DOVER - With victory as their price objective, 6 teams open their bids for tournament gold tonight at Dover Memorial Hall. The 1st night of hoop bombardment in the 34th Tuscarawas County cage carnival will unfold at 6:30 with the Stone Creek Golden Panthers clashing with the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates followed by the Mineral City Tigers and Tuscarawas Broncos fracas at about 7:45 and the Bolivar Cardinals and Dundee Bulldogs tilt at approximately 9:00.
And if tonight's games are anything like the ones when these clubs met during the regular season, fans should be treated to plenty of thrills. In previous tussles, the Cardinals edged the Bulldogs twice, 61-59 and 64-60. The Golden Panthers had to go all out to vanquish the Broncos and the Tigers of Mineral City the Pirates by a 68-58 count and traveled into an overtime session before Tusky won 73-69.
Some of the leading scorers in the area will be seen in action this evening - Paul Lindsay of Mineral City, Ted Riggle of Tuscarawas, Don Levengood of Dundee, Ron Deibel of Stone Creek, Ted Brown of Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Ken (Bobo) Haueter of Bolivar.
Lindsey, who has scored more points than any other county performer, accounted for 539 markers during the regular campaign, thus he averaged almost 27 points per fray. Riggle, Tusky forward, pitched in 474, Dundee center Levengood canned 471, Stone Creek forward Deibel tallied 460, Pirate forward Ted Brown 341 and Bolivar center Haueter 325.
The probable starters for the 6 combines with their year in school and point totals listed as follows:
STONE CREEK
Forward Ron Deibel - Junior 460
Forward Rod Reinhart - Sophomore 349
Center Reuben Lorenz - Junior 123
Guard Ben Wherley - Junior 272
Guard Dave Wherley - Senior 119
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE
Forward Ted Brown - Senior 341
Forward Keith Gerber - Senior 216
Center Dan Bear - Junior 178
Guard Bill Gerber - Junior 193
Guard Jim Troyer - Senior 175
MINERAL CITY
Forward Paul Lindsay - Senior 539
Forward Larry Yost - Senior 107
Center Ben Price - Freshman 353
Guard Carl Ickes - Senior 125
Guard Terry Kirker - Senior 100
TUSCARAWAS
Forward Ted Riggle - Senior 474
Forward Carl Simmons - Senior 102
Center Ed Hill - Junior 134
Guard Bob Vesco - Senior 206
Guard Ron Moore - Senior 110
BOLIVAR
Forward Dave Wolf - Junior 245
Forward Don Mason - Senior 161
Center Ken (Bobo) Haueter - Junior 325
Guard John Geers - Junior 87
Guard Wayne Ruof - Junior 145
DUNDEE
Forward Willie Slemmer - Sopohomore 206
Forward Bob Walter - Senior 237
Center Don Levengood - Senior 471
Guard Neil Potts - Senior 122
Guard Al Dildine - Senior 248
The losers of the first 2 games will vie in the Consolation Division round opener at 7:30 Thursday night. In the Thursday nightcap the Baltic Eagles and the Port Washington Purple Riders will open their drives toward the coveted goal. The doors open at 5:30 tonight.
FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Strasburg Tigers 10-0 1.000 18th Title
2. Midvale Blue Devils 9-1 .900
3. Gnadenhutten Indians 8-2 .800
4. Port Washington Purple Riders 6-4 .600
5. Stone Creek Golden Panthers 5-5 .500
6. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 5-5 .500
7. Tuscarawas Broncos 5-5 .500
8. Baltic Eagles 3-7 .300
9. Bolivar Cardinals 3-7 .300
10. Mineral City Tigers 1-9.100
11. Dundee Bulldogs 0-10 .000
REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
1. Strasburg Tigers 17-0 1.000
2. Gnadenhutten Indians 18-2 .900
3. Midvale Blue Devils 15-5 .750
4. Port Washington Purple Riders 12-6 .666
5. Stone Creek Golden Panthers 13-7 .650
6. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 9-11 .450
7. Tuscarawas Broncos 8-10 .444
8. Bolivar Cardinals 3-7 .350
9. Baltic Eagles 6-13 .316
10. Dundee Bulldogs 3-17 .150
11. Mineral City Tigers 3-17 .150
Tuesday, February 14, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
No comments:
Post a Comment