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[PirateBlue]

Being from Continental -- I have to take the '74 team -- All were 6'2" or taller and all averaged over 10+ points per game for the season.

1. Greg Spitnale
2. Ron Weisenburger
3. Tim Streicher
4. Dave Chivington

Others: Brad Spitnale, Terry Bragg, Ron Winkle

Good ole' "Barn Ball" tough

Edited by PirateBlue, 13 January 2014 - 03:39 PM.

[BlueBuckIjays]

PirateBlue, on 13 January 2014 - 12:52 PM, said:

Being from Continental -- I have to take the '74 team -- All were 6'2" or taller and all averaged over 10+ points per game for the season.

1. Greg Spitnale
2. Ron Weisenburger
3. Tim Streicher
4. Dave Chivington

Others: Brad Spitnale & Terry Bragg

Good ole' "Barn Ball" tough

[BlueBuckIjays]

Continental, another school from Northwest Ohio with a great long time coach-Don Huber. Not only has this area produced a lot of great players but think of all the great long time coaches-Etzler, Arnzen, Kortokrax, Seggerson, Von Sossan, , Huber, Heminger, Welch and St Henry's Guilbault, which I know I just misspelled. And I know I probably left of another couple of great ones.

[PirateBlue]

Roger Renz was right before Don Huber. Started the Continental run of good coaches.! LOVED Kortokrax!

[labatts69]

Hard to name 3 at c-town. Some of names on my list:
Brad and greg spitnale, kurtis brown, chad olds, jeremy troyer & prob 1 best if played all his eligible years mike Schmidt.

[waterloowonder]

labatts69, on 13 January 2014 - 09:15 PM, said:

Hard to name 3 at c-town. Some of names on my list:
Brad and greg spitnale, kurtis brown, chad olds, jeremy troyer & prob 1 best if played all his eligible years mike Schmidt.

I saw all the Continental players mentioned, and all were very good. Mike Schmidt is at the top of my list. He could pass, shoot, drive, defend, and was a fierce competitor. He averaged 32 pts. per game his senior year in 1971.

[Spartan87]

Lima Senior :

1-Greg Simpson
2-Andre Horton
3-Travis Walton

So hard to pick just three.. And these are the young guys.
Some others:

Andre Reed
Lee Stewart
Anthony Thompson
William White
Tavares Clay
Didn't list guys I didn't see play..

[BlueBuckIjays]

Spartan87, on 14 January 2014 - 02:54 AM, said:

Lima Senior :

1-Greg Simpson
2-Andre Horton
3-Travis Walton

So hard to pick just three.. And these are the young guys.
Some others:

Andre Reed
Lee Stewart
Anthony Thompson
William White
Tavares Clay
Didn't list guys I didn't see play..

[BlueBuckIjays]

Was interested to hear from somebody from Lima Senior. Have not seen anything from someone from LCC. Maybe if I bash their coach or say that he might be leaving I will get a response :-) William White was a pretty good football player too I think :-)

[Spartan87]

William was a better football player than basketball player (pretty good NFL career). But he was a terror on the hoop court. Remember stories of Earle Bruce coming Lima to watch him play against Chris Carter and Middletown.

[mysteryman2014]

I would be very interested to see LCC top 10
Also Jackson Center top 10
and McComb top 10

[roadtoC-town]

daaa browns, on 11 January 2014 - 12:22 AM, said:

At WT, Rob Welch was the most decorated with being the division three player of the year in 92-93 i believe.

You could also put Steve Hall, (also an OSU Buckeye), Russell Jewell, Nathan Overmeyer, Aaron Hockenberry...not so sure about pre-consolidation years though...

1.Rob Welch
2.Steve Hall
3.Could be about 5 or 6 different guys depending on the decade you were from

Ron Treece, M. Turner, M Priest, Overmyer, Shepherd, Denning, Clark(from GH), Hockenberry,

#3 might be down to 1 player in about 4 years..

[mysteryman2014]

Still havent heard about LCC, Jackson Center, or McComb.
DO you guys have any players?
LOL

[PC History]

These are my choices for the top three players from each high school in Putnam County since 1965. The success that players had in college was not considered - just their high school careers. CG - Eric Fortman 1986, Kyle Meyer 2006 and Luke Kohls 2011. Continental - Greg Spitnale 1974, Brad Spitnale 1976 and Curtis Brown 2005. FJ - Bill Kramer 1968, Ken VonLehmden 1969 and Kevin Grothause 2000. Kalida - Joe Verhoff 1983, Brian Vorst 1989 and Jordan Basinger 2010. Leipsic - Duane Niese 1975, Tom Brown 1982 and Nick Kreinbrink 1996. MC - Randy Siefker 1992, Mike Otto 1994 and Aaron Lammers 2000. OG -Tom Heckman 1965, Tyson McGlaughlin 2000 and Tim Pollitz 2004. Ottoville- Steve Turnwald 1966, Jerry Hoersten 1968 and Josh Vorst 2006. PG - Roger Hermiller 1971,SteveFenstermaker 1987 and Josh Lee 2010.

As with any listing of top players, it is always subject to debate. As I mentioned earlier, when college careers are not included, several players are excluded. For example, the following were very good high school players, but even better college players: Dan Troyer, Continental - Randy Kortokrax, Kalida - Clair Recker, MC. There are probably more that I'm missing.

[BlueBuckIjays]

PC History, on 21 January 2014 - 05:00 PM, said:

These are my choices for the top three players from each high school in Putnam County since 1965. The success that players had in college was not considered - just their high school careers. CG - Eric Fortman 1986, Kyle Meyer 2006 and Luke Kohls 2011. Continental - Greg Spitnale 1974, Brad Spitnale 1976 and Curtis Brown 2005. FJ - Bill Kramer 1968, Ken VonLehmden 1969 and Kevin Grothause 2000. Kalida - Joe Verhoff 1983, Brian Vorst 1989 and Jordan Basinger 2010. Leipsic - Duane Niese 1975, Tom Brown 1982 and Nick Kreinbrink 1996. MC - Randy Siefker 1992, Mike Otto 1994 and Aaron Lammers 2000. OG -Tom Heckman 1965, Tyson McGlaughlin 2000 and Tim Pollitz 2004. Ottoville- Steve Turnwald 1966, Jerry Hoersten 1968 and Josh Vorst 2006. PG - Roger Hermiller 1971,SteveFenstermaker 1987 and Josh Lee 2010.

As with any listing of top players, it is always subject to debate. As I mentioned earlier, when college careers are not included, several players are excluded. For example, the following were very good high school players, but even better college players: Dan Troyer, Continental - Randy Kortokrax, Kalida - Clair Recker, MC. There are probably more that I'm missing.

[BlueBuckIjays]

Very nice list PC. Yeah when I started this topic I meant based on their high school careers only.

[waterloowonder]

PC History, on 21 January 2014 - 05:00 PM, said:

These are my choices for the top three players from each high school in Putnam County since 1965. The success that players had in college was not considered - just their high school careers. CG - Eric Fortman 1986, Kyle Meyer 2006 and Luke Kohls 2011. Continental - Greg Spitnale 1974, Brad Spitnale 1976 and Curtis Brown 2005. FJ - Bill Kramer 1968, Ken VonLehmden 1969 and Kevin Grothause 2000. Kalida - Joe Verhoff 1983, Brian Vorst 1989 and Jordan Basinger 2010. Leipsic - Duane Niese 1975, Tom Brown 1982 and Nick Kreinbrink 1996. MC - Randy Siefker 1992, Mike Otto 1994 and Aaron Lammers 2000. OG -Tom Heckman 1965, Tyson McGlaughlin 2000 and Tim Pollitz 2004. Ottoville- Steve Turnwald 1966, Jerry Hoersten 1968 and Josh Vorst 2006. PG - Roger Hermiller 1971,SteveFenstermaker 1987 and Josh Lee 2010.

As with any listing of top players, it is always subject to debate. As I mentioned earlier, when college careers are not included, several players are excluded. For example, the following were very good high school players, but even better college players: Dan Troyer, Continental - Randy Kortokrax, Kalida - Clair Recker, MC. There are probably more that I'm missing.

Excellent list. It is spot on for the most part. One corrrection: Bill Kramer graduated in 1970.

[BlueBuckIjays]

I believe we still haven't heard from anyone from LCC and a few other notable schools in this area. I guess they just didn't have many good players over the years, must of been just great coaching. :-)

[Brooklyn]

can not do LCC due to the fact that they were not from NW ohio

[BlueBuckIjays]

Brooklyn, on 25 January 2014 - 07:19 PM, said:

can not do LCC due to the fact that they were not from NW ohio

Lima Central Catholic is not.NW Ohio?