Sheridan too much for talented Indians
By
Bob Patton-
(Continued from last week.)
When the 1988 postseason tournament got under way, the McClain Tigers met their old foe, Washington C.H., in the opening round of the sectional tournament, at Chillicothe High School.
The Tigers put up a good fight, but the Blue Lions won the game, 66-60, thanks, in part, to a tremendous 40-point performance by Rob Pittser, who just wore out the nets at Chillicothe, hitting 6 of 7 from three-point range.
This ended McClain’s season.
The Blue Lions advanced to take on Waverly, the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
The Lions were completely dominant in this game, and ended up thrashing Waverly, 83-59. to move into the sectional finals.
Hillsboro, the No. 1 seed, at Chillicothe, downed Miami Trace, after a brief struggle, 70-61.
This put the Indians in the championship game, against Washington, on Saturday night, Feb. 25.
Meanwhile, league champion, Wilmington, clipped Valley View, 74-63, in the University of Dayton Arena.
On Saturday, Feb. 27, in Chillicothe, Hillsboro ended Washington’s season by downing the Blue Lions, 58-51 to capture the Div. II Sectional Championship.
In the Fairgrounds Coliseum, Lakewood nipped Circleville, 46-45, ending the Tigers’ season.
By virtue of their tournament victories, Hillsboro would take on Thornville Sheridan in the district semifinals on Thursday, March 3, in the Convocation Center at Ohio University, and Wilmington would challenge Lebanon in the third round of the Div. II sectional in the UD Arena, the same night.
Sheridan was ranked 6th in the state in the AP High School Rankings in Div. II.
They had finished their season with a 19-1 record and had won three tourney games leading up to their March 3 game with Hillsboro.
In the district semifinal game, the Generals outscored Hillsboro, 49-29, in the second and third quarters and took a fairly easy 83-63 win over the Indians, shooting an incredible 67.3 percent from the field for the game.
Kenny McCord led the Indians with 24 points, but Sheridan had four men score in double figures.
Ritchie Butler hit five 3-pointers for the Indians and totaled seven assists in the game.
Another basketball season came to an end at Hillsboro.
Wilmington defeated Lebanon in the UD Arena, by a score of 72-60 to advance to the district tournament, also in the Dayton Arena.
Lebanon had no answer for Mike Taylor, who racked up 30 points. Taylor, a six foot senior, who had recently scored 43 points against Dayton Colonel White, had only recently been named Player of the Year on the Div. II Southwest District Team. He was averaging nearly 27 ppg.
As a result of their win over Lebanon, Wilmington advanced to the Dayton District finals, where they would meet Cincinnati Forest Park.
Forest Park was a run-and-gun team, featuring some very athletic kids with better than average height, terrific speed, and excellent shooting and rebounding. They did not waste much energy playing defense. They simply tried to outscore you.
Coach Art Myers, of Wilmington, believed that the Hurricane could play with the Chargers, but would have to shoot very well to have a shot at beating them.
The game was played Saturday, March 12, in the UD Arena. Wilmington played very, very well in the first half. Taylor hit 8 of 11 shots from the field, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range.
The Hurricane held a 43-39 halftime lead.
But the second half was a nightmare for the Hurricane. The Chargers came out firing. They raced up and down the floor. They played more defense than they had in the first half – putting a great deal of defensive pressure on Taylor. Once, in the early part of the third quarter, Forest Park scored 17 unanswered points.
Taylor became less selective with his shots, hitting just 3 of 18 from the field in the second half, including just one of six from three-point range.
Forest Park outscored the Hurricane, 26-12, in the third period. The Chargers coasted to the win, and the district championship by a score of 87-69.
The 1987-88 All-SCOL Basketball Team was named at the SCOL banquet. Wilmington’s Mike Taylor was fittingly named honorary captain. He was joined on the first team by teammates Rob Cleaver and Jeff Rayman. Also named to the team were Rob Pittser, Dennis Haithcock and Greg Shaffer, all of Washington C.H., Kenny McCord, Ritchie Butler and Scott Cumberland,
of Hillsboro, Scott Allen and Eric Wunsch, both of Circleville and Barry Ankrom, of Miami Trace.
Ankrom and Kenny McCord, of Hillsboro, were both selected to the District 14 Coaches Association Senior All-Star Team. McCord was invited to play in the Div. I & II North-South All-Star Game, April 9 at St. John Arena on the Ohio State campus.
When the Division II All-State selections were announced later in March, Wilmington’s Mike Taylor was named to the first team.
Bob Patton is a Highland County sports historian and a contributing writer to The Highland County Press.[[In-content Ad]]
When the 1988 postseason tournament got under way, the McClain Tigers met their old foe, Washington C.H., in the opening round of the sectional tournament, at Chillicothe High School.
The Tigers put up a good fight, but the Blue Lions won the game, 66-60, thanks, in part, to a tremendous 40-point performance by Rob Pittser, who just wore out the nets at Chillicothe, hitting 6 of 7 from three-point range.
This ended McClain’s season.
The Blue Lions advanced to take on Waverly, the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
The Lions were completely dominant in this game, and ended up thrashing Waverly, 83-59. to move into the sectional finals.
Hillsboro, the No. 1 seed, at Chillicothe, downed Miami Trace, after a brief struggle, 70-61.
This put the Indians in the championship game, against Washington, on Saturday night, Feb. 25.
Meanwhile, league champion, Wilmington, clipped Valley View, 74-63, in the University of Dayton Arena.
On Saturday, Feb. 27, in Chillicothe, Hillsboro ended Washington’s season by downing the Blue Lions, 58-51 to capture the Div. II Sectional Championship.
In the Fairgrounds Coliseum, Lakewood nipped Circleville, 46-45, ending the Tigers’ season.
By virtue of their tournament victories, Hillsboro would take on Thornville Sheridan in the district semifinals on Thursday, March 3, in the Convocation Center at Ohio University, and Wilmington would challenge Lebanon in the third round of the Div. II sectional in the UD Arena, the same night.
Sheridan was ranked 6th in the state in the AP High School Rankings in Div. II.
They had finished their season with a 19-1 record and had won three tourney games leading up to their March 3 game with Hillsboro.
In the district semifinal game, the Generals outscored Hillsboro, 49-29, in the second and third quarters and took a fairly easy 83-63 win over the Indians, shooting an incredible 67.3 percent from the field for the game.
Kenny McCord led the Indians with 24 points, but Sheridan had four men score in double figures.
Ritchie Butler hit five 3-pointers for the Indians and totaled seven assists in the game.
Another basketball season came to an end at Hillsboro.
Wilmington defeated Lebanon in the UD Arena, by a score of 72-60 to advance to the district tournament, also in the Dayton Arena.
Lebanon had no answer for Mike Taylor, who racked up 30 points. Taylor, a six foot senior, who had recently scored 43 points against Dayton Colonel White, had only recently been named Player of the Year on the Div. II Southwest District Team. He was averaging nearly 27 ppg.
As a result of their win over Lebanon, Wilmington advanced to the Dayton District finals, where they would meet Cincinnati Forest Park.
Forest Park was a run-and-gun team, featuring some very athletic kids with better than average height, terrific speed, and excellent shooting and rebounding. They did not waste much energy playing defense. They simply tried to outscore you.
Coach Art Myers, of Wilmington, believed that the Hurricane could play with the Chargers, but would have to shoot very well to have a shot at beating them.
The game was played Saturday, March 12, in the UD Arena. Wilmington played very, very well in the first half. Taylor hit 8 of 11 shots from the field, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range.
The Hurricane held a 43-39 halftime lead.
But the second half was a nightmare for the Hurricane. The Chargers came out firing. They raced up and down the floor. They played more defense than they had in the first half – putting a great deal of defensive pressure on Taylor. Once, in the early part of the third quarter, Forest Park scored 17 unanswered points.
Taylor became less selective with his shots, hitting just 3 of 18 from the field in the second half, including just one of six from three-point range.
Forest Park outscored the Hurricane, 26-12, in the third period. The Chargers coasted to the win, and the district championship by a score of 87-69.
The 1987-88 All-SCOL Basketball Team was named at the SCOL banquet. Wilmington’s Mike Taylor was fittingly named honorary captain. He was joined on the first team by teammates Rob Cleaver and Jeff Rayman. Also named to the team were Rob Pittser, Dennis Haithcock and Greg Shaffer, all of Washington C.H., Kenny McCord, Ritchie Butler and Scott Cumberland,
of Hillsboro, Scott Allen and Eric Wunsch, both of Circleville and Barry Ankrom, of Miami Trace.
Ankrom and Kenny McCord, of Hillsboro, were both selected to the District 14 Coaches Association Senior All-Star Team. McCord was invited to play in the Div. I & II North-South All-Star Game, April 9 at St. John Arena on the Ohio State campus.
When the Division II All-State selections were announced later in March, Wilmington’s Mike Taylor was named to the first team.
Bob Patton is a Highland County sports historian and a contributing writer to The Highland County Press.[[In-content Ad]]