Gary Caviness of the Tuscarawas Broncos on a day that he hit 42 points. (PHOTO...The Daily Times, New Philadelphia)
Tuesday, February 9, 1960
Sports Editor
The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
BASKETBALL-CRAZY Tuscarawas County is again up to their old tricks this season, especially as far as amending the record book is concerned. This past weekend saw 3 marks fall as Gary Caviness snapped the Tuscarawas High School mark on 42 points. Tom Davis accomplished the same feat for the Uhrichsville Tigers on 40 markers and the Tigers team set a new game mark of 100 points. But, these are not the only marks that have fallen this season.
There are for instance, at least 3 county cagers who hit the elite 1,000 point class this season. It took a little research and digging, but our records show Caviness, Ron Breniser of the Midvale Blue Devils and Charles Stingel of the Garaway Pirates have all made it. Including tournament scoring, Caviness appears to be the current leader with 1,325 points, while Stingel has 1,105 points. Breniser rounds out the trio with 1,028 points. There have not been many in history to join these ranks, but accurate statistics on the 1,000-Club are incomplete.
THE MOST PROLIFIC SCORER in history was Ron Deibel of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers who hit 1,874 points in 4 seasons, while the 2nd and 3rd highest scorers also came from the Golden Panthers. Bill Jones, who was graduated in 1956, totaled 1,792 and Jim Lorenz, of the 1955 class, totaled 1,539 points. Deibel was graduated in 1957. From here on records are incomplete. Nick Mourouris of Uhrichsville (1955), we believe was the top Class AA scorer of all-time with 1,364 points; although, New Philadelphia's Dave Leggett (1951) is believed to have also hit the 1,000 circle. Leggett does hold the County AA Record for one year, totaling 536 in regular season and ending up with 642, counting tournament play when a Senior. Both of these marks are also believed to be the county records for either class.
Caviness, a 6-0 Tusky Senior, moved into this season's county scoring lead on his 42-point outburst against Stone Creek last Saturday, edging by the season-leader Koran Zehnder of Garaway. Caviness has a 22.6 average now on 362 points, while Zehnder has 351 for a 21.9 average. The 5-11 Garaway Senior is followed closely by Midvale's 5-11 Senior Breniser who is averaging 20.9 with 356 points. Sandy Bonvechio of the Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves, a 5-10 Junior, is still 4th with a 20.4 average on 245 points.
In the Class AA chase, Tom Davis is still on top, going into tonight's game with the Quakers, averaging 18.6 on 262 points, while Dover's 5-10 Senior Jim Antonelli is still 2nd with 219 points and a 16.6 average. Jerry Smith, New Philadelphia's 6-3 Sophomore, has worked his way to 3rd with a 15.1 average on 182 points and George Newton of Unrichsville and Jerry Fisher of New Philadelphia are next with 212 and 14.1 and 168 for 14.0 respectively.
BUT GETING BACK to the record performances, we find that only one season individual mark is assured of falling this season. Zehnder, with 351 points this season, is assured of a new school mark for Garaway, regardless of what he does from this point forward. Stingel, with only 221 this season, appears out of the race. He hit 308 in season and added 25 in tournament play last year for the standing record. Stingel's appearance in the 1,000 group, came with 234 points as a Freshmen, 317 as a Sophomore, 333 last year and 221 for this season thus far. Caviness, who made the circle with his Saturday's performance, hit 229 points as a Freshman, 336 points as a Sophomore, 407 last year and 362 this season.
Breniser scored 198 points as a Sophomore, added 474 last season and has 356 thus far this campaign for his 1,028 total. The only other county lad who may be in contention would be John Rice of the Baltic Eagles who currently has 795 points, excluding any points he may have scored as a Sophomore. Zehnder has 849 points for 3 seasons, but it has been reported he did not play Varsity ball his Freshman year.
Here are the only performers we have in the 1,000 club, giving their names, team, year of graduation, and totals.
1. Ron Deibel - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1957) 1,905
2. Bill Jones - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1955) 1,792
3. Jim Lorenz - Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1954) 1,546
4. Nick Mour'zis - Uhrichsville Tigers (1955) 1,364
5. John Studer - Strasburg Tigers (1934) 1,061
6. O'Hara - Dennison Railroaders (1954) 1,052
7. Frank Baumholtz - Midvale Blue Devils (1937) 997* (*Stats missing 1 game)
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