50 - All-County Class A and B

ALL COUNTY CLASS A AND B.  The Daily Reporter Class A and Class B All-County Basketball Teams named with the help of an informal poll by the coaches.  Selections were made on the basis of season play and do not include tournament performances.

CLASS A - TOP ROW:

Bob France - Dover Tornadoes
Dave Leggett - New Philadelphia Quakers
Ed Woods - Dover Tornadoes
Harold Huffman - Newcomerstown Trojans
Ron Winrod - Uhrichsville Wildcats

CLASS B - BOTTOM ROW

Bob Sherrell - Midvale Blue Devils
Ike Hostetler - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
Ed Reiger - Dover St. Joseph's Ramblers
Dick Froman - Strasburg Tigers
Charles Cummings - Dennison Railroaders


DOVER - All 4 of the Tuscarawas County Class A schools are represented on The Daily Reporter's 1st All-County Basketball Team, while 5 of the 14 Class B schools, including the 11 County League quintets and the 3 Independents:  Dover St. Joseph's Ramblers and Dennison Railroaders, gained berths on the 1st String.  The Daily Reporter's All-Star Team was chosen with the help of an informal poll of the county's coaches, both Class A and Class B.  In addition to the 1st five in each division, 7 other cagers were named as alternates.

Some of the alternates possess ability nearly on a par with the 1st Team, but gave way to slightly superior offensive performances in most cases.  Dover's great pivot man, Ed Woods and the Tornadoes' brilliant forward, Bob France, were named to 1st Team berths.  Dave Leggett, New Philadelphia's fine pivot man, was placed on the 1st String along with Uhrichsville's prolific scorer, Ron Winrod and Newcomerstown's rangy ace, Harold Huffman.

This 1st Team packs scoring punch, speed, defensive ability and basketball know-how.  It has height in Woods, Leggett, Winrod and Huffman, all towering over the six-foot mark.  The offensive play of Woods and France has carried the Tornadoes to a State rating and 6 consecutive victories.  Leggett is the county's leading Class A scorer and the only veteran from last year's defending, District Championship Squad.  Winrod is one of the finest marksmen in Uhrichsville's history and easily gained his place with the 1st String.  Huffman, a rugged 6-4 performer, has been a consistent point-maker all year for Newcomersotwn which has one of its best teams in years.

The Tornadoes Jake Lengler, Al Evans and Dick Teglo were named as alternates along with Bob Meese of New Philadelphia, Don Silverthorne of Newcomerstown, John Haugh of Uhrichsville and Darrell Beiter of Newcomerstown.  Lengler, but for the fact that he is a Sophomore, might easily have made the 1st Team.  His youth ruled him out in a close vote, but the Dover set shot artist will be around for 2 years yet.

Dover St. Joseph's big pivot man, Ed Reiger, gained a berth on the 1st Class B Team along with Strasburg's Dick Froman, Midvale's Bob Sherrell, Charles Cummings of Dennison and Ike Hostetler of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates.  This entire team is offensive minded.  Reiger has been a Rambler standout for 2 years as has Sherrell at Midvale and Cummings at Dennison.  Hostetler is one of the brightest stars of the Pirate attack this season, while Froman is the play-maker in the Strasburg offensive.

Glen Zimmerman of Sugarcreek-Shanesville, Dick Lindsay of Dennison St. Mary's Blue Waves, Carl Pissocra of Midvale, Jim Huffman of Strasburg, Harold Ridenour and Jim Pfeiffer of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers and Maurice Lundenberger of the Bolivar Cardinals were named as alternates on the Class B Squad.  Their margin of defeat for 1st Team berths was narrow.


Thursday, February 16, 1950
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio