STRASBURG - A packed house was treated to quite an exhibition of control basketball here Saturday night, state-ranked Strasburg (17-1) edging out Garaway (11-7). The victory gives Coach Bob Shahan's Tigers a regular season mark equaling the 1956-57 slate under Coach Chuck Caniford. Tiger John Peters, an All-Ohio candidate, sank a 15-foot jumper as Strasburg got the tip to start the game. Glenn Snyder's Pirates, who handed the Tigers their only setback of the season (60-45) then "held" the ball for 5 1/2 minutes before losing possession. Strasburg was on top 4-2 at the 1st halt. The 2 teams "opened" up in the 2nd stanza which ended with the Tigers holding a 17-13 margin. Garaway really went to work on the control game in the 3rd canto, keeping possession after the tip until only 5 seconds were left. A bad pass gave the Tigers the ball. Peters tried in vain to throw in a 2-pointer from mid-court. Teammate Vic Gessner tipped the ball in, but the buzzer had sounded. Thus, the 3rd quarter score was the same as the 2nd, Strasburg 17, Garaway 13. The Tigers got a couple of opportunities to make points in the final frame---and connected. They led by 6 points at one stage, but found themselves in front by a scant 2 tallies, 23-21, with 1:36 left. Steady Don Wallick worked loose inside the key and popped in a 2-pointer to make it 25-21 and drilled through a free toss with 46 seconds to make it 26-21. Continuing his clutch play, the fine-working Senior grabbed a key rebound to again give the Tigers possession. Garaway was anxious now and was called for fouling Peters who made it 27-21. Pirate Jim Young sank a charity throw and teammate Dan Andreas pulled off a steal and was fouled. Andreas made good on his one try to make the count Strasburg 27, Garaway 23 with 22 seconds remaining. Young then committed a theft and pinpointed a pass to Andreas underneath. The Pirate Sophomore pushed in a fielder with 2 seconds left to make it 27-25. The buzzer sounded and the fans could relax. Three players did the scoring for Strasburg, Peters, Wallick and Gessner all getting 9 points. Andreas was high for Garaway with 7. Randy Miller added 6 and Don Deetz, Tim Stevanus and Young got 4 each. The Tigers canned 10 of 24 actions hots for 40 percent and made 7 of 10 charities. The Pirates sank 11 of 31 from the floor for 36 percent and hit on 3 of 5 foul tries. It was the regular season game for both teams. The Garaway Reserves (7-9) starved off a fine Strasburg Reserve team (15-3) 51-44.
STRASBURG TIGERS - 27
Rock Van Fossen 0-0-0
Don Wallick 3-3-9
Rick Hall 0-0-0
John Peters 3-3-9
Vic Gessner 4-1-9
GARAWAY PIRATES - 25
Don Deetz 2-0-4
Tim Stevanus 2-0-4
Randy Miller 3-0-6
Dan Andreas 3-1-7
Jim Young 1-2-4
Monday, February 10, 1964
Norman Hendricks
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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