DOVER - Seven schools were represented on the 1955 Coaches All-County League Basketball Team with the Strasburg Tigers, Tuscarawas Broncos and Stone Creek Golden Panthers with each placing 2 men on the "Dream Team." A total of 29 players were nominated by the coaches of the 11 schools and the mentors then chose the 10 top players with 4 others rating Honorable Mention.
Seniors, Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel and Jerry Haswell, of the Tigers and Errol Jacobs of the Baltic Eagles, are repeaters from the 1954 All-Star selection made by the coaches. The 2 Bengal players were both on the 1953 aggregation as well. Goose was the top vote getter in the polling with Senior Terry Deems of the Broncos, a lad who wasn't even mentioned last season, ranking 2nd in the opinion of the coaches.
Seven Seniors, 2 Juniors and a Sophomore were named to the Top Ten by the professors of basketball with 2 Seniors and 2 Juniors included on the Honorable Mention List. The Golden Panthers' Sophomore Ron Deibel, who broke into the lineup of the Panther Varsity as a Freshman, was chosen to the group. The carrot-topped Stone Creek Ace is the 1st Sophomore honored on the team since both Haswell and Goose were named in 1953.
The Golden Panthers also had Senior Bill Jones on the honor squad. Jones, who was a standout as a Freshman when he fired the Panthers to their only title in the 1952 County Tournament, has been mentioned each year since he was a Frosh, but makes his 1st appearance in the All-League Lineup. Named to the team from Tusky along with Deems was the "half-pint" of the Broncos' "Mutt and Jeff" combination, Senior Dick Davis, who played his 1st season as a regular starter. Davis is the smallest member of the squad.
The Gnadenhutten Indians' high-scoring guard Junior Glen Hines and the Mineral City Tigers' pitchin' Junior Paul Lindsey, both of whom have been peppering the nets with regularity all season, were the 2 others to break into the Top Ten. Rounding out the All-League choices was Senior Paul Frank of the Port Washington Purple Riders for the past 3 years is labeled as one of the League's steadiest players.
On the Honorable Mention List were the Midvale Blue Devils' 2 driving guards, Senior Bob Zontini and Junior Larry Swinderman respectively, along with Junior Jim Kuecher of Strasburg and Senior Bob Baker of the Dundee Bulldogs. The Midvale Blue Devils duo give the Blue Devils a dangerous offensive punch, while Kuecher has been tagged by many observers as a key player in the Strasburg success this past season.
Baker, a mite-sized set-shot artist was one of the key performers of the Bulldogs. An accident which resulted in the loss of part of a finger sidelined the Pup star for a brief interlude in the season and is said to have impaired his shooting ability during the latter part of the campaign. The Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates and Bolivar Cardinals were the only 2 schools which were not represented on the team. Players were nominated by each coach land then all of the 11 mentors voted on the entire list.
The Ten Players named to the All-League Squad will each receive an individual Trophy with his name and "All-League 1955" engraved on it. The trophies presented by The Daily Reporter, which also donates the Trophy for the tournament winner, will be given to the players when they are presented to the crowd on the night of the meet finals at Memorial Hall.
ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
Jerry (Goose) Von Kaenel (Strasburg) 6-4 Senior
Terry Deems (Tuscarawas) 6-4 Senior
Jerry Haswell (Strasburg) 6-1 Senior
Errol Jacobs (Baltic) 6-1 Senior
Bill Jones (Stone Creek) 6-1 Senior
Dick Davis (Tuscarawas) 5-6 Senior
Glen Hines (Gnadenhutten) 5-3 Junior
Paul Lindsey (Mineral City) 6-0 Junior
Paul Frank (Port Washington) 6-0 Senior
Ron Deibel (Stone Creek) 5-10 Sophomore
*In order of the number of votes.
HONORABLE MENTION
Bob Baker (Dundee) Senior
Jim Kuecher (Strasburg) Junior
Larry Swinderman (Midvale) Junior
Bob Zontini (Midvale) Senior
*Alphabetical
Monday, February 14, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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