Only one returning letterman is back this year to bolster the Gnadenhutten Indians attack. First-Year Head Coach Bob Gaume is shown here with his squad. FRONT: Head Coach Bob Gaume - Ron Clark - Bill Horsfall and Bill Blickensderfer. BACK: Gary Fivecoat - Carl Dichler - Ron Bradley (only veteran) - Larry Kitchenman - Bill Crites - Paul Gooding - Ray Rank and John Hall. (PHOTO...The Daily Times By Bob Fisher)
The 3 returning lettermen are shown kneeling with their 1st-Year Head Coach Ernie Lukens. FRONT: Jim McAfee - Harold Lahmers - Dan Sherley and Head Coach Lukens. BACK: Paul Patrick - Chuck Doll - Gale Sauser - Terry Sauser - Dave Hahn - Larry Lorenz and Larry Stephen. (PHOTO...The Daily Times)
NEW PHILADELPHIA - The Stone Creek Golden Panthers (1-1) (6-2) (13-9) bowed out gallantly; although, poor shooting from the free throw line by no means added any bit of glory. Continuously nipping at the Gnadenhutten Indians (1-0) (6-2) (14-5) lead from the outset of the 2nd frame, when the Indians burst in front for the 1st time. The Golden Panthers just never quite made it.
In the fading seconds of play the Panthers were still very much in the game; although, the Tribesmen just weren't to be caught. With but 45 seconds to go, the Cats trailed only 51-49. But, accurate free throw shooting by Gnaden's 6-2 Junior John Hall widened the lead to 53-49 following this. Senior 6-2 Hal Lahmers dumped an action fling for the Gold and Blue to again narrow the margin to 2 points. But he was then forced to foul to stop the clock, which showed only 30 seconds now, then Stone Creek once more fell behind on 3 straight baskets from the free throw line. Senior 6-0 Paul Gooding hit one and 5-10 Senior Ron Bradley potted a pair. Trailing 56-51 and only 23 seconds left, 6-2 Senior Dave Hanni sank a field goal for the Stone Creek Golden Panthers. The Scarlet and Gray then regained possession and dribbled the clock out for the victory.
The Cagers of Head Coach Ernie Lukens outscored the Indian Band to 8 points from the field, but they could connect on only 5 of 16 charity tosses, while the Gnadenhutten Indians made 16 of 24. In the 4th canto alone the quintet of Head coach Bob Gaume made 9 of 12 attempts from the free throw stripe. In contrast to their rousing victory over the Strasburg Tigers last Tuesday, the Golden Panthers had a hard time finding the hoop last evening making only 24 of 77 heavies from the field for 31 percent.
The first 6 times the Cats fired from the field they missed, followed by 2 straight shots that went wild from the free throw line. This proved to be only a prelude to the evening's performance as the Creekers hit 4 of 18 in that 1st period, 4 of 15 in the 2nd, 8 of 25 shots in the 3rd and 8 of 19 in the final quarter. The Gnadenhutten Indians shot 37 percent from the field, hitting 3 of 14 in the initial quarter, after which it trailed 11-9, while hitting 8 of 16 in the 2nd stanza, 6 of 15 in the 3rd and 4 of 8 in the last period. The Indians fired 53 times, connecting on 20.
The Gold and Blue, led by one of the tournament's top floormen, 5-6 Senior Jim McAfee playing his final game for the school, finished out with a 13-9 record for the season. McAfee hit 18 points for game laurels, while southpaw Dave Hanni added 14 and big Hal Lahmers scored 12. The county's scoring Champion Ron Bradley ended up with 17 points to up his total to 501 for the season. This is still shy of the school record of 609 points set by Glen Hines in 1955, which included tournament play. Ron Clark and Paul Gooding had 14 and 13 respectively.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 56
Ray Rank 3-0-6
John Hall 1-4-6
Ron Bradley 6-5-17
Paul Gooding 4-5-13
Ron Clark 6-1-13
Ed Crites 0-0-0
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 53
Jim McAfee 8-2-18
Hal Lahmers 6-0-12
Dave Hanni 6-2-14
Terry Sauser 2-1-5
Corless Patrick 1-0-2
GNADENHUTTEN 9-25-41-56
STONE CREEK 11-19-35-53
Friday, February 13, 1959
Don Wagner, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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