DOVER - With 2 of the 5 county entries seeded, drawings for the Class B Northeastern Sectional Tournament this week at Memorial Hall were held last night at Dover High School. In charge of the Tournament was Manager B.R. Griffith. The Strasburg Tigers and Dover St. Joseph Ramblers, 2 of the 4 seeded teams, landed in the same bracket with the Dennison Railroaders, Millersburg Knights and the Berlin Jay Birds, while the Tuscarawas Broncos and Midvale Blue Devils landed in the lower bracket with the Carrollton Warriors, Walnut Creek Cardinals and the Magnolia Panthers. The drawings put Strasburg's undefeated Tigers, winners of the County League and Tournament, in the favored position in the top bracket and Tuscarawas in the favored spot in the lower bracket. One team from each bracket will go to the District at Zanesville next week.
Millersburg, opens the tourney Thursday at 7PM playing Berlin, Holmes County runner-up. Head Coach Eddie Young's Dover St. Joseph cagers will take on the winner Friday. Strasburg, which won 19 season games and 4 tournament contests, takes on the Dennison Railroaders on Thursday night and the winner of that tussle will meet the winner of the Millersburg-Berlin-St. Joseph contests Saturday in the qualifying round.
The bottom bracket puts Tusky's Broncos against Carrollton Thursday with Walnut Creek, the Holmes County champion, waiting to take on the winner Friday. Midvale, county runner-up, takes on Magnolia, Carrollton County Champion, Friday and the winner meets the winner of the Tusky-Carrollton-Walnut Creek games Saturday for the qualifying game.
The seeding of the 3 county Champions, Strasburg, Walnut Creek and Magnolia and a draw between Carrollton, Millersburg, Dennison and St. Joseph for the 4th seeded spot was proposed by Manager Griffin at the beginningof the drawings, but failed to carry a vote. After a 30-minute discussion during which seeding on a basis of season records was proposed, no agreement was reached and Manager Griffin finally exercised his perogative and enformed his original plan for seeding with St. Joseph winning the 4th spot.
The drawing eliminates the possibility of any of the 3 county Class B League teams from meeting before the qualifying round and also eliminated the possibility of Strasburg, which has defeated Tusky and Midvale 3 times each, meeting either of those 2 teams during the tournament. Dennison, in drawing Strasburg, will be meeting a team which defeatedit on December 18th on its own floor 53-13 and will be seeking revenge for that lacing. Head Coach Al Everhart's Railroaders have come on lately, holding Uhrichsville to a 26-22 score last week, while the Tigers have continued to walk all over all opposition.
St. Joseph will test Millersburg's strength tonight when the 2 teams meet at the Ramblers gym in a regular season game. Neither Tusky nor Midvale has met their opposition, but Tusky has dropped Midvale twice during regular season play. Admission to the tournament will be 40 and 60 cents with John Gee of Shadyside and Delbert Blatter of Coshocton officiating. Only trophies will be the basketballs used in the qualifying round, the 2 winners taking them.
Tuesday, February 26, 1946
John Stratton, Editorial Staff
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
SECTIONAL THURSDAY 2-28-46
Berlin (16-5) vs Millersburg (6-12)
Dennison (7-11) vs Strasburg (23-0)
Carrollton (6-10) vs Tuscarawas (20-3)
SECTIONAL FRIDAY 2-29-46
Magnolia (13-9) vs Midvale (13-7)
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