The Gnadenhutten Indians' 6-1 Senior Guard Tom Roth (77) eludes 6-4 Senior Forward Jaron Knight (55) of the Powhatan Indians to swish a one-handed hook shot during the 2nd frame of last night's District Basketball Tournament contest at Brilliant. Senior 6-0 Center Larry Gooding (66) of the Indians of Gnaden, 5-7 Senior Forward Bob Brown (50) of the Indians of Powhatan are in rebound positions, while 5-9 Senior Forward Larry Clark (33) of Gnaden is at the left. Knight scored 16 points in the last canto and 32 during the game to lead Powhatan to the win over the Tribesmen of Gnadenhutten. (Photo...By Bob Fisher of The Daily Times)
The Gnadenhutten Indians Basketball Team of 1958. TOP: Al Cappel - Larry Gooding - Tom Frank and Ron Bradley. BOTTOM: Ed Shull - Larry Clark - Stepen Hamilton and Tom Roth. Photo...1958 Yearbook)
BRILLIANT - Tuscarwas County's last tournament contender, the Gnadenhutten Indians, were shunted to the sidelines last night in absorbing a 65-61 loss in a spine-tingling District battle with the Powhatan Indians at Brilliant. Holmes County's entry, the Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs, also was eliminated by a 72-54 loss to the Dillonvale Night Riders. Both victims had advanced to Brilliant from the Dover Sectional Tournament. Powhatan and Dillonvale will collide on Friday night for a berth in the Regional event at Canton next week.
The Gnadenhutten Indians (5-2) (6-2) (19-7) literally were robbed of victory by the Powhatan Indians (19-6). Leading 61-59 with 1:05 remaining, Gnadenhutten saw 6-4 Senior forward Jaron Knight, who was a big factor in the Indians of Powhatan win, hit on a jump shot. He was fouled in the process and cashed the free throw to put his Tribe ahead 62-61. Seconds later 5-9 Junior guard Carrington Price made the lead 63-61 with another single free throw.
With 55 seconds left, Head Coach Dick Scott of Gnaden called for time. When play was resumed, Gnadenhutten took the ball down the floor and began to stall for the last shot which, if successful, would have tied the score. But 5-7 Senior forward Lou Brown, playing an alert game for Powhatan, stole the ball from Gnaden's 5-9 Senior forward Larry Clark and tossed it to Price, who whipped it through the nets to ice the decision.
Not since the 1st white man set foot into the Ohio Valley has there been such a skirmish as the 2 Tribesmen staged. There never was more than 7 points separating the 2 quintets. The Scarlet and Gray of Gnaden several times being ahead that many and the count was tied 8 times. The Gnadenhutten Indians held quarter leads of 20-15, 36-35 and 50-43, but finally gave way before the Powhatan Indians' repeated thrusts.
The 2 biggest reasons for the Powhatan Tribesmen's triumph were Knight, whose height enable him to score 14 points in the final period when mates consistently fed him the ball and Price, who hounded Gnaden's Clark for 4 quarters and limited the usually high-scoring all-countian to 12 points. Gnaden, which usually hit 50 percent on its field shots, had an off night in that department, sinking only 26 of 73 shots for 35.6 percent.
On the other hand Powhatan took only 53 shots from the floor and tallied on 28 for 52.8 percent. It hit on 9 of 14 free throws, while Gnaden tallied on 9 of 16. The 1st quarter saw Gnadenhutten exhibit top-notch ball when it tallied on 9 of 18 shots from the field. Forward 6-0 Senior Larry Gooding hit on a layup shot early in the period to make the score 4-2 and the Tribe rushed on to a 20-15 margin by the time the canto ended.
The Powhatan Indians finally tied the game at 27-27 with 3:55 remaining in the 2nd stanza when 6-0 Sophomore guard Jan Saner notched a free throw after Brown had scored on a set shot. But a short time later Clark tallied on his accurate off-balance jump try from the corner to put the Indians of Gnaden ahead. Two free throw tries by Knight tied the score before 5-8 Senior guard Ed Shull notched for the Tribe of Gnaden making the score 31-29. Goals by Knight and Price and one by Tom Roth of Gnaden tied the game at 33-33.
Then Saner put the Ohio Valley Indians into the lead 35-33 on a jumper. But a free throw by Roth and a jump shot by 5-11 Junior forward Ron Bradley gave Gnaden a 36-35 lead at halftime. Both clubs were inaccurate in the 3rd stanza, but Gnadenhutten managed to forge to a 7-point, 50-43 lead by outscoring Powhatan 14 to 8.
With time running out Powhatan began to feed Knight early in the final frame and the lanky cager came through with 8 straight points before Gnaden could score and Powhatan led 51-50 with 5:45 remaining. From there the lead changed hands 7 times before Gnaden went ahead 61-59 with 1:05 remaining. The rest "as they say" is history.
Knight led all scorers with 13 field goals and 6 free throw tosses for 32 points, while Saner tallied 17. Leading Gnaden was Ron Bradley with 9 field goals and 2 from the charity line for 20 points, while 6-1 Senior center Tom Roth added 14 and Clark 12.
POWHATAN INDIANS - 65
Jaron Knight 13-6-32
Lou Brown 1-1-3
Joe Burchfield 2-0-4
Jan Saner 8-1-17
Carrington Price 4-1-9
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 61
Ron Bradley 9-2-20
Larry Clark 6-0-12
Larry Gooding 3-3-9
Tom Roth 6-2-14
Ed Shull 2-2-6
POWHATAN 15-35-43-65
GNADEN.......20-36-50-61
Thursday, March 6, 1958
Norman Singleton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
No comments:
Post a Comment