Terry Deems of the Wittenberg Lutherans dunks another 2-pointer for the Lutherans' basketball team.
NEW PHILADELPHIA - Terry Deems, "The Tusky Hustler," was among a team of 8 picked by the coaches of the Ohio Conference this weekend. The former Tuscarawas High School Athlete, already crowned the most prolific scorer and rebounder in Ohio Conference History, was named along with Fred Golding, Ray Pryear, Climon Lee and Bob Whaley of Akron, John Leohner of Otterbein, Dick Paul of Ohio Wesleyan and Jerry Weddell of Denison.
Deems, a 6-4 Senior, set a new conference scoring record of 1,700 points in his 4 years ast Wittenberg, while also having 1,515 rebounds. The Lutherans finished with a 19-3 record this ykear under Head coach Ray Mears, a native of Dover. Teammates Tony Wilcox, formerly of Cleveland East Tech and Tony Bedova, were named to the 2nd team. Among Honorable Mention Honors were Gene Wenger of Heidelberg and New Philadelphia. Eldon Miller, of Gnadenhutten, won a letter with Wittenberg this season and is expected to be an important part of the Lutherans' attack next year when 8 lettermen return. The Ohio Conference Champions lost only to Capital and Louisville in regular season play. The 3rd loss was in tournament play at Evansville, Indiana.
Monday, March 16, 1959
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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