PHOTO: NO, LET'S GO THIS WAY ! - Wayne Burkey (left) of Garaway and Bill Horrisberger (right) of Hiland get all tied up as they try to wrest the ball from each other. A jump ball was called. Watching over their shoulders is Andy Ahijewych of Hiland.
PHOTO: OVER THE SHOULDER - Big Andy "A" (Ahilewych) towers above Wayne Burkey as he dribbles. In background is Geof Stevanus of Garaway and Ken Hocksteller (31) of Hiland. Ahijewych tossed in 19 points and picked off numerous rebounds to lead Hiland to a decisive 52-32 conquest of the Tuscarawas County League Co-Champions.
NEW PHILADELPHIA - The "big" game between Hiland (21-2) and Garaway (17-7) failed to materialize, as have several other of the heralded Class "A" tournament games. Last night's game was to have been the big showdown since the teams had split in their 2 previous meetings. But, Coach Bob Schrock's Hiland Hawks weren't about to be stopped, racing away to their 20th straight victory. Led by their 6-foot-6 tower of strength Andy Ahijewych, the Hawks were in complete control all the way and several times threatened to turn the game into a complete rout. The first quarter was a night-marish one for Garaway fans as they saw their dreams of success fade when the Hawks soared off to a 9-0 lead. Garaway didn't score until only 10 seconds remained in the period. Geof Stevanus dropping in a foul shot. Garaway missed all 7 of its actions shots in the period and it wasn't until 7:05 of the second stanza that the Pirates finally scored a field goal. Roy Yoder connecting on one of his patented jump shots. Yoder's shot seemed to momentarily spark the Pirates as they cut Hiland's 11-1 lead to 5 points. They trailed 19-12 at halftime, however. Ahijewych led the charge for the Hawks, who were also having trouble finding the rims, by pumping in 10 first half points. Two baskets by Paul Hershberger, another by Ken Hochstetler and a foul by Ahijewych pushed Hiland out in front 26-12 with scarely a minute gone in the third quarter. Not quite 2 minutes later, Yoder picked up his fourth personal foul and any remaining hopes of Garaway victory vanished. Hiland, finally finding the range, poured in 7 of 14 field goal attempts in the third quarter to break the game wide open. The Hawks led 36-18 at the end of the period. One of the few thrills of the game came at the final buzzer when substitute Stan Gerber swished a 55-foot set shot for Hiland. Hiland, which could point to its air-tight defense and strong rebounding for the lion's share of the victory credit, finished with a respectable 20 of 44 shot attempts for 45 percent. Garaway made only 11 of 46 for 24 percent.
The victory was Hiland's 86th against only 11 losses in its brief basketball career which covers only 4 seasons. Ahijewych, in addition to leading all rebounders, tallied 19 points for game honors. Art Mullet had 11 for the Hawks. Wayne Burkey was "high" for Garaway with 7 points as normally high-scoring Dan Bleininger and Yoder were limited to 3 and 4 points respectively. Garaway had copped league co-champion and county tournament runner-up honors.
HILAND HAWKS - 52
Art Mullet 3-5-11
Bill Horrisberger 2-2-6
Andy Ahijewych 8-3-19
Ken Hochstetler 3-0-6
Colin Mishler 0-2-2
Fred Meneuze 2-0-4
Stan Gerber 1-0-2
Newnham 1-0-2
GARAWAY PIRATES - 32
Geof Stevanus 1-2-4
Wayne Burkey 2-3-7
Dan Bleininger 1-1-3
Roy Yoder 2-0-4
Don Deetz 2-1-5
Spear 2-2-6
Fred Smith 1-1-3
Thursday, March 1, 1962
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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