3 More County Cage Teams Pry Lid Off Basketball Season (11-20-56)

Three more county basketball teams pry the lid off their campaigns tonight as five games are booked for county and area quintets. Seeing action for the initial time are Strasburg, Port Washington and Tuscarawas Valley, while other participants have tasted previous competion. The evening's schedule sends Strasburg to Dalton, while Stone Creek is at Port Washington, Gnadenhutten at Warsaw, Dundee at Baltic and Tusky Valley at Sugarcreek. Coach Charles Caniford, who replaced Ken Newlon at Strasburg when the latter moved up to Canton Lincoln, has three lettermen from the team which went undefeated in 17 regular season games and copped the fourth straight unbeaten county league crown for Strasburg. The Tigers finished with a 21-2 record, losing only to Midvale in the county joust finals and to Yorkville in the district tourney. Only Jerry Froman, 6-0 Senior, had much varsity experience last season. Other returning veterans are Don Weber, 5-11 Senior, and Chuck Burris, 6-0 Junior. Port Washington, with three lettermen from the team which won 15 of 23 games under Coach Bray Toot and copped the consolation tourney for the first trophy in the school's history, will be under the tutelage of Jim Pfeiffer for the first time. Veteran Purple Riders include the high-scoring Ed Bates, 6-2, and Nick Frank, 6-3, and shifty little Denver Glazer, 5-9, all Seniors. The Trojans of Tusky Valley, under Coach Raymond Low who directred Bolivar's Cardinals last year, have five veteran Bolivar cagers and one letterman from Mineral City as they launch their first season in history. Ben Price, 6-2 Sophomore, is the lone Mineral City veteran, while ex-Cardinal lettermen include Ken Haueter, 6-1 senior, Wayne Ruof, 5-8 Junior, Dave Wolf, 6-0 Senior, John Geers, 5-6 Senior, and Roy Buchanan, 6-0 Sophomore.
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Tuesday, November 20, 1956
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio