Dover High School - Swirl Yearbook (Dover, OH)

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Dover State Champions 1932-33 Dover’s 1932 33 team won the State Tournament by playing a slow, deliberate game, getting the hall to its pivot man and then breaking. Displaying their most brilliant hall game of the year, the Crimsons humbled the favorites of the tourney, Springfield, in the first game, 26 to 17. The game was played at a terrific pace throughout, and the players were exhausted at the end of the sensational battle. A tired, but not faulty, team came on the floor for the semifinals against Massillon. Then ensued another thrilling contest in which Dover was victorious only after an over time period. The final score was Dover 26 and Massillon 24, which shows only part of the excitement the game contained. In the finals Dover proved tot) much for the Marietta quintet, and, after a slow start, the result was never in doubt. Coach Rearick sent an entire new combination into the game after a few minutes of the final quarter had been played. The game ended 34 to 23 with Dover in possession of the State Title for the second time. With the winning of the State Title, Dover was once more put in the spotlight. The plucky Crimsons deserved every bit of the honor heaped upon them by enthusiastic fans. They had shown the ability of a true champion in winning over the most difficult obstacles. Those who composed the team were: Captain Dick Klar, Bud Davis, Frank Kelker, Harold Braun, Earl Maurer, Dale Andreas, Don Godfrey, Harry Seibert, Robert Boyd, Tom Homrig-hausen, and Don Goettge. Pace 9

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Dover High Band 1933 Another champion for Dover to be proud of is our high school band. It certainly has won laurels of its own. The Dover band was the only Class B band from Ohio entitled to go to the national contest, and we arc happy to boast that they came home victorious. The bands competing at Evanston were graded in accordance with the three honorary ratings: first, second, and third. The band members proudly exhibit their gold plaques that were bought for them by the Band Mothers. These plaques designate the victory that our band has won, that of first place. Our band has put Dover on the musical map, and it is grateful to Dover for giving it its chance at Evanston, Illinois. As the band is small, having only seventy-six members, the lack of instruments was detrimental to its progress; but in spite of that fact it came out on top. Most of the credit is willingly given to Mr Alexander, our director. The members admit that the training for the contest was hard, and occasionally discouragement was noticed; but, on the other hand, every member admits that it was all worth while and each is proud to say that he is a member of Dover’s National Champion Band. The band learned many things at Evanston and, of course, had many good times and adventures. The members heard some of the best school bands in the country and saw some spectacular, snappy drilling. The dates of the eight, ninth, and tenth of June, 1933, will remain unforgettable to all the members of this band. We wish them all the best of future success.

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Dover State Champions 1926-27 The Dover High 1927 basketball team was the first squad to bring to Dover a State Championship. This was the first of the many teams of recent years to put Dover on the Ohio sporting map. A group of excellently trained youths, they fought their way through the outstanding teams of the State to earn this distinguished honor. The Dover team finished its scheduled games with a good record of 17 victories out of 22 games. They then entered the Eastern Ohio District Tournament and won four hard-fought games. At the State Tournament the Dover team was not picked as a favorite by the experts. These “Roughriders used such a different style of ball, a style which since has carried many Dover teams to victories including another State Championship, that they bewildered their opponents as well as the spectators. Playing a deliberate passing game, the Dover five awaited their scoring opportunities and then took advantage of them. They swept aside three outstanding teams, Mansfield, Portsmouth, and Toledo Waite, in their unfaltering march to the State Championship. A week later the team entered the National Tournament at Chicago. They gave an excellent account of themselves but were eliminated by the strong Colorado Springs team in the second game. The squad consisted of Bill Beitner, Bup Rearick, Raymond Low, Carl Braun, Dwight Trubey, Ralph Buehler, Frank Slaughter, and Art Schlundt. Much of the credit for the success of the 1927 squad, as well as that of succeeding teams, should go to the late Joe Hermann. Coach Hermann introduced a distinctive style of basketball to Dover which we hope v'ill bring many more successful seasons to our school.