DOVER - Youth, height, scoring ability, versatility, good team spirit and sportsmanship. Those attributes, usually found only in a "Dream" basketball team, highlight The Daily Reporter's 1957-58 County Class A All-League Squad.
The 10-member team is comprised of 5 Seniors, 3 Juniors and 2 Sophomores. Each will receive a Daily Reporter Trophy at the conclusion of tonight's Tournament Championship game. Polled by The Reporter, coaches of the League made 10 nominations each. The All-Star Squad then was chosen by them from a list of 20 nominees who compiled the most points in the 1st poll.
The Midvale Blue Devils's League Champions and the Gnadenhutten Indians, which placed 2nd in the loop, garnered 2 berths apiece on the team. The Blue Devils placed Russ Hobart and Tom Krocker, while the Indians' members are Larry Clark and Ron Bradley. The other 6 are Rod Reinhart of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers, Ben Price of the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans, Chuck Burris of the Strasburg Tigers, Gary Caviness of the Tuscarawas Broncos, Chuck Stingel of the Garaway Pirates and Ron Huprich of the Baltic Eagles.
Reinhart and Price, who were unanimous choices of the coaches and Burris are the only 3 who were on the 1956-57 All-League Squad. The All-League Team averages 6 feet in height and the 10 players amassed 3,184 points for an average of 17.1 markers apiece.
Reinhart, who gained an Honorable Mention in his Sophomore year, Hobart, Burris, Clark and Huprich are the Seniors. Clark and Huprich received Honorable Mention a year ago. Price, Krocker and Bradley are the Juniors with Stingel and Caviness being the Sophomores.
PLAYER SCHOOL CLASS HEIGHT POINTS GAMES AVERAGE
Chuck Burris (Strasburg Tigers) Senior 6-1 315 18 17.5
Larry Clark (Gnadenhutten Indians) Senior 5-9 311 20 15.5
Russ Hobart (Midvale Blue Devils) Senior 6-2 310 17 18.2
Ron Huprich (Baltic Eagles) Senior 5-7 312 20 15.6
Rod Reinhart (Stone Creek Golden Panthers) Senior 5-10 470 20 23.5
Ron Bradley (Gnadenhutten Indians) Junior 5-10 340 20 17.0
Tom Krocker (Midvale Blue Devils) Junior 5-10 309 18 17.1
Ben Price (Tuscarawas Valley Trojans) Junior 6-3 241 14 17.2
Gary Caviness (Tuscarawas Broncos) Sophomore 5-11 306 16 19.1
Chuck Stingel (Garaway Pirates) Sophomore 6-0 270 20 13.5
REINHART was the leading scorer in the county circuit this season when he tallied 470 points in 20 games for an average of 23.5, while leading the Stone Creek Golden Panthers to a 3rd place tie with the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans. Reinhart has been described by coaches as "a very good shooter." At 5-10 he is a pack of dynamite. In addition to his athletic abilities, Reinhart ranks 1st in his class from the standpoint of grades.
PRICE, the tallest man of the team at 6-3, is one of the leading rebounders in the county and has scored 241 points in 14 games for an average of 17.2. At the beginning of the season he missed 2 contests because of a recurring football injury.
Hobart and Krocker, who were 2 of the mainstays on the Midvale Blue Devils Team which went to the State semi-finals last year, form a formidable duo for the Blue Devils.
HOBART, 6-2, is a rugged rebounder and the big man of the Blue Devil squad. He has the 3rd highest average of the county cagers with 18.2 accumulated on 310 points in 17 games. He missed one mid-season game because of an ice-skating injury.
KROCKER, 5-10, was termed by one county coach as the best all-around player he has seen this year. He is a good shot, one of the better ball handlers in the county and has gained a reputation for being a real hustler.
BURRIS was the 2nd leading rebounder of the Strasburg team and the highest scorer. Standing 6-0, he hit the nets for 318 points in 18 games for an average of 17.5.
Bradley and Clark form the rugged Gnadenhutten combination.
CLARK is the 6th highest scorer in the county. He has bombarded hoops for 311 points in 20 games for a 15.5 average, having scored in double figures in every game except one. One coach cited Clark as an outstanding defensive player.
BRADLEY, who along with Krocker are the only 2 bespectacled members of the All-Star squad, has an average of 17.0 having scored 340 points in 20 contests. He is a fine ball handler and boasts a hard-to-stop corner jump shot.
CAVINESS is 5-11 and in 16 Tuscarawas Broncos contests scored 306 points for an average of 19.1. In recent games he was handicapped by a leg injury which cut down his scoring total.
STINGEL of Garaway used a jump and hook shot in totaling 270 points in 20 games for an average of 13.5. He is one of the 6-footers on the team and on his own Garaway squad is the leading rebounder and top scorer. Over the season he has had a free throw shooting percentage of 68 percent.
HUPRICH is last, but far from least. At 5-7 he is the smallest man on the All-League Squad, but he made up for his lack of height at Baltic with a lot of hustle. A good defensive player, he also scored 312 points in 20 games for an average of 15.6. Ron also was an excellent ball handler.
Players receiving Honorable Mention were: Bill Slemmer and Koran Zehnder of the Garaway Pirates, Tom Roth of the Gnadenhutten Indians, Tom Belknap of the Midvale Blue Devils, Ron Phillips of the Port Washington Purple Riders, Dick Robinson and Tom Vesco of the Tuscarawas Broncos and Wayne Ruof of the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans.
Saturday, February 22, 1958
Norman Singleton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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