48 - 26th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament 1948

DOVER - With the Midvale Blue Devils and Strasburg Tigers seeded in opposite brackets, drawings for the 26th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball League Tournament were made today at the Office of County School Supt. W.E. Laws with Supt. Karl Bosbender of Sugarcreek-Shanesville in charge.

Midvale, leader in the League, drew into a 4-team bracket with the Bolivar Cardinals, Dundee Bulldogs and Stone Creek Golden Panthers.  The Blue Devils play the Cardinals on February 19 at 9PM and will meet the winner of the Dundee-Stone Creek game to be played on February 20 at 7PM.  On February 26 at 8PM is the semi-final tilt.  Seven other teams in the circuit drew into the lower bracket with the Strasburg Tigers, defending Champions, claiming the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates in its opening game February 21 at 9PM in a quarter-final clash.

The Gnadenhutten Indians and Tuscarawas Broncos clash at 7PM February 19 for the right to play the Sugarcreek-Shanesville winner on February 21 at 9PM in a quarter-final battle.  The Port Washington Purple Riders will open its tournament play with the Mineral City Tigers February 19 at 6PM, the winner of that tilt taking on the Baltic Eagles, which drew a bye, February 20 at 8PM.  Winner of that game plays the Gnadenhutten-Tuscarawas, Strasburg-Sugarcreek-Shanesville winner at 7PM February 26 in the 2nd semi-final game.

Three county teams were seeded in addition to Midvale and Strasburg.  They were Tuscarawas, Port Washington and Dundee, who compose the remainder of the first 5 county teams in the standing.


Saturday, February 7, 1948
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL LEAGUE (1947-48)

1.  Midvale Blue Devils (Bill French-1) 10-0 1.000 (2nd Title)
2.  Strasburg Tigers (Emmet Riley-5) 9-1 .900
3.  Tuscarawas Broncos (Jim Rogers-5) 8-2 .800
4.  Port Washington Purple Riders (Bray Toot-2) 7-3 .700
5.  Dundee Bulldogs (Fritz Jacobs-1) 5-5 .500
6.  Bolivar Cardinals (Al Bricker-1) 4-6 .400
7.  Mineral City Tigers (Bob Tawzer-2) 4-6 .400
8.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (Bill Ott-2) 4-6 .400
9.  Gnadenhutten Indians (Ray Blickensderfer-1) 3-7 .300
10. Stone Creek Golden Panthers (Ken Newton-1) 1-9 .100
11. Baltic Eagles (Marion Eckfeld-1) 0-10 .000

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY CLASS B BASKETBALL SEASON (1947-48)

1.  Strasburg Tigers 21-2 .913
2.  Midvale Blue Devils 20-2 .909
3.  Port Washington Purple Riders 16-3 .842
4.  Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 10-7 .588
5.  Dundee Bulldogs 11-9 .550
6.  Tuscarawas Broncos 12-12 .500
7.  Bolivar Cardinals 10-10 .500
8.  Mineral City Tigers 10-10 .500
9.  Gnadenhutten Indians 10-13 .434
10. Baltic Eagles 2-14 .125
11. Stone Creek Golden Panthers 2-17 .105

NOTE:  I want to thank Steven Stevanus for joining us as a member and of course want to thank Randy Miller who has been with us for some time now.  Both come out of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville area and both are upstanding gentlemen who supported the Tuscarawas County sports programs.

NOTE:  Due to the crazy snow storms...I have yet to receive all photos needed for this years story.  But, they will arrive from time to time and will be posted eventually...and before 1949 rolls around.