The Gnadenhutten Indians Junior Glen Hines. Glen in leading his team to an 84-74 important win over the Stone Creek Golden Panthers at Memorial Hall last night, scored 27 points giving him 67 tournament points for an average of 22.3 markers per game. (The Daily Reporter Photo)
The Stone Creek Golden Panthers and Cheerleaders For 1955. CHEERLEADERS: Kaye Phillippi - Margery Mizer - Ruth Ridenour and Wanda Ott. FRONT: Gene Patrick - Bill Jones - Reuben Lorenz - Don Poland - Larry Sherrets - Ron Deibel and Stan Phillippi. BACK: Head Coach Lea Gower - Harold Baker - Ben Wherley - Dave Wherley - Rod Reinhart - Mel McAfee and Kerry Rice (Manager).
DOVER - The Baltic Eagles and Gnadenhutten Indians will clash once again in the Tuscarawas County Class B Tournament as both teams came through with victories last night to advance to the Consolation Division finals and a chance at gaining a berth in the Sectional Tournament to be held at Memorial Hall here next week. The Eagles pulled one of the meet's upsets when Head Coach Jim Ross' charges staged an uphill fight to defeat the defending champion Tuscarawas Broncos 75-71 in an overtime period and send the Blue and White skidding out of the Tournament.
The Indians also had a tough fight, but the Scarlet and Gray proved capable of the task as they turned back the Stone Creek Golden Panthers 84-74 with a hard-driving finish to clinch. The Gnaden Indians and the Baltic Eagles will meet in the preliminary on Saturday night for the Consolation Division Crown, while the Midvale Blue Devils and Strasburg Tigers tangle for the Championship.
Senior Bill Jones climaxed his 4-year career as a Stone Creek basketball player by setting a new scoring record for this year's tournament as he swished 37 points for the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (3-2) (16-10 (27-42) last night, but the scrappy Gnadenhutten Indians (2-1) (12-12) (51-45) had a much more balanced attack and won going away in the final period. Jones was "Red Hot" in the initial quarter as he connected for 17 markers, but his effort barely was enough to give the Golden Panthers a 21-20 lead over Gnaden as Junior Glen Hines and Sophomore Eldon Miller, a pair of underclassmen, paced the Indians.
The Blue and Gold's attack was better balanced in the 2nd frame, but the Tribe maintained the pace and was on top 38-37 at the half time intermission. Head Coach Richard Scott's Braves, who never let down the pace, continued to hike their advantage in the 3rd stanza with an equally balanced offensive surge, while Jones was again accounting for most of the Panthers' markers as he whipped in 10 of 14 points scored by the Cats.
Gnadenhutten maintained the lead all the way down the stretch with Stone Creek moving within 4 points on 2 occasions, but Gnaden began to draw away and made it an easy victory in the latter stages of the fray. .Jones ended up the game with 37 points, more than half of the Golden Panthers total, as he ended his high school basketball career with a flourish.
The Indians had 5 men in double figures with slippery Glen Hines canning 27 to set the pace, while Junior Chuck Albaugh had 18, Miller tallied 17 and Junior Lloyd Porter and Freshman Ed Shull each connected for 10 markers.
Stone Creek won the 1st encounter of the season 84-73 against Gnaden and then slid by them once again 60-56.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 84
Glen Hines 12-3-27
Chuck Albaugh 5-8-18
Lloyd Porter 4-2-10
Eldon Miller 6-5-17
Ed Shull 4-2-10
Larry Hines 1-0-2
Tom Roth 0-0-0
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 74
Ron Deibel 5-2-12
Don Poland 2-2-6
Bill Jones 13-11-37
Rod Reinhart 2-0-4
Stan Phillippi 2-2-6
Reuben Lorenz 0-0-0
Ben Wherley 0-0-0
Mel MacAfee 0-0-0
Dave Wherley 2-1-5
GNADEN 20-38-57-84
STONE CREEK 21-37-51-70
Friday, February 25, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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