Century of Ashland Arrow Basketball

A Century of Ashland Arrow Basketball


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1946-47

Record 19 - 3

Independent

Back Row: left to right: mgr J Cowan, Joe Weirick, Tony Glasser, Dick Patton, Mike Glasser,
Mgr. Lloyd Wygant, Head Coach Cloyce E. Taylor.
Seated: Jack Boeh, Dave Burns, Dick Messner, Don Drebus, Bob Harpster, Dick Cooper, Carl Strine.

Independent 1946-47 Season

AHS	39	CLEVELAND RHODES	32	AHS	51	BARBERTON	39
AHS	33	Norwalk	39	AHS	39	Mansfield	47
AHS	44	GALION	39	AHS	39	SHELBY	35
AHS	51	WOOSTER	31	AHS	41	MARION HARDING	34
AHS	41	PORT CLINTON	27	AHS	42	MANSFIELD MADISON	30
AHS	35	SHELBY	31	AHS	61	BEREA	24
AHS	49	MANSFIELD	43	AHS	72	PORT CLINTON	31	*
AHS	46	TOLEDO WOODWARD	42	AHS	49	TIFFIN COLUMBIAN	33	*
AHS	60	ELYRIA	48	AHS	53	NORWALK	44	*
AHS	58	SANDUSKY	37	AHS	41	MANSFIELD	39	*
AHS	66	MARION HARDING	42	AHS	32	Findlay	49	*

Dick Messner, who made first-team All-Ohio as a junior, led Taylor’s Tots to the school record of 19 wins. En route to the District championship they set the Sandusky court record by scoring 72-points against Port Clinton. They won Ashland’s fifth Sweet 16 berth by winning the rubber game of the season against Mansfield in the final 20-seconds before 3,000 fans at Sandusky. Dick Messner’s steal and winning basket was one of the memorable plays in AHS basketball lore. The flu-ridden team lost to Findlay in the first game of Regional. Messner scored 327 points which pushed the career record past Ted Jacobs. Don Drebus (236 pts) was named honorable mention to the All-Ohio team. The other starters were Dave Burns (234 pts), Bob Harpster (78 pts), and Dick Cooper (99 pts). A crowd of over 200 attended the All-Sports banquet, which honored them and the other AHS teams.