Ron Deibel, jump-shooting Stone Creek Golden Panthers Junior star who scored 30 points last night, is shown as he got off one of his pet shots against the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates, and Senior Guard Jim Troyer vainly trying to block the attempt. Awaiting to see what happens next are Junior Guard Ben Wherley of the Golden Panthers and Ted Brown wearing glasses of the Pirates, who claimed a 76-66 win. (Photo by The Daily Reporter)
Tournaments are sometimes dull............when your favorite basketball team is................idle. (Photo by The Daily Reporter)
The 1956 Sugarcreek-Shanesville Basketball Team. FRONT: John Schindler - Ken Haufman - Pat Carpenter - Jackie Shell - Sandra Dandis - Janice Reed - Dick Harman and Jim Troyer. BACK: Jim Sundheimer - Claude Stingle - John Goss - Gorden Gerber - Bob Mutcheiknaus - Merle Clum - Ted Brown - Reno Stevanus - Dan Bear - Keith Gerber - Bill Gerber and Head Coach Jim Stull. (Photo by The Daily Reporter)
DOVER - Merle Clum is a Freshman who had played in only 4 Varsity games, bobbed up as the Sugarcreek-Shanesvilles Pirates (1-0) (10-11) (58-42) "Secret Weapon" as the Pirates dealt the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0-1) (13-8) (27-43) its 10-point setback - the same margin the Golden Panthers had won by in a regular season tilt - in the 1st game of the 1956 Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament contest. The 6-3 Clum, performing like an "old head," scored 26 points against the Panthers and virtually snuffed out their chances for victory on a great 1st half display of bucket-making.
The Corsairs hit for 17 field goals in 38 1st half action shots and it was Clum who had 10 of those doubledeckers. The Cats never could catch up; although, Head Coach Leo Gower's lads made things mighty interesting in the stretch. The Blue & Gold got a 30-point spree from its auburn-haired forward Ron Deibel, but he and his mates couldn't check the Bucs on the backboards nor could they keep them from driving in for closeup shots. The winners, in one of their best performances, canned 44 percent of their shots.
Both Clum and Deibel wound up with fine percentages as the Maroon & Grey string-bean made 11 goals in 21 tries and the Stone Creek Ace bagged 13 out of 31 flips. Head Coach Jim Stull's Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates were hotter than a Fourth of July in Bagdad in the 3rd period when it widened its advantage as bespectacled Ted Brown, chunky Keith Gerber and playmaker Jim Troyer took up the scoring burden. They connected for 9 goals in 16 shots and took a 63-47 lead into the last round.
A hook shot to Keith Gerber upped the difference to 18 points as the final canto started and about 2 minutes later it was 71-55. But the Golden Panthers were not finished yet. Two jumpers by Deibel and Rod Reinhart of the Panthers, 2 free throws by Dave Wherley and a pair by Ben Wherley cut the gap to 71-65 with about a minute remaining. The Cats sensed a game-winning spurt, but the Pirates lifted the plank. Moving the ball carefully, they worked it around until Brown got loose with a half minute left. Center Reuben Lorenz, fouled by a Stone Creek performer, made the 2nd of 2 tries, but a free toss by Keith Gerber and 2 by Bill Gerber sealed the door.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 76
Ted Brown 7-2-16
Keith Gerber 6-3-15
Dan Bear 0-0-0
Bill Gerber 3-6-12
Merle Clum 11-4-26
Reno Stevanus 0-0-0
Jim Troyer 3-1-7
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 66
Ron Deibel 15-0-30
Rod Reinhart 5-2-12
Reuben Lorenz 2-2-6
Ben Wherley 4-7-15
Dave Wherley 0-2-2
Mel McAfee 0-1-1
Harold Baker 0-0-0
SUGARCREEK 21-37-63-76
STONE CREEK 8-29-47-66
Wednesday, February 15, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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