Christopher Columbus, had a packed national schedule this year, and the twin sophomores made their presence known against older, tougher competition, facing D.J. The official website of Columbus East High School Olympians Athletics Apparently, closing the school was the only way to completely stop this Division IV powerhouse. That time the Tigers defeated Hamilton High School, 57-39, to not only bring the first state basketball championship trophy to East High School, but also the first for the city of Columbus. During one stretch they played five games in six days, all against Class A teams like Cincinnati St. Xavier, and won them all by an average of 16 points. Rawls, Javian All five starters from their state championship teams attended Division I colleges. Only once were they really tested, holding on for an 81-79 victory over Hamilton High School. They would repeat that incredible achievement in 1959, finishing with a perfect 25-0 record. Dick Groat, a Pirates legend and integral member of the Pittsburgh sports landscape, died early Thursday morning at age 92, the club announced Thursday. Kevin McCauley was the teams sixth man. 16 outstanding seasons. Kent hung with Middletown until late in the third quarter when the score was still deadlocked at 45-45, but Jerry Lucas then tossed in three consecutive two-pointers and the Middies were on their way. The crowd roared, the officials bickered and the Wonders performed like Broadway veterans.. It would be a tight game all the way. The Redskins faithful had to wait 11 years for their team to make its next trip to the tournament, but this time they would quickly double their pleasure. First Team - Ike Ramsier (Rittman), Dick Shrider (Glenford), Jim Weber (Pettisville) Sterling Pollock (North Canton), Paul Abbott (Lancaster St. Mary) Second Team - M. Burris (Smithfield), T. Christopher (Pettisville), R. Phillips (Cridersville), M. Stettler (Doylestown), E. Bennett (Eaton) Mar 2 | Final. Middletown went through the 1944-45 campaign undefeated, entering the Class A tournament at the University of Toledo Fieldhouse riding a 42-game winning streak. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. He starred at Swissvale High School and went on to be a two-sport All . As the Cleveland. That time the Tigers defeated Hamilton High School, 57-39, to not only bring the first state basketball championship trophy to East High School, but also the first for the city of Columbus. The following are the individual game scoring records during the Ohio High School Athletic Association state boys basketball tournaments (minimum 30 points scored). To remind you again how lucky Ive been, how many people are lucky enough to play on a world-championship team in their own hometown? It was not just the fine shooting, the great defense and the slick passing, but also the other antics that the boys employed. 31-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders are heading to the postseason as they travel to Columbus, Ohio for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament on May 5-7.. Tech is the 2-seed of the regional and is set to play 3-seeded Louisville in the first round. Henderson, Xai Stivers would qualify for the tournament again in 1932, 1935 and 1975, with their best finish being as the runner-up to Warsaw River View following a dramatic 77-72 overtime defeat in the 75 Class AA championship game. Columbus East in the seasons of 1966-67,1967-68 and 1968-69 had an outstanding record of 70-1. The Middies Larry Emrick fired a desperation shot at the buzzer. Led by All-State center Phil Lansaw, Middletown totally dominated the all-tournament team with four placings. Jones, Keenan We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Columbus East High School is second only to Middletown in the number of OHSAA boys basketball championships won. The championship game against Kent Roosevelt was almost as intense. On 2/17, the Columbus East varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Madison (IN) by a score of 51-49. In the 85 years of the OHSSA boys basketball tournament, Dayton Stivers three consecutive state championships has been equaled only once. Clifton, Grant The shortstops MLB career spanned 16 years, but he did not play in 1953 or 54 due to military service. Boys Freshman Basketball. Playing in Class A, the Redskins completed a perfect season (26-0) in 1979 for coach Fran Guilbault by defeating defending champion Mansfield St. Peters, 64-57, in the title game to win the schools first basketball championship.
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