John Snouffer Playing for Worthington High School Basketball Team, 1970

Basic details

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

It was created sometime in March 1970.

The original is in a private collection.

Background

This black-and-white photograph shows a Worthington High School Cardinals basketball game in action in March, 1970. Guard John I. Snouffer (player 21) and a player from Linden-McKinley High School both reach for the ball; behind them another Linden-McKinley and WHS player, Brad Forward (#51) can be seen. 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.