Hail The Conquerors!!! Senior 6-4 Ben Price (10) of the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans arrives a little late as the Hiland Hawks 6-5 Stan Gerber lays one up for the Hawks in their 55-53 victory last night. Junior 5-9 Chuck Cantrill (11) of the Trojans is also seen. The win gave the Flyers a District berth for next week's action at Dover. (PHOTO...The Daily Times By Bob Fisher)
NEW PHILADELPHIA - The Midvale Blue Devils were the lone survivors of a field of 12 Tuscarawas County Class A schools today and will therefore be carrying the local banner and hopes tonight in the Sectional Tournament at Dover's Memorial Hall. The Tuscarawas Valley Trojans were eliminated from the schoolboy tournament last night by the Hiland Hawks, kings of Holmes County, on a shot with 3 seconds left in the game. The 55-53 triumph by the Hawks of Berlin-Walnut Creek gave them a District berth. The other Dover nod will be decided tonight when the Blue Devils (19-1) and the Killbuck Bucks (17-4) tangle at 8:00 at Dover.
TV rallied from a 4-point deficit in the fading minutes to knot the count at 53 all before the Flyers (20-2) registered the KO punch. The score was deadlocked with 1:05 minutes remaining when the Hiland Hawks started to work the clock for that last shot. Twice during the fading minutes the Spartans tied up the Hawks performers for a jump ball. But on both occasions the Flyers won the jump. Then, with only 3 seconds remaining, 6-0 Gene Gerber jumped up, just off the side of the key, about 15 feet out and threw it cleanly through the hoop. It never touched the rim. The Red, Black and White then took it out of bounds, but after a long down-court pass was partially deflected by a Hiland Hawk player the buzzer sounded and the fans swarmed onto the floor.
Thus, The Tusky Valley Trojans bowed out after registering the school's most illustrious record, winning 19 of 22 games and finishing 2nd in both the County League and Tournament to the Diablos of Midvale. Throughout the contest the jumpin'-shootin' Hawks re-emphasized their potential for District Honors. The Trojans, hurt by the short-term service of its 6-3 Senior forward Ben Price, trailed the Flyers most of the 2nd half.
Late in the final canto TV of 2nd-Year Head Coach Bob Heller made their bid. Behind 43-39 with 6:25 minutes remaining, they tied it up by the time the 3:50 mark read on the clock on 2 field goals by Cantrill and a basket by Price. Gene Gerber hit twice from the free throw line. Price took advantage of Sophomore 5-5 Ron Lake's steal of the roundball and the score was knotted again at 47 all.
Playmaker 6-5 Stan Gerber who took game laurels with 20 points, then hit from outside for the Hiland Hawks, while the 5-7 guard also tallied twice from the free throw stripe to move the Hawks in front 51-47 at the 2:20 mark. Price tipped one in for the Spartans, while 5-10 Stan Yoder matched this soon after with another pair of charity tosses. Trailing 53-49 at the 1:35 mark, the Red, Black and White rallied back with 6-1 Senior Roy Buchanan hitting 2 free ones followed by a drive-in by Lake as the 2 went back into a deadlock at 1:05. Then, after stalling and winning 2 jumps, the Flyers took the marbles on Gene Gerber's 15-footer.
Cantrill led the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans with 15 points, while Lake chimed in with 14 markers. Price, missing half of the 2nd quarter and all of the 3rd stanza, tallied only 8 points in his final contest. The Senior, voted Most Valuable Player in the County League this year, ended his career with 438 points, while Buchanan finished with 289.
HILAND HAWKS - 55
Gene Gerber 4-5-13
Bob Miller 0-0-0
Stan Gerber 3-0-6
Stan Yoder 8-4-20
Dale Warthman 7-2-16
TUSCARAWAS VALLEY TROJANS - 53
Ben Price 4-0-8
Roy Buchanan 2-5-9
Chuck Cantrill 7-1-15
Jim Studer 2-1-5
Ron Lake 4-6-14
Chuck Locker 1-0-2
Jerry Pullins 0-0-0
HILAND 13-27-41-55
TV 15-25-34-53
Saturday, February 28, 1959
The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
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