1973 Chillicothe Hornets
Row 1: Troy Cramner, Ron Neely, David
Ginther, Mike Pyrtle, Steve Coult, Greg Switzer, Doug Gutshall,
Eugene
Melte, Jim Lionberger, Ben Willard.
Row 2: Murray Mathew,
Craig Myers, David Saale, Jon Gilstrap, Tim Way, Mickey Putnam, James Littrell,
Gary Ashbrook, Ron Keith, Mark
Switzer, Coach Fairchild, Ast. Coach Danner,
Row 3: Greg Coulter, Tim Reed, John Robertson, David Koehly,
Allan Streiff, Bob Hays, Mark Grannemann,
Kim Davis, Steve Russell, Mark Newton, Mark Dupy.
Row 4:
Bruce Lindley, John Cook, Danny McBride, Jeff
Whiteside, Noland Parks, Steve Shipp, Rick Koenig,
Duke Worthington,
Terry Nibarger, Carl Head, Guy Phillips,
Warren Brock, Don Hoffiens, Doug Beardmore.
Row 5: Dennis
Marshall, Dane Chapman, David Bonderer, Tim
Ernst, Jerry Buckner, Danny Gutshall,
David Brown, John Perry,
Doug Doughty, Mike Frizzell, Walt Rives, Tim
Hibner, Chris Ellison, Jim Constant.
Season Statistics
Record |
7 - 2 |
Points For |
264 |
NCMC. Record |
5 - 1 |
Points Against |
97 |
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LE Eugene Melte 5'11"
175 Sr |
LT Doug Gutshall
6'2" 200 Sr |
LG Troy Cranmer 6'2"
165 Sr |
C Mickey
Putnam 6'2" 175 Jr |
RG Steve Coult 5'9"
160 Sr |
RT Jon Gilstrap 5'9"
195 Jr |
RE Jim Lionberger
5'11" 175 Sr |
QB Greg Switzer 5'11"
160 Sr |
FB Ron Neely 5'8" 160
Sr |
HB David Ginther 5'10"
160 Sr |
HB Ben Willard 5'8"
155 Sr |
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LE Jim Lionberger
5'11" 175 Sr |
LT David Saale 5'11"
210 Jr |
NG Ron Neely 5'8" 160 Sr |
RT Doug Gutshall 6'2"
200 Sr |
RE Craig Myers 6'0" 170 Jr |
LB Tim Way 5'9" 175 Jr |
LB Troy Cranmer 5'9"
165 Sr |
LB David Ginther 5'10"
160 Sr |
LB Steve Coult 5'9"
160 Sr |
DB Ben Willard 5'8"
155 Sr |
DB Ron Keith 5'8" 150
So |
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Fri |
Sept. 13 |
at Cameron |
Lost 21 -
26 |
Chillicothe |
0 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Cameron |
0 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
2nd |
Chi |
Ron Neely 4 yard run |
Kick |
7 - 0 |
2nd |
Cam |
Gary Murphy 93 yard kick off return |
R Fail |
7 - 6 |
3rd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer 1 yard run |
Kick |
14 - 6 |
3rd |
Cam |
Brad Curtis to Matt Webb 78 yard
pass |
P Fail |
14 - 12 |
4th |
Chi |
Greg Switzer 41 yard run |
Kick |
21 - 12 |
4th |
Cam |
Gary Murphy 15 yard run |
P Fail |
21 - 18 |
4th |
Cam |
Gary Murphy 9 yard run |
Run |
21 - 26 |
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CHS |
Cam |
1st Downs |
10 |
16 |
Rushing |
46/204 |
138 |
Passing |
5/8-27 |
4/15-149 |
Int |
0 |
1 |
Fumbles |
1 |
2 |
Penalties |
4/32 |
7/65 |
Interception -
Steve Coult
Fumble Recovery - David Saale (2) |
Rushing |
Punting |
Greg
Switzer 14/68 |
Ron
Keith 6/178 |
David
Ginther 9/63 |
Kick Offs |
Ron
Neely 20/61 |
Troy
Cranmer 4/209 |
Ben
Willard 2/6 |
Punt Returns |
Ron
Keith 1/4 |
Ben
Willard 1/17 |
Passing |
Unknown 2/12 |
Greg
Switzer 5/8-27 |
Kick Off Returns |
Receiving |
David
Ginther 1/25 |
Eugene
Melte 1/13 |
John
Cook 1/21 |
Jim
Lionberger 2/8 |
Jim
Lionberger 1/19 |
Ben
Willard 2/7 |
Ben
Willard 1/17 |
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Fri |
Sept. 18 |
*at
Marshall |
Lost
13 - 26 |
Chillicothe |
0 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
Marshall |
6 |
12 |
0 |
8 |
1st |
Mar |
Steve Rinne
32 yard interception return |
K Fail |
0 - 6 |
2nd |
Mar |
Chuck Mason
30 yard interception return |
R Fail |
0 - 12 |
2nd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
2 yard run |
K Fail |
6 - 12 |
2nd |
Mar |
Henry Mason
2 yard run |
P Fail |
6 - 18 |
4th |
Mar |
Henry Mason
2 yard run |
Pass |
6 - 26 |
4th |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
1 yard run |
Kick |
13 - 26 |
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CHS |
Mar |
1st Downs |
10 |
10 |
Rushing |
37/72 |
105 |
Passing |
6/11-47 |
4/9-58 |
Int |
2 |
0 |
Fumbles |
0 |
1 |
Penalties |
6/40 |
5/50 |
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Rushing |
Punting |
Ron
Neely 12/53 |
Ron
Keith 3/102 |
David
Ginther 9/25 |
Kick Offs |
Greg
Switzer 8/11 |
Troy
Cranmer 3/146 |
Tim
Way 4/11 |
Punt Returns |
Ben
Willard 3/8 |
Ben
Willard 1/0 |
Ron
Keith 1/(-35) |
Kick Off Returns |
Passing |
John
Cook 4/122 |
Greg
Switzer 6/11-47 |
Ron
Keith 1/34 |
Receiving |
x |
Jim
Lionberger 3/37 |
x |
David
Ginther 1/11 |
x |
Eugene
Melte 1/5 |
x |
Ben
Willard 1/(-5) |
x |
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Fri |
Oct. 5 |
*at
Brookfield |
Won
35 - 14 |
Chillicothe |
7 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
Brookfield |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
1st |
Chi |
Ron Neely 3
yard run |
Kick |
7 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
10 yard run |
Kick |
14 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
David
Ginther 2 yard run |
Kick |
21 - 0 |
3rd |
Bro |
Lloyd Garner
to Rick Jackson 25 yard pass |
Pass |
21 - 8 |
4th |
Chi |
Ron Neely 1
yard run |
Kick |
28 - 8 |
4th |
Bro |
Lloyd Garner
7 yard run |
R Fail |
28 - 14 |
4th |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Eugene Melte 4 yard pass |
Kick |
35 - 14 |
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CHS |
Bro |
1st Downs |
14 |
8 |
Rushing |
50/226 |
89 |
Passing |
4/10-25 |
3/15-33 |
Int |
0 |
1 |
Fumbles |
2 |
1 |
Penalties |
8/44 |
2/10 |
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Rushing |
Receiving |
David
Ginther 1576 |
Jim
Lionberger 2/19 |
Ron
Neely 19/70 |
Eugene
Melte 1/4 |
Greg
Switzer 8/34 |
Ben
Willard 1/2 |
Tim
Way 2/20 |
Punting |
Ron
Keith 2/11 |
Ron
Keith 5/113 |
Passing |
Kick Offs |
Greg
Switzer 4/8-25 |
Troy
Cranmer 5/228 |
Doug
Doughty 0/1-0 |
Punt Returns |
Ron
Keith 0/1-0 |
Ben
Willard 1/2 |
x |
Kick Off Returns |
x |
John
Cook 1/27 |
x |
Ben
Willard 2/22 |
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Fri |
Oct. 12 |
Savannah |
Won
28 - 0 |
Chillicothe |
0 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
Savannah |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2nd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Jim Lionberger 16 yard pass |
Kick |
7 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
Ron Neely 3
yard run |
Kick |
14 - 0 |
3rd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Jim Lionberger 8 yard pass |
Kick |
21 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Ron Neely 19
yard run |
Kick |
28 - 0 |
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CHS |
Sav |
1st Downs |
14 |
5 |
Rushing |
45/181 |
62 |
Passing |
8/9-99 |
4/9-38 |
Int |
0 |
1 |
Fumbles |
0 |
0 |
Penalties |
6/40 |
2/10 |
Interception - Ron
Keith
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Rushing |
Punting |
Ron
Neely 18/67 |
Ron
Keith 1/48 |
David
Ginther 13/45 |
David
Ginther 2/90 |
Greg
Switzer 7/43 |
Kick Offs |
Ben
Willard 5/12 |
Troy
Cranmer 5/245 |
Tim
Way 2/14 |
Punt Returns |
Passing |
Ron
Keith 3/20 |
Greg
Switzer 8/9-99 |
Ben
Willard 2/9 |
Receiving |
Kick Off Returns |
Jim
Lionberger 6/61 |
John
Cook 1/(-3) |
Ben
Willard 1/22 |
x |
Eugene
Melte 1/9 |
x |
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Fri |
Oct. 19 |
*Moberly |
Won
33 - 0 |
Chillicothe |
16 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Moberly |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st |
Chi |
Safety: Punt
blocked out of the end zone |
x |
2 - 0 |
1st |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Jim Lionberger 10 yard pass |
Kick |
9 - 0 |
1st |
Chi |
Ron Neely 3
yard run |
Kick |
16 - 0 |
3rd |
Chi |
Ron Neely 4
yard run |
Kick |
23 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Troy Cranmer
31 yard field goal |
x |
26 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Tim Way 1
yard run |
Kick |
33 - 0 |
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CHS |
Mob |
1st Downs |
13 |
8 |
Rushing |
43/189 |
31 |
Passing |
9/11-99 |
8/19-67 |
Int |
1 |
3 |
Fumbles |
1 |
3 |
Penalties |
6/80 |
5/45 |
Interceptions -
Tim Way
Allen Streiff, Mark Switzer
Fumble Recoveries - Ron Keith (2)
Unknown |
Rushing |
Receiving |
Ron
Neely 16/86 |
Ben
Willard 3/38 |
David
Ginther 6/34 |
Eugene
Melte 3/36 |
Tim
Way 7/25 |
Jim
Lionberger 2/19 |
Greg
Switzer 5/23 |
Ron
Keith 1/6 |
John
Cook 4/14 |
Punting |
Ben
Willard 2/6 |
Ron
Keith 3/118 |
Ron
Keith 2/1 |
David
Ginther 1/45 |
Doug
Doughty 1/0 |
Kick Offs |
Passing |
Troy
Cranmer 6/338 |
Greg
Switzer 7/9-90 |
Punt Returns |
Doug
Doughty 1/1-6 |
Ron
Neely 1/15 |
Ron
Keith 1/1-3 |
Ron
Keith 3/11 |
x |
Kick Off Returns |
x |
John
Cook 1/15 |
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Fri |
Oct. 26 |
*Kirksville |
Won
27 - 8 |
Chillicothe |
7 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
Kirksville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1st |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
1 yard run |
Kick |
7 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
David
Ginther 22 yard run |
Kick |
14 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
David
Ginther 15 yard run |
Kick |
21 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Ron Neely 3
yard run |
K Fail |
27 - 0 |
4th |
Kir |
Jeff Pickett
to Tim Pickett 80 yard pass |
Pass |
27 - 8 |
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CHS |
Kir |
1st Downs |
21 |
9 |
Rushing |
49/332 |
71 |
Passing |
8/18-80 |
3/12-89 |
Int |
0 |
0 |
Fumbles |
3 |
0 |
Penalties |
2/30 |
8/54 |
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Rushing |
Punting |
Ron
Neely 22/146 |
Ron
Keith 1/27 |
David
Ginther 10/122 |
Kick Offs |
Greg
Switzer 6/26 |
Troy
Cranmer 4/196 |
Tim
Way 3/16 |
David
Saale 1/35 |
Ron
Keith 2/11 |
Punt Returns |
Ben
Willard 1/2 |
Ron
Keith 5/53 |
John
Cook 5/(-1) |
Ben
Willard 1/6 |
Passing |
Kick Off Returns |
Greg
Switzer 7/14-77 |
Ron
Keith 1/23 |
Doug
Doughty 1/4-3 |
x |
Receiving |
x |
David
Ginther 3/36 |
x |
Jim
Lionberger 2/30 |
x |
Eugene
Melte 1/6 |
x |
Ben
Willard 1/5 |
x |
Ron
Keith 1/3 |
x |
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Fri |
Nov. 2 |
*Columbia
Rock Bridge |
Won
36 - 16 |
Chillicothe |
15 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Rock Bridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
1st |
Chi |
Safety: punt
blocked out of end zone |
x |
2 - 0 |
1st |
Chi |
Ben Willard
6 yard run |
K Fail |
8 - 0 |
1st |
Chi |
David
Ginther 5 yard run |
Kick |
15 - 0 |
2nd |
Chi |
Tim Way 2
yard run |
Kick |
22 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Ben Willard
9 yard run |
Kick |
29 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
John Cook 1
yard run |
Kick |
36 - 0 |
4th |
CRB |
Jim Warrick
to Kent Gibson 15 yard pass |
Run |
36 - 8 |
4th |
CRB |
Bill Lucas
54 yard interception return |
Run |
36 - 16 |
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*First year
for Columbia Rock Bridge High School* |
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CHS |
CRB |
1st Downs |
18 |
10 |
Rushing |
61/277 |
61 |
Passing |
4/11-44 |
5/10-84 |
Int |
1 |
2 |
Fumbles |
0 |
3 |
Penalties |
6/70 |
5/35 |
Interceptions
David Ginther, Tim Way
Fumble Recoveries - Ron Keith
Tim Way, Jim Littrell
Blocked Punt - David Ginther |
Rushing |
Receiving |
David
Ginther 15/91 |
Jim
Lionberger 1/26 |
Ron
Neely 16/66 |
Eugene
Melte 1/9 |
Ben
Willard 6/59 |
Ron
Keith 2/6 |
Tim
Way 6/35 |
Ron
Neely 1/3 |
John
Cook 3/20 |
Punts |
Ron
Keith 4/15 |
Ron
Keith 1/37 |
Jeff
Whiteside 1/1 |
Kick Offs |
Greg
Switzer 9/0 |
Troy
Cranmer 5/256 |
Doug
Doughty 1/(-10) |
David
Saale 1/39 |
Passing |
Punt Returns |
Greg
Switzer 4/10-44 |
Ron
Keith |
Doug
Doughty 0/1-0 |
Kick Off Returns |
x |
Ben
Willard 1/26 |
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Sat. |
Nov. 10 |
*Trenton
(Homecoming) |
Won
48 - 7 |
Chillicothe |
7 |
14 |
7 |
20 |
Trenton |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st |
Tre |
Jeff Cole 2
yard run |
Kick |
0 - 7 |
1st |
Chi |
David
Ginther 49 yard run |
Kick |
7 - 7 |
2nd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Jim Lionberger 34 yard pass |
Kick |
14 - 7 |
2nd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
to Eugene Melte 8 yard pass |
Kick |
21 - 7 |
3rd |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
1 yard run |
Kick |
28 - 7 |
4th |
Chi |
Greg Switzer
1 yard run |
K Fail |
34 - 7 |
4th |
Chi |
John Cook 5
yard run |
Kick |
41 - 7 |
4th |
Chi |
Doug Doughty
to Ron Keith 21 yard Pass |
Kick |
48 - 7 |
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Queen: Ann
Walters |
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CHS |
Tre |
1st Downs |
15 |
8 |
Rushing |
59/201 |
92 |
Passing |
7/11-142 |
4/14-48 |
Int |
0 |
0 |
Fumbles |
2 |
3 |
Penalties |
3/35 |
3/15 |
Fumble Recoveries -
Ron Neely
Danny Gutshall, Unknown |
Rushing |
Receiving |
David
Ginther 9/86 |
Jim
Lionberger 3/59 |
Ron
Neely 20/67 |
David
Ginther 1/41 |
Ben
Willard 6/20 |
Eugene
Melte 2/21 |
John
Cook 7/13 |
Ron
Keith 1/21 |
Ron
Keith 3/9 |
Punting |
Eugene
Melte 1/6 |
Ron
Keith 3/101 |
Troy
Cranmer 2/4 |
Kick Offs |
Steve
Coult 1/2 |
Troy
Cranmer 6/288 |
Jeff
Whiteside 1/0 |
David
Saale 2/81 |
Greg
Switzer 8/(-1) |
Punt Returns |
Doug
Doughty 1/(-5) |
None |
Passing |
Kick Off Returns |
Greg
Switzer 6/7-121 |
Ron
Keith 1/21 |
Doug
Doughty 1/3-21 |
x |
Ron
Keith 0/1-0 |
x |
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Fri |
Nov. 16 |
*at
Warrensburg |
Won
23 - 0 |
Chillicothe |
7 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
Warrensburg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st |
Chi |
Ron Neely 1
yard run |
Kick |
7 - 0 |
3rd |
Chi |
Ron Neely 1
yard run |
Kick |
14 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
David
Ginther 8 yard run |
Kick |
21 - 0 |
4th |
Chi |
Safety:
Wiggins tackled in the end zone |
x |
23 - 0 |
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CHS |
War |
1st Downs |
16 |
7 |
Rushing |
51/232 |
51 |
Passing |
5/10-56 |
6/14-45 |
Int |
2 |
0 |
Fumbles |
0 |
0 |
Penalties |
4/50 |
3/21 |
Interceptions
Ben Willard, Steve Coult
Blocked Punts - 3 |
Rushing |
Receiving |
Ron
Neely 32/218 |
Jim
Lionberger 3/43 |
Ron
Keith 1/11 |
Ron
Neely 1/8 |
John
Cook 2/6 |
Ben
Willard 1/5 |
Ben
Willard 3/4 |
Punting |
David
Ginther 7/1 |
Ron
Keith 3/111 |
Greg
Switzer 6/(-8) |
Kick Offs |
Passing |
Troy
Cranmer 5/245 |
Greg
Switzer 5/9-56 |
Punt Returns |
Doug
Doughty 0/1-0 |
Ron
Keith 3/20 |
x |
Ben
Willard 2/10 |
x |
Kick Off Returns |
x |
Unknown 1/20 |
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NCMC |
Overall |
Chillicothe |
5 - 1 |
7 - 2 |
Marshall |
4 - 2 |
6 - 3 |
Rock
Bridge |
4 - 2 |
6 - 3 |
Brookfield |
3 - 3 |
6 - 4 |
Moberly |
3 - 3 |
5 - 4 |
Trenton |
2 - 4 |
2 - 7 |
Kirksville |
0 - 6 |
0 - 10 |
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All Conference |
1st Team |
OE -
Jim Lionberger |
DE -
Jim Lionberger |
OT -
Jon Gilstrap |
OG -
Troy Cranmer |
QB -
Greg Switzer |
NG -
Ron Neely |
Honorable Mention |
OG -
Steve Coult |
LB -
Steve Coult |
DB -
Ben Willard |
RB -
David Ginther |
RB -
Ron Neely |
OE -
Eugene Melte |
DE -
Craig Myers |
LB
Troy Cranmer |
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All District |
OE -
Jim Lionberger |
DE -
Jim Lionberger |
NG -
Ron Neely |
LB -
Steve Coult |
K
- Troy Cranmer |
All State |
1st Team |
NG -
Ron Neely |
K
- Troy Cranmer |
Honorable Mention |
OE -
Jim Lionberger |
RB -
Ron Neely |
LB -
Steve Coult |
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