59 - Clubs Equal Or Better '58 Mark (2-24-59)

Regular-season activity on the Tuscarawas County scholastic basketball front is completed, and some of the Class "A" schools already have been eliminated from tourney play. But in looking back over the 1958-1959 campaign, and comparing it with results attained a year ago, considerable improvement was recorded. Five schools registered better season marks during the recent campaign, three skidded to poorer standings and one duplicated their 1957-1958 accomplishments. The best improvement coming from last year's marks were Midvale 16-1 (16-2 in 1957-1958), Tuscarawas Valley 17-1 (11-5), Garaway 12-8 (10-10), Port Washington 3-16 (1-16) and Tuscarawas 6-11 (5-12). Among those who didn't equal or better last year's records were Gnadenhutten 13-6 (15-5), Baltic 10-10 (13-7) and Strasburg 6-12 (11-7). Stone Creek (12-8) had a similar mark a year ago.
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Tusky Valley and Midvale showed the way record-wise in Class "A" and the Blue Devils' 72.8 offensive display was tops. Tuscarawas Valley was the top defender at 48.5. Ron Bradley of Gnadenhutten had 501 points to top the Class "A" ranks in scoring. Bradley finished the campaign with 534 points.
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TEAM STANDINGS
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1. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 17-1 (1104-874)
2. Midvale Blue Devils 16-1 (1237-984)
3. Gnadenhutten Indians 13-6 (1243-1156)
4. Garaway Pirates 12-8 (1326-1057)
5. Stone Creek Panthers 12-8 (1134-1050)
6. Baltic Eagles 10-10 (1360-1299)
7. Tuscarawas Broncos 6-11 (1043-1056)
8. Strasburg Tigers 6-12 (924-1030)
9. Port Washington Purple Riders 3-16 (967-1296)
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INDIVIDUAL SCORING
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1. Ron Bradley, Gnadenhutten Indians 205-91-501 26.4
2. John Rice, Baltic Eagles 179-66-426 22.5
3. Ben Price, Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 169-51-389 21.6
4. Gary Caviness, Tuscarawas Broncos 158-71-383 22.5
5. Bill Phillips, Port Washington Purple Riders 151-81-383 20.2
6. Jim McAfee, Stone Creek Panthers 139-82-360 18.0
7. Ron Breniser, Midvale Blue Devils 153-51357 21.0
8. Gary Gerber, Baltic Eagles 148-60-356 17.8
9. Charley Stingel, Garaway Pirates 126-56-308 15.4
10. Larry Yakley, Garaway Pirates 124-54-302 15.1
11. Frank Wallick, Strasburg Tigers 101-55-257 14.3
12. Harold Lahmers, Stone Creek Panthers 93-68-254 12.5
13. Koran Zehnder, Garaway Pirates 92-37-240 11.0
14. Roy Buchanan, Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 95-49 239 13.3
15. Ron Clark, Gnadenhutten Indians 101-28-230 12.1
16. Sam Jacobs, Baltic Eagles 92-37-221 11.0
17. Dave Belknap, 78-56-212 12.5
18. John Landon, Port Washington Purple Riders 78-43-200 10.5
19. Nick Haswell, Strasburg Tigers 72-27-191 12.7
20. Bill Housel, Midvale Blue Devils 74-42-190 11.2
21. Hanes Hairston, Midvale Blue Devils 68-53-189 11.2
22. Dan Wherley, Stone Creek Panthers 78-33-189 9.5
23. Dick Robinson, Tuscarawas Broncos 57-60-176 10.3
24. Bud Eckhardt, Tuscarawas Broncos 62-23-167 9.8
25. Ray Rank, Gnadenhutten Indians 56-53-165 9.2
26. John Hall, Gnadenhutten Indians 61-37-159 8.8
27. Bob Ladrach, Baltic Eagles 61-36-158 7.9
28. Terry Sauser, Stone Creek Panthers 49-58-156 7.8
29. John Sigrist, Garaway Pirates 56-34-150 7.5
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Tuesday, February 24, 1959
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio