58 - Season...Flashback!

Sports Editor
Thursday, February 6, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

LOOKING AT THE CLASS A FIGURES we find the Stone Creek Golden Panthers' Rod Reinhart may be on his way to snaring the scoring Championship of the county; although, he is having competition from the Urichsville Tigers' Arnold.  "Hot Rod," although some times guarded by 2 or 3 foes, has hit the nets for 189 field goals and 63 free throws for 441 points and an average of 24.5, one-tenth of a point better than Arnold's mark.

Two other Class A players are over the 20 points-per-game mark.  They are Gary Caviness of the Tuscarawas Broncos and Russ Hobart of the Midvale Blue Devils.  Caviness has 132 action shots and 42 free throw tosses for 306 points and a mark of 20.4, while Hobart, who is a returnee from the Blue Devils team which made the trip to the State Championship semi-finals last year, has a 20.2 average.  He has tallied 142 times from the field and 56 times from the foul line.  Representing the Baltic Eagles in the top10 is John Rice, who has scored 352 points for 18.8 per tilt, good for the 4th spot.

Ben Price, the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans' star center, follows Rice with 239 points on 107 goals and 25 free throws for a 17.7 per game, while Tom Maitland of the Dennison Railroaders is in 6th place with an average of 17.5.

Tusky, which along with Midvale are the only teams to have 2 representatives in the first 10 places.  Tom Vesco is 7th with a 16.9 average, while Ron Bradley of the Gnadenhutten Indians is next with 16.5.  The Diablos round out the select list with a 16.4 average.  The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers' Eddie Joe Young is averageing 15.7

CLASS A INDIVIDUAL SCORING

NAME  FIELD GOALS  FREE THROWS  TOTAL POINTS  AVERAGE

Reinhart (Stone Creek) 189 - 63 - 441 - 24.5
Caviness (Tusky) 132 - 42 - 306 - 20.4
Hobart (Midvale) 142 - 56 - 344 - 20.2
Rice (Baltic) 150 - 52 - 352 - 18.8
Price (Tusky Valley) 107 - 25 - 239 - 17.7
Maitand (Dennison) 99 - 31 - 229 - 17.5
Vesco (Tusky) 113 - 28 - 254 - 16.9
Bradley (Gnaden) 135 - 43 - 313 - 16.5
Krocker (Midvale) 105 - 79 - 289 - 16.4
Guida (Dover St. Mary) 92 - 43 - 227 - 16.2
Huprich - (Baltic) 121 - 62 - 304 - 16.0
Young (Dennison St. Joseph) 84 - 41 - 205 - 15.7
Clark (Gnaden) 131 - 33 - 295 - 15.5
Burris (Strasburg) 112 - 60 - 284 - 15.5
Baker (Stone Creek) 101 - 60 - 262 14.5
Nick Haswell (Strasburg) 106 - 31 - 243 - 14.3
Stingel (Garaway) 113 - 40 - 260 - 13.7
Roth (Gnaden) 113 - 40 - 260 - 13.7
Davis (Dennison) 72 - 21 - 165 - 12.9
Ruof (Tusky Valley) 84 - 20 - 188 12.8
Still (Dennison St. Mary) 68 - 40 - 176 - 12.7