DOVER - The undefeated Strasburg Tigers and the battling Tuscarawas Broncos today were awaiting new opposition in the Eastern District Class B Basketball Tournament at Zanesville this weekend, after the 2 teams were triumphant on Saturday night in the final games of the Northeastern Ohio Sectional Class B Tournament at Memorial Hall. Head coaches Emmet Riley of the Tigers and Jim Rogers of the Broncos were to go to Zanesville High School this evening to attend the District drawings when Strasburg and Tusky will be matched against Zanesville St. Thomas and Frazeysburg.
The St. Thomas Irish, a parochial school, defeated the West Lafayette Generals 37-35 in an overtime contest and Frazeysburg, winner of the Muskingum County Consolation Tournament, edged out Zanesville St. Nicholas 49-45 in the finals of the Southeastern Ohio Sectional Tournament at Zanesville Saturday night. There is no chance of Strasburg and Tuscarawas meeting in the 1st game, according to plans for the drawing announced by Tournament Manager Rolland Buxton. With only the 4 schools competing in the tourney, the Tigers and Broncos will take on St. Thomas and Frazeysburg Friday and the 2 winners will meet Saturday with the winner going to the Regional Tournament at Athens the following week.
Strasburg, which has now a record of 25 straight victories, is one of the 4 Class B schools in the State to remain undefeaed. Others are Waynesburg, Northridge, Copley, Attica and New Knoxville. Tuscarawas' record is unblemished except for 3 defeats, all suffered at the hands of Strasburg. The Broncos have won 22. The 2 county teams qualified for the District finals at Memorial Hall Saturday night, Strasburg eliminating a dark horse Berlin Blue Jays team 39-33 and Tusky eliminating the Midvale Blue Devils 35-29 in a close game.
A crowd of 1,375 paid admissions attended the session, largest of the tournament and brought the total admissions for the 3 sessions to 3,669, far surpassing the total of 2,020 who attended the 3 Sectional sessions last year, Tournament Manager B.R. Griffith of Dover High School said.
Head Coach Pete Wolfe's Midvale Blue Devils (3-2) (14-8) gave the Tuscarawas Broncos (7-1) (23-3) a hard fight for 3 quarters before the Broncos finally edged far enough away in the final to stall their way into victory.
Tuscarawas, with Senior forward John Vesco doing most of the offensive work, leaped to an 11-5 score at the end of the 1st quarter. Midvale scrambled back scoring 10 points in the 2nd period limiting the Broncos to just 4 points...Tusky 16-15. Both teams fought point-for-point in the 3rd stanza, but Tuscarawas maintained the 1-point lead 27-26. In the final quarter, the Tuscarawas defense held the Blue Devils to just 3 more points and their offense dropped in 9 points and began their stall tactics to close out the seconds.
Senior guard Karl Baumholtz led Midvale's offense, scoring 15 points (7 field goals and a free throw), 8 of them inthe 3rd period when the Blue Devils pulled up and scored basket for basket with the Broncos to tie the score twice. Senior forward Dave Stevenson of Midvale and Senior center Fred Walton, Tusky's high scoring center who was held to just 6 points, both left the game in the final period on personal fouls. Vesco of Tuscarawas won game honors scoring 16 points (5 field goals and 6 free throws).
John Gee of Shadyside and Deibert Blatterof Coshocton refereed all games during the tournament.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 35
Rich Donahue F 3-0-6
John Vesco F 5-6-16
Fred Walton C 3-0-6
Jay Herning G 2-0-4
Bill Dessecker G 0-0-0
Loyal Bishop G 1-1-3
Bob French F 0-0-0
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 29
Dave Stevenson F 2-2-6
Jim De Mattio F 1-0-2
Max Schaar C 2-2-6
Joe Carlisle G 1-2-4
Karl Baumholtz G 7-1-15
Jack Ford F 0-0-0
Jim Golder F 0-0-0
Monday, March 4, 1946
John Stratton, Editorial Staff
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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