DOVER - The hot competition that was expected to mark the opening of the Class B Sectional Tournament at Memorial Hall last night failed to get hot and turned to several degrees of warm as nearly a thousand fans watched the League Champions of 2 counties roll up lopsided scores to advance in the tournament brackets.
All 3 victims were "exempted village" schools...Class B teams not members of rival school Leagues...and their best licks fell far short of the power required to make a contest of it against the Champions. The Millersburg Knights (10-11) went out as the 1st victim by a 70-18 score by the Walnut Creek Cardinals (19-4), the Holmes County Champion.
The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers (21-5) were the 2nd falling before a sharp Strasburg Tigers (21-2) combination 60-31. And the the Dennison Railroaders (3-17) went home, propelled by a 62-22 punch-down by the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (21-4) who shared the Tuscarawas County League title with the Strasburg Tigers.
Last night's games quickly resolved themselves into a mere "how many" with interest in several instances switching to individual scoring where Walnut Creek's Hershberger carried off honors with 19 points in the Cardinal's conquest of Millersburg. Walnut Creek led the Knights 17-3, 32-6 and 52-16 at the period ends. Neidenthal hit 15 points and his teammate, Gene Bayer, hit 14, in the Tigers' romp over Dover St. Joseph. Strasburg held advantages of 15-7, 32-12 and 53-27 over the Ramblers.
For the losers, all of whom dropped out of the race and packed their duds until next season. Dover St. Joseph's Sam Baio with 10 points and Dennison's Harry Hargrave with 9, were the leaders.
The Sugarcreek-Shanesville contest looked like a carbon copy of the Strasburg contest as the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (4-1) (21-4) blow-out the Dennison Railroaders (3-17) 62-22.
Much like the Tigers, Sugarcreek-Shanesville leaped to a giant 18-1 lead in the 1st quarter of play. In the 2nd quarter, it was pretty much the same as the 1st quarter with the Tigers dropping in 16 points and the Railroaders lucky to get their 7 markers for a 34-9 lead at intermission. In the 3rd stanza, the Pirates' offense never let up slipping in 20 points in the quarter as the Dennison offense never got going with another 7 points in that quarter...54-16 Pirates. The game pretty much was wrapped up by Sugarcreek-Shanesville at the half as the Railroaders could only manage another 6 markers in the final quarter.
Sugarcreek-Shanesville was led by center Ernie Raber with 11, guard Ken Miller with 10 and Senior center Bob Lanzer, Senior forward Bill Neff and forward Doyle Schumaker all with 9 points each. Dennison's center Harry Gargrove led the Railroaders with 9 points.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 62
Doyle Schumaker F 3-3-9
Bill Neff F 3-3-9
Bob Lanzer C 4-1-9
Ernie Raber G 1-10-11
Ken Miller G 4-2-10
Weiss F 3-0-6
Arios Gerber G 1-0-2
Immel F 2-1-5
Hamsher C 0-0-0
DENNISON RAILROADERS - 22
Bob Marty F 1-1-3
Povick F 1-0-2
Harry Hargrove C 3-3-9
Hill G 1-0-2
Polen G 0-0-0
Morgan G 0-0-0
Hanter G 1-0-2
Weber F 0-0-0
Filsworth G 2-0-4
Hastette F 0-0-0
Friday, March 2, 1945
Clyde Shaffer, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
SECTIONAL FRIDAY 3-2-45
Tusky vs Magnolia 8PM
Berlin vs Walnut Creek 9PM
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