Sugarcreek-Shanesville's Pirates are the only obstacle between the Strasburg Tigers and a second straight undisputed Tuscarawas County Class B basketball crown. The Bucs will man their big guns Friday night in hopes of repelling the invading Tigers who have gone undefeated in 18 straight contests, nine of these being in loop play. Coach Bob Wise's crew proved itself capable of upsetting the dope bucket when West Lafayette's undefeated string was cracked by the Pirates two weeks ago. Strasburg is just as determined to go on unbeaten and the Bengals won't be letting down as they did a year ago when they ran up against the Pirates twice and had one overtime victory and one defeat to show for their work. Meanwhile, a second important tilt will be on the griddle at Tuscarawas where the Baltic Eagles seek to regain a second-place berth by defeating the Broncos. Tuscarawas is still in the running for the league crown and a combination of a Strasburg defeat and a victory over Baltic would give them a deadlock for the top spot. If they should lose to Baltic; however, Strasburg would still clinch the crown regardless of whether it wins or loses. In the remainder of the league, Stone Creek is at Bolivar, Gnadenhutten at Midvale and Port Washington at Mineral City. All the teams except Strasburg and Dundee close out their regular season Friday night. The Bulldogs of Dundee will be idle Friday night, but will entertain the touted Waynesburg Mohawks Saturday night in their finale while Strasburg closes out the campaign on its home floor against Beach City Staturday night. *
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Thursday, February 11, 1954
Art Cicconetti
Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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