Senior Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel of the Strasburg Tigers. Goose led the Tigers to an awesome 85-36 victory that destroyed the Dennison Railroaders. Jerry added 22 points to his 5 tournament games for a total of 135 markers which gives him a game average of 23.0 points per contest.
DOVER - The Baltic Eagles (21-6) will meet the Flushing Orioles (21-1) in the 1st game of the Eastern Ohio Class B District Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall on Wednesday night at 8:00 with the Strasburg Tigers (23-2) facing the Yorkville Ductillites (17-9) at 8:00 on Thursday night. The 2 winners in the Wednesday and Thursday night contest collide Saturday night for the District Championship and the right to advance to the Regional Tournament.
The Tigers will be making its 3rd consecutive appearance in the District Tournament, while the Eagle cagers set a new school record in advancing past the Sectional Tournament for the 1st time in Baltic history. The Flyers Saturday night took a long lead and then fought off a determined Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldog rally to win 88-81, while the powerful Bengal combination had an easy night in crushing the Railroaders 85-36.
Advance ticket sales will be held at each of the 4 schools involved in the District meet with the adult tickets selling for 75 cents and the student Ducats going for 50 cents. Tickets at the box office will all be 75 cents. Doors will open at 7:00 on each night of the meet managed by W.E. Laws , Tuscarawas County School Superintendent.
The Strasburg Tigers (5-0) (23-2), once again flattening an opponent expected to make the contest interesting, turned on the power in the 2nd frame of the final Sectional Tournament contest and pulled far out in front of the Dennison Railroaders (13-9) with both teams using Reserves in the final canto. The Railroader's strategy of holding the ball for a good shot kept the score down in the 1st quarter, but the Roaders, who couldn't hit from the field, were without rebounding power under the boards and the strategy failed to work.
The Tigers zipped away to a 7-0 lead despite the fact that the talented Bengals were missing some easy layup shots. It took the Trainmen more than 4 minutes to dent the scoring column in the initial period with Senior Carl Ludwig connecting on a one-hand push from just outside the key. Senior Jerry Haswell, who was left to shoot as Dennison tightened their defense under the boards to stop Senior Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel, led the Cats' 1st stanza assault as the Orange and Black moved out to a 15-6 advantage.
Again in the 2nd quarter the power-packed and evenly-balanced Strasburg machine moved away quickly as Head Coach Ken Newlon's quintet zipped to a 28-6 lead with the Railroaders scoring after 4 minutes had been played. Sophomore Al Kennedy connected for that shot on a long one from out front of the Tiger defense and the game settled down into a slow-moving affair with the Bengals out ahead 38-14 at the half time intermission.
The Roaders couldn't stop the Cat attack in the 3rd period as Goose hit for 11 points, Junior Jim Kuecher 7 and Senior Gene Hensel for 6 and Strasburg pulled away to a 42-point advantage 66-24 at the far turn. The Tiger Reserves took over in this quarter and continued to hike the margin as Head Coach Chuck Lorenz of Dennison began to insert his Reserves and experimented with different combinations of underclassmen.
The Bengal Reserves added 7 points to the overall margin and the Cats came away with one of its most one-sided triumphs of the season against a respected Railroaders Team that had just defeated the Midvale Blue Devils 76-68 in the tournament. All 5 of the Strasburg starters hit for double figures with Von Kaenel collecting 22 markers to set the pace. Haswell, Kuecher each had 12, while Hensel and Sophomore Jerry Froman, whose rebounding and ball-handling again sparkled, each getting 10.
Kennedy, whose shots from out front helped Dennison' attack, was high with 12.
And so the Strasburg Tigers move on to the District Tournament.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 85
Jerry Haswell 5-2-12
Jim Kuecher 5-2-12
Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel 9-4-22
Gene Hensel 5-0-10
Jerry Froman 4-2-10
Will Rieger 2-2-6
Lloyd Diebel 1-0-2
Bill Hensel 2-1-5
Don Weber 1-0-2
Bob Grimm 0-3-3
Ron Gray 0-0-0
Woody Norris 0-0-0
DENNISON RAILROADERS - 36
Gary Page 0-1-1
Gary Wright 4-0-8
Jerry Hill 0-5-5
Al Kennedy 5-2-12
Carl Ludwig 1-0-2
Chuck Polen 2-2-6
Bill Cummings 0-0-0
Ben Nardi 0-0-0
Cargnel 0-0-0
Tom Maitland 0-0-0
Myrtle Murray 0-1-1
Dick Trolio 0-1-1
STRASBURG 15-38-66-85
DENNISON 6-14-24-36
Monday, March 7, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: Art Cicconetti's RIGHT DOWN THE LINE
AT THE CLASS B DISTRICT here in Dover, the possibility of another All-Tuscarawas County Championship game is very distinct.
The Flushing Orioles (21-1), powered by the highly-touted Carter Howell, will be tagged as the favorite against the Baltic Eagles (21-6) on Wednesday night, but from what we've seen of the Eagles in the tournament up to now. the decision could very easily go the other way. When Baltic plays the all-out aggressive ball game it did in the early and late stages of the Big Prairie game and in the stretch against the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers, any team will have a hard time beating the Eagles. Baltic has all-around scoring punch and the rebounding power to give the Orioles its 2nd defeat of the campaign. It could happen.
THE STRASBURG TIGERS (23-2), on the other hand, appears to have too much for the Yorkville Ductillites (17-9) even though the Ducats have a 6-5 man to match the Goose's (Jerry Von Kaenel) towering height under the basket. The Jefferson County Champions haven't impressed thus far and they appear to be one year away from being a polished club.
The tournament trail for the Tigers has been a blazing one up to this point and who can say what will happen along the way. The Bengals need only play the type of ball they have been showing thus far and the victory will be in the can.
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