Senior Center Clarence Yackey of the Strasburg Tigers scored 17 points to lead the Tigers to a 43-30 victory over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates. The Bengal defense shutdown the Pirate attack with Yackey leading the way. Yackey shows a point-total of 114 during tournament play for a 19.0 average.
DOVER - Strasburg's Mighty Tigers, 43-30 victors over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates in the lower bracket finals of the Sectional Tournament meet in Memorial Hall Saturday night, advanced to the District Tournament at Steubenville this week and will collide with the Dillonville Night Riders, Jefferson County Champions at 7:45PM Thursday, while the Midvale Blue Devils, 53-43 conquerors of the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers in the upper bracket finale Saturday, will meet the Belmont Flying Eagles in the District joust Tuesday at 7:45PM.
The final of the Steubenville District Class B Tournament will be held Saturday night with Class A District games scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week. Only one game night is scheduled for the combined Class A and B tournament.
Although given a terrific battle by the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (6-2) (16-9) Saturday night, the Strasburg Tigers (6-0) (27-2) drove through to their 3rd consecutive Sectional Tournament win and will be defending their District Tournament laurels in Steubenville for the 2nd consecutive year.
For 3 quarters and well into the 4th period, Head coach Bill Ortt's small, but speedy Pirates nearly matched the Strasburg machine and it took a Bengal splurge in the last 2 minutes of play to gain a decisive margin of victory.
Strasburg rolled to an 8-3 first quarter lead as the Pirates, moving the ball cautiously and expertly with their slow-up offense style, limited the Tigers to 3 field goals and a pair of free throws.
In the 2nd canto, Strasburg increased their margin to 7 points and held a 20-13 lead at halftime as Seniors center Clarence Yackey and guard Tom Haswell dumped in 4 field goals to pace the attack. The Bucs; however, harried the Champions with their board play. Seniors center Don Miller and guard Don Hostetler wrestled the towering Yackey on even terms under the baskets, halting followups and pivot shots with an efficiency which had the 1,203 fans on their feet roaring most of the quarter. Sophomore forward Jim Knox started the Pirate offensive in this quarter when he hit a long shot from the center of the floor and followed with a one hander frm the side court. Freshman guard Glen Zimmerman completed the Buc field scoring with a one hander from the side.
In a thrill-drenched 3rd period, the Pirates outscored the Tigers and trimmed the Strasburg margin by one point. Junior guard Clayton Deetz and Zimmerman each deuced from the field and Miller poured a pair of fielders through the nets. Zimmerman added a free throw toss and Hostetler hit twice from the charity lane, while Senior forward Roland Malcuit, Tom Haswell and Sophomore guard John Haswell were each scoring doubledeckers for the Tigers. Strasburg added 4 more points on free throws by Junior forward Jim Weber, Yackey and Sophomore guard John Reiger, giving the Tigers a 30-24 margin at the end of the quarter.
A charity toss by Yackey plus a doubledecker by Malcuit gave the Tigers a 35-26 lead at the automatic timeout in the last period and a fielder by Zimmerman along with free throw shots by Deetz and Miller failed to overtake the Tiger lead as John Haswell, Reiger and Yackey each counted from the court in the last 2 minutes.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 43
Roland Malcuit F 2-2-6
Jim Weber F 0-3-3
Clarence Yackey C 7-3-17
Tom Haswell G 5-2-12
John Haswell G 1-0-2
John Reiger G 1-1-3
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 30
Clayton Deetz F 1-2-4
Jim Knox F 2-1-5
Myron Beechy F 0-0-0
Don Hostetler C 0-2-2
Don Miller G 4-3-11
Glen Zimmerman G 3-2-8
Monday, March 8, 1948
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: The Strasburg Tigers and Midvale Blue Devils move on to the District Tournament at Steubenville.
NOTE: SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE WINS SPRING BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 47-48.
The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates Baseball Champions in the Fall of 1947 will represent this area in the Eastern District meet at Zanesville in the Spring of 1948. FRONT: Howard Lahmers (Manager) - Richard Sundheimer - Bill Willis - Glenn Zimmerman - John Andreas - Jim Knox - Gene Miller - Dave Mishler and Richard Hostetler (Manager). BACK: Don Hostetler - Glen Miller - John Lanzer - Ike Hostetler - Matt Banks - Dallas Brown - Clayton Deetz - Wayne Schrock - Don Hostetler and Bill Shell. Head Coach Bill Ortt is standing.
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