The Midvale Blue Devils' Junior Center Dick Tolloti was named the County League's Most Valuable Player for 1952.
DOVER - Only 2 Seniors were able to win berths on the 1st Team of the All-Tournament Team selected by sportswriters at the County Class B Basketball Classic concluded Saturday at Memorial Hall. The scribes, basing their selections on tournament play only, picked Dean Huprich of the Baltic Eagles and Loris Hostetler of the Dundee Bulldogs at the forward posts on their "Dream" team.
Dick Tolloti of the Midvale Blue Devils, a Junior, voted by the coaches as the County League's "Most Valuable Player" and was awarded the center position, while Harry Thompson of the Tuscarawas Broncos, a Sophomore and Bill Jones of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers, a Freshman, were given the guard posts.
Four of the 5 All-Stars hit the 6 foot mark with only Loris Hostetler falling short, coming in at 5-10. Huprich, Jones and Tolloti were an even 6-feet, while Thompson is 6-2.
Being named to the 2nd Team after giving the 1st stringers a rugged battle and causing the sports writers much concern, were Junior Jim Syler of the Baltic Eagles and the others were:
Senior Merlyn Immel of the Dundee Bulldogs
Sophomore Jim Lorenz of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers
Sophomore Max Miller of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates
Freshman Jerry Haswell of the Strasburg Tigers
Honorable Mention went to:
Senior Cal Geckler (Bolivar Cardinals)
Senior Gary Struchen (Gnadenhutten Indians)
Senior Ron Weston (Gnadenhutten Indians)
Senior Roger Wigfield (Mineral City Tigers)
Junior Jerry Gasser (Stone Creek Golden Panthers)
Junior Don Graham (Midvale Blue Devils)
Junior Del Haut (Bolivar Cardinals)
Junior John Torgler (Baltic Eagles)
Sophomore Gene Argento (Mineral City Tigers)
Sophomore Ken Huston (Port Washington Purple Riders)
Sophomore Rich Slemmer (Dundee Bulldogs)
Tuesday, February 26, 1952
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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