SUGARCREEK - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (3-0) (3-1) won the undisputed championship of the county high school tournament Saturday afternoon when they administered a 32-15 defeat to the Bolivar Cardinals (2-1) (4-3) in the final contest played at the Community Hall in Sugarcreek. The stellar performance of Dan Meyers, Sugarcreek center and Forrest Miller, right forward for the champions, were the features of the title game, which was a thriller throughout the 1st half. It was not until the 2nd half of the final contest that the Sugarcreek team struck its usual game and drew away from the Bolivar contenders.
The best team in the league also won the county tournament championship. The Pirates, entering the tournament with a record of 10 victories out of 11 starts, defeated Strasburg 27-14 Saturday morning after walloping Dundee 41-9 in the 1st round. Although Strasburg held the champions to a comparatively low margin the winners' only threatening chance came in the Bolivar 1st half and the suspense didn't last long with the Pirates capturing the win in the 2nd half. The championship contest began at 3:15PM. The Sugarcreek boys came on the floor first, looking just a little bit weary during their preliminary limbering up. The Bolivar lads came out apparentley unscathed from their morning's battle with Mineral City and broadcasting an impression of satisfaction as to how things were breaking. The confident spirit with which Bolivar entered the game for the title probably had a lot to do with the score being so close at the half. Bolivar played to win and gave all it had to ward off defeat.
The 1st few minutes of the contest were cautiously played, the tactics of both teams indicating that the game was to be a rough affair. Sugarcreek started the scoring when Forrest Miller made a successful free throw. Randall Garber tied the score and Forrest Whitmer looped one through from the foul line to give Bolivar a 2-1 lead. Forrest Miller scored a field goal for Sugarcreek followed by a free throw by Dan Meyers. This gave Sugarcreek a 2 point lead which they held throughout the 1st half. The scoring was on even terms, Bolivar getting an even break with the Sugarcreek outfit. Forrest Miller and Dan Meyers did all of the scoring for Sugarcreek in the 1st half, as they did in the last half.
Randall Garber scored 2 field goals for Bolivar in the 1st half. Gordon Kienzie 2 and a free throw and Forrest Whitmer 1 field goal and a free throw. It was Bolivar's stellar passing game that worried the champions in the 1st half of the title contest and they were forced to solve this attack before they could proceed to stack up any kind of lead. Bolivar's passing work in the final tilt of the tournament brands them as the best passing team in the county tournament. However, the runners up were weak on basket shooting accuracy and the ability to follow up their shots. The half ended 15-13 in Sugarcreek's favor. Sugarcreek showed its true calibre on the last half of the game, outclassing the wearying Bolivar squad. Forrest Miller and Dan Meyers kept possession of the ball with comparative ease, while Bob Neff worked in and out of the Bolivar defense. Oliver Watson and Marcus Miller, Sugarcreek guards who were taken out soon after the 2nd half began covered their men so effectively that Bolivar was unable to score a field goal in the 2nd division of play. Gilbert Steely and Stanley Miller the two subsititue guards for Sugarcreek took up their task with success equal to that of their predecessors.
Bolivar's only tallies in the 2nd half were free throws by Forrest Whitmer and Karl Mase, while Dan Meyers of Sugarcreek led his teammates to their barrage of the Bolivar goal. Dan Meyers registered 4 field goals and a free throw in the final half, while Forrest Miller scored twice from the floor and once from the foul line and Bob Neff made a basket and a foul. The Bolivar team evidently "blew up" in the 2nd half as they were practically unable to gain possession of the leather.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 32
Forrest Miller 5-3-13
Bob Neff 1-1-3
Dan Meyers 6-4-16
Oliver Watson 0-0-0
Gilbert Steely 0-0-0
Marcus Miller 0-0-0
Stanley Miller 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 15
Gordon Kienzie 2-1-5
Forrest Whitmer 1-2-4
Walter Burkhart 0-0-0
Randall Garber 2-1-5
Paul Mase 0-0-0
Karl Mase 0-1-1
Jim Fisher 0-0-0
Monday, March 2, 1925
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
3rd TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1925
1. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 3-0
2. Bolivar Cardinals 2-1
3. Strasburg Tigers 1-1
4. Dundee Bulldogs 0-1
5. Mineral City Tigers 0-1
6. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-1
7. Winfield High School 0-1
8. Gnadenhutten Indians 0-0*
*Did not play due to epidemic!
POINTS
1. Luke Warners (S) 26
2. Dan Meyers (SS) 18
3. Dan Meyers (SS) 16
4. Bob Neff (SS) 15
5. Dan Meyers (SS) 14
6. Forrest Whitmer (B) 14
7. Forrest Miller (SS) 13
8. 3 tied with 11
FIELD GOALS
1. Luke Warnes (S) 13
2. Dan Meyers (SS) 8
3. Dan Meyers (SS) 6
4. Bob Neff (SS) 6
5. Forrest Miller (SS) 5
6. Forrest Miller (SS) 5
7. Dan Meyers (SS) 5
8. Forrest Whitmer (B) 5
9. Forrest Whitmer (B) 5
10. Wyle (MC) 5
FOUL SHOTS
1. Luke Warnes (S) 5
2. Luke Warnes (S) 5
3. Dan Meyers (SS) 4
4. Dan Meyers (SS) 4
5. Forrest Whitmer (B) 4
6. 6 tied with 3
ALL TOURNAMENTS
1923 Strasburg Tigers - Gnadenhutten Indians
1924 Dennison Railroaders - Strasburg Tigers
1925 Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates - Bolivar Cardinals
1. Dennison Railroaders 3-0
2. Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 3-1
3. Strasburg Tigers 6-2
4. Bolivar Cardinals 4-3
5. Gnadenhutten Indians 2-2
6. Mineral City Tigers 1-3
7. Newcomerstown Trojans 0-1
8. Winfield High School 0-1
9. Dundee Bulldogs 0-3
10. Tuscarawas Broncos 0-3
HIGH GAME
1. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 26
2. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
3. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 18
4. Keene Van Curren (S) (1923) 16
5. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1924) 16
6. Dan Myers (SS) (1924) 16
7. Bob Neff (SS) (1925) 15
8. 4 tied with 14
HIGH FIELD GOALS
1. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
2. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 8
3. Keene Van Curren (S) (1923) 8
4. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 8
5. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 6
6. Bob Neff (SS) (1925) 6
7. 8 tied with 5
HIGH FOUL SHOTS
1. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1924) 6
2. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924) 6
3. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 5
4. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 5
5. Weaver (MC) (1923) 4
6. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 4
7. Dan Meyers (SS) (1925) 4
8. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1925) 4
9. 8 tied with 3
TOTAL POINTS
1. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 62
2. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 50
3. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 40
4. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 36
5. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 31
6. Schriever (G) (1923-24) 29
7. Gordon Kienzle (B) (1923-24-25) 28
8. Bob Neff (SS) (1925) 24
9. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 24
10. Randall Garber (B) (1924-25) 23
TOTAL FIELD GOALS
1. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 23
2. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 18
3. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 16
4. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 16
5. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 13
6. Herbert Donley (S) (1923) 12
7. Schriever (G) (1923-24) 12
8. Gordon Kienzie (B) (1923-24-25) 11
9. Williams (Denn) (1924) 11
10. 2 tied with 10
TOTAL FOUL SHOTS
1. Forrest Whitmer (B) (1923-24-25) 18
2. Dan Meyers (SS) (1924-25) 16
3. Gordon Kienzle (B) (1923-24-25) 6
4. Randall Garber (B) (1924-25) 5
5. Bob Neff (SS) (1925) 5
6. Luke Warnes (S) (1925) 5
7. Schriever (G) (1924) 5
8. Jim Foster (S) (1923) 4
9. Forrest Miller (SS) (1924-25) 4
10. 8 Tied with 3
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