Senior Guard Don Graham of the 1953 Midvale Blue Devils led his team to a 70-53 smooth win over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates with 23 points at Memorial Hall last night. Graham has 36 markers during his 2 games in the tournament for an average of 18 points per game. He is described as one of the best front men in the area, an excellent long shot and a ball hawk on defense.
The 1953 Midvale Blue Devils. FRONT: Don Draher (Manager) - Ron Harmon - Bill anderson - Dick Tolloti - Dave Martin and Don Graham. BACK: Head Coach Bob Singerman - Web De Genova - Ed Krocker - Frank Davis - Ron Weaver - Larry Mathias - Junior Davis and Bob Zontini.
DOVER - A red-hot Midvale Blue Devils team showed its class last night at Memorial Hall and advanced to the upper-bracket semi-finals in the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament by burning the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 70-53. The Bolivar Cardinals and Mineral City Tigers were ushered out of the festival by it's 2nd defeats. The Dundee Bulldogs took care of the Cardinals 68-60 and the Strasburg Tigers waltzed over Mineral City 58-33 with its 1st five playing but one quarter of the tilt.
Tonight the Port Washington Purple Riders return to action against the Pirates in the opening game at 6:30 with Strasburg and the Bulldogs slated to tangle in the 2nd Consolation Division contest. The top morsel on the menu tonight pits the Tuscarawas Broncos against the Gnadenhutten Indians.
With an offensive display that could not be halted, 1st-Year Head Coach Bob Singerman's Midvale Blue Devils (2-0) (17-6) (56-27) continued their march through the upper bracket in a game delayed by an attempted repair job on the twin scoreboards in Memorial Hall. A short circuit developed in the Strasburg-Mineral City contest and the feature tilt was played with only one scoreboard working and with time kept on a stopwatch. The Blue Devils not bothered by the delay, went to work on the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (0-1) (55-37) and zipped to a 20-8 lead in the 1st 7 minutes of the opening minutes with the twin-powered attack led by Seniors, center Dick Tolloti and guard Don Graham.
Graham put on a beautiful display of accuracy as he caged 11 of his 23 points in that 1st quarter, while Tolloti tallied 9 of his 15. This display was the big stroke in the triumph; although, Junior guard Wil De Genova and Senior guard Ron Harmon took up the load in the 2nd frame and went far ahead. Junior center Bill Ray was the spark in the 2nd period for the losing Pirates, while Junior guard Loris Troyer carried the Maroon and Gray's fight with his spirited playing in the 1st quarter.
The Blue Devils led 20-11 at the end of the 1st quarter and were still far ahead 35-23 at the half, even though Graham and Tolloti were out with 3 personal fouls. Senior forward Bill Anderson carried the Diablos' jet-propelled offense in the 3rd stanza and Midvale led 53-35 going into the final 8 minutes. Junior forwards, Jim Spahr and Max Miller took the scoring load off Junior center Bill Ray and forward Paul Snyder in the final canto, but could not overcome the big Midvale lead. Ray led the Corsairs with 15 points, Troyer got 11, and Spahr 10 for Sugarcreek-Shanesville.
Earlier in the season, Midvale ran over the Pirates 61-49 when Dick Tolloti unloaded with 40 points in the game.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 70
Dave Martin F 0-1-1
Ron Weaver F 0-1-1
Frank Davis F 0-0-0
Bill Anderson F 3-5-11
Larry Mathias F 0-0-0
Dick Tolloti C 5-5-15
Ed Krocker C 1-1-3
Ron Harmon G 4-0-8
Wil Di Genova G 3-0-6
Don Graham G 8-7-23
Junior Davis G 1-0-2
Ron Mathias G 0-0-0
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 53
Jim Spahr F 4-2-10
Paul Snyder F 3-1-7
Max Miller F 4-0-8
Bill Ray C 5-3-13
Bill Pfister G 1-2-4
Loris Troyer G 2-7-11
Friday, February 13, 1959
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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