DOVER - The 3rd time was the charm on Friday night at Memorial Hall...and what a charm it was! Defeated twice previously this year by the Midvale Blue Devils, the little Dundee Bulldogs which upset the Blue and Gold 58-51 befoe 900 fans to gain a berth in tonight's qualifying round of the Class B Sectional Tournament.
First-Year Head Coach Ike Wiseman's Bulldogs, the only County League team remaining on the tournament trail, will collide with the Dennison Railroaders (14-4) of Head Coach John Harmon at 8:30PM for a berth in the Eastern District meet next week at Memorial Hall. The Dennison St. Mary Blue Wavers (10-10), which uncorked a story book finish last night to squeeze by the Millersburg Knights (6-16) 44-43 in the final seconds, will clash at 7:30PM with Walnut Creek's sensational Cardinals (22-1) for the other District berth.
Drawings for the District Tournament will be held on Sunday at 1PM in Helmkamp's Restaurant here. Don Campbell, Head Coach at Dover High School, is Tournament Manager.
Paced by the brilliant play of the Hostetler twins and pint-sized Senior forward Dick Kate, Head Coach Ike Wiseman's Dundee Bulldogs, playing in the Sectional Tournament for the 1st time in many years, forged their triumph in the final canto after the Midvale Blue Devils lost its 4th starter on personal fouls. With Juniors center Louis and forward Loris Hostetler providing the spark, the Bulldogs swept to a 17-14 lead, but fell behind in the 2nd frame when Loris drew his 3rd personal foul and was benched by Coach Wiseman until the 3rd stanza.
But the determined Dogs trailing 32-27 at the half, came surging back and forged in front to stay when Loris dumped in a 2-pointer shortly before the 3rd quarter buzzer. The picture began turning dark for the Blue Devils when their fiery forward, Senior forward Carl Pissocra, was whistled out of the game midway in this frame after collecting his 5th personal.
With the diminutive Kate and the Hostetler twins leading the final drive, Dundee pushed its margin to 53-49 with 2 minutes left and then iced the game after 3 more Blue Devils were ejected. The Bulldogs lost Junior guard Merlyn Immel, Junior guard Curt Beamer and Kate via the personal foul route in the late stages, but the Diablos fire already had been squelched.
In addition to Pissocra, Midvale lost Senior center Harry Renincker, Senior guard Darrel Davis and Junior guard Bill Marshall. The Hostetler cagers were twins in more ways than one last night. Each collected 19 points to share scoring honors, each was charged with 3 personal fouls. Rennicker, Sophomore forward Rich Tolotti and Marshall paced the Blue Devils with 14, 13 and 12 points respectively.
DUNDEE BULLDOGS - 58
Loris Hostetler F 6-7-19
Rich Fruchey F 0-0-0
Dick Kate F 4-1-9
Louis Hostetler C 7-5-19
Curt Beamer G 3-1-7
Merlyn Immel G 1-0-2
Weldon Flynn G 0-2-2
Slemmer G 0-0-0
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 51
Rich Tolotti F 6-1-13
Carl Pissocra F 2-4-8
Harry Rennicker C 5-4-14
Bill Marshall G 4-4-12
Darrel Davis G 0-0-0
Don Graham F 2-0-4
John De Mattio G 0-0-0
Karl Mackey G 0-0-0
Dale Malone G 0-0-0
Saturday, March 2, 1951
Ray Stull, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1951
Walnut Creek vs Dennison St. Mary 7:30PM
Dundee vs Dennison 8:30PM
NOTE: DAVE LEGGETT SETS NEW OHIO CLASS A SCORING MARK
NEW PHILADELPHIA - Scoring Ace Dave Leggett (shown above) of the New Philadelphia Quakers established a new Ohio Class A Scholastic scoring mark last night in the District Tournament in Steubenville as his team bowed to the Martins Ferry Purple Riders 58-44. Leggett poured in 24 points to give him a total of 642 for the season. That would be 14 more points than the former record of 628 set by Alex Groza, oddly enough, of Martins Ferry.
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