Monday, November 28, 2016

58 - Sectional Basketball Tournament









DOVER - The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers, with a 3-14 record, will tangle with the Gnadenhutten Indians (16-6), Runner-up in the Class A Tournament, tomorrow night at 8:30 in the opening game of the Class A Sectional at Memorial Hall here.  Seeded at drawings, held at Helmkamp's Restaurant yesterday, were the Midvale Blue Devils, Tournament Champions, who have a record of 19-2 and the Dennison St. Mary Blue Wave, which ended its season on Saturday night with a 15-2 mark.

In the 2nd Tuesday game, the Big Prairie-Lakeville Bulldogs (16-6) will collide with the Malvern Green Hornets (8-11) at 7:45, while the Berlin Black Panthers (18-4) will go against the Blue Wave. at 9:00.  Thursday night the Dennison Railroaders (2-16) battles the Millersburg Knights (10-7) at 7:30, while in the nightcap at 8:45 the Blue Devils of Midvale will play the winner of the Ramblers-Indians game.

Winner between the Bulldogs of Big Prairie-Lakeville and Green Hornets will meet the victor of the Black Panthers-Blue Wave contest for one of the District berths at Brilliant.  The other District berth will be decided on Saturday night.

Head Coach Pete Hilliard of Midvale and Head Coach Paul Drolovick of the Blue Wave drew for brackets, with Hilliard winning the draw and choosing the lower bracket and a bye.  Drotovick went into the upper and game No. 3 on the 1st night.  Big Prairie-Lakeville, which drew next, shied away from the Midvale bracket and selected game No. 3.  Malvern was next and it elected to go against the Holmes County entry.

Dennison and Millersburg were next in that order with the Railroaders going into game No. 4 on Thursday night and the Knights choosing to provide the opposition.  The St. Joseph coach, Joe La Scola, and Gnaden mentor Dick Scott had Nos. 6 and 7 and had no choice but to pair off in the opening game of the Midvale bracket.

Admission for the games will be $1.00 for adults and 60 cents for students.  There will be no advance sale of tickets and doors will open an hour before game time.



Monday, February 24, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

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