DOVER - Tuscarawas County was assured at least one team in the Eastern District Class B High School Basketball finals at Dennison next week last night when the Tuscarawas Broncos unseated the Magnolia Panthers of Carroll County 62-38 in one of 2 games played in the North Eastern Sectional Tournament at Memorial Hall. The Broncos' victory carried them to the Sectional finals where tonight they play the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates with the winner advancing to Dennison.
The 2nd game on last night's program, played before 900 fans, saw the Walnut Creek Cardinals (20-4) romp over the Berlin Blue Jays (19-6) 54-22 to avenge an upset defeat in the Holmes County Tournament a week ago. The trimph qualified the Creekers for a final game with the Strasburg Tigers tonight the winner moving up to the District competition.
There wasn't much to either game last night, the victors winning much as they pleased. Both took early leads and were never headed.
The Tuscarawas Broncos (5-1) (17-5) relied heavily on Senior forwards Chuck Lorenz and Rich Bonvechio who set the scoring pace for the smooth-working Broncos of Head Coach Jim Rogers in their Magnolia triumph 62-38, The Magnolia Panthers (15-7), ace forward Tom Crow, topped the Tuscarawas County performers however in the scoring division.
Tuscarawas held the advantage in the 1st quarter at 14-10. The Bronco defense kicked in holding the Panthers to just 5 points, while Tusky dropped in 17 points and the scoreboard read 31-15 at intermission. Magnolia never really got going, managing 12 points in the 3rd period, while the Broncos continued to burn the nets with 22 points securing the game by the end of the stanza...53-27. It hardly mattered what happened in the final quarter, as the Tusky Reserves finished the game with 9 points and the Panthers added 11.
The Broncos had 2 players in doule-figures, Lorenz with 19 and Bonvechio with 15. Forward Tom Crow won game honors for his 21 points he gathered.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 62
Rich Bonvechio F 6-3-15
Chuck Lorenz F 9-1-19
John Vesco C 3-2-8
Bob Schmaker G 0-0-0
Fred Walton G 2-0-4
Ellsworth Fox F 1-0-2
Dick Donahue F 2-3-7
Bob French C 1-0-2
Jay Hearing G 2-0-4
John Kopp G 0-0-0
MAGNOLIA PANTHERS - 38
Tom Crow F 9-3-21
Faeillo F 2-0-4
Hamilton C 1-1-3
Welch G 0-0-0
J. Crow G 1-1-3
Mihal G 2-0-4
Markle C 0-1-1
Casin C 0-0-0
Trughel F 0-0-0
Cascioli G 1-0-2
Saturday, March 3, 1945
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
SECTIONAL SATURDAY 3-3-45
Sugarcreek-Shanesville vs Tusky 8PM
Strasburg vs Walnut Creek 9PM
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