Delphos St. John's Blue Jay Boys Basketball
1953 Season

Regional Finalist

Overall Record 28-4 Team Stats

Home games played at Jefferson Middle School

		Opponent	Result		Notes
		Cridersville	W	71-50
		Fort Jennings OIOpponent Info: Wins: 3 Losses: 15 League: Putnam County League Coach: Hilary Wannemacher	W	75-49
		Toledo Central Catholic	W	80-56
		Kalida OIOpponent Info: Wins: 13 Losses: 9 League: Putnam County League Coach: Joe White	W	78-52
		Beaverdam	W	90-55
		Celina ICHS	W	77-45
		Dayton Dunbar	W	71-70
		Cincinnati St. Xavier	W	67-62
		Lima St. Rose	W	56-39
		Marion St. Mary	W	75-55
		Fremont St. Joe	W	86-61
		St. Henry	L	53-61
		Ottoville OIOpponent Info: Wins: 17 Losses: 4 League: Putnam County League Coach: Jerome Moenter	W	73-63
		Ada	W	85-53
		Dayton Chaminade	W	47-44
		St. Marys OIOpponent Info: Wins: 12 Losses: 6 League: Western Buckeye League Coach: John Stuckey	L	52-66
		Minster	W	77-73
		Delphos Jefferson	W	71-53
		Wapakoneta St. Joe	W	74-44
		Lima St. John	W	60-48
		Bluffton	W	90-51
		Lockland Wayne	L	61-66	LW: defending State Champs
	Celina	Wapakoneta St. Joe+	W	71-56	(Exempted Village)
	Celina	Lima St. Rose+	W	71-46	(Exempted Village)
	Celina	Delphos Jefferson+	W	64-44	(Exempted Village)
	Celina	Coldwater+ OIOpponent Info: Wins: 13 Losses: 7 Coach: Paul Ponzuric	W	69-39	(Exempted Village)
	Celina	New Knoxville+ OIOpponent Info: League: Auglaize County League Coach: Roger Stauffer	W	80-56	(District)
	Celina	Minster+	W	76-71	(District)
	Celina	Alger+	W	84-64	(District)
	Celina	St. Henry+	W	53-40	(District Final)
	Toledo	Sycamore+ TOpponent Info: Playoffs: Class Regional Participant	W	53-52	(Regional)
	Toledo	Holgate+(OT) TOpponent Info: Class B Coach: Dick Krauss Playoffs: Class B State Semi-Finalist	L	64-67	(Regional Final)

+ indicates a Tournament Game

Head Coach: Bob Arnzen
Total Points: Delphos St. John's 2254 (Avg. 70.4) Opponents 1751 (Avg. 54.7)

Notes: Home games played at Jefferson Middle School

Individual Honors