The Bolivar Cardinals 1955 Cheerleaders. Joy Whitmer, Frank Leighley and Marlene Harvey are caught as they lead the Cardinal Rooters in a cheer. (Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McKee)
Sophomore Ron Deibel of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers fires a shot at the basket as an unidentified Bolivar Cardinals' defender fails to stop the attempt. Sophomore Reuben Lorenz (77) of the Golden Panthers, Sophomore Ken Hauester (13) of the Cardinals and Sophomore Don Poland (55), also of the Panthers moves in. Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McKee)
The Stone Creek Golden Panthers Bill Jones. Bill scored 20 points in leading his team to a 77-66 triumph over the Bolivar Cardinals last night in the Golden Panthers 1st tournament game.
DOVER - The Bolivar Cardinals (0-1) (3-16) (47-46) finished their game like a "house-fire," but the rally in the final canto came too late to head off the high-scoring antics of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1-0) (14-8) (25-40), who zoomed into the lead in the opening seconds and were never headed. The Golden Panthers zipped to a 28-11 1st-quarter lead with a fired up attack that all but rushed the Cardinals off the floor. .The Red Birds didn't fold; however, as they came back strong in the 2nd frame to make the game a little more interesting.
The 3rd stanza was a repetition of the 1st quarter as Stone Creek moved back out ahead by a wide margin, claiming a 64-40 advantage going into the final 8 minutes. First-year Head Coach Ray Low's Bolivar crew caught fire early in the 4th period and after 1st-year Head Coach Leo Gower had pulled most of his starting lineup, charged to within 10 points of the Golden Panthers.
The Panthers' front line was moved back into the tilt, but the Cardinals were not to be cooled off and the contest settled down to a see-saw battle down through the fading minutes with the Panthers too far out in front to be overhauled. Stone Creek displayed a well-balanced attack with 4 players hitting double figures, while the Red Birds had 3 in the two-figure columns.
Sophomore Ron Deibel, who sat out much of the 3rd and 4th periods, led the Golden Panthers with 19 points, while Senior Bill Jones had 20, Sophomore Don Poland collected 15 and Freshman Rod Reinhart posted 12 markers.. Junior Bob Numbers was the kingpin in the Bolivar attack as his driving play and accurate shooting in the final quarter led the Cardinals bid for victory. Numbers tallied 18 to head the list with Senior Jack Renner getting 15 and Junior Don Mason hitting for 14.
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 77
Rod Reinhart 4-4-12
Stan Phillippi 2-1-5
Don Poland 3-9-15
Ron Deibel 6-7-19
Bill Jones 8-4-20
Larry Sherrets 1-0-2
Melvin MacAfee 2-0-4
Ben Wherley 0-0-0
Dave Wherley 0-0-0
Reuben Lorenz 0-0-0
BOLIVAR CARDINALS - 66
Frank Ferren 1-2-4
Bob Numbers 7-4-18
Dave Wolf 3-0-6
John Geers 0-0-0
Wayne Rouf 3-0-6
Jack Renner 5-5-15
Ken Haueter 1-1-3
Don Mason 6-2-14
Harry Hennis 0-0-0
STONE CREEK..28 -44-64-77
BOLIVAR............11-31-40-66
Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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