Senior Bill Pfister of the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates is shown going up after one of his drives toward the basket. Two Midvale Blue Devil defenders are trying to stop the shot with Junior Ted Brown of the Pirates and Senior Ron Weaver are at the right. (Photo by The Daily Reporter Photographer Ralph McFee. (Photo The Daily Reporter)
The Midvale Blue Devils Ron Weaver. Ron lead the Blue Devils to a 62-46 win over the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates at Memorial Hall last night in the Diablos' 1st tournament game with 18 points.
DOVER - In one of the quietest opening nights in many years, the Tucarawas County Class B Basketball Carnival got underway at Memorial Hall last night with everything running true to form except the size of the crowd. A slim turnout for opening night was on hand to witness the Stone Creek Golden Panthers measure the Bolivar Cardinals 77-66, while the Port Washington Purple Riders thumped the Dundee Bulldogs 66-47 and the Midvale Blue Devils moved past the Sugarcreek-Shanesville Pirates 62-46.
The Tuscarawas defending champion Broncos gallop onto the scene tonight when they take on Stone Creek in the nightcap of a scheduled 2 game card with the Baltic Eagles and Gnadenhutten Indians slated to tangle in the opener at 7:30.
The Sugaracreek-Shanesville Pirates (0-1) (10-10) (57-41) staged an attempted raiding party on the Championship hopes of the Midvale Blue Devils (1-0) (15-6) (61-29) in the nightcap of the opening schedule, but the Blue Devils had the firepower to withstand the attack and drove off the Pirates in the 2nd half. The Bucs whipped into a 5-0 lead in the 1st minute of the game and the air was filled with tension, but the Devils soon exploded and went ahead 6-5. The contest settled down to a slam-bang affair through the 1st quarter before the Diablos took a 20-17 lead and then held at 20-19 at the rest stop.
Sophomore Dick Leggett and Junior Larry Swinderman connected for 7 straight points to start off the 2nd frame and the Corsairs could never quite get back in the contest after that point. Senior Bill Pfister who with Senior Al Craigo, had led the Midvale charge in the opening quarter, kept Sugarcreek-Shanesville hopes alive in the 2nd period, but after Sophomore Lonnie Wolf connected on a long throw in to give the pin-striped Blue Devils a 38-28 halftime advantage, the losers never threatened.
Senior Bob Zontini took up the "stoking" post for the Devils in the 3rd stanza and the guard chipped in 7 of the Diablos' 12 points to aid the victors to a 50-33 edge at the far turn as Midvale completed their swing into the victor's chair. Senior Ron Weaver, whose all-around play off the boards was a high-point in the tilt, was the Blue Devils' top scorer as he totaled 18 markers with Swinderman getting 17 and Zonitini collecting 15. Pfister and Junior Ted Brown were high for the Pirates
MIDVALE BLUE DEVILS - 62
Dick Leggett 3-1-7
Lonnie Wolf 1-0-2
Bob Zontini 5-5-15
Ron Weaver 6-6-18
Gary Haney 0-0-0
Larry Swinderman 7-3-17
John Beans 1-0-2
Chuck Seldenwright 0-1-1
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE PIRATES - 46
Ted Brown 5-2-12
Reno Stevanus 0-0-0
Jim Troyer 0-5-5
Bill PLfister 4-4-12
Al Craigo 2-5-9
Keith Gerber 3-2-8
MIDVALE...................................20-38-50-62
SUGARCREEK-SHANESVILLE...19-28-33-46
Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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