58 - Season Flashback!

Thursday, January 9, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

THE STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS' "Hot" Rod Reinhart is the leading scorer for the county's Class A clubs.  The 5-10 Golden Panther Senior has scorced the nets for a total of 129 field goals and 48 free throws for 306 points in 12 games, an average of 25.5.

Right behind, but for 13 games, is the Baltic Eagles' John Rice, who has caged 260 points on 106 field goals and 47 charity tosses.  That gives him an average of an even 20.0.  Following him in the top 10 are Russ Hobart of the Midvale Blue Devils, averaging 18.6 points for 10 games and teammate Tom Krocker and Gary Caviness of the Tuscarawas Broncos with 18.5 averages.  Caviness has appeared in all of Tusky's 8 games to date.

The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers' Ed Young is 6th on the list with 49 field goals and 26 free throw tosses for 124 points.  Ed has missed 2 of the Ramblers' 7 contests and has an average of 17.7 points per game.  Ron Bradley of the Gnadenhutten Indians is in 7th place with an average of 17.6, Jim Guida of the Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves has notched 174 for a 17.4 mark and Tom Maitland of the Dennison Railroaders follows with 17.3.

Ron Huprich of the Eagles rounds out the top select group with an average of 16.2.  The Strasburg Tigers' Chuck Burris just missed the top 10 by 2-10ths of a point.  He has an average of 16 per game.

CLASS A

PLAYER    FIELD GOALS   FREE THROWS    TOTAL    AVERAGE

Reinhart (Stone Creek) 129  48  306  25.5
Rice (Baltic) 105  47  260  20.0
Hobart (Midvale) 80  20  188  18.6
Caviness (Tusky) 62  24  148  18.5
Krocker (Midvale) 69  45  185  18.5
Young (Dover St. Joseph) 49  26  125  17.7
Bradley (Gnaden) 103  31  247  17.6
Guida (Dennison St. Mary) 69  36  174  17.4
Maitland (Dennison) 42  20  104  17.3
Huprich (Baltic) 82  47  211  16.2
Burris (Strasburg) 70  50  208  16.0
Clark (Gnaden) 100  14  214  15.3
Stingel (Garaway) 64  37  165  15.0
N. Haswell (Strasburg) 84  24  192  14.6
Price (Tusky Valley) 59  19  137  13.7
Davis (Dennison) 34  9  77  12.8
Baker (Stone Creek) 53  43  149  12.4
Still (Dennison St. Mary) 52  20  124  12.4

NOTE:  CONSOLATION DIVISION IS DROPPED

The 36th Annual Tuscarawas County Class A Basketball Tournament once again will be held in Memorial Hall here on February 13,15,20 and 22.  The Consolation Division games played in previous years have been dropped this year because there will be only 9 teams in the event and will represent the county in the Sectional Tournament here February 25th.

Admission for the county meet will be $1.00 for adults and 60 cents for students.  Tournament passes will cost $4.00.  In the past the passes have been issued to the participants and to a limited number of tournament program advertisers.  Many individuals have requested the opportunity to buy passes so a more liberal policy has been adopted.  People wishing to purchase passes should make their requests to merchants.  They are advised to do this during January.

NOTE:  GARAWAY

This year Garaway High School was due to the consolidation of Sugarcreek-Shanesville, Ragersville and Dundee.