52 - The 30th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament

The 1952 Dundee Bulldogs Basketball Team.  FRONT:  Don Levengood (Manager) - Loris Hostetler - Weldon Flynn - Louis Hostetler - Curt Beamer and Merlyn Immel.  BACK:  Duane Burrell (Manager) - Duane Immel - Rich Fruchey - Dick Slemmer - Lester Marino - Dale Hostetler and Paul Wood (Head Coach).

The 1952 Midvale Blue Devils Basketball Team.  FRONT:  Dick Tolloti - Bill De Mattio and Don Graham (the rest are unidentified).  BACK:  Jerry Edie (Manager) - Web Di Genova - Frank Davis - Bill Cunningham - Dave Mart - Junior Davis - Chuck Stocker (Head Coach) and Bob Raymond.


The 30th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament will be under way with the Bolivar Cardinals taking on the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates at 6:30PM on Tuesday, February 12, 1952.

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL LEAGUE (1951-52)

1.  Dundee Bulldogs (Paul Woods-1) 9-1 .900 (1st Title)
2.  Midvale Blue Devils (Chuck Stocker-2) 9-1 .900 (6th Title)
3.  Baltic Eagles (Doyle Shumaker-2) 7-3 .700
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Fritz Jacobs-2) 6-4 .600
5.  Bolivar Cardinals (Warren Craigo-4) 5-5 .500
6.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Bray Toot-7) 5-5 .500
7.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Chuck Lorenz-2) 5-5 .500
8.  Strasburg Tigers (Don Martin-4) 4-6 .400
9.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers (Ken Newlon-5) 3-7 .300
10. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Bill Wolfe-1) 2-6 .200
11. Mineral City Tigers (Al Prazniak-2) 0-10 .000

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL SEASON (1951-52)

1.  Midvale Blue Devils 18-2 .900
2.  Dundee Bulldogs 15-2 .882
3.  Baltic Eagles 12-6 .667
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians 13-8 .619
5.  Port Washington Purple Riders 10-9 .526
6.  Bolivar Cardinals 8-11 .421
7.  Stone Creek Golden Panthers 8-11 .421
8.  Tuscarawas Broncos 8-11 .421
9.  Strasburg Tigers 8-12 .400
10. Mineral City Tigers 2-16 .111
11. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 2-17 .105

The big difference between the Midvale Blue Devils and other Class B teams in Tuscarawas County this year has been Dick Tolloti.  A 6-1 Junior, the Star Forward amassed a totalof 399 points in 20 games, giving him an average of 19.9.  Tolloti's closest rival for top scoring honors is Port Washington's Ken Huston who has rimmed 355 in 19 tilts for an average of 18.6.  Huston is only a Sophomore and stands 5-10.

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B SCORING

1.  Dick Tolloti (Midvale) 20-164-71-200-399
2.  Ken Huston (Port) 19-147-61-172-355
3.  Dean Huprich (Baltic) 18-137-47-168-321
4.  Leonard Porter (Gnaden) 20-126-62-145-314
5.  Jim Lorenz (Stone Creek) 19-124-49-154-297
6.  Del Haut (Bolivar) 19-119-51-180-289
7.  Max Miller (Sugarcreek-Shanesville) 19-121-31-145-273
8.  Bill Jones (Stone Creek) 19-115-36-122-266
9.  Jim Syler (Baltic) 18-110-34-156-254
10. Loris Hostetler (Dundee) 17-108-37-116-253
11. Bill Tharp (Tusky) 19-84-70-132-238
12. Harry Thompson (Tusky) 19-92-50-141-234

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