67 - Tuscarawas County Class A Basketball Statistics

Strasburg High School (Tigers) - Shows league leading scorer John Studer in the process of dunking the basketball.

DOVER - Strasburg boasts the top defensive, top offense and top scorer in the county as the basketball season begins heading toward the February tournaments.  Head Coach Charlie Huggins' Bengals have limited the opposition to 47.4 points a game, while having scored 81.3 per outing.  Garaway is runner-up in the defensive department, having limited its foes to 49.4 points a game.  Meanwhile, the Tigers' John Studer (All-Ohio last season) is closing in on the school career scoring records.  Studer could eclilpse the 1117 record established by Joh Peters this Friday night when  the  Bengals entertain Garaway.  He paces the county on 226 points over 9 games this season.  Added to outputs of 295 as a Sophomore and 588 as a Junior it gives him 1109 points.

INDIVIDUAL SCORING

1.  John Studer, Strasburg Tigers 97-32-226
2.  Charles Jones, Strasburg Tigers 65-25-155
3.  Dan Jinks, Gnadenhutten Indians 54-45-153
4.  Mike DeMattio, Midvale Blue Devils 64-22-150
5.  Bob Carlisle, Midvale Blue Devils 60-29-149
6.  Bill Kohl, Gnadenhutten Indians 49-29-127
7.  Brent Lehigh, Tuscarawas Broncos 51-19-121
8.  Errol Miller, Garaway Pirates 42-37-121
9.  Lee Eberly, Midvale Blue Devils 45-29-119
10. Fred Rausch, Tuscarawas Broncos 49-13-111
11. John Bihari, Tuscarawas Broncos 38-28-104
12. Don Richardson, Garaway Pirates 41-21-103

STANDINGS

1.  Strasburg Tigers 2-0 (9-0)
2.  Garaway Pirates 2-0 (8-0)
3.  Midvale Blue Devils 2-0 (6-3)
4.  Tuscarawas Broncos 0-1 (3-4)
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians 0-1 (3-5)
6.  Port Washington Purple Riders 0-2 (4-4)
7.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 0-2 (2-4)


Wednesday, January 4, 1967
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio