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1953-54 Ashland High School Boys Basketball Team
Record 20 – 2
- Front row: Larry Warstler, mgr. Jim Runyon, John Harpster, Rick Linton, Dave Grindle, Larry Slabie mgr.
- Back row: Jim Dilgard, Larry Brewer, Tom Enck, Ken Sidle, Max Messner, Jack Miller, Coach Cloyce Taylor.
- Head Coach, Cloyce Taylor, Assistant Coach, Dick Wolfe, Captain, Ken Sidle.
- Sidle led the team in scoring, pouring in a school record 510 points. Jim Dilgard was the number 2 scorer, while Max Messner was a strong rebounder as well as a good scorer.
- Most of the seasons found the Arrows ranked third, fourth or fifth in the state newspaper polls.
- Sidle, a slender center with a devastating hook shot, was named First Team All-Ohio by all three-newspaper polls (AP, UP, and INS). After winning the first 12 games, the Arrows were upended by East Liverpool, 70-60. Shelby eliminated Ashland from the Class A Sectional Tournament, 68-62.
Scores:
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Ashland 80 |
Cleveland Lincoln 39 |
Ashland 98 |
Port Clinton 44 |
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Ashland 69 |
Bellevue 58 |
Ashland 60 |
East Liverpool 7 |
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Ashland 89 |
Toledo DeVilbiss 54 |
Ashland 69 |
Wooster 54 |
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Ashland 73 |
Galion 55 |
Ashland 80 |
Columbus Aquinas 63 |
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Ashland 80 |
Massillon 46 |
Ashland 62 |
Mansfield Senior 60 |
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Ashland 78 |
Marion Harding 55 |
Ashland 71 |
Lima Central 61 |
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Ashland 83 |
Columbus Central 63 |
Ashland 66 |
Culver, Indiana 52 |
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Ashland 74 |
Mansfield Senior 55 |
Ashland 81 |
New Philadelphia 62 |
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Ashland 72 |
Lorain Senior 66 |
Ashland 53 |
Crestline 45 Sectional |
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Ashland 73 |
Toledo Libbey 52 |
Ashland 77 |
Galion 53 Sectional |
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Ashland 75 |
Elyria 69 |
Ashland 62 |
Shelby 68 Sectional |
Nominator: Weldon Carpenter
Back row L-rt: Tom Enck, Doug Brewer (father: Larry), John Harpster, Dave Grindle.
Front L-rt: Jim Runyon, Ken Sidle, Jack Miller.
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