DOVER - The Flushing Orioles, Champions of Belmont County, will be tagged as the favorites to defeat the Baltic Eagles when the 2 teams collide in the opener of the Eastern Ohio Class B District Basketball Tournament at Memorial Hall Wednesday night at 8:00. Powered by their high-scoring center Carter Howell, the Orioles have gone through 20 straight games without a defeat and boast an overall record of 21-1.
Last year, the Orioles went into the 1st contest of the District meet against the Tuscarawas Broncos with an undefeated record and lost a one-point decision to the Broncos, who eventually went on to capture the District toga. Flushing has not been defeated this year since the 2nd game of the season when Old Washington of Guernsey County turned the trick by a 53-48 count.
Since that time, the Orioles have whipped past all opponents with comparative ease except for the final tussle in the Sectionals when Howell's push shot from far back won the game over the Cadiz Cardinals 60-58 just before the final buzzer. Howell, 6-5 Senior, is one of the leading scorers in Ohio and has totaled 873 points in the 22 games to date. The lanky Black Center has been the big gun for Flushing all through the season.
The remainder of the lineup has 2 veterans. Jerry Rinkes, 6-1 Senior, is the only other Orioles' player in the regular lineup to go over the 6-foot mark with Floyd Brown, 6-1 Junior, also topping the high level. Rinkes, who has scored 168 points, is expected to share the duties at guard with the other vet, Charlie Campanizzi, 5-9 Junior, who has a scoring total of 200 points.
At the forwards for Head Coach Waler Bahorak's outfit will be Willie Diosi, 5-9 Senior and Al Di Pietro, 5-10 Junior, who has tallied 265 and 223 points respectively. Records of Baltic and Flushing are as follows:
BALTIC EAGLES 21-6
Walnut Creek 68-48 W
Fresno 62-49 W
Stone Creek 83-65 W
Roscoe 71-54 W
Bolivar 63-38 W
Midvale 71-72 L
Big Prairie-Lakeville 65-66 L
Gnadenhutten 59-52 W
Millersburg 70-44 W
Strasburg 61-53 L
Big Prairie-Lakeville 63-68 L
Plainfield 70-32 W
Dundee 71-32 W
Gnadenhutten 76-63 W
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 54-47 W
Stone Creek 69-49 W
Port Washington 50-61 L
Killbuck 65-53 W
Fresno 77-55 W
Mineral City 95-57 W
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Gnadenhutten 52-57 L
Sugarcreek-Shanesville 63-59 W
Bolivar 69-39 W
Tuscarawas 75-71 W OT
Gnadenhutten 68-62 W
SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dover St. Joseph's 84-75 W
Big Prairie-Lakeville 88-81 W
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Flushing Orioles
FLUSHING ORIOLES 21-1
New Athens 69-47 W
Old Washington 48-53 L
Centerville 79-57 W
Bethesda 91-66 W
Freeport 78-61 W
Belmont 112-81 W
Jewett 75-68 W
Lafferty 92-51 W
Holloway 69-63 W
New Athens 118-54 W
Mt. Pleasant 64-53 W
Yorkville 87-63 W
Lafferty 88-47 W
Bethesda 83-73
Holloway 84-63 W
Belmont 94-58 W
Centerville 95-70 W
Hopedale 95-77 W
Jewett 80-51 W
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Bethesda 97-65 W
Holloway 75-52 W
SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Cadiz 60-58 W
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Baltic Eagles
Tuesday, March 8, 1955
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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