Walnut Creek Cardinals 1944 Basketball Team. FRONT: Don Miller - Art Wilhelm - Don Schrock - Harry Gerber - Luther Mast and Manager Truman Hershberger. BACK: Coach E.J. Miller - John Gerber - Virgil Troyer - Bob Schock - Clay Hershberger and Rich Hostinberget.
DOVER - Setting a terrific pace from the very outset, the Walnut Creek Cardinals kept the Tuscarawas Broncos (3-2) on the short end at all times after the 1st few minutes of the period in an Eastern Ohio Sectional Tournament game. During the 1st quarter the winners led the entire way, but by narrow margins and the Broncos succeeded in knotting the count at 14-all in the 2nd chukker before they fell behind never to catch up.
Virgil Troyer, slight-built Cardinals forward, was the bellwether in the scoring department, hitting the hoops with 10 field goals and a free throw for 21 points and individual honors of the evening; although, for the latter honor he barely nosed out his teammate, forward Harry Gerber, who had 19 points on 7 field goals and 5 free tosses.
Walnut Creek gained a 12-10 bulge on Tuscarawas in the opening period and then built their advantage to 26-20 before intermission. They continued to outscore the county team 19 to 11 and boost their lead to 45-31 in the 3rd quarter.
Tusky's attack fell apart in the 4th period and the Broncos were turned back with a mere 2 points, a field goal by Sophomore forward John Vesco. The Cardinals meanwhile, were adding 9 more to their total and stalled around through the last few minutes of the game. Vesco led Tusky in the scoring column with 13 points (5 field goals and 3 free throws) and teammate Junior forward Dick Bonvechio pushed in 8 points (3 field goals and 2 free tosses).
WALNUT CREEK CARDINALS - 54
Virgil Troyer F 10-1-21
Harry Gerber F 7-5-19
Clay Hershberger C 1-2-4
Luther Mast C 1-2-4
Bob Schrock G 4-1-9
Rich Hostinberget G 0-0-0
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 33
John Vesco F 5-3-13
Bob French F 0-0-0
Chuck Lorenz C 1-0-2
John Donahue G 0-1-1
JohnKopp G 0-0-0
Dick Bonvechio F 3-2-8
Bob Minnich G 2-1-5
Dick Shumaker F 2-0-4
Gene Dessecker G 0-0-0
Friday, March 3, 1944
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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