The County Class A Tournament resumes tonight at 7:30 in Memorial Hall when the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans (11-5) make their debut against the Garaway Pirates (12-10). Filling out the quarter-final card will be the Gnadenhutten (15-5)-Tuscarawas (7-10) battle, the first for both teams. Gnadenhutten has one of the best well-balanced teams in the county with three players averaging over 12 points per game. Over the seasonal route the Indians finished second in the league behind Midvale (17-2) with a 6-2 record. Losses were to Baltic 68-64 and to Midvale 63-53. Leading the Dick Scott-coached Tribe will be Ron Bradley, who is scoring at a 16.8 clip per game, having totaled 335 over the season. Right behind him is Larry Clark, who has scored 311 points or an average of 15.6. Tom Roth has tallied 258 points for an average of 12.9. Tuscarawas in eight league games it won only once and finished seventh. Coach Stan Culp's Broncos are being lead by sophomore Gary Caviness, one of the leading point-makers in the county with 305 for 16 contests, an average of 19.1 per game. Tom Vesco has totaled 274 points or 17.1 per game. Bob Heller will be making his initial appearance as a coach in the tournament when he sends the Trojans against Garaway, which beat Strasburg on Thursday. In his first year at the Tuscarawas Valley helm, Heller's team was tied with Stone Creek for third place in the league, each squad having 5-3 records. Ben Price, who is the tallest man in the tourney at 6-5, paces the Trojan offense. He has totaled 239 points in only 14 games for an average of 17.1. Wayne Ruof is next with a 13.5 average, having scored 202 points in 15 contests. Winners of tonight's tilts will advance to the semi-finals next Thursday. Winner of the Tuscarawas Valley-Garaway game will collide with Midvale in the opener at 7:30PM, while the victory in the Gnadenhutten-Tuscarawas tilt will oppose Stone Creek (13-8) in the nightcap at 8:45.*
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Saturday, February 15, 1958
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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