John Snouffer and Steve Hedge Playing for Worthington High School Basketball Team, March 1970

Basic details

John Snouffer and Steve Hedge Playing for Worthington High School Basketball Team, March 1970 is an image, with genre photograph.

It was created sometime in March 1970.

John I. Snouffer is the contributor.

The original is in a private collection.

Background

This color photograph shows a Worthington High School Cardinals basketball game in action in March, 1970. Guard John I. Snouffer (player 21) makes a lay-up. Two players from Linden-McKinley High School are visible in the center of the photograph. To the left is Cardinals player Steve Hedge (#45). The Cardinals defeated Linden-McKinley in the Central District Tournament at the Fairgrounds Coliseum, before a packed house, on a last-second shot by senior co-captain Forward.

The 1970 Cardinal yearbook describes the game: "Although the Cards nicked Linden-McKinley 64-62 by last minute fortune, they displayed great dexterity and virtuosity throughout their first tournament game." Under the coaching of Pat Mannion, the team achieved a 17-3 record for the season. Brad Forward led the team with a total of 284 points scored, and John Snouffer held a close second with a total of 260 points. The team captured the Ohio Capital Conference League title.