DOVER - The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers, an on-and-off team during the regular season, will hit the tournament trail against the Tuscarawas County Tournament Champion Midvale Blue Devils when the Class B Sectional Tournament embracing 10 teams, opens at Dover's Memorial Hall on Wednesday night. The Ramblers, who have won 10 and dropped 8 and the Blue Devils, who have emerged triumphant 18 times in 23 outings, will square off in an 8:45 nightcap.
Action opens at 7:30 that night with Port Washington's tall Purple Riders, who shot their way to the Tuscarawas Consolation Division toga, going against the Killbuck Bucks, the Holmes County Champion which features a one-man scoring machine in Ron "Butch" Arndt. Port has a 15-7 record, while the Bucks have the same number of victories, but 2 less setbacks. When pairings for the 4-night cage carnival were conducted at a dinner meeting at Helmkamp's Restaurant Sunday evening once-beaten Strasburg Tigers and Berlin Hawks, the Holmes County League kingpin, were accorded seeded positions.
The Tigers from Strasburg picked a lower bracket bye and were paired with the Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves (4-14) as the Blue Waves Head Coach Paul Drotovick, last mentor to draw for a position, had no other choice. These 2 clubs will vie at 8:45 on Thursday night. The Berlin Panthers (18-5) picked a bye in the upper bracket and the Panthers were slated to take on the Dennison Railroaders (5-13) at 7:30 Thursday after Head Coach "Chick" Maurer of the county club decided to stay out of the lower bracket of a 1st round meeting with the Bucks which had 1st pick after Strasburg and Berlin were seeded.
The Malvern Green Hornets (6-13) took a bye in the upper bracket on 3rd pick and the Millersburg Knights, 5th team to choose a position, took a lower bracket bye. The Killlbuck-Port winner will meet the Green Hornets at 7:30 Friday, while in the nightcap the Knights (4-13) will do battle with the St. Joe-Midvale victor. Carroll County did not stage a tournament and Malvern, by virtue of 2 regular season wins over the Augusta Blue Devils, rated the Sectional Tournament berth.
The semi-finals will be played at 7:30 and 8:35 Saturday night with the Co-Champions moving to "B" District Tournament play at Brilliant on March 6,7 and 9. Following the seeding of Strasburg and Berlin, the other 8 teams drew for position. Then they re-drew for bracket spots and Killbuck got 1st choice, Dennison 2nd, Malvern 3rd, Port Washington 4th, Millersburg 5th, St. Joe 6th, Midvale 7th and St. Mary's 8th.
Coaches voted to provide trophies for the Co-Champions with the awards to be presented out of tournament proceeds. Runnerup in each bracket will be given the game basketballs. Each school was allotted 26 passes and executive heads of competing schools were given 2 each. Radio Broadcasts were approved. According to District Board Regulations the stations pay $25.00 per session. The Dover High Stadium Club will sell programs. Tickets will cost 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students.
Monday, February 27, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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