BRILLIANT - Henry Josefczyk and the Yorkville Ductillites stand between the Strasburg Tigers and a 4th straight engagement in the District finals of the Eastern Ohio Class B Basketball carnival. For 3 straight seasons the roundball artists of Bengalville have roared into the District jousts and reached the finals, going on to the Regional Tournament finals before bowing out in 2 of those seasons.
Last year, the same Yorkville Ducks posed no problem for Head Coach Ken Newlon's powerful combination as the Orange and Black smashed past the River Rovers 118-71 to set 2 new records for the Dover Memorial Hall books. This year, the Jefferson County Champions are figured to have a very slight edge, if any and that advantage will be in the persons of Josefczyk, leading scorer in the State this year and flashy Ed Baran.
The Tigers and Ductillies will meet at 8:00 Wednesday in the spacious Brilliant High School Auditorium-Gymnasium with the winner taking on the triumphant team emerging from tonight's struggle between the Killbuck Bucks of Holmes County (18-5) and the Holloway Railroaders of Belmont County (21-1). Head Coach Ken Newlon sent his charges through a long scrimmage session in the Strasburg Gymnasium yesterday with Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel, star of last year's District Kings standing in as Josefezyk in the drill. Today, the Tigers worked out on the Dennison High Court which is the same type as that which the Tigers will see at Brilliant Wednesday night.
Josefezyk has scored 993 points as Yorkville rolled along to an overall record of 20 victories and 3 defeats. Baran, who stands 5-11, has averaged 20 points per contest to give the Ducks a potent one-two punch. Both 6-5 Josefezyk and Baran are back from last year's squad which was humiliated here at Memorial Hall by the Strasburg Powerhouse. They will probably line up with 6-0 Don D. Napoli 5-5 Nick Gerolimos and 5-10 Ralph Rungo as the 5 Yorkville starters.
Tom Alessl (5-5), brother of the high-scoring Ken Alessl of a few years ago, 5-5 Sam Vinci and 5-9 Jack Bigelow, will round out the Yorkville squad which will be most likely to see action in the contest. Head Coach Earl Davis whose charges lost only 3 times this year with all 3 defeats coming at the hands of Class A teams. Steubenville Central Catholic defeated the Ducks 62-55 in the 2nd game of the season and Bellaire St. John Central took Yorkville's measure twice by counts of 84-73 and 106-77.
STRASBURG TIGERS (21-1)
Bolivar 62-44 W
Dundee 84-50 W
Tuscarawas 64-42 W
Dalton 68-61 W
Mineral City 89-53 W
Midvale 69-58 W
Baltic 76-49 W
Gnadenhutten 73-65 W
Big Prairie 51-48 W
Bolivar 74-44 W
Stone Creek 79-57 W
Killbuck 67-53 W
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 66-30 W
Sandy Valley 63-58 W
Midvale 71-62 W
Navarre 78-53 W
Port Washington 64-46 W
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 77-70 W
Gnadenhutten 76-59 W
Midvale 63-72 L
SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dennison St. Mary 98-37 W
Midvale 75-74 W
YORKVILLE DUCTILLITES (20-3)
Brilliant 63-38 W
Steubenville Central 55-62 L
Shadyside 84 - 82 W
Dillonvale 101-80 W
Bridgeport 109-55 W
Brilliant 97-46 W
Linsley Institute 97-73 W
Mt. Pleasant 87-69 W
Bellaire St. Johns 73-84L
Wayne Township 84-73W
Dillonvale 75-69W
Flushing 84-73W
Adena 70-53W
Mt. Pleasant 92-81W
Bridgeport 86-70W
Bellaire St. John 77-106L
Smithville 90-48W
Shadyside 90-70W
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Adena 89-67W
Brilliant 85-53W
Irondale 105-74W
Springfield Township 55-53W
SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Freeport 44-21W
Tuesday, March 6, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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