DOVER - Two down and 2 to go! That might be the sub-title for the Class A Sectional Basketball Tournament being conducted at Memorial Hall.
Already down are the Malvern Green Hornets and Tuscarawas Valley Trojans. Tonight and Saturday 2 more teams will fall by the wayside, permitting 2 others to advance to the District Tournament.
The vaunted Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves (17-1) and the equally rugged Hiland Hawks (21-2) will hold the spotlight when they clash tonight at 8:00 for a District berth. The Tuscarawas County League and Tournament Champion Garaway Pirates will match speeds with the Killbuck Bucks tomorrow night at 8:00 for the other District trip.
After that there is only 2 more steps to gain on the State High School Tournament trail... Regional and State Tournament trips. The Blue Waves will be led into tonight's contest by high-scoring Junior Ace Sandy Bonvechio.
Over the 18-game route this season, he scored 352 points for one of the top marks in the county. He will be at a forward, opposite Dale Donohoe, who has scored 196 markers.
Mike Dorsey and Bob Patin will be at guards. St. Mary's has the 2 biggest players in the county in Ed Dotto (6-4) and Joe Franz (6-3). The big boys haven't scored much this season, but have played key roles in the success it has enjoyed as a result of their work on the boards.
The Hawks will probably go with Bob Hochstetler at center, Gene Gerber and Phil Miller at forwards and Terry Hershberger and Linus Miller at guards. The only comparable foe the 2 teams have played was the Green Hornets.
Both Hiland and Dennison St. Mary enjoyed success over the Carroll County combine. The Hawks trampled the Hornets 69-32 on Tuesday night in its opening Sectional contest, while the Waves took regular-season decisions of 70-18 and 57-38.
Other St. Mary victories have been 70-31 and 41-37 over Brewster, 66-46 and 93-55 over the Augusta Blue Devils, 52-47 over the Keene Panthers, 61-45 over the Navarro Falcons, 88-55 and 73-27 over Coshocton Sacred Heart, 74-38 and 62-46 over the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers, 93-44 and 75-39 over Cambridge St. Benedict's, 57-48 over Dishop Donohoe of Wheeling, West Virginia and 47-45 over Weirton Madonna. The latter was runner-up in the West Virginia State Parochial Tournament this season. Garaway and Killbuck have met only one foe by which to compare scores. That is Hiland.
Garaway spilit with the Hawks, winning 57-52 and losing 60-56 in an overtime. Killbuck has been a 3-time loser to Hiland. It has fell 63-56 in the Holmes County Class A Tournament finals and 58-51 and 54-50 in regular season play.
Garaway's narrow defeat to Hiland is the only black mark on an otherwise perfect slate. It has rolled to 20 triumphs. Victories have been over Baltic twice, Strasburg 3 times, Fresno, Midvale, Port Washington, West Lafayette twice, Tuscarawas Valley 3 times, Hiland, Stone Creek twice, Gnadenhutten 3 times and Tuscarawas.
Head Coach Jim Stull of the Pirates, plans no changes from the lineup he used in the County Tournament last week. Charles Stingel will be at center, Jim Gerber and Tom Andreas at forwards and Koran Zehnder and Bob Raber at guards.
The main problem confronting the Corsairs, in addition to the fine Buck squad, is a week-long layoff. Killbuck Head Coach Virgil Allison will go with Jerry Allison and Bill Norris at forwards, with Roger McDowell at center and Claude and Bob Arnold at guards.
Friday, March 4, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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