Sophomore Ron Deibel of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers grabs the ball off Sophomore Ed Hill of the Tuscarawas Broncos as the Golden Panthers made their bid for an upset, but fell short. Senior Terry Deems (10) and Senior Dave Myers (8) of the Broncos are pictured watching the play, while Senior Bill Jones (88) of the Panthers moves in from under the basket. (The Daily Reporter Photo)
The Tuscarawas Broncos' Senior Terry Deems set a tournament record lighting the nets on fire with 35 points against the Stone Creek Golden Panthers last night at Memorial Hall. Terry led his team to a whopping 91-76 triumph over the Golden Panthers in the Panthers 1st tournament loss of 1955. Deems' 35 points surpasses Elmer Linard of the Port Washington Purple Riders who dropped in 34 points in 1946. (1955 Yearbook Photo)
DOVER - Just when it looked as though the Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament would run through quietly, up pops the Gnadenhutten Indians with an upset victory and the stillness that hung over Memorial Hall during the 1st night's action was shattered. The Indians, defeated twice by the Baltic Eagles in the regular season, pinned a 57-52 defeat onto the Eagles in the opening game of the meet's 2nd round last night and advanced all the way to the semi-finals round.
The Stone Creek Golden Panthers' prowled away to an early lead over the defending Champion Tuscarawas Broncos, but couldn't stop the "Mutt and Jeff" combination and finally bowed 91-76 in the nightcap. Gnaden will see action next Wednesday night at 9:00 against the winner of Saturday's clash between the Mineral City Tigers and the Midvale Blue Devils, while Tusky goes into the semi-finals in the upper bracket to await the winner of Friday night's Strasburg Tigers and Port Washington Purple Riders encounter.
The tournament takes a breather tonight with a full slate of 3 contests on tap for Friday night at Memorial Hall with 2 of the games in the Consolation Division bracket. The Dundee Bulldogs tangles with the Bolivar Cardinals at 6:30, while the Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Baltic Eagles collide in the 2nd contest slated to start at 7:45 with the Strasburg Tigers and Purple Riders bringing down the curtain.
The Golden Panthers moves into the Consolation Division bracket and will play the loser of the Strasburg-Port fray in the opener Saturday at 6:30.
The Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1-1) (14-9) (25-41) kept the upset Gremlins in business in the early part of the 1st quarter as the Golden Panthers swished into an 11-4 lead before the Tuscarawas Broncos (1-0) (13-5) (46-40) whose Deems-Davis (Mutt and Jeff) combination could get rolling and get the Broncos back in the ball game. The Bronco-Busters continued their high scoring records with 102 points in 1946, 92 in 1947 and now 91 last night holding the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in the annual tournament record books. The Panthers total was also quite high. Senior Terry Deems connected for 35 markers and Senior Rich Davis added 31 to account for all but 25 of Tusky's total, while Junior Theo Riggle picked up 13 of those points.
Freshman Rod Reinhart, Sophomore Ron Deibel and Senior Bill Jones led the Cat's early uprising as Stone Creek jumped into the lead and then held on to keep a 20-18 advantage at the end of the quarter. Deems, Davis and Riggle moved into high gear in the 2nd frame to counteract the efforts of Jones and Reinhart and Tuscarawas had a 46-39 advantage going into the 3rd stanza. Tusky doubled the Golden Panthers output in the 3rd quarter and the Broncos appeared to be in as they held a 70-51 edge as the 4th canto started.
The Bronco-Busters increased its lead to 20 points, but the Panthers moved back into contention and came within 8 markers as the clock ran out. Deems fouled out with almost 2 minutes left, but Davis carried on and tossed in 6 points as time ran out to give a decisive victory to Tuscarawas.
The Cats lost Sophomore Don Poland on fouls in the early part of the 4th quarter with Deibel following after the 3-minute mark had been reached, while Jones went out in the last few seconds. Jones was Stone Creek's high scorer with 29 markers, while Reinhart hit for 20 and Deibel connected for 18.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 91
Theo Riggle 6-1-13
Rich Davis 14-3-27
Ben Roth -1-0-2
Dave Myers 1-5-7
Ed Hill 1-1-3
Terry Deems 13-9-35
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 76
Rod Reinhart 9-2-20
Stan Phillippi 3-0-6
Don Poland 1-0-2
Ron Deibel 6-6-18
Bill Jones 10-9-29
Larry Sherrets 0-0-0
Melvin MacAfee 0-0-0
Ben Wherley 0-1-1
Dave Wherley 0-0-0
TUSCARWAS 18-46-79-91
STONE CREEK 20-39-51-76
Thursday, February 17, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporte
Dover, Ohio
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