These are the lettermen of the Berlin Black Panthers who meet the Dennison St. Mary Blue Wave in the 3rd game of the Class A Sectional Tournament tonight at Memorial Hall. They are: Merle Mullett - Dale Wurthman - Mark Menuez and Ellis Mast. (Photo...The Daily Reporter)
These are the Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs who copped Runner-up Honors in the recent Holmes County Tournament at Millersburg. They will meet the Malvern Green Hornets, in the 2nd game of tonight's Class A Sectional Tournament at Dover's Memorial Hall. FRONT: Von Flinner - Glenn Cassidy and Wayne Dewitt. BACK: Dave Butler - Dave Miller land Ken Baurer. (Photo...The Daily Reporter)
DOVER - Doors will open an hour before game time with admission being $1.00 for adults and 60 cents for students. Also on top are a battle between the Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs and the Malvern Green Hornets and Dennison St. Mary Blue Wave at 9:00.
Head Coach Joe La Scola's Dennison Ramblers enter the game with 4 wins in 13 games, 2nd poorest record in the county. The Blue Wave is 2-16. In the Gnadenhutten Indians the Ramblers will be meeting a team which has won 16 of 22 games and finished 2nd in the County League and Runner-up to the Midvale Blue Devils in the County Tournament.
But Dennison will be fighting all the way. Leading them will be the high-scoring Eddie Joe Young, one of the top pointmakers in the county with an average of 20 per game. He will be at one of the forward positions. Coach La Scola probably will start Charlie, 6-2 Senior at center, John Patterson, 6-1 Junior at the other forward position and guards John Ferchill, 5-6 Sophomore and Jerry Dolzine, 5-10 Junior. Walt Burtscher, 5-8 Sophomore, also is expected to see duty.
The Indians' mentor Head Coach Dick Scott will start guards Larry Clark and Ed Shull. At center, will be Tom Roth with forwards Larry Gooding and Ron Bradley completing the 1st Five. The Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs, which is mentored by Head Coach Robert E. Lee, will take a record of 16-5 into tonight's fray against the Malvern Green Hornets. During the season the Panthers finished in a tie with the Walnut Creek Cardinals for 2nd place in the Holmes County League on 7-3 records. Big Prairie-Lakeville then was Runner-up to the Black Panthers of Berlin in the County Tournament, defeating the Glenmont Indians and the Cardinals of Walnut Creek before reaching the finals.
The Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs faced only one Tuscarawas County quintet during the regular season dropping a 79-59 decision to the Stone Creek Golden Panthers. Lee will start Sophomore center Dan Dye at 6-0, Senior Wayne DeWitt 5-11 and Junior Ken Baurer 5-9 at the forwards and Junior Dave Miller 5-8 and Senior Von Flinner 5-10 at the guards. The Green Hornets of Malvern will not be a newcomer to courts in Tuscarawas County. Over the regular season the Hornets, who are mentored by Head Coach Jack Street, met 5 county foes.
They dropped 2 decisions to Dennison St. Mary 64-55 and 59-46, while downing St. Joseph 65-43 and 56-39. They also lost 76-57 to the Tuscarawas Broncos and 78-66 to Stone Creek and won over the Port Washington Purple Riders 65-54 and 74-47. Starting for the Green Hornets, who have an overall record of 8 wins and 11 losses, will be Ron Romano 6-0 Senior at center, Tom Romano 6-0 Junior and Ron Whittington, 6-0 Senior at forwards. Bill Currie 5-11 Senior and Bill Ferguson 5-10 Senior at the guard positions. Sixth and 7th man will be Bill Laubacher 5-11 Senior and Dick Sarbach 6-2 Junior.
Berlin, which has been the toast of the Homes County League, has accumulated a record of 18 wins, including 2 tournament victories and only 4 defeats. The Black Panthers won the League toga with a 9-1 mark. They have met 3 Tuscarawas County teams and won 3 of 4 contests. They downed the Garaway Pirates 61-55 and 61-59 and Dover St. Joseph 79-68 and bowed to the Baltic Eagles 77-72.
Starting lineup for the Panthers will have Merle Mullett 6-2 Senior at center with Dale Woethman 5-9 Junior and Ellis Mast 5-8 Senior at the guards and Glenn Miller 5-11 Junior and Don Mast 6-0 Junior at the forwards. Seeded Dennison St. Mary with a record 2nd only to the Midvale Blue Devils, will provide the opposition for Berlin. The Wave has won 15 of 17 tilts.
Head Coach Paul Drotovick will have the big-scoring Jim Guida, at 6-0 at one of the forward positions and Dick Still at the other. Ken Beamer and Gary Bradley will be the guards with Paul Smolak at center.
Tuesday, February 25, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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