George Gopp of Tuscarawas leaps above Stone Creek's Duane Arbogast to register oneof the 41 baskets the Broncos tallied in rolling to a 92-53 victory over the Golden Panthers in last night's Class B tournament action. Also in the picture are joe Kerris (7) of Tuscarawas and Dick Gasser (8) and Dick Kugler (5) of the Golden Panthers. At the right is referee Nick Frascella.
Tuscarawas Broncos 1947 Basketball Team. FRONT: George Mourodzis - Floyd Blackwell - George Kopp - Joe Kerns - Loyal Bishop - Dale McDonald - Andy Steve and Ralph Lahm. BACK: Head Coach Jim Rogers - Howard Tharp - Ray Vesco - Rich Klein - Harold Crites - Joe Roth - Don Wertenberger - Jim Riley - Steve Pasquinelli and William Dessecken (Manager).
Stone Creek Golden Panthers 1947 Basketball Team. FRONT: Dick Kugler - Verle Buehler - Duane Arbogast - Dick Gasser and Bob Buehler. BACK: Head Coach Bill Arbogast - Bob Shaw - Harold Ridenour - Roger Reifensnyder - Bill Huffman - Jim Pfeiffer and Dale Kilchenman (Manager).
DOVER - Marked by one of the greatest opening-night barrages the Tuscarawas County Class B Tournament has ever witnessed, the Annual Classic got under way Tuesday night at Memorial Hall as the Strasburg Tigers and Tuscarawas Broncos rolled to easy victories with the Port Washington Purple Riders and Gnadenhutten Indians capturing hard-fought battles before a crowd of 1,600 fans, including 1,245 who paid.
The Tigers, Champions of the Class B League and defending tourney titlists, captured their 21st triumph in 22 games by turning back the Dundee Bulldogs 70-30. But, the Broncos uncorked the heaviest bombardment as it roared to a 92-53 rout of the hapless Stone Creek Golden Panthers to gain the semi-finals of the upper bracket. The Purple Riders, showing little ill effects from an epidemic of mumps, dropped the Baltic Eagles into the Consolation Division with a 43-37 win, while the Indians surprised the Bolivar Cardinals 45-41 in the best game on the program.
The Tuscarawas Broncos (1-0) (17-4) (30-28) mangled the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0-1) (0-17) (11-27) by a whopping score of 92-43. During the season, the Broncos clobbered the Golden Panthers 68-36.
Tusky rode to a commanding 20-11 nine-point lead in the 1st quarter. The 2nd quarter mirror pretty much the 1st quarter with Broncos hitting 22 points and Stone Creek getting 8 as the half ended 42-19. The Panthers actually led the scoring in the 3rd stanza with 18 points and the Blue Riders getting 16...Tusky 58-37. The Reserves of both teams ruled the 4th quarter with Tusky hitting 34 and the Golden Panthers popping another 16 points.
Tuscarawas center Loyal Bishop gained game honors and flooded the hoops for 23 points, while his teammates Junior center George Kopp, Junior forward Joe Kerns, Senior forward Andy Steve, Senior forward Ralph Lahm and Junior forward Floyd Blackwell hit the baskets for 16, 13, 11, 10, and 10 points, respectively. Stone Creek was led by forward Verle Buehler's 18 points, while his fellow team cagers center Duane Arbogast and forward Harold Ridenour picked up 15 and 10 points, respectively.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 70
Joe Kerns F 6-1-13
Andy Steve F 4-3-11
Loyal Bishop C 11-1-23
Steve Pasquinelli G 1-0-2
Dale McDonald G 1-1-3
George Kopp C 7-2-16
Howard Tharp G 2-0-4
George Mourodzis G 0-0-0
Ralph Lahm F 5-0-10
Floyd Blackwell F 4-2-10
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 30
Harold Ridenour F 3-4-10
Verle Buehler F 6-6-18
Duane Arbogast C 4-7-15
Dick Gasser G 1-0-2
Dick Kugler G 3-0-6
Jim Pfeiffer G 1-0-2
Luther G 0-0-0
Wednesday, February 12, 1947
Harry Yockey, Right Down The Line
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
THURSDAY 2-13-47
Midvale vs Sugarcreek-Shanesville 7PM
Mineral City vs Port 8PM
Baltic vs Dundee 9PM (C)
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