Harry Rennicker of the Midvale Blue Devils goes into the air to score for the Blue Devils who laced the Port Washington Purple Riders 45-21. Bill Jones (7) and Hal West (4) of the Riders are unable to stop Rennicker's shot.
Head Coach Bill French's 1949-1950 edition of the Midvale Blue Devils who tripped-up the Bolivar Cardinals 53-44 to cop their 3rd consecutive Tuscarawas County Class B League title. It was their 4th League title since the League began in 1925. French has been at the Midvale helm for 3 years and during that time his teams have dropped but one League game. FRONT: Dick Tollotti - Bill Marshall - Kay Ford and George Wilson. BACK: Darrell Davis - Harry Rennicker - Bob Sherrell - Carl Pissocra - Rudy Ruffini and Don Graham.
DOVER - The Stone Creek Golden Panthers, hitting a near disastours lull in the 3rd stanza, were forced into overtime by the Gnadenhutten Indians Thursday night at Memorial Hall to notch their 1st triumph in the 28th Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament as they eked-out Head Coach Ray Blickensderfer's Indians 63-61.
In the only other game on the schedule, Midvale's League Champion Blue Devils maintained their Championship flight by topping the Port Washington Purple Riders 45-21.
Head Coach Bill French's Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (48-24) had little trouble dropping the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-1) (15-38) into the Consolation Division Tournament as Junior forward Harry Rennicker and Senior center Bob Sherrell, who was benched midway in the 2nd quarter after he drew his 4th personal, paced the County League Champions with 15 and 14 markers, respectively.
The Blue Devils posted a 1st quarter lead of 12-6 and sat on a 6 point margin. The Diablos offense picked up another 9 points, while the Purple Riders stayed with them by scoring 7 points and they ended the 2nd quarter at 21-13. In the 3rd stanza, Midvale's defense held the Porters to but 1 point pretty much wrapping up the game at 31-14. The Midvale Reserves never let up, scoring 14 points in the last canto, to tuck-away the win.
Port Washington's Senior guards Bob Frank and Bob Jones lead the Purple Riders attack with 6 points each. The Midvale defense stopped Port's Senior forward Hal Weber to 1 point, Junior center Bill Jones to 3 points and Senior guard Bob Jones to 6 points after they scored 19, 15, and 13 against Baltic in the opening tournament contest.
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 45
Harry Rennicker F 6-3-15
Rudy Ruffini F 0-0-0
Kay Ford F 0-0-0
Bob Sherrell C 5-4-14
Carl Pissocra G 3-0-6
George Wilson G 1-1-3
Darrell Davis G 3-1-7
PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 21
Hal Weber F 0-1-1
Hal West F 1-1-3
Bill Jones C 0-3-3
Bob Frank G 2-2-6
Bob Jones G 1-4-6
Allen Corbett G 1-0-2
Friday, February 17, 1950
Ray Stull, Sports Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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