DENNISON - The Strasburg Tigers, defending Tuscarawas County Class B Tournament Champions, were forced to stage a last period rally to defeat the Port Washington Purple Riders 42-39 Wednesday night in the opening round of the 1949 tourney at Dennison before a small crowd of 715 fans, while the Bolivar Cardinals upset the Dundee Bulldogs 32-25 and the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates was exhibiting power in trouncing the Stone Creek Golden Panthers 63-29.
The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates (1-0) (16-4) (49-29) whose victory over a faltering Stone Creek Golden Panthers quintet (0-1) (11-9) (12-31) may have cost the Orttmen the services of Senior center John Andreas for the remainder of the tournament. Otherwise, the Pirates, conceded a chance of giving the Midvale Blue Devils a battle if the 2 teams meet, had things all their own way against the Golden Panthers. With Panther ace Senior center Verle Buehler held in check by Senior forward Clayton Deetz, Buc forward, the issue was never in doubt from the first 4 minutes of play.
The rampaging crew of Pirates charged ahead to a crushing 23-3 lead as the Panthers felt the pain of the Bucs' offensive barrage to come by the end of the 1st quarter.. In the 2nd stanza, Stone Creek came alive to out-score Sugarcreek-Shanesville by a point 13 to 12 as the scoreboard read 35-16...Pirates. The Bucs outscored the Creekers 10 to 6 for a 23-point margin after the intermission period and closed the 3rd period at 45-22. The Pirate Reserve Team never let up scoring 18 points in the last canto, while the Reserve defense held the Golden Panthers to just 7 markers.
Buehler scored 12 points leading his team in a losing cause and was generally ineffective in this game, as the Pirates pressed the big Panther center all over the floor. The balanced scoring for Sugarcreek-Shanesville showed Junior guard Glenn Zimmerman, Junior guard Jim Knox, Deetz and Sophomore Ike Hochstetler scoring 15, 14, 13 and 14 points, respectively in a near perfect game.
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLES - 63
Clayton Deetz F 5-3-12
Ike Hostetler F 5-2-12
Myron Beechy F 2-1-5
John Andreas C 1-0-2
Wayne Schrock C 0-2-2
Jim Knox G 7-0-14
Glenn Zimmerman G 6-3-15
Glenn Miller G 0-0-0
Dick Stutzman G 0-0-0
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 29
Gene McPherson F 0-0-0
Dick Kugler F 2-2-6
Bob Shull F 0-2-2
Dean Reid F 0-0-0
Verle Buehler C 5-2-12
Hal Ridenour G 1-0-2
Bob Bucher G 0-1-1
Roger Reifensnyder G 1-0-2
Jim Pfeiffer G 2-0-4
Thursday, February 17, 1949
Rex Ridenour, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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