Midvale Blue Devils Guard Jerry Young scored 15 points and gathered game honors leading the Blue Devils to a 37-21 triumph over the Gnadenhutten Indians. Young has a total of 19 points in tournament play and is averaing 7.5 points per game.
DOVER - First-year Head Coach Pete Wolfe's Midvale Blue Devils (2-0) (32-14), favorite of the tournament and apparently getting better with every performance, were "on" again last night, brushing aside the Gnadenhutten Indians (1-1) (25-23) challenge after bogging down in the 3rd period. The victory was the 2nd over Gnaden this year for Midvale, the Blue Devils edging the Indians 39-36 on February 17th and losing to them 46-24 on January 14th...the wide range in the scores indicating Midvale's improvement.
In the 1st quarter Midvale was ahead 14-6 and by halftime was still in front 19-13 by the end of the 3rd quarter, the Blue Devils had a 13-point lead 31-18. In the final stanza, Gnaden went down to defeat accumulating only 3 more points.
The defeat of the Strasburg Tigers and Gnadenhutten completes the elimination of the 5 seeded teams from the Championship Division. TheTuscarawas Broncos and the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates were eliminated entirely, while the Bolivar Cardinals, the League Champions, still remains in the Consolation Division.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 37
Jerry Young F 6-3-15
Calvin "Tod" Hostetler F 2-0-4
Al Turrin C 3-1-7
Dale Ford G 0-2-2
Adrian Ford 4-1-9
Lloyd Swinderman C 0-0-0
Vic Paris G 0-0-0
Vic Cusano G 0-0-0
Glenn Booth F 0-0-0
John Downing F 0-0-0
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 21
Dallas Crites F 1-1-3
Gene Huebner F 1-0-2
John Metzger C 4-2-10
Ken Kohl G 0-1-1
bill Schreiner G 2-1-5
Don Miller F 0-0-0
Ralph Long G 0-0-0
Al Gaibraith F 0-0-0
Bill Lockett F 0-0-0
Friday, February 28, 1941
John Stratton, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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