Rex Leach to be inducted in Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame

NORTH LIMA — Rex Leach once scored 72 points in one game; 1,266 points in one season, and 2,581 points during his high school basketball career at Vienna High (now Mathews High).

Leach, whose 1,266 points scored during his senior season in 1954-55 still ranks No. 1 in the state, finally is getting his just reward: He will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum at the organization’s third annual banquet May 17 at the Columbus Convention Center.

Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.