DOVER - The prestige and chances of the Northern Division of the Eastern Ohio District to produce another Class B Basketball Champion will be carried into the District finals at Zanesville Friday and Saturday by the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates and the Walnut Creek Cardinals, victors in Sectional finals at Memorial Hall on Saturday night.
The Pirates, undefeated in 26 starts this season, vanquished the Midvale Blue Devils 42-24, while the Cardinals of Walnut Creek, whose only losses have been to the Pirates, eliminated the Dennison Railroaders 34-31. The games were staged before a crowd of nearly 1,500 of whom 1,020 were paid admissions.
Head Coach Earl Sundheimer's Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (5-0) (26-0) Saturday night took the Midvale Blue Devils (5-2) out by easy stages, working up an 11-7 advantage in the 1st quarter and never relinquishing the lead. The Pirates took an 11-0 edge before the Blue Devils scored, but then went scoreless the remainder of the stanza. Each team scored 9 points in the 2nd period, but in the next 2 sessions Sugarcreek-Shanesville demonstrated their superiority by taking 12 to 5 and 10 to 3 advantages in the scoring there.
Junior center Bob Lanzer set the scoring pace for the Pirates with 11 points, tallied on 5 field goals and a free throw, but Midvale's Junior center Gene Hawkins copped individual honors with 14 points (5 field goals and 4 free tosses). Forward Gene Mast and guard Ernie Raber scored 9 and 8 points, respectively, for the Blue Devils.
Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Walnut Creek head to Zanesville for this year's District Tournament.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 42
Gene Mast F 4-1-9
Warren Craigo F 2-2-6
Ernie Raber G 3-2-8
Bob Lanzer C 5-1-11
Junior Miller G 2-2-6
Bill Neff G 1-0-2
Bill Doll G 0-0-0
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 24
Jack Rennicker F 2-0-4
Gil Bartles F 1-0-2
Sam Booth G 1-0-2
Gene Hawkins C 5-4-14
Dave Stevenson G 0-0-0
Jim Morgan G 0-3-3
Monday, March 6, 1944
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: The only Class B Ohio teams to remain undefeated at this point are Sugarcreek-Shanesville and Ashville.
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AT ZANESVILLE FRIDAY 3-10-44
Sugarcreek-Shanesville (26-0) vs Philo Electrics (23-2)
Walnut Creek (20-2) vs West Lafayette (27-1)
NOTE: CLASS B TOURNAMENT HERE BIGGEST IN THE STATE. Tuscarawas County's 22nd Annual Class B Cage Tournament, held at Dover Memorial Hall last month, was the biggest county tournament held in the State this year. H.R. Townsend, Commissioner for the Ohio High School Athletic Association advised Tournament Manager W.E. Laws here today.
In his final report submitted to Mr. Townsend, Laws revealed that the local joust attracted 6,895 customers who paid admission totaling $2,894.15 at the 6 sessions. The record breaking "gate" resulted ijn distributionof bonuses of $195 to each of the 11 competing schools. The State Athletic Association reveives only $35.00.
Expenses of the tournament totaled $794.81 nearly half of which represented federal and state taxes. The previous attendance record was 5,856 in 1941 and the previous receipt record was established in 1942 when $1,952.55 was taken in.
Attendance at the 6 sessions this year, in the order they were played, was: 1173, 887, 1153, 1510, 441 and 1,728. (TDR Tuesday, March 7, 1944)
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