59 - Tuscarawas County Class "A" Basketball Scoring (1-20-59)

PHOTO: Baltic Eagles Junior - John Rice

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For the first time in recent weeks there's a stiff challenge being put forth for the Tuscarawas County Class "A" individual scoring leadership held throughout most of the season by Gnadenhutten's Ron Bradley. Bradley still holds sway with 345 points, but a 67-point outburst for Baltic's John Rice in two games last week bolsted his season aggregate to a hefty 317. It's the closest anyone has been to the Gnaden scoring ace since early in December when Rice was only 9 points off the leading pace. Both Rice, a 5-11 veteran who has another year of action left for Baltic, and Bradley have five games left to play. Unless there's a quick surge by some other performer, it now appears as though the race is up to them. Bradley has his 345 points in 12 games for a 26.5 game average, while Rice, who has missed one of 15 Baltic games to date, carries a 22.6 average. Rice must better his average if he hopes to overtake Bradley. Baltic's Gary Gerber is third with 271 points, while Midvale's Ron Breniser is fourth with 263. Five performers reached the 200 mark in games last week. Bill Phillips of Port Washington soared to 242, Ben Price of Tuscarawas Valley to 232, Charley Stingel and Larry Yakley of Garaway to respective 223 and 217 totals, and Harold Lahmers of Stone Creek to 201. Frank Wallick of Strasburg is just shy with 198.

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INDIVIDUAL SCORING
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1. Ron Bradley, Gnadenhutten Indians 144-57-345 26.5
2. John Rice, Baltic Eagles 136-48-317 22.6
3. Gary Gerber, Baltic Eagles 111-49-271 18.0
4. Ron Breniser, Midvale Blue Devils 114-35-263 20.3
5. Jim McAfee, Stone Creek Panthers 95-62-252 16.8
6. Gary Caviness, Tuscarawas Broncos 99-50-248 22.5
7. Bill Phillips, Port Washington Purple Riders 100-42-242 18.6
8. Ben Price, Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 103-27-232 21.1
9. Charley Stingel, Garaway Pirates 94-35-223 15.9
10. Larry Yakley, Garaway Pirates 87-42-216 15.4
11. Harold Lahmers, Stone Creek Panthers 74-53-201 13.4
12. Frank Wallick, Strasburg Tigers 78-42-198 15.3
13. Koran Zehnder, Garaway Pirates 78-27-183 13.0
14. Sam Jacobs, Baltic Eagles 73-32-178 11.8
15. Dave Belknap, Midvale Blue Devils 65-46-176 13.6
16. Ron Clark, Gnadenhutten Indians 75-21-171 13.2
17. Bill Housel, Midvale Blue Devils 68-34-158 12.2
18. Roy Buchanan, Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 57-38-152 13.8
19. John Landon, Port Washington Purple Riders 56-38-150 11.6
20. Hanes Hairston, Midvale Blue Devils 55-31-141-10.8
21. Dan Wherley, Stone Creek Panthers 57-26-140 9.3
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STANDINGS
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Midvale Blue Devils 12-1
Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 10-1
Gnadenhutten Indians 10-3
Garaway Pirates 9-5
Baltic Eagles 8-7
Stone Creek Panthers 8-7
Strasburg Tigers 4-9
Tuscarawas Broncos 3-8
Port Washington 3-10
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NOTE: In the Ohio Class "A" State Poll, Midvale and Gnadenhutten are listed under others with Midvale having 18 points and Gnadenhutten 13. Midvale also has one first-place vote.
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Tuesday, January 20, 1959
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio