58 - Season...Flashback!

Sports Editor
Thursday, December 12, 1957
The Daily Reporter

TOMORROW NIGHT in the County High School Class A League 4 games are scheduled for the 1st full card of the season.  Quintets in the loop will meet in the 36th Annual Tuscarawas County Class A Basketball Tournament at Dover's Memorial Hall in February.  The League always comes up with individual stars and this season is no exception.

Guard 5-10 sensational Rod Reinhart of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers, appears to be on his way to the county scoring title.  In 6 games to date he has meshed 159 points, an average of 26.5 per game.  When the Golden Panthers entertain the Tuscarawas Broncos tomorrow night he and Harold Baker, who has scored 68 points will be pacing the Panthers, who have won 4 of 6 games.  Heading the Broncos will be Gary Caviness, who has netted 70 points in 4 contests for a 17.5 average.

Facing the Gnadenhutten Indians, the Strasburg Tigers, who remain unbeaten, will be led by Nick Haswell.  He has tallied 91 points in 5 tilts for an 18.2 average.  Teammate Chuck Burris is close behind him with 85 and an average of 17 points per game.  Three Indian players are in a close race.  Tom Roth is the leader with 84 points in 6 battles for a 14 point average.  Ron Bradley has tallied 81 and Larry Gooding 72 for averages of 13.5 and 12 respectively.

Ben Price, although appearing briefly in 2 contests and going all the way in the other, is the leading scorer for the Tuscaraway Valley Trojans who meet the Midvale Blue Devils tomorrow night.  Price has scored 27 points for a 3-game, 9-point average.  Russ Hobart and Tom Krocker pace the Blue Devils.  Hobart has an average of 18 points per contest, scoring 72 in 4 battles.  Krocker is averaging 14.1 with 57 markers to his credit.

The Baltic Eagles, idle tomorrow, is being led by John Rice's 19.4 average per contest.  John has the top point total in the county with 173, but has played 9 games.  Teammate Ron Huprich has scored 149 points for an average of 16.5.