48 - Sugarcreek-Shanesville Survives A Sharp Little Tigers Charge From Mineral City 39-35 (2-25-48)

Mineral City Tigers 2nd-Year Head Coach Bob R Tawzer is pictured above.  Tawzer guided the Tigers to an 11-12 season which included an upset of the Tuscarawas Broncos 49-37 during the county tournament.


DOVER - The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (2-1) (12-8) (46-29) side-stepped a Bengal charge from the Mineral City Tigers (1-2) (11-12) (10-38) as the Buccaneers came up with a 39-35 win at Memoral Hall in a Consolation Division contest on Wednesday night.

Sugarcreek-Shanesville's fast-moving raiders, after holding 1st and 2nd quarter leads of 10-8 and 16-14, fell behind the pace in the 3rd period and trailed 31-23 going into the final canto, but a brilliant rally, led by Junior forward Clayton Deetz, Senior forward Don Miller and Sophomore guard Jim Knox pulled the game out of the fire for 2nd-Year Head Coach Bill Ortt's Bucs.

With the score tied 33-33 midway in the final stanza, Strasburg's Miller meshed a field goal, Junior guard Clarence Fiddler of Mineral City knotted the count again, but Miller and Deetz sank 2 fast doubledeckers to give the Pirates the final decision.

Junior 6-0 center Dan Lechner, the Tigers ace, gave his usual stellar performance in racking up 13 points and playing a brilliant floor game.  Miller and Knox divided the scoring honors for the winners with 10 markers each.

SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 39

Clayton Deetz F 4-1-9
Myron Beechy F 0-0-0
Don Miller F 4-2-10
Don Hostetler C 1-3-5
Jim Knox G 3-4-10
Glen Zimmerman G 2-1-5

MINERAL CITY TIGERS - 35

Gene Reidl F 2-1-5
Don Farnsworth F 1-2-4
Rich Lindsay F 1-1-3
Dan Lechner C 5-3-13
Clarence Fiddler G 1-4-6
Warren Binder G 0-1-1
Dale Adams F 1-1-3


Thursday, February 26, 1948
Rex Ridenour, Right Down The Line
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

NOTE:  1948 MINERAL CITY GRADUATES

FRONT:  Iris Steinbaugh (Salutaturian) - Ageline Johns - Thelma Geckler - Clarence Abel - Ruth Rausch - Norma Gross - Greta Deubner and Delores Fowler.  BACK:  Evelykn Mathey (Valedictorian) - Dorothy Reidl - Mervyne Houston, Donald Steineck - Orwen Weaver and Donna Errington.