DOVER - Plans for one of the most exciting basketball tournament ever held in the Tuscarawas County area were finalized last night when coaches and officials of schools involved in the Class A Sectional met in Helmkamp's Restaurant. Eighteen teams, including top-seeded Midvale, Conotton Valley, Dennison St. Mary and Stone Creek, will play a total of 16 games, the 2 co-winners advancing to District action at Steubenville. Opening activity is Tuesday in New Philadelphia Gymnasium. Teams were seeded on the basis of their won-loss records against only single A teams in good standing with the Ohio High School Athletic Association. After the top 4 teams got their choice in the separate brackets, teams drew for order of draw and then for order of selection.
Midvale (15-2) was seeded 1st, with Conotton Valley (14-2), St. Mary (12-2) and Stone Creek (16-3). Getting their "choice" then were:
Newcomerstown
Port Washington
Malvern
Tuscarawas Valley
S. Joseph
Dennison
Seton Catholic
Baltic
Garaway
Strasburg
Augusta
Tuscarawas
Hiland
Gnadenhutten
Opening round action Tuesday pits August (4-11) against Tuscarawas (7-10), Garaway (12-4) against Gnadenhutten (6-11) and Baltic (3-14) against Seton Catholic (6-11) of Lafferty.
Strasburg (10-6) and Midvale (15-2) lock horns Tuesday, February 23. Another tough opener pits Hiland (14-5) against Conotton Valley (14-2) Thursday, February 18.
Official scorer again will be Art Cicconetti and New Philadelphia Mayor Joe Pritz will run the clock.
Thursday, February 11, 1965
Dan Kopp, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: The Tuscarawas County Class A Tournament ended in 1964. Strasburg won the 1st one in 1923 and the last one in 1964.
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