The 1960 Baltic Eagles are considered to be among the top candidates in the top bracket. They are FRONT: Dave Berger - Dale Lautenslager - Ken Stein - Jack Miller - Larry Lautenslager - Gary Mast and Dick Gerber. BACK: Head Coach Jim Weinsz - John Rice - Ted Oswald - Chuck McPherson - Bob Ladrach - Gary Gerber (was injured, but back for the tournament) and Managers: Ed Heddington and Paul Schumackey. (PHOTO...The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio)
The Stone Creek Golden Panthers are a young, non-veteran combine that carried the Golden Panther fans' hopes as they clashed with the winning Baltic Eagles 64-49 in the 1st game of the County Tournament at Dennison. The Panthers picked up their 1st season without a single win 0-21. None-The-Less they carried on the tradition of being a tournament Darkhorse as in most past years. The Stone Creek Banner was carried by FRONT: Ron West - Larry Lorenz - Larry Stephon - Merle Degen and Gale Sauser. BACK: Head Coach Ernie Lukens - Bernie West - Joe Kessler - Dale Felgenhauer - Dave Mizer - Chuck Doll and Manager John Flath. (PHOTO...The Daily Times, New Philadephia, Ohio)
DENNISON - The Stone Creek Golden Panthers (0-1) (0-8) (0-21) stayed within striking distance of the Baltic Eagles (1-0) (4-4) (14-7) for almost a half, before they faltered behind the more experienced foes. The loss left the Golden Panthers with a 21 losses for the campaign and the school's only winless season.
The Eagles touted forward 5-10 Senior Gary Gerber, who has been out of the Flyer lineup since January 19th with a leg injury, was very much back in the array last night as he tallied 16 points and stood out on the boards. Eagle-eye 5-11 Senior John Rice was high man with 18 points and Junior Bob Ladrach chimed in with 12 in the victor's balanced scoring attack. Junior Larry Lorenz led the Golden Panthers with 22 points, while Senior Merle Degen hit for 12 markers.
Gerber broke the ice with a charity toss with 7:34 minutes left in the 1st, to give the Baltic Eagles a led it never relinquished. The Eagles led 21-10 after one period as both Rice and Gerber potted 3 field goals. The Panthers rallied to pull within 8 at 33-24 late in the 2nd frame, but the smooth functioning Flyers who had 3 players in the lineup that were starters in 1959, were never in trouble as they led 46-35 at the end of the 3rd stop.
From the field, the Baltic Eagles potted 26 of 69 for 37 percent, marking by quarters, 9 of 21, 5 of 16, 6 of 17 and 6 of 15. The Stone Creek Golden Panthers hit 18 of 55 action flings for 34 percent and by quarters 4 of 12, 3 of 13, 5 of 14 and 6 of 16.
BALTIC EAGLES
John Rice 8-2-18
Gary Gerber 7-2-16
Bob Ladrach 4-4-12
Dave Gerber 4-0-8
Dale Lautenschleger 1-2-4
Ted Oswald 1-0-2
Chuck McPherson 0-2-2
Gary Mast 1-0-2
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS
Larry Stephon 2-0-4
Gale Sauser 3-3-9
Larry Lorenz 7-8-22
Merle Degan 5-2-12
Cliff Endlich 0-0-0
Dave Mizer 1-0-2
BALTIC...............21-33-46-64
STONE CREEK 10-24-35-49
Saturday, February 20, 1960
The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
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