DOVER - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, Strasburg Tigers, Midvale Blue Devils and the Tuscarawas Broncos advances a notch in the brackets as the county's 23rd Annual Class B Basketball Tournament got under way before a crowd of nearly 1,500 at Memorial Hall last night.
The scores were:
Midvale 59 - Mineral City 25
Tusky 70 - Port 37
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 57 - Dundee 33
Strasburg 56 - Bolivar 29
The tournament got solidly through the 1st session with the only upset being the unprecedented beating handed the highly regarded Port Washington Purple Riders by 2nd-Year Head Coach Jim Rogers' Tuscarawas Broncos who were sharp as tacks. Play resumes tomorrow night when the remaining 3 teams in the curcuit...Baltic Eagles - Stone Creek Golden Panthers - Gnadenhutten Indians...swing into action and the drive through the Consolation Division brackets is started by last night's losers. Tomorrow night's program opens at 7PM with Baltic playing Stone Creek.
The Tigers made it 4 rather easy victories last night when the Strasburg Tigers (1-0) (18-2) (59-17) toppled the Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (6-15) (34-27) 56-29. Strasburg's Senior center Jack Rieger tallied 21 points as he paced 2nd-Year Head Coach Emmet Riley's Tigers to their victory over a some-what stubborn and hard-fighting Bolivar contingent.
Although consistently out-scored after they played their heartsoutin the 1st quarter, the Red Birds never gaveup and gave the Tigers a realcontest, especially under the bankboards where they were handicapped by size to compete with the Bengal's Reiger and Freshman guard Junior Yackey. Reiger for his 21 markers had 9 field goals and 3 free throws.
Behind his pace the Tigers managed to gain a 13-11 edge in the 1st quarter and then swung well into the lead by holding an advantage of 13 points...27-14 by intermission. Strasburg grabbed 16 points during the 3rd stanza, while the Cardinals hit 8 continuing their margin...43-22.
Senior forwards Gene Bayer and Don Neidenthal followed up Rieger with 12 points each cementing the victory. Bolivar guards Don Baad and Junior Lundenberger both dropped in 9 points to lead their teammates.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 56
Gene Bayer 4-4-12
Don Neidenthal F 4-4-12
Jack Rieger C 9-3-21
Junior Yackey G 3-3-9
Bob Haas G 0-0-0
John Garver G 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 29
Haut F 2-2-6
Russell F 1-1-3
Chuck Renner C 2-0-4
Don Baad G 4-1-9
Junior Lundenberger 4-1-9
Penden F 0-1-1
Murray F 0-1-1
Mase G 0-1-1
Wednesday, February 14, 1945
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
THURSDAY, 2-15-45
Baltic vs Stone Creek 7PM
Gnaden vs Midvale 8PM
Mineral City vs Port 9PM (C)
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