DOVER - A full slate of 3 games will open the 33rd Annual Tuscarawas County Class B Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall here Tuesday night with the Strasburg Tigers, Midvale Blue Devils and Tuscarawas Broncos going into the meet as the top-favored teams, while the Port Washington Purple Riders, Stone Creek Golden Panthers and Baltic Eagles are tagged as "Darkhorses." The Broncos, defending Champions in the tournament, will not see action on the 1st night, but Tusky will have an interest in the opening game since they are scheduled to meet the winner on Wednesday night.
The Golden Panthers and the Bolivar Cardinals will get the tournament started at 6:30. Tuesday night when they tangle for the 2nd time this season. The Panthers defeated the Cardinals 70-60 in that meeting, but were forced to hustle by an improving Red Bird club later on.
The Purple Riders, rated as the "hottest" team in the circuit during the 1955 portion of the campaign, will meet the Dundee Bulldogs in the 2nd game on opening night. The Riders defeated the Bulldogs 63-44 in a regular-season game. Port lost to Stone Creek 71-70 and lost to Tuscarawas 55-54 just recently.
The 3rd contest on tap Tuesday night has the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates colliding head on with the runner-up Blue Devils another team which has been improving through the 2nd half of the regular season. Midvale nicked the Pirates 47-45 in an early-season meeting, but the Blue Devils have only lost to the Golden Panthers and Strasburg Tigers in the 1955 part of the League schedule, while the Bucs have been on the skids, winning only 5 of 10 games.
Doors to Memorial Hall will open at 5:30 Tuesday night with a capacity crowd expected to be on hand for the opening-night firing.
The Daily Reporter
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