60 - Baltic Veteran Leads County Scoring (12-17-59)

PHOTO: Baltic Eagles Senior - John Rice

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A veteran who scored 426 points last season is the leader in the County Class "A" Basketball scoring race. The veteran is leader John Rice of the Baltic Eagles. He has popped 143 points through the hoops in 8 outings, an average of 17.9. However, the highest average per game marks is held by the Tuscarawas Boncos' Gary Caviness. He is averaging 23 points a game, having tallied 115 in 5 contests played thus far. Not far off Rice's pace is Koran Zehnder of the Garaway Pirates, who has meshed 125 points in 6 games, 18 away from the leader. Garaway dominates the top group with three contenders in Zehnder, Jim Gerber and Charles Stingel. Baltic and Port Washington have two entries apiece. Rice is also setting the pace in the league point scoring race with 51. Gnadenhutten's John Hull with 44 points, is runner-up. Two county cage combines are still undefeated. They are Garaway and Tusky Valley. Garaway has the most potent offense scoring 427 points in 6 games, while Baltic, with two more contests, has tallied the same amount.

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COUNTY CLASS "A" STANDINGS

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1. Garaway Pirates 6-0

2. Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 4-0

3. Tuscarawas Broncos 4-1

4. Port Washington Purple Riders 4-3

5. Strasburg Tigers 3-3

6. Baltic Eagles 3-5

7. Gnadenhutten Indians 2-4

8. Midvale Blue Devils 2-4

9. Stone Creek Panthers 0-6

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COUNTY CLASS "A" SCORING

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1. John Rice, Baltic Eagles 61-21-143 17.9

2. Koran Zehnder, Garaway Pirates 53-19-125 20.8

3. Gary Gerber, Baltic Eagles 49-23-121 15.1

4. Ron Breniser, Midvale Blue Devils 45-30-120 20.0

5. Gary Caviness, Tuscarawas Broncos 46-23-115 23.0

6. John Landon, Port Washington Purple Riders 37-24-98 14.0

7. Frank Wallick, Strasburg Tigers 40-17-97 16.2

8. Charles Stingel, Garaway Pirates 31-27-89 14.8

9. John Hall, Gnadenhutten Indians 30-29-89 14.8

10. Jim Bender, Port Washington Purple Riders 32-22-88 12.2

11. Jim Gerber, Garaway Pirates 29-15-73 12.2

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COUNTY CLASS "A" LEAGUE SCORING

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1. John Rice, Baltic Eagles 23-5-51 17.0

2. John Hall, Gnadenhutten Indians 15-17-47 15.7

3. Gary Gerber, Baltic Eagles 17-7-41 13.7

4. Ron Breniser, Midvale Blue Devils 14-13-40 20.0

5. Gary Caviness, Tuscarawas Broncos 15-9-39 19.5

6. Neil Beans, Midvale Blue Devils 12-14-38 14.0

7. Jim Bender, Port Washington Purple Riders 12-12-36 12.0

8. Charles Stingel, Garaway Pirates 11-13-35 17.5

9. Ray Rank, Gnadenhutten Indiands 11-13-34 11.3

10. John Zehnder, Garaway Pirates 14-5-33 16.5

11. John Landon, Port Washington Purple Riders 11-11-33 11.0

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Thursday, December 17, 1959

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio