STATE TOURNAMENT – 1918

First Round

DuQuoin 21, Rockford (H.S.) 18

Elgin (H.S.) 26, Winnetka (New Trier) 25

Centralia 32, Galesburg (H.S.) 30

Normal (University) 28, Champaign (H.S.) 18

Lawrenceville 23, Clinton 18

Quarterfinals

Shelbyville 18, DuQuoin 17

Centralia 37, Elgin (H.S.) 15

Normal (University) 30, Lawrenceville 26 (3 OT)

Canton 35, Jerseyville (Jersey) 27 (OT)

Semifinals

Centralia 25, Shelbyville 23 (OT)

Normal (University) 20, Canton 19

Third Place

Canton 20, Shelbyville 19

Final

Centralia 35, Normal (University) 29
 
Normal (University) 28, Champaign (H.S.) 18
First Round Game at Springfield (H.S.)
Thursday, March 14, 1918
NORMAL (UNIVERSITY)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Arthur Buck 0 0 0 1
H. Buck  0 2 2 0
Henry Capen 5 0 10 1
Evans 0 0 0 0
Alvin Hoffman 0 0 0 1
Bane Pierce 6 0 12 1
Victor 0 0   0 0
Clarence Westhoff 2 0 4 0
TOTAL  13 2 28 4
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Doolen 1 0 2 2
Jess Doolen 0 0 0 0
Carl Hubbard 3 4 10 1
Ray Hudson 0 0 0 1
Fred Major 1 0 2 0
Fred Mercer 2 0 4 0
TOTAL  7 4 18 4
Normal (University) 6 12 (18) 2 8 (10) -- 28
Champaign (H.S.) 2 8 (10) 4 2 ( 8) -- 18

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1919

First Round

Champaign (H.S.) 23, Alton (Sr.) 19

Springfield (H.S.) 30, Morris 15

Shelbyville 28, Atwood 26 (OT)

Herrin 18, Rock Island (H.S.) 14

Rockford (H.S.) 31, Flora 10

Quarterfinals

Peoria (H.S.) 50, Barry 15

Springfield (H.S.) 18, Champaign (H.S.) 9

Herrin 16, Shelbyville 15

Rockford (H.S.) 37, Dundee 10

Semifinals

Springfield (H.S.) 20, Peoria (H.S.) 18

Rockford (H.S.) 19, Herrin 14

Third Place

Peoria (H.S.) 24, Herrin 10

Final

Rockford (H.S.) 39, Springfield (H.S.) 20
 
Champaign (H.S.) 23, Alton (Sr.) 19
First Round Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Thursday, March 13, 1919
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dean Brownell  0 0 0 1
John Frakes 0 0 0 1
Fred Major 5 5   15 0
Fred Mercer 4 0   8 0
Arthur Temple 0 0   0 1
TOTAL  9 5 23 3
ALTON (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Black 2 1 5 0
Cantill 0 0 0 0
Enos 0 0 0 1
Milford 3 0 6 1
Wells  2 4 8 0
TOTAL  7 5 19 2

Springfield (H.S.) 18, Champaign (H.S.) 9
Quarterfinal Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Friday, March 14, 1919
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Leslie Chaney 0 0 0 0
Tom Greenan 2 0 4 2
Harry Hodde 0 0 0 1
Ira Johnson 0 0 0 3
Lyle Marland 0 0 0 2
Max Poskover 2 10  14 1
TOTAL  4 10 18 9
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.) 
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Bennett 0 0 0 1
Dean Brownell 0 0 0 3
John Frakes 0 0  0 1
Cyril Gamble 0 0 0 0
Fred Major 0 5 5 3
Fred Mercer 1 0 2 2
Arthur Temple 1 0 2 2
TOTAL 2 5 9 12
Springfield (H.S.) ( 7) (11) -- 18
Champaign (H.S.) ( 5) ( 4) -- 9
 
Top Tournament Scorers
Player and School G FG FT Pts
Max Poskover, Springfield (H.S.) 4 19 20 58
Rex Enright, Rockford (H.S.)  4 21 1 43
Harry Englund, Rockford (H.S.) 4 19 1 39
Glen "Frenchy" Haussler, Peoria (H.S.) 3 14 6 34
Johnnie Zinzer, Peoria (H.S.)  3 14 0 28
Reginald Lacy, Herrin  4 4 18 26
Tom Greenan, Springfield (H.S.) 4 13 0 26
Ralph Baker, Rockford (H.S.) 3 8 9 25
Fred Major, Champaign (H.S.) 2 5 10 20
Warren, Shelbyville 2 8  0 16
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Major 2 5 10 20 3
Fred Mercer 2 5 0 10 2
Arthur Temple 2 1 0  2 3
George Bennett 1 0 0 0 1
Dean Brownell 2 0 0 0 4
John Frakes 2 0 0 0 2
Cyril Gamble 1 0 0 0 0

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1920

First Round

Canton 16, Peoria (Manual) 14 (2 OT)

Joliet (Twp.) 40, Streator (Twp.) 25

Olney (H.S.) 43, Champaign (H.S.) 24

Galesburg (H.S.) 25, Shelbyville 23

Marion (H.S.) 23, Decatur (H.S.) 17

Rockford (H.S.) 45, Centralia 41

Bloomington (H.S.) 35, Jerseyville (Jersey) 29

Mt. Vernon 25, Elgin (H.S.) 13

Quarterfinals

Canton 35, Joliet (Twp.) 19

Olney (H.S.) 33, Galesburg (H.S.) 22

Marion (H.S.) 22, Rockford (H.S.) 20

Mt. Vernon 25, Bloomington (H.S.) 24

Semifinals

Canton 37, Olney (H.S.) 18

Mt. Vernon 15, Marion (H.S.) 13

Third Place

Marion (H.S.) 29, Olney (H.S.) 20

Final

Mt. Vernon 18, Canton 14
 
Olney (H.S.) 43, Champaign (H.S.) 24
First Round Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Thursday, March 18, 1920
OLNEY (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joe Clevenger 0 0   0 2
Alfred Kaser 1 0 2 2
James Knipe 2 1 5 0
Leland Stilwell 14 6   34 4
Frank Webber 1 0   2 2
Paul Webber  0 0   0 1
TOTAL  18 7   43 11
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Cottrell 2 0 4 1
Paul Dewhirst 0 0 0 0
Jess Doolen 1  0 2 0
Fred Dralle 2 0   4 2
John Frakes 2 0   4 2
Lloyd Lee 0 0 0 0
Fred Major 1 8 10 0
TOTAL  8 8  24 5
Olney (H.S.)  (21) (22) --43
Champaign (H.S.) (15) (9) --24

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1921

Preliminary Round
Batavia 27, Mt. Carmel 22
Collinsville 21, Fairbury 15
Flora 24, Moline 22
Galesburg (H.S.) 29, Charleston 7
Marion (H.S.) 15, Elgin (H.S.) 14 (OT)
First Round
Streator (Twp.) 42, Trenton 14
Rockford (H.S.) 45, Pittsfield 13
Batavia 31, Peoria (H.S.) 26
Collinsville 19, Flora 17
Marion (H.S.) 19, Galesburg (H.S.) 15 (2 OT)
Macomb 38, Springfield (H.S.) 19
Winnetka (New Trier) 34, Decatur (H.S.) 31
Champaign (H.S.) 37, Mt. Vernon 27
Quarterfinals
Rockford (H.S.) 29, Streator (Twp.) 28
Batavia 24, Collinsville 9
Marion (H.S.) 25, Macomb 15
Winnetka (New Trier) 29, Champaign (H.S.) 28
Semifinals
Rockford (H.S.) 32, Batavia 21
Marion (H.S.) 26, Winnetka (New Trier) 24 (OT)
Third Place
Winnetka (New Trier) 33, Batavia 28
Final
Marion (H.S.) 24, Rockford (H.S.) 23

Champaign (H.S.) 37, Mt. Vernon 27
First Round Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Friday, March 18, 1921
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Paul Dewhirst 0 0 0 2
Jess Doolen 6 0 12 1
Harrington 4 1 9 2
Everett Olson 1 0 2 0
Marcus Overton 6 0 12 2
Pickens  0 0 0 4
Purdy 1 0 2 0
TOTAL  18 1 37 11
MT. VERNON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Estes 0 0 0 0
Milton Forsyth  1 0 2 1
Jimmy Johnson 0 0 0 1
Miller 7 5 19 1
Young 3 0 6 0
TOTAL  11 5 27 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
Winnetka (New Trier) 29, Champaign (H.S.) 28
Quarterfinal Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Saturday, March 19, 1921
WINNETKA (NEW TRIER)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank Brown 0 0 0 1
Lusted 2 0 4 1
Curtis Parker  0 5 5 4
Albert Rand 1 2 4 0
Francis Varney 5 0 10 1
Robert Wienecke 3 0 6 2
TOTAL  11 7 29 9
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Paul Dewhirst 0 0 0 0
Jess Doolen 6 0 12 3
Harrington 1 2 4 0
Everett Olson 0 4 4 0
Marcus Overton 3 0 6 2
Pickens  1 0 2 1
TOTAL  11 6 28 6
Winnetka (New Trier) 8 6 (14) (15) -- 29
Champaign (H.S.) 8 6 (14) (14) -- 28
 
Tournament Top Scorers
Player and School   G FG FT Pts
John Mauer, Batavia 4 16 26 58
Norman Belford, Marion (H.S.)  5 16 23 55
Ralph Baker, Rockford (H.S.) 4 15 12 42
Warren Kasch, Rockford (H.S.) 4 16 3 35
Russ Daugherity, Streator (Twp.)  2 12 7 31
Anderson, Batavia  5 13 3 29
Albert Rand, Winnetka (New Trier) 4 12 3 27
A. Johnson, Batavia 5 13 0 26
Jess Doolen, Champaign (H.S.) 2 12 0 24
Albert Sala, Macomb  2 12 0 24
Lusted, Winnetka (New Trier) 4 12 0 24
Leo Jokerst, Collinsville 3 9 6 24
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jess Doolen 2 12 0 24 4
Marcus Overton 2 9 0 18 4
Harrington 2 5 3 13 2
Everett Olson  2 1 4 6 0
Pickens 2 1 0 2 5
Purdy 1 1 0 2 0
Paul Dewhirst 2 0 0 0 2

STATE TOURNAMENT - 1925

Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 23, Marion (H.S.) 15
Elgin (H.S.) 31, Canton 15
Third Place
Canton 33, Marion (H.S.) 17
Final
Elgin (H.S.) 25, Champaign (H.S.) 17

Champaign (H.S.) 23, Marion (H.S.) 15
Semifinal Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Friday, March 20, 1925
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player  FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Hurem Derment 3 1 2 7 2
Raymond Fisher 1 1 1 3 0
Don Gamble 1 1 4 3 2
Fred Hyland 0 0 0 0 2
William Johnson 0 0 0  0 0
Frank McCallister 5 0 2 10 3
TOTAL  10 3 9 23 9
MARION (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Bundy 0 1 2 1 2
Carter 3 0 0 6 1
D. Harris 0 1 3 1 1
J. Harris 3 0 0 6 1
P. Harris 0 1 4 1 1
TOTAL  6 3 9 15 6
Champaign (H.S.) (14) ( 9) -- 23
Marion (H.S.)  ( 8) ( 7) -- 15
 
Elgin (H.S.) 25, Champaign (H.S.) 17
Final Game at Urbana [UI, Men's Gym Annex]
Saturday, March 21, 1925
ELGIN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Herbert Hill 1 2 4 0
Doug Mills 3 1  7 1
Gerald Slavik 2 1 5 0
Andrew Solyom 1 0 2 2
Chapman Wells 3 1 7 1
TOTAL  10 5 25 4
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Hurem Derment 1 2 4 1
Raymond Fisher 0 0 0 0
Don Gamble 1 0 2 3
Fred Hyland 1 3 5 0
William Johnson 0 0 0 0
Frank McCallister 2 2 6 0
TOTAL  5 7 17 4
Elgin (H.S.) 5 8 (13) 6 6 (12) -- 25
Champaign (H.S.) 4 1 ( 5) 8 4 (12) -- 17
 

Summary of State Finalists

School Coach W-L Enroll

1 Elgin (H.S.) Cliff Adams 24-2 1082

2 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 21-5 935

3 Canton Mark Peterman 26-8 729

4 Marion (H.S.) Bryan Emmert 19-11 570

Top Scorers

Player and School G FG FT Pts

Doug Mills, Elgin (H.S.) 2 10 2 22

Frank McCallister, Champaign (H.S.) 2 7 2 16

Gale Allen, Canton 2 5 5 15

Hurem Derment, Champaign (H.S.) 2 4 3 11

Gerald Slavik, Elgin (H.S.) 2 5 1 11

Jim Groutage, Canton 2 4 2 10

Oliver Mettler, Canton 2 3 4 10

Andrew Solyom, Elgin (H.S.) 2 4 2 10

Team Tournament Scoring Summary

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank McCallister 2 7 2 2 16 3
Hurem Derment 2 4 3 2 11 3
Don Gamble 2 2 1 4 5 5
Fred Hyland 2 1 3 0 5 2
Raymond Fisher 2 1 1 1 3 0
William Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Tournament Team

Player & School Ht. Yr.

Don Gamble, Champaign (H.S.) 5-11 Sr.

Herbert Hill, Elgin (H.S.) 5-9 Sr.

Frank McCallister, Champaign (H.S.) 6-1 Sr.

Doug Mills, Elgin (H.S.) 6-0 Sr.

Andrew Solyom, Elgin (H.S.) 5-11 Sr.

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1927

Quarterfinals
East St. Louis (Sr.) 26, Rockford (H.S.) 12
Peoria (H.S.) 42, St. Charles (H.S.) 15
Champaign (H.S.) 34, Mt. Olive 21
Mt. Carmel 35, Athens 19
Semifinals
Peoria (H.S.) 33, East St. Louis (Sr.) 11
Mt. Carmel 35, Champaign (H.S.) 24
Third Place
East St. Louis (Sr.) 25, Champaign (H.S.) 20
Final
Mt. Carmel 24, Peoria (H.S.) 18

Champaign (H.S.) 34, Mt. Olive 21
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 24, 1927
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roy Carson 3 1 2 7 0
Verne Carson 4 3 5 11 1
Harry Hagerman 0 0 2 0 1
Albert Hall 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Holl 2 1 1 5 2
John Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0
Leland Lair 2 3 4 7 0
Harold Vance 2 0 0 4 2
TOTAL  13 8 14 34 8
MT. OLIVE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
H. Altmann/Ottman 0 0 0 0 1
H. Droste 2 0 0 4 1
E. Meyer 1 2 3 4 0
S. Moran 0 2 3 2 2
Roth 1 0 1 2 1
A. Ruhlander  4 1 2 9 3
A. Truetzschler 0 0 1 0 2
Vukslick 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 8 5 10 21 10
Champaign (H.S.) 13 8 (21) 9 4 (13) -- 34
Mt. Olive 3 4 ( 7) 6 8 (14) -- 21

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mt. Carmel 35, Champaign (H.S.) 24
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 25, 1927
MT. CARMEL
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Crum 1 2 3 4 0
George Eaton  3 2 7 8 0
Alfred Elzey 0 0 0 0 2
Everett Hawkins 1 0 0 2 0
Frank Henneberger 0 0 0 0 4
Elbert "Babe?" Kamp 5 5 5 15 2
Robert Kamp 3 0 0 6 0
TOTAL 13 9 15 35 8
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roy Carson 4 1 2 9 0
Verne Carson 4 2 4 10 2
Harry Hagerman 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Hall 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Holl 0 3 4 3 0
John Kennedy 0 0 0 0 2
Leland Lair 0 0 1 0 2
Harold Vance 1 0 0 2 4
TOTAL  9 6  11 24 12
Mt. Carmel 8 13 (21) 6 8 (14) -- 35
Champaign (H.S.) 8 10 (18) 5 1 ( 6) -- 24
 
East St. Louis (Sr.) 25, Champaign (H.S.) 20
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 26, 1927
EAST ST. LOUIS (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roy Culbertson 2 0 2 4 2
Leroy Larsh 1 0 0 2 0
Virgil Manker 1 1 1 3 2
Marion Ropiequet 2 2 5 6 2
Charles Schiele  4 2 3 10 2
TOTAL 10 5 11 25 8
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roy Carson 1 1 2 3 1
Verne Carson 2 1 3 5 1
Ward Dillavou 0  0 0 0 0
Albert Hall 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Holl 1 3 4 5 2
Leland Lair 1 0 1 2 4
Harold Vance 2 1 1 5 1
TOTAL  7 6 11 20 9
East St. Louis (Sr.) 5 4 ( 9) 12 4 (16) -- 25
Champaign (H.S.) 7 7 (14) 5 1 ( 6) -- 20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Mt. Carmel Cliff Garrett  31-2 416
2 Peoria (H.S.) Salen Herke 30-3 1495
3 East St. Louis (Sr.) William Frazier 23-6 926
4 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 21-8 964
 
Top Scorers
Player and School  G FG FT Pts
Elbert "Babe?" Kamp, Mt. Carmel 3 15 6 36
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.) 3 16 2 34
James Greene, Peoria (H.S.) 3 12 5 29
George Eaton, Mt. Carmel  3 11 7 29
Verne Carson, Champaign (H.S.) 3 10 6 26
Charles Schiele, East St. Louis (Sr.) 3 8 5 21
Roy Carson, Champaign (H.S.) 3 8 3 19
Robert Kamp, Mt. Carmel  3 8 2 18
Arthur Verner, Peoria (H.S.) 3 5 6 16
Bill Holl, Champaign (H.S.) 3 3 7 13
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Verne Carson 3 10 6 12 26 4
Roy Carson 3 8 3 6 19 1
Bill Holl 3 3 7 9 13 4
Harold Vance 3 5 1 1 11 7
Leland Lair 3 3 3 6 9 6
Ward Dillavou 1 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Hagerman 2 0 0 2 0 1
Albert Hall 3 0 0 0 0 4
John Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 2
 
All-Tournament Team
Player & School  Ht. Yr. 
Verne Carson, Champaign (H.S.) 6-2 Sr. 
John Gimming, Peoria (H.S.) Jr. 
Elbert "Babe?" Kamp, Mt. Carmel 6-0 Jr. 
Robert Kamp, Mt. Carmel 6-0  Jr. 
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.) So.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT – 1929
Quarterfinals

Champaign (H.S.) 43, Mt. Carmel 30

Freeport (H.S.) 30, Wheaton (H.S.) 28

Peoria (H.S.) 27, Witt 18

Johnston City 14, Lincoln 9

Semifinals

Champaign (H.S.) 40, Freeport (H.S.) 24

Johnston City 19, Peoria (H.S.) 15

Third Place

Freeport (H.S.) 27, Peoria (H.S.) 15

Final

Johnston City 30, Champaign (H.S.) 21
 
Champaign (H.S.) 43, Mt. Carmel 30
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 21, 1929
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Cox 5 0 0 10 2
Emerson Dexter 1 0 1 2 2
Roy Goudie 4 3 4 11 2
William Hagerman 4 1 1 9 2
Albert Hall 4 1 2 9 0
Archie McDonald 1 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 19 5 8 43 8
MT. CARMEL
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ish Clark 0 0 0 0 1
Edward Crum 3 2 3 8 1
George Crum 4 2 3 10 3
Paul DeWitt 0 0 0 0 0
Kenneth Fisher 2 0 2 4 0
Richard Leonard 3 2 2 8 1
Roland Seibert 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL  12 6 10 30 7
Champaign (H.S.) 10 7 (17) 15 11 (26) -- 43
Mt. Carmel 7 6 (13) 9 8 (17) -- 30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Champaign (H.S.) 40, Freeport (H.S.) 24
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 22, 1929
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Armstrong 0 2 2 2 1
Roger Cox 1 0 0 2 2
Emerson Dexter  0 0 0 0 1
Roy Goudie 3 2 2 8 2
William Hagerman 3 2 3 8 2
Albert Hall 2 3 3 7 1
Archie McDonald 6 1 2 13 0
McGraw 0 0 0 0  0
TOTAL 15 10 12 40 9
FREEPORT (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bert Baker 0 0 0 0 1
Don Brewer 3 4 4 10 3
Dupee 0 0 0 0 1
William Lorenz 2 1 4 5 2
George Schmelzle 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Shaffer 2 1 2 5 2
Danny Sullivan 2 0 1 4 0
TOTAL  9 6 11 24 9
Champaign (H.S.) 10 10 (20) 6 14 (20) -- 40
Freeport (H.S.) 2 7 ( 9) 6 9 (15) -- 24
 
Johnston City 30, Champaign (H.S.) 21
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 23, 1929
JOHNSTON CITY
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tony Blazine  3 1 2 7 1
Ralph Davison 2 4 5 8 1
Albert Feduris 1 0 1 2 2
Hubert Groves 1 0 0 2 1
Dwight Hafeli 0 1 1 1 0
Hubert Pearce 5 0 1 10 3
TOTAL 12 6 10 30 8
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Cox 0 0 0 0 1
Emerson Dexter 1 0 0 2 3
Roy Goudie 0 1 3 1 1
William Hagerman 2 2 3 6 1
Albert Hall 4 2 3 10 1
Archie McDonald 1 0 1 2 0
TOTAL  8 5 10 21 7
Johnston City 10  4 (14) 5 11 (16) -- 30
Champaign (H.S.) 10 3 (13) 5 3 ( 8) -- 21
 
 
 
 
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Johnston City LaRue Van Meter 29-3 412
2 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 28-4 1062
3 Freeport (H.S.) Adolph Rupp 18-6 864
4 Peoria (H.S.) Salen Herke 28-4 1696
 
 
Top Scorers
Player and School  G FG FT Pts
Albert Hall, Champaign (H.S.) 3 10 6 26
Don Brewer, Freeport (H.S.) 3 10 6 26
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.) 3 8 9 25
William Hagerman, Champaign (H.S.) 3  9 5 23
Danny Sullivan, Freeport (H.S.) 3 9 3 21
Roy Goudie, Champaign (H.S.) 3 7 6 20
Tony Blazine, Johnston City 3 7 6 20
Archie McDonald, Champaign (H.S.) 3 8 1 17
Ralph Davison, Johnston City 3 6 4 16
Hubert Pearce, Johnston City 3 7 0 14
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Albert Hall 3 10 6 8 26 2
William Hagerman 3 9 5 7 23 5
Roy Goudie 3 7 6 9 20 5
Archie McDonald 3 8 1 3 17 0
Roger Cox 3 6 0 0 12 5
Emerson Dexter  3 2 0 1 4 6
Fred Armstrong 3 0 2 2 2 1
McGraw 1 0 0 0 0 0
 
COMPOSITE TEAM TOTALS
School G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Champaign (H.S.) 3 42 20 30 104 24
Freeport (H.S.) 3 34 13 23 81 20
Johnston City 3 26 11 22 63 19
Peoria (H.S.) 3 22 13 30 57 18
Mt. Carmel 1 12 6 10 30 7
Wheaton (H.S.) 1 11 6 7 28 2
Witt 1 8 2 9 18 10
Lincoln 1 2 5 7 9 5
 
All-Tournament Team
Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Roger Cox, Champaign (H.S.) 6-3 Sr. 
Ralph Davison, Johnston City 5-10 Jr. 
Albert Feduris, Johnston City 6-0 So. 
William Hagerman, Champaign (H.S.) 6-2 Sr. 
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.) Sr. 
 
 
 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT - 1934 
First Round

Charleston 36, Freeport (H.S.) 14

Quincy (Sr.) 31, Centralia 23

Moline 26, Lawrenceville 21

Urbana (H.S.) 33, Peoria (H.S.) 30

Equality 21, Marion (H.S.) 20

Chicago (Marshall) 37, Champaign (H.S.) 17

Chicago (Lane) 13, Springfield (H.S.) 11 (3 OT)

Harvey (Thornton) 42, Streator (Twp.) 21

Quarterfinals

Quincy (Sr.) 29, Charleston 20

Moline 25, Urbana (H.S.) 20

Equality 33, Chicago (Marshall) 17

Harvey (Thornton) 40, Chicago (Lane) 18

Semifinals

Quincy (Sr.) 39, Moline 18

Harvey (Thornton) 30, Equality 20

Third Place

Equality 38, Moline 26

Final

Quincy (Sr.) 39, Harvey (Thornton) 27
 
Chicago (Marshall) 37, Champaign (H.S.) 17
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 22, 1934
CHICAGO (MARSHALL)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Morris Adelstein 4 3 11 0
Jack Emmerman 0 0 0 0
Milt Glickman 0 3 3 1
Louis Handelman 6 0 12 3
Harry Heller 1 0 2 0
Jake Jacobson 0 0 0 0
Morris Mages 0 0 0 0
Irwin Pollack 0 1 1 0
Lou Possner 3 2 8 3
Harold Sorkin 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  14 9 18 37 7
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Warren Buswell 0 0 0 0
Bob Castelo 1 3 5 0
Martin Gregory 0 0 0 0
Jack Hodge 2 0 4  4
Keith Kemper 3 0 6 3
Bob Moore 0 0 0 0
Joshua Parker 0 0 0 1
Smith 1 0 2 4
Roy Williams 0 0 0 2
TOTAL  7 3 17 14
Chicago (Marshall) 8 4 (12) 14 11 (25) -- 37
Champaign (H.S.) 4 8 (12) 3 2 ( 5) -- 17
 
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Quincy (Sr.)  Selmer "Sam" Storby 31-2 1679
2 Harvey (Thornton) Jack Lipe 35-2 1967
3 Equality Dolph Stanley 36-2 154
4 Moline George Senneff 21-7 1182
 Charleston Gilbert Carson 23-6 492
 Chicago (Lane) Ray Umbright 25-3 7464
 Chicago (Marshall) Lou Weintraub 5471
 Urbana (H.S.) Lew Stephens 22-10 854
 Centralia Arthur Trout 30-5 1027
 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 14-13 1240
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Keith Kemper 1 3 0 6 3
Bob Castelo 1 1 3 5 0
Jack Hodge 1 2 0 4 4
Smith 1 1 0 2 4
Warren Buswell 1 0 0 0 0
Martin Gregory 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Moore 1 0 0 0 0
Joshua Parker 1 0 0 0 1
Roy Williams 1 0 0 0 2
 
 

STATE TOURNAMENT - 1935

First Round
Moline 34, Joliet (Twp.) 15
Quincy (Sr.) 27, Rockford (H.S.) 24
Springfield (H.S.) 26, Mt. Carmel 21
Champaign (H.S.) 25, Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) 21
Harvey (Thornton) 43, Marion (H.S.) 30
Peoria (H.S.) 40, Danville (H.S.) 22
Hillsboro 45, Pinckneyville 24
Pekin 39, Galesburg (H.S.) 31
Quarterfinals
Moline 31, Quincy (Sr.) 30
Springfield (H.S.) 28, Champaign (H.S.) 16
Harvey (Thornton) 45, Peoria (H.S.) 28
Pekin 37, Hillsboro 19
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 23, Moline 20
Harvey (Thornton) 35, Pekin 20
Third Place
Pekin 22, Moline 16
Final
Springfield (H.S.) 24, Harvey (Thornton) 19

Champaign (H.S.) 25, Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) 21
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 21, 1935
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player  FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Bates 2 4 8 1
Walt Gould 0 0 0 1
Jack Hodge 2 0 4 3
Bob Moore 1 1 3 1
Joshua Parker 4 2 10  1
Charles Smith 0 0 0 2
Jack Smith 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Smith 0 0 0 0
Joe Yeaw 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  9 7 13 25 9
HIGHLAND PARK (DEERFIELD-SHIELDS)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Warren Dean 3 2 8 3
George Hansen 3 0 6 1
Elmer Maiman 0 0 0 4
Moseley 1 2 4 1
Nugent  0 2 2 0
Chuck Orsborn 0 1 1 3
Arthur Paulsen 0 0 0 0
Peterson 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  7 7 11 21 12
Champaign (H.S.) 4 2 ( 6) 12 7 (19) -- 25
Highland Park (Deerfield 7 5 (12) 4 5 ( 9) -- 21
 
 
 
 
 
Springfield (H.S.) 28, Champaign (H.S.) 16
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 22, 1935
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Emerson Dailey 0 1 1 0
Parry Feaman 2 5 9 2
Duane Fultz 1 1 3 0
Robert Miller 1 1 3 2
Paul Nunes 0 0 0 1
Whitey "Junior" Sapp 0  0 0 2
Herb Scheffler 4 4 12 4
TOTAL  8 12 14 28 11
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Bates 0 0 0 1
Walt Gould 0 0  0 0
Jack Hodge 5 1 11 4
Bob Moore 0 0 0 0
Joshua Parker 0 2 2 2
Charles Smith 0 0 0 3
Dan Smith 0 0 0 0
Jack Smith  0 0 0 1
Lloyd Smith 1 1 3 1
TOTAL  6 4 14 16 12
Springfield (H.S.) 4 7 (11) 10 7 (17) -- 28
Champaign (H.S.) 5 5 (10) 3 3 ( 6) -- 16

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Springfield (H.S.) Mark Peterman 34-3 2564
2 Harvey (Thornton) Jack Lipe 28-5 2027
3 Pekin A.G. "Frenchie" Haussler 27-4 922
4 Moline George Senneff 21-8 1145
 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 23-8 1249
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jack Hodge 2 7 1 15 7
Joshua Parker 2 4 4 12 3
Bob Bates 2 2 4 8 2
Bob Moore 2 1 1 3 1
Lloyd Smith 2 1 1  3 1
Walt Gould 2 0 0 0 1
Charles Smith 2 0 0 0 5
Dan Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Smith 2 0 0 0 1
Joe Yeaw 1 0 0  0 0
 
 
 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT - 1938
First Round

Johnston City 32, Champaign (H.S.) 26

Chicago (Von Steuben) 32, Granite City (H.S.) 31

Galesburg (H.S.) 23, Rock Island (H.S.) 21

Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 27, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) 19

Carbondale 36, Rockford (H.S.) 30

Paris 33, Decatur (H.S.) 20

Harrisburg 36, Milton 25

Dundee 36, Pekin 29

Quarterfinals

Chicago (Von Steuben) 29, Johnston City 27

Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 35, Galesburg (H.S.) 30

Paris 24, Carbondale 22 (2 OT)

Dundee 38, Harrisburg 26

Semifinals

Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 38, Chicago (Von Steuben) 24

Dundee 51, Paris 36

Third Place

Paris 30, Chicago (Von Steuben) 20

Final

Dundee 36, Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 29
 
Johnston City 32, Champaign (H.S.) 26
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 17, 1938
JOHNSTON CITY
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
H. Barra 2 10 0 1 4 3
Ed Green 4 11 3 4 11 2
Bob Hunter 4 8 2 4 10 2
H. Jackson 0 3 0 0 0 0
Bill Kemper 1 8 1 2 3 3
J. Senkavech 2 4 0 1 4 1
H. Williams 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  13 45 6 12 32 11
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Paul Adams 2 12 0 1 4 0
Eddie Armstrong 1 3 0 0 2 0
Emmett Burke 0 1 0 1 0 1
Harold Grierson 0 9 3 5 3 1
Ray Grierson 1 1 1 1 3 1
Ralph Hawkins 5 18 1 2 11 2
Bob Ryan 0 0 0 1 0 1
Harold Sprinkle 0 2 1 1 1 0
Jim Taylor 1 6 0 0 2 3
TOTAL  10 52 6 12 26 9
Johnston City 13 2 (15) 6 11 (17) -- 32
Champaign (H.S.) 4 5 ( 9) 12 5 (17) -- 26

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Dundee Eugene DeLacey 34-1 483
2 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) Louis Bottino 33-3 96
3 Paris Ernie Eveland 34-4 643
4 Chicago (Von Steuben) Thomas Smith 19-5 2100
 Carbondale Merritt Allen 25-4 560
 Galesburg (H.S.) Gerald Phillips 16-6 1128
 Harrisburg Ray Garrett 14-11 1190
 Johnston City Ralph Davison 16-6 465
 Champaign (H.S.) Les Moyer 15-9 914

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1939

First Round
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 34, Moline 22
Cicero (Morton) 42, Chicago (Lane) 37
Rockford (H.S.) 50, Canton 24
Zeigler 21, Roodhouse 11
Champaign (H.S.) 41, Dwight 30
Centralia 37, Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 31
Paris 25, Flora 22
Peoria (Woodruff) 45, Gillespie 39
Quarterfinals
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 33, Cicero (Morton) 19
Rockford (H.S.) 47, Zeigler 34
Centralia 41, Champaign (H.S.) 35
Paris 51, Peoria (Woodruff) 42
Semifinals
Rockford (H.S.) 43, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 27
Paris 39, Centralia 30
Third Place
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 34, Centralia 28
Final
Rockford (H.S.) 53, Paris 44

Champaign (H.S.) 41, Dwight 30
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 16, 1939
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Eddie Armstrong 6 16 5 6 17 2
Rollin Bullinger 1 2 0 0 2 0
Carson 1 11 2 2 4 3
Ray Grierson 3 10 1  2 7 1
Don McVey 4 9 2 5 10 3
Jack Moore 0 2 1 3 1 2
Bob Shapland 0 12 0 0 0 4
TOTAL  15 62 11 18 41 15
DWIGHT
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Austin 1 3 1 1 3 1
Ken Christensen 5 13 3 4 13 3
Tom DeVore 1 2 0 0 2 0
Walter Gossrau 0 1 0 0 0 0
Art Mathisen 0 4 2 3 2 1
Robert McClelland 0 0 0 0 0 0
John McConnell 0 11 2 3 2 2
James Orr 2 18 0 0 4 2
Elmer Riber 0 9 0 1 0 1
John Weldon 2 11 0 5 4 3
TOTAL 11 72 8 17 30 13
Champaign (H.S.) 12 10 (22) 11 8 (19) -- 41
Dwight 13 6 (19) 3 8 (11) -- 30

 
 
 
 
Centralia 41, Champaign (H.S.) 35
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 17, 1939
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dwight "Dike" Eddlema 10 31 4 5 24 2
Charles Farris 3 11 0 0 6 0
Wayne Harper 1 10 1 1 3 3
Sam Mooney 2 11 1 1 5 2
Charles Orr 1 14 1 2 3 1
TOTAL   17 77 7 9 41 8
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Eddie Armstrong 5 17 2 3 12 1
Rollin Bullinger 0 3 0 0 0 0
Carson 2 7 0 1 4 3
Ray Grierson 4 12 0 0 8 1
Don McVey 4 12 1 1 9 3
Jack Moore 0 5 0 0 0 1
Bob Shapland 1 9 0 1 2 2
TOTAL  16 65 3 6 35 11
Centralia 10 10 (20) 7 14 (21) -- 41
Champaign (H.S.) 7 2 ( 9) 12 14 (26) -- 35

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Rockford (H.S.) James Laude 23-2 3274
2 Paris Ernie Eveland 37-3 714
3 Wood River (East Alton-W.R. Charles Summers 27-7 1027
4 Centralia Arthur Trout 29-14 1211
 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 18-9 929
 
Top Scorers
Player and School G FG FT Pts
Floyd Henson, Paris 4 26 10 62
Stanley Stasica, Rockford (H.S.) 4 23 15 61
Ralph Hooker, Paris 4 22 12 56
Bob Wallin, Rockford (H.S.) 4 15 14 44
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia 4 16 9 41
Norman Anderson, Rockford (H.S.) 4 15 6 36
Harry Durham, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 4 14 7 35
Sam Mooney, Centralia  4 14 7 35
George Heil, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 4 12 8 32
Eddie Armstrong, Champaign (H.S.) 2 11 7 29
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Eddie Armstrong 2 11 33 7 9 29 3
Don McVey 2 8 21 3 6 19 6
Ray Grierson 2 7 22 1 2 15 2
Carson 2 3 18 2 3 8 6
Rollin Bullinger 2 1 5  0 0 2 0
Bob Shapland 2 1 21 0 1 2 6
Jack Moore 2 0 7 1 3 1 3
 

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1940

First Round
Champaign (H.S.) 44, Chicago (Crane) 25
Salem 55, Beardstown 29
Herrin 30, Chicago Heights (Bloom) 25
Paris 36, Taylorville 35 (OT)
Moline 28, Casey 23
Lewistown 31, Hebron 30
Dundee 72, Rushville 47
Granite City (H.S.) 45, Streator (Twp.) 31
Quarterfinals
Champaign (H.S.) 34, Salem 30
Herrin 29, Paris 22
Moline 49, Lewistown 32
Granite City (H.S.) 35, Dundee 30
Semifinals
Herrin 21, Champaign (H.S.) 17
Granite City (H.S.) 41, Moline 38
Third Place
Moline 51, Champaign (H.S.) 33
Final
Granite City (H.S.) 24, Herrin 22

Champaign (H.S.) 44, Chicago (Crane) 25
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1940
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Amos Dickey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurice Dolan 2 5 1 3 5 1
Ray Grierson 3 12 1 3 7 4
Noel Hannah 0 1 1 1 1 0
Sidney McAllister 4 9 0 1 8 2
Don McVey 0 4 2 5 2 3
Jack Moore 0 4 0 1 0 3
John Tarrant 8 14 0 1 16 1
Bill Tull 1 3 0 0 2 2
Dean Woody  1 4 1 2 3 1
TOTAL  19 56 6 17 44 17
CHICAGO (CRANE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bernard "Buddy" Burro 0 4 0 0 0 4
Walter Dobranski 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Erkes  1 5 0 2 2 1
Bernie Goldberg 5 21 5 7 15 3
William Matters 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernard Shapiro 0 1 0 1 0 0
Frank Stoikovich 0 1 0 0 0 2
Abraham Troop 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Wieszczyk 0 4 1 4 1 3
Ed Zuber 3 18 1 3 7 1
TOTAL  9 54 7 17 25 14
Champaign (H.S.) 15 9 (24) 10 10 (20) -- 44
Chicago (Crane) 6 5 (11) 9 5 (14) -- 25

 
Champaign (H.S.) 34, Salem 30
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1940
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Maurice Dolan 1 2 0 1 2 2
Ray Grierson 2 6 0 0 4 4
Noel Hannah 0 2 0 1 0 0
Sidney McAllister 3 12 1 1 7 1
Don McVey 5 9 1 3 11 3
Jack Moore 0 1 0 0 0 2
John Tarrant 5 18 0 1 10 2
Bill Tull 0 2 0  1 0 1
TOTAL  16 52 2 8 34 15
SALEM
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Gerald Brubaker 3 9 1 1 7 2
Bill Finks 0 3 0 2 0 0
Dick Gray 5 15 3 7 13 3
Max McGraw 0 1 0 0 0 0
James Meador 0 1 1 1 1 1
Elton Meredith 3 8 0 1 6 1
Daryl Robb 1 6 1 5 3 2
TOTAL  12 43 6 17 30 9
Champaign (H.S.) 10 12 (22) 5 7 (12) -- 34
Salem 2 8 (10) 9 11 (20) -- 30

Herrin 21, Champaign (H.S.) 17
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1940
HERRIN
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Campbell 2 12 0 1 4 1
Leon Davis 0 2 0 2 0 1
Leonard Hopkins 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dallas Lillich 4 16 6 8 14 1
Junior Newlin 1 3 0 0 2 3
Edward Parsons 0 1 1 1 1 0
TOTAL   7 36 7 12 21 6
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Amos Dickey 0 1 0 0 0 0
Maurice Dolan 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ray Grierson 3 12 1 3 7 3
Noel Hannah  0 1 1 3 1 1
Sidney McAllister 2 8 2 2 6 4
Don McVey 1 9 1 1 3 1
Jack Moore 0 1 0 0 0 1
John Tarrant 0 14 0 0 0 4
Bill Tull 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Woody 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL  6 52 5 9 17 15
Herrin 5 4 ( 9) 8 4 (12) -- 21
Champaign (H.S.) 8 1 ( 9) 6 2 ( 8) -- 17

 
 
Moline 51, Champaign (H.S.) 33
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1940
MOLINE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dave Brasmer 5 9 1 8 11 2
Ed Gustafson 2 10 0 2 4 4
Bob Johnson 6 21 4 7 16 2
Howard Johnson 0 2 0 0 0 0
William Liljegren 0 0 1 1 1 0
Bob Miller 1 1 0 0 2 0
Henning Olson 3 6 4 6 10 2
Dick Petrilli 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Sandberg 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Turner 3 16 1 2 7 0
TOTAL  20 65 11 26 51 11
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Amos Dickey 2 6 0 1 4 1
Maurice Dolan 1 5 0 0 2  1
Ray Grierson 1 10 2 4 4 3
Noel Hannah 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sidney McAllister 4 18 1 1 9 2
Don McVey 1 2 4 4 6 1
Jack Moore 1 4 0 0 2 2
John Tarrant  0 10 0 1 0 3
Bill Tull 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dean Woody 3 6 0 2 6 3
TOTAL  13 63 7 13 33 16
Moline 9 13 (22) 14 15 (29) -- 51
Champaign (H.S.) 12 4 (16) 9 8 (17) -- 33

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Granite City (H.S.) Byron Bozarth 29-5 1580
2 Herrin Russell Emery 23-8 900
3 Moline Roger Potter 21-6 1176
4 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 26-8 996
 
Top Scorers
Player and School G FG FT Pts
Andy Phillip, Granite City (H.S.) 4 19 15 53
Dallas Lillich, Herrin 4 14 16 44
Fred Campbell, Herrin 4 16 9 41
Bob Johnson, Moline 4 15 6 36
Dave Brasmer, Moline 4 15 3 33
Ken Menke, Dundee 2 15 3 33
George Gages, Granite City (H.S.) 4 13 4 30
Sidney McAllister, Champaign (H.S.) 4 13 4 30
Andy Hagopian, Granite City (H.S.) 4 13 4 30
Evon Parsaghian, Granite City (H.S.) 4 10 6 26
Clarence Massier, Dundee 2 9 8 26
John Tarrant, Champaign (H.S.) 4 13 0 26
Jack Turner, Moline 4 9 8 26

Team Tournament Scoring Summany

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Sidney McAllister 4 13 47 4 5 30 9
John Tarrant 4 13 56 0 3 26 10
Ray Grierson 4 9 40 4 10 22 14
Don McVey  4 7 24 8 13 22 8
Maurice Dolan 4 4 17 1 4 9 4
Dean Woody 3 4 11 1 4 9 5
Amos Dickey 3 2 7 0 1 4 1
Noel Hannah 4 0 4 2 5 2 1
Jack Moore 4 1 10 0 1 2 8
Bill Tull 4 1 7 0 1 2 3

All-Tournament

Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Fred Campbell, Herrin 6-0 Sr. 
George Gages, Granite City (H.S.) 
Dallas Lillich, Herrin 
Ken Menke, Dundee 6-2 Sr. 
Andy Phillip, Granite City (H.S.) 6-1 Sr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1943

First Round
Elgin (H.S.) 60, Rockford (West) 56
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 55, Pekin 49
Moline 45, Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 30
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 55, Decatur (H.S.) 39
Salem 49, Canton 47
Champaign (H.S.) 33, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Paris 74, Joliet (Twp.) 40
Chicago (Kelvyn Park) 45, Kewanee (H.S.) 30
Quarterfinals
Elgin (H.S.) 44, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 40
Moline 39, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 37
Salem 49, Champaign (H.S.) 46 (OT)
Paris 45, Chicago (Kelvyn Park) 34
Semifinals
Moline 45, Elgin (H.S.) 39
Paris 53, Salem 50
Third Place
Salem 69, Elgin (H.S.) 58
Final
Paris 46, Moline 37

Champaign (H.S.) 33, Quincy (Sr.) 32
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1943
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jesse Clements 1 11 0 3 2 3
Jim Hershbarger 0 9 4 5 4 2
Jay Hite 1 1 0 0 2 2
Charles Spencer 1 12 3 4 5 3
Don Sudkamp 1 13 1 3 3 3
Don Torrence 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chester Trost 1 3 1 4 3 2
Bill White 7 17 0 1 14 1
TOTAL  12 66 9 20 33 17
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank Binkley 3 11 3 4 9  3
Seymour Lenes 3 5 2 4 8 4
Auris McGee 0 1 1 2 1 0
Russell Merkel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Rittler 1 5 1 4 3 2
Charles Silliman 0 5 0 3 0 4
Donald Slater  0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Voegeli 5 12 1 1 11 3
TOTAL  12 39 8 18 32 16
Champaign (H.S.) 10 3 (13) 11 9 (20) -- 33
Quincy (Sr.) 6 7 (13) 14 5 (19) -- 32

 
 
 
 
 
Salem 49, Champaign (H.S.) 46 (OT)
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1943
SALEM
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Baker 0 2 0 1 0 1
Harry Carneal 3 15 2 3 8 0
Roy Gatewood 7 31  6 8 20 3
John McDougal 5 11 1 4 11 1
Bob Roddy 0 5 1 1 1 2
Dean White 1 7 4 6 6 3
Don Wile 1 3 1 2 3 0
TOTAL 17 74 15 25 49 10
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jesse Clements 1 2 0 0 2 2
Hubert Dodds 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jim Hershbarger 6 6 0 1 12 4
Jay Hite 3 11 0 0 6 1
Charles Spencer  1 8 1 7 3 4
Don Sudkamp 4 9 1 2 9 1
Don Torrence 0 3 0 0 0 2
Chester Trost 2 6 0 2 4 3
Jack Weiss 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill White 5 16 0 1 10 3
TOTAL  22 62 2 13 46 23
Salem 14 11 (25) 11 8 (19) 5 -- 49
Champaign (H.S.) 12 10 (22) 12 10 (22) 2 -- 46

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Paris Ernie Eveland 36-2 678
2 Moline Roger Potter 24-4 1266
3 Salem Quinn Constanz 25-8 650
4 Elgin (H.S.) John Krafft  20-5 1649
 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 25-6 903
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill White 2 12 33 0 2 24 4
Jim Hershbarger 2 6 15 4 6 16 6
Don Sudkamp 2 5 22 2 5 12 4
Jay Hite 2 4 12 0 0 8 3
Charles Spencer 2 2 20 4 11 8 7
Chester Trost 2 3 9 1 6 7 5
Jesse Clements 2 2 13 0 3 4 5
Hubert Dodds 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Don Torrence 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
Jack Weiss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1944

First Round
Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 55, Marseilles 34
Elgin (H.S.) 39, Pekin 38
Rockford (West) 71, Kankakee (Sr.) 22
Chicago (South Shore) 62, Quincy (Sr.) 38
Canton 47, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 39
Champaign (H.S.) 44, Mt. Carmel 32
Taylorville 52, East St. Louis (Sr.) 34
Kewanee (H.S.) 36, Paris 34
Quarterfinals
Elgin (H.S.) 65, Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 38
Chicago (South Shore) 39, Rockford (West) 33
Champaign (H.S.) 57, Canton 42
Taylorville 51, Kewanee (H.S.) 30
Semifinals
Elgin (H.S.) 48, Chicago (South Shore) 47
Taylorville 40, Champaign (H.S.) 36
Third Place
Chicago (South Shore) 52, Champaign (H.S.) 34
Final
Taylorville 56, Elgin (H.S.) 33

Champaign (H.S.) 44, Mt. Carmel 32
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 16, 1944
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Andrews 1 1 0 0 2 0
Jesse Clements 6 19 1 1 13 3
Jim Cottrell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Craig 1 5 2 3 4 2
Fred Green 0 6 1 5 1 2
Paul Knudsen 0 3 0 0 0 2
Jack Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Paterson 0 10 1 1 1 0
Don Torrence 5 16 1 2 11 2
Jack Weiss 5 16 2 6 12 3
TOTAL  18 76 8 18 44 14
MT. CARMEL
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jack Bosaw 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Crum 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Crum 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vance Gilless 0 11 0 3 0 1
Everett Hack 2 8 1 2 5 5
Charles Holcomb 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Mallott 2 3 0 0 4 4
William Malott 2 5 0 0 4 1
Clyde Milhorn 3 24 3 7 9 1
Howard Searby 4 11 2 4 10 3
TOTAL  13 62 6 16 32 16
Champaign (H.S.) 6 11 (17) 10 17 (27) -- 44
Mt. Carmel 8 8 (16) 8 8 (16) -- 32

Champaign (H.S.) 57, Canton 42
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 17, 1944
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Andrews 2 3 3 4 7 2
Jesse Clements 8 22 0 1 16 1
Jim Cottrell 1 2 0 1 2 1
Steve Craig 3 9 3 4 9 5
Fred Green 1 2 1 2 3 3
Dick Paterson 2 10 1 1 5 4
Don Torrence 0 5 0 0 0 5
Jack Weiss 3 12 9 13 15 3
TOTAL 20 65 17 26 57 24
CANTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Grove 2 10 0 2 4 3
Bill Oaks 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Preece 3 14 2 4 8 2
Otto Schumacher 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Sepich 3 16 2 4 8 5
George Taylor 5 19 1 6 11 3
Tom Zaborac 3 8 5 10 11 3
TOTAL  16 67 10 26 42 19
Champaign (H.S.) 11 8 (19) 20 18 (38) -- 57
Canton 11 15 (26) 2 14 (16) -- 42

Taylorville 40, Champaign (H.S.) 36
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 18, 1944
TAYLORVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Schultte Bishop 3 4 0 1 6 3
Ronald Bontemps 3 14 3  6 9 2
Dean Duncan 0 1 0 1 0 5
Don Janssen 4 12 3 8 11 1
Dave Jones 0 3 4 6 4 4
Joe McAdam 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Orr 5 17 0 1 10 3
TOTAL  15 51 10 23 40 18
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Clements 0 9 5 9 5 4
Jim Cottrell 1 3 0 0 2 1
Steve Craig 3 7 1 3 7 4
Fred Green 2 5 2 2 6 2
Paul Knudsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Paterson 2 6 0 1 4 3
Don Torrence 3 10 1 2 7 3
Jack Weiss 1 7 3 4 5 3
TOTAL  12 47 12 21 36 21
Taylorville 13 10 (23) 9 8 (17) -- 40
Champaign (H.S.) 9 9 (18) 6 12 (18) -- 36
 
 
Chicago (South Shore) 52, Champaign (H.S.) 34
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 18, 1944
CHICAGO (SOUTH SHORE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Howard Erzinger 1 13 1 2 3 1
Carmen Esposito 1 4 1 2 3 0
Jake Fendley 0 0 0  0 0 1
John Harr 4 15 4 8 12 4
Don Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Schnackenberg 8 17 4 6 20 3
William Toomey 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dan Trahey 5 12 4 7 14 1
Leonard Wineburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 19 62 14 25 52 11
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Andrews 1 4 1 1 3 0
Jesse Clements 4 17 0 1 8 5
Jim Cottrell  0 2 0 0 0 2
Steve Craig 0 5 1 3 1 2
Fred Green 2 6 0 2 4 5
Paul Knudsen 1 6 1 2 3 1
Jack Lewis 0 5 0 0 0 2
Dick Paterson 2 10 1 1 5 1
Don Torrence 4 9 1 3 9 1
Jack Weiss 0 3 1 1 1 5
TOTAL  14 67 6 14 34 24
Chicago (South Shore) 11 13 (24) 16 12 (28) -- 52
Champaign (H.S.) 10 7 (17) 10 7 (17) -- 34
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Taylorville Dolph Stanley 45-0 566
2 Elgin (H.S.) John Krafft 21-4 1573
3 Chicago (South Shore) Tony Maffia 23-6 2225
4 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 31-6 767

Top Scorers

Player and School G FG FT Pts
Paul Schnackenberg, Chicago (South Shore) 4 25 16 66
John Orr, Taylorville 4 28 8 64
Dan Trahey, Chicago (South Shore) 4 21 19 61
Ronald Bontemps, Taylorville 4 20 9 49
Jim Rager, Elgin (H.S.) 4 20 6 46
Carroll Belcher, Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 2 18 9 45
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.) 4 18 6 42
Jack Burmaster, Elgin (H.S.) 4 15 7 37
John Harr, Chicago (South Shore) 4 14 7 35
Howard Kugath, Elgin (H.S.)  4 16 2 34

Team Tournament Scoring Summary

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jesse Clements 4 18 67 6 12 42 13
Jack Weiss 4 9 38 15 24 33 14
Don Torrence  4 12 40 3 7 27 11
Steve Craig 4 7 26 7 13 21 13
Dick Paterson 4 6 36 3 4 15 8
Fred Green 4 5 19 4 11 14 12
Jim Andrews 4 4 8 4 5 12 2
Jim Cottrell  4 2 7 0 1 4 4
Paul Knudsen 3 1 9 1 2 3 3
Jack Lewis 3 0 5 0 0 0 3

All-Tournament Team

Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Ronald Bontemps, Taylorville  6-3 Sr. 
Jack Burmaster, Elgin (H.S.) 6-2 Sr. 
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.) 6-1 Jr. 
John Orr, Taylorville 6-2 Sr. 
Paul Schnackenberg, Chicago (South Shore) 5-11  Sr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT – 1945

First Round
Somonauk 44, Carbondale 35
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Cicero (Morton) 46
Quincy (Sr.) 46, Springfield (H.S.) 38
Peoria (H.S.) 38, Flora 36
Galesburg (H.S.) 45, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 42
Decatur (H.S.) 77, Collinsville 45
Elgin (H.S.) 44, Rockford (East) 39
Moline 35, Chicago (Senn) 32
Quarterfinals
Champaign (H.S.) 77, Somonauk 28
Quincy (Sr.) 54, Peoria (H.S.) 46
Decatur (H.S.) 73, Galesburg (H.S.) 72 (OT)
Moline 41, Elgin (H.S.) 39
Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 50, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Moline 46
Third Place
Quincy (Sr.) 49, Moline 47
Final
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Champaign (H.S.) 54

Champaign (H.S.) 47, Cicero (Morton) 46
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 15, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 14 5 6 19 1
Del Cantrell 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jesse Clements 2 18 4 5 8 4
Pete Fletcher 1 1 0 0 2 0
Earl Harrison 4 14 2 7 10 4
Dick Kelly 2 6 0 3 4 5
Fred Major 1 4 0 2 2 1
John McDermott 0 2 0 1 0 0
Dick Paterson 0 9 2 2 2 1
TOTAL  17 71 13 26 47 16
CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Richard Bauman 7 12 3 5 17 0
George Cech 0 0 0 1 0 1
Karmen Cusack 1 3 0 0 2 1
Bob Jelinek 2 7 3 3  7 4
Bob Malone 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ferd Nadherny 2 5 3 6 7 4
Ray Roffi 0 9 0 1 0 5
Bob Shaw 5 6 1 3 11 5
Kenneth Turek 1 1 0 0 2 2
TOTAL   18 43 10 19 46 25
Champaign (H.S.) 10 10 (20) 11 16 (27) -- 47
Cicero (Morton) 9 11 (20) 18 8 (26) -- 46
 
 
 
 
Champaign (H.S.) 77, Somonauk 28
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 16, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 13 0 2 14 4
Jesse Clements 4 16 0 2 8 4
Pete Fletcher 1 4 0 0 2 2
Earl Harrison 6 13 3 4 15 4
Dick Kelly  6 16 4 9 16 1
Fred Major 2 6 1 2 5 0
Dick Paterson 7 19 3 5 17 2
TOTAL  33 87 11 24 77 17
SOMONAUK
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Anderson 2 4 1 1 5 2
Bob Breunig 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hubbard 0 3 0 0 0 1
Jack Hupp 0 1 1 2 1 1
Donald Jelm 1 3 0 0 2 0
Dean Meyer 2 9 5 8 9 0
Don Prussing  1 5 0 0 2 4
Everett Sampson 1 8 0 1 2 5
Jerry Voss 3 12 1 4 7 5
Dick Westbrook 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  10 45 8 16 28 18
Champaign (H.S.) 24 19 (43) 17 17 (34) -- 77
Somonauk 10 13 (23) 2 3 ( 5) -- 28

Champaign (H.S.) 50, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach  7 14 2 2 16 1
Jesse Clements 4 9 6 8 14 3
Pete Fletcher 0 2 0 1 0 3
Earl Harrison 4 7 0 0 8 3
Dick Kelly 1 5 2 5 4 1
Fred Major 0 3 0 0 0 2
Dick Paterson 3 9 2 3 8 2
TOTAL  19 49 12 19 50 15
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Bickhaus 4 13 0 1 8 4
Dick Heitholt 3 12 2 2 8 0
Tom Lymenstull 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auris McGee 5 11 3 9 13 1
Keith Straley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Stroot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elvin Tappe 1 5 0 1 2 2
Melvin Tappe 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Tostberg 0 0 1 1 1 1
Art Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL  13 43 6 14 32 9
Champaign (H.S.) 16 12 (28) 12 10 (22) -- 50
Quincy (Sr.) 5 11 (16) 9 7 (16) -- 32

Decatur (H.S.) 62, Champaign (H.S.) 54
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 17, 1945
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Arnold 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Doster 6 16 6 9 18  3
Bob Hoyt 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Krigbaum 0 3 2 5 2 4
Robert Kurek 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Malerich 5 17 4 6 14 1
Bob Neuendorf 0 4 1 1 1 1
George Riley  8 23 0 1 16 5
Ralph Rutherford 5 10 1 2 11 3
Bob Stauber 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  24 74 14 25 62 17
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 14  3 3 13 1
Jesse Clements 9 19 1 1 19 2
Jim Cottrell 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pete Fletcher 1 1 1 2 3 1
Earl Harrison 1 5 1 1 3 4
Dick Kelly 2 6 4 6 8 3
Fred Major  0 0 2 3 2 2
Dick Paterson 3 12 0 0 6 5
TOTAL  21 58 12 16 54 20
Decatur (H.S.) 14 12 (26) 17 19 (36) -- 62
Champaign (H.S.) 9 10 (19) 16 19 (35) -- 54

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Decatur (H.S.) Gay Kintner 37-2 1980
2 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 34-2 700
3 Quincy (Sr.) Derrick Bush 28-5 1015
4 Moline George Senneff 20-7 1040
 Elgin (H.S.) John Krafft 19-4 1600
 Galesburg (H.S.) Gerald Phillips 24-3 981
 Peoria (H.S.)  John Noppenberger 22-5 1038
 Somonauk Bill Randles 31-7 88
 Carbondale O.K. Bowen 14-19 401
 Chicago (Senn) Harry Leighton 25-5 4200
 Cicero (Morton) Jim Vopicka 21-6 4800
 Collinsville D.K. Darling 26-9 790
 Flora Bert Dancey 16-11 416
 Rockford (East) James Laude 24-3  1500
 Springfield (H.S.) Mark Peterman 15-10 1600
 West Frankfort (Frankfort) Harlan Hodges 33-5 837

Top Scorers

Player and School G FG FT Pts
Bob Doster, Decatur (H.S.)  4 41 14 96
George Riley, Decatur (H.S.) 4 40 13 93
Dwight Humphrey, Moline 4 25 13 63
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 4 26 10 62
Dick Heitholt, Quincy (Sr.)  4 22 16 60
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.) 4 19 11 49
Ed Jawoisz, Moline 4 18 11 47
Don Bickhaus, Quincy (Sr.) 4 18 7 43
Ralph Rutherford, Decatur (H.S.) 4 15 9 39
Auris McGee, Quincy (Sr.) 4 16 7 39

Team Tournament Scoring Summary

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 4 26 55 10 13 62 7
Jesse Clements 4  19 62 11 16 49 13
Earl Harrison 4 15 39 6 12 36 15
Dick Paterson 4 13 49 7 10 33 10
Dick Kelly 4 11 33 10 23 32 10
Fred Major 4 3 13 3 7 9 5
Pete Fletcher  4 3 8 1 3 7 6
Del Cantrell 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jim Cottrell 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
John McDermott 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
 
All-Tournament Team
Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.) 6-1 Sr. 
Bob Doster, Decatur (H.S.) 6-1 Sr. 
Dwight Humphrey, Moline 5-8 Sr. 
Ray McClure, Galesburg (H.S.) 5-11 Sr. 
George Riley, Decatur (H.S.) 6-7 Sr. 
 
AP Final Regular Season Poll
No School W-L
 1 Champaign (H.S.) 26-1
 2 Decatur (H.S.) 30-2
 3 Rockford (East)  19-2
 4 West Frankfort (Frankfort) 28-4
 5 Galesburg (H.S.) 18-2
 6 Taylorville 26-5
 7 Elgin (H.S.) 13-3
 8 Riverside (R.-Brookfield)  20-3
 9 Paris 27-5
10 Moline 13-5
11 Cicero (Morton) 16-5
12 Pinckneyville 27-5
13 Waukegan (H.S.) 17-5
14  Alton (Sr.) 24-3
15 Peoria (H.S.) 16-4
16 Danville (H.S.) 
16 Robinson 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT - 1946 
 

Champaign (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Captain Ted Beach, Jim Cottrell, Earl Harrison, Fred Major, Rodney Fletcher. Back row: Assistant Coach Harold Jester, Kirby Knox, Bobby Clark, John McDermott, Dick Petry, Bill Johnston, Coach Harry Combes.

 
First Round

Decatur (H.S.) 59, Pana 41

Dundee 56, Quincy (Sr.) 49

Centralia 50, Kewanee (H.S.) 36

Robinson 47, Pontiac 44

Rockford (East) 74, Chicago (Tilden) 53

Collinsville 50, Springfield (Cathedral) 28

Marion (H.S.) 42, Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) 38 (OT)

Champaign (H.S.) 49, Galesburg (H.S.) 40

Quarterfinals

Dundee 55, Decatur (H.S.) 48

Centralia 63, Robinson 50

Rockford (East) 43, Collinsville 37

Champaign (H.S.) 55, Marion (H.S.) 43

Semifinals

Centralia 45, Dundee 44 (OT)

Champaign (H.S.) 53, Rockford (East) 47

Third Place

Dundee 59, Rockford (East) 53

Final

Champaign (H.S.) 54, Centralia 48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Champaign (H.S.) 49, Galesburg (H.S.) 40
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 14 0 2 10 4
Bobby Clark 0 3 0 0 0 1
Jim Cottrell 1 8 3 7 5 4
Rodney Fletcher 4 8 2 4 10 5
Earl Harrison 5 11 1 1 11 3
Bill Johnston 0 2 0 0 0 2
Fred Major 3 6 3 4 9 4
John McDermott 2 9 0 2 4 1
Dick Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  20 61  9 20 49 24
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merle Barstow 5 19 2 5 12 3
Lloyd Hawkinson 2 7 4 10 8 1
Bob Johns 3 9 2 5 8 5
Kenneth Lundeen 3 9 1 3  7 3
Jerry McCoy 1 5 1 3 3 3
Pat Wilkinson 1 2 0 0 2 1
TOTAL  15 51 10 26 40 16
Champaign (H.S.) 13 8 (21) 19 9 (28) -- 49
Galesburg (H.S.) 14 7 (21) 7 12 (19) -- 40
Champaign (H.S.) 55, Marion (H.S.) 43
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 18 1 1 15 0
Bobby Clark 0 2 0 0  0 0
Jim Cottrell 1 5 3 4 5 2
Rodney Fletcher 6 8 2 4 14 4
Earl Harrison 6 17 1 4 13 3
Bill Johnston 0 3 0 0 0 1
Kirby Knox 1 2 0 0 2 0
Fred Major  1 4 1 2 3 3
John McDermott 1 3 1 1 3 3
Dick Petry 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  23 63 9 16 55 16
MARION (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Broderick 0 0  0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 0 2 2 2 2 3
Maurice Colson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Connell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Connell 4 15 4 5 12 3
John Goss 2 8 0 0 4 0
Floyd Hill  1 5 0 0 2 2
Benton Odum 8 27 3 6 19 5
Jack Riddle 1 3 0 1 2 4
Jim Starbuck 1 1 0 0 2 0
TOTAL  17 62 9 14 43 17
Champaign (H.S.) 18 15 (33) 11 11 (22) -- 55
Marion (H.S.) 7 15 (22) 10 11 (21) -- 43
Champaign (H.S.) 53, Rockford (East) 47
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach  9 18 6 7 24 2
Bobby Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Cottrell 4 9 2 4 10 3
Rodney Fletcher 0 7 1 1 1 5
Earl Harrison 3 11 2 2 8 3
Bill Johnston 0 3 1 1 1 2
Fred Major 1 3 0 0 2 5
John McDermott 2 7 3 4 7 4
TOTAL  19 58 15 19 53 24
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Anderson 0 1 0 0 0 1
Vic Benhoff 2 5 1 2 5 3
Dick Brogren 0 0 1 1 1 1
Bill Erickson 3 10 1 2 7 0
Karl Erickson 2 5 5 6 9 5
Roger Johnson 0 2 2 4 2 3
Louis Proctor 8  13 7 11 23 2
Charles Syracuse 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL  15 37 17 26 47 16
Champaign (H.S.) 11 13 (24) 18 11 (29) -- 53
Rockford (East) 12 10 (22) 13 12 (25) -- 47
 
Champaign (H.S.) 54, Centralia 48
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 9 15 4 4 22 1
Jim Cottrell 6 11 2 2 14 5
Rodney Fletcher 3 6 0  1 6 3
Earl Harrison 3 10 0 1 6 2
Bill Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Major 0 5 1 1 1 1
John McDermott 2 3 1 4 5 1
TOTAL  23 50 8 13 54 13
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Colin Anderson 7 24 0 1 14 1
Ken McBride 2 14 2 3 6 4
Charles Oland 3 11 1 1 7 1
Harold Rush 4 11 7 7 15 2
Don Schnake 3 7  0 1 6 3
TOTAL  19 67 10 13 48 11
Champaign (H.S.) 7 16 (23) 13 18 (31) -- 54
Centralia 8 5 (13) 11 24 (35) -- 48
 
 
 
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach  W-L Enroll
1 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 38-1 720
2 Centralia Arthur Trout 29-10 
3 Dundee Eugene DeLacey 31-3 417
4 Rockford (East) James Laude 23-5 1500
 Collinsville Jack Fabri 30-10 800
 Decatur (H.S.) Gay Kintner 27-11 1950
 Marion (H.S.) Virgil "Cuss" Wilson 27-8 
 Robinson  Merle Crosby 31-3 
 Calumet City (Thornton Frac Jackson Keister 25-5 
 Chicago (Tilden) William Postl 20-7 3259
 Galesburg (H.S.) Gerald Phillips 20-7 1000
 Kewanee (H.S.) Helmut Brockman 24-5 700
 Pana Ewald Metzger 28-6 
 Pontiac Aubra Williamson 23-4 
 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 21-8 1200
 Springfield (Cathedral) Al Lewis 22-12 351
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 4 30 65 11 14 71 7
Earl Harrison  4 17 49 4 8 38 11
Jim Cottrell 4 12 33 10 17 34 14
Rodney Fletcher 4 13 29 5 10 31 17
John McDermott 4 7 22 5 11 19 9
Fred Major 4 5 18 5 7 15 13
Kirby Knox  1 1 2 0 0 2 0
Bill Johnston 4 0 8 1 1 1 5
Bobby Clark 3 0 5 0 0 0 1
Dick Petry 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
 
Top Scorers
Player and School G FG FT Pts
Louis Proctor, Rockford (East) 4 31 24 86
Charles Grover, Dundee 4 29 16 74
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 4 30 11 71
Colin Anderson, Centralia 4 23 13 59
Bill Erickson, Rockford (East) 4 23 9 55
Harold Rush, Centralia 4 14 14 42
Edward Unruh, Dundee 4 18 6 42
William Dobler, Dundee 4 16 8 40
Ed Bauer, Collinsville 2 18 3 39
Benton Odum, Marion (H.S.) 2 15 9 39
Karl Erickson, Rockford (East) 4 12 15 39
 
All-Tournament Team
Player & School Ht. Yr.  
Colin Anderson, Centralia 6-3 Sr. 
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 6-2 Jr. 
Jim Cottrell, Champaign (H.S.) 5-11 Sr. 
Benton Odum, Marion (H.S.) 6-1 Sr. 
Louis Proctor, Rockford (East) 6-4 Sr. 
 
AP Final Regular Season Poll
No School W-L
 1 Champaign (H.S.) 29-1
 2 West Frankfort (Frankfort) 26-2
 3 Rockford (East)  16-3
 4 Waukegan (H.S.) 21-3
 5 Centralia 22-9
 6 Paris 28-3
 7 Dundee 23-2
 8 Mt. Vernon  23-5
 9 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) 19-3
10 Kewanee (H.S.) 19-4
11 Marion (H.S.) 24-7
12 Robinson 25-2
13 East St. Louis (Sr.) 27-4
14 Pinckneyville 19-5
15 Des Plaines (Maine) 17-4
16 Sterling (H.S.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1947

First Round
Collinsville 48, Flora 37
Pekin 54, Marseilles 47
Dundee 69, Springfield (H.S.) 47
Champaign (H.S.) 52, Murphysboro 39
Paris 70, Beardstown 33
Chicago (South Shore) 43, Galesburg (H.S.) 37
Kewanee (H.S.) 56, Rockford (East) 53
Pinckneyville 45, Aurora (East) 34
Quarterfinals
Pekin 42, Collinsville 41
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Dundee 45
Paris 49, Chicago (South Shore) 37
Pinckneyville 47, Kewanee (H.S.) 26
Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 73, Pekin 53
Paris 57, Pinckneyville 50
Third Place
Pinckneyville 47, Pekin 42
Final
Paris 58, Champaign (H.S.) 37

Champaign (H.S.) 52, Murphysboro 39
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 20, 1947
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 11 31 0 2 22 2
Bernard Bryant 1 4 0 1 2 2
Bobby Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rodney Fletcher 4 21 3 7 11 4
Fred Major 2 6 1 1 5 1
John McDermott 1 5 2 3 4 4
Dick Petry 3 17 2 3 8 2
Ray Walters 0 5 0  3 0 4
Wayne Wells 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  22 89 8 20 52 19
MURPHYSBORO
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank Borgsmiller 4 16 5 12 13 5
Fred Cornett 0 0 0 0 0 0
William French 1 2 1 1 3 1
William Hiller 1 3 0 0 2 0
Jack Imhoff 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Little 1 3 1 2 3 1
Elmus Norris 4 15 4 6 12 2
Joe Ozburn 2 12 1 1 5 4
Caroll Porter 0 2 1 2 1 1
Gene Sims 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 13 55 13 24 39 14
Champaign (H.S.) 13 16 (29) 14 9 (23) -- 52
Murphysboro 11 9 (20) 10 9 (19) -- 39

 
 
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Dundee 45
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 21, 1947
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 18 2 3 12 1
Rodney Fletcher 3 10 2 4 8 4
Fred Major 5 7 1 2 11 4
John McDermott 1 4 0 0 2 2
Dick Petry 3 15 1 1 7 3
Ray Walters 3 16 1 4 7 3
TOTAL  20 70 7 14 47 17
DUNDEE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Raymond Bruening 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clarence Ebel 3 5 0 1 6 4
Charles Grover 5 13 4 9 14 4
LaVerne Page 0 2 0 0 0 0
Nick Parrucci 5 12  2 3 12 0
Donald Schuberg 1 6 2 4 4 1
James Schuldt 3 11 3 4 9 5
TOTAL  17 49 11 21 45 15
Champaign (H.S.) 17 6 (23) 10 14 (24) -- 47
Dundee 8 13 (21) 11 13 (24) -- 45

Champaign (H.S.) 73, Pekin 53
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 22, 1947
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 9 18 2 3 20 0
Bernard Bryant 1 1 0 0  2 1
Bobby Clark 1 3 1 3 3 0
Rodney Fletcher 4 14 1 1 9 3
Fred Major 7 15 6 6 20 1
John McDermott 0 5 0 0 0 3
Dick Petry 5 13 3 5 13 3
Ray Walters  1 12 1 1 3 3
Wayne Wells 1 5 0 2 2 3
Kenneth Wilk 0 2 1 1 1 2
TOTAL  29 88 15 22 73 19
PEKIN
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Busby 5 17 3 4 13 1
Donald Ehrett 0 1 0 2 0 0
Herbert Gerecke 7 16 4 5 18 2
Howard Harris 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Hughes 1 11 0 0 2 4
Jack Miller 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jay Nelson  1 1 2 2 4 2
John Rose 0 3 0 1 0 4
Bert Van Horn 3 11 4 7 10 0
Robert Watson 2 9 2 2 6 1
TOTAL  19 70 15 23 53 19
Champaign (H.S.) 24 12 (36) 20 17 (37) -- 73
Pekin 12 16 (28) 14 11 (25) -- 53

Paris 58, Champaign (H.S.) 37
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 22, 1947
PARIS
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Glover 2 6 3 3 7  1
Richard Henson 1 2 1 1 3 0
Dow Morris 1 4 2 3 4 3
Robert Owens 9 18 4 4 22 4
Glen Vietor 6 16 2 3 14 2
John Wilson 3 6 2 3 8 2
TOTAL   22 52 14 17 58 12
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 20 1 1 11 0
Bernard Bryant 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bobby Clark 0 1 0 2 0 1
Rodney Fletcher 4 19  3 7 11 4
Fred Major 2 6 1 1 5 1
John McDermott 2 2 0 0 4 3
Dick Petry 0 2 0 1 0 3
Ray Walters 1 8 4 4 6 2
Wayne Wells 0 3 0 0 0 1
Kenneth Wilk 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL  14 64 9 16 37 15
Paris 10 17 (27) 20 11 (31) -- 58
Champaign (H.S.) 7 13 (20) 13 4 (17) -- 37

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Paris Ernie Eveland 40-2 650
2 Champaign (H.S.) Harry Combes 33-4 750
3 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 32-7 434
4 Pekin  Jim "Red" Lewis 29-5 1300
 Chicago (South Shore) Tony Maffia 24-3 1850
 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 29-5 815
 Dundee Eugene DeLacey 29-3 412
 Kewanee (H.S.) Helmut Brockman 28-3 713
 Aurora (East) Cecil May 22-9 1235
 Beardstown L.M. "Nick" Carter 25-4 357
 Flora Bert Dancey 23-9 460
 Galesburg (H.S.) Gerald Phillips 16-11 1073
 Marseilles John Allen 23-6 266
 Murphysboro E.L. Bencini 20-8 565
 Rockford (East) James Laude 24-2 1500

Springfield (H.S.) Mark Peterman 22-8 1500

Top Scorers

Player and School G FG FT Pts
Robert Owens, Paris 4 29 14 72
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.) 4 30 5 65
Bert Van Horn, Pekin 4 15 19 49
Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 4 17 12 46
Charles Busby, Pekin 4 16 13 45
Glen Vietor, Paris  4 20 5 45
John Wilson, Paris 4 15 13 43
Donald Williams, Pinckneyville 4 16 10 42
Fred Major, Champaign (H.S.) 4 16 9 41
Herbert Gerecke, Pekin  4 17 6 40

Team Tournament Scoring Summary

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 4 30 87 5 9 65 3
Fred Major 4 16 34 9 10 41 7
Rodney Fletcher  4 15 64 9 19 39 15
Dick Petry 4 11 47 6 10 28 11
Ray Walters 4 5 41 6 12 16 12
John McDermott 4 4 16 2 3 10 12
Bernard Bryant 3 2 7 0 1 4 3
Bobby Clark  3 1 4 1 5 3 1
Wayne Wells 3 1 8 0 2 2 4
Kenneth Wilk 2 0 3 1 1 1 2

All-Tournament Team

Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.)  6-2 Sr. 
Jake Fendley, Chicago (South Shore) 6-1 Sr. 
Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 5-10 Jr. 
Charles Grover, Dundee 6-1 Sr. 

Robert Owens, Paris 6-2 Sr.

AP Final Regular Season Poll

No School W-L
 1 Dundee 23-2
 2 Elgin (H.S.) 17-1
 3 Rockford (East) 19-1
 4 Paris  31-2
 5 Champaign (H.S.) 26-3
 6 Rock Island (H.S.) 17-6
 7 Kewanee (H.S.) 22-2
 8 Cicero (Morton) 19-4
 9 Centralia  28-6
10 Pekin 22-3
11 Collinsville 23-4
12 Beardstown 20-3
13 Rock Falls 19-0
14 Waukegan (H.S.) 23-3
15 Mt. Vernon 22-7
16 DePue 

STATE TOURNAMENT – 1948

First Round
Springfield (Cathedral) 57, Harvey (Thornton) 50
Pinckneyville 45, Moline 35
Pekin 50, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 46
Marion (H.S.) 65, Collinsville 60
LaGrange (Lyons) 61, Hillsboro 44
Canton 41, Quincy (Sr.) 37
Rockford (East) 54, Champaign (H.S.) 53 (OT)
Chicago (Marshall) 54, Robinson 49
Quarterfinals
Pinckneyville 58, Springfield (Cathedral) 36
Pekin 53, Marion (H.S.) 45
LaGrange (Lyons) 45, Canton 41
Rockford (East) 51, Chicago (Marshall) 49
Semifinals
Pinckneyville 36, Pekin 31
Rockford (East) 61, LaGrange (Lyons) 54
Third Place
Pekin 45, LaGrange (Lyons) 38
Final
Pinckneyville 65, Rockford (East) 39

Rockford (East) 54, Champaign (H.S.) 53 (OT)
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Peter Anderson 6 11 0 0 12 5
Frank Calacurcio 3 13 2 4 8 5
Donald Harris  3 7 2 7 8 5
Walter Johnson 0 3 1 2 1 2
Eugene Lenz 1 1 0 0 2 0
Harold Samorian 0 0 0 2 0 0
George Sheatz 0 0 0 1 0 1
Eugene Tarabilda 6 12 7 9 19 4
William Weaver 1 2 2 4 4 5
TOTAL  20 49 14 29 54 27
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bernard Bryant 5 17 1 3 11 4
Mickey Edwards 2 13 0 2 4 5
Rodney Fletcher 8 22 6 12 22 3
Robert Gaschler 0 1 0 0 0 4
Joe Hallbeck 0 3 2 2 2 1
George Shapland 3 8 2 5 8 5
Gene Ward 0 0 0 2 0 2
Kenneth Wilk 2 7  2 3 6 5
TOTAL  20 71 13 29 53 29
Rockford (East) 14 15 (29) 17 4 (21) 4 -- 54
Champaign (H.S.) 15 16 (31) 12 7 (19) 3 -- 53

Summary of State Finalists

 School Coach  W-L Enroll
1 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 33-1 430
2 Rockford (East) James Laude 26-4 1375
3 Pekin Jim "Red" Lewis 29-2 1200
4 LaGrange (Lyons)  Greg Sloan 25-3 1650
 Canton George Mathis 22-8 790
 Chicago (Marshall) Ted Perzanowski 28-2 3100
 Marion (H.S.) Virgil "Cuss" Wilson 21-11 730
 Springfield (Cathedral) Luke Gleason 23-6 350
 Champaign (H.S.) Harold Jester 13-15 730
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Rodney Fletcher 1 8 22 6 12 22 3
Bernard Bryant 1 5 17 1 3 11 4
George Shapland 1 3 8 2 5 8 5
Kenneth Wilk 1 2 7 2 3 6 5
Mickey Edwards 1 2 13 0 2 4 5
Joe Hallbeck 1 0 3 2 2 2 1
Robert Gaschler 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Gene Ward 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
 
All-Tournament Team
Player & School Ht. Yr. 
Irv Bemoras, Chicago (Marshall) 6-3  Sr. 
Charles Busby, Pekin 6-2 Sr. 
Rodney Fletcher, Champaign (H.S.) 6-3 Sr. 
Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville 5-10 Sr. 
Sam Miranda, Collinsville 5-10 Sr. 
 
AP Final Regular Season Poll
No School W-L
 1 Pekin 22-1
 2 Collinsville 22-1
 3 Dundee 22-1
 4 Salem  27-2
 5 Paris 25-3
 6 Pinckneyville 24-1
 7 Waukegan (H.S.) 17-1
 8 Aurora (West) 19-3
 9 Rockford (West) 18-4
10 Lawrenceville 19-4
11 Robinson 25-3
12 LaGrange (Lyons) 18-1
13 Pana 20-4
14 Springfield (H.S.) 18-5
15 Canton 16-7
16 Aurora (Marmion) 
 
 
 
State Tournament – 1949
First Round

Decatur (H.S.) 82, Pittsfield 48

Mt. Vernon 54, Johnston City 52

Chicago (Tilden) 68, Oneida (ROVA) 41

Aurora (West) 45, Elgin (H.S.) 42

Moline 64, Rockford (West) 38

Nashville 43, Ottawa (Twp.) 39

Pekin 60, Robinson 52

Hillsboro 45, Champaign (H.S.) 44 (OT)

Quarterfinals

Mt. Vernon 71, Decatur (H.S.) 51

Aurora (West) 34, Chicago (Tilden) 33

Nashville 33, Moline 31

Hillsboro 45, Pekin 39

Semifinals

Mt. Vernon 37, Aurora (West) 31

Hillsboro 50, Nashville 43

Third Place

Aurora (West) 49, Nashville 39

Final

Mt. Vernon 45, Hillsboro 39 
 
Hillsboro 45, Champaign (H.S.) 44 (OT)
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 17, 1949
HILLSBORO
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Boston 4 16 5 6 13 4
George Demas 2 2 0 2 4 3
William Helfer 1 1 0 1 2 2
Harry Kelley 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richard Mormino  0 0 0 1 0 1
Leroy Ott 5 20 2 4 12 5
Richard Sturgeon 4 6 1 6 9 5
Roscoe Sydnor 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stanley Wallace 2 7 1 3 5 3
TOTAL  18 53 9 23 45 24
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Lorence Collins 0 2 2 4 2 4
Joe Hallbeck 6 14 1 2 13 5
Tom Harrington 2 5 0 1 4 3
Mickey Legue 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry McDermott 1 5 4 5 6 3
Larry Schumacher 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Shapland 5 17 7 11 17 3
Tom Stilwell 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Ward 0 3 2 3 2 4
TOTAL  14 46 16  27 44 22
Hillsboro 10 12 (22) 4 10 (14) 9 -- 45
Champaign (H.S.) 8 8 (16) 11 9 (20) 8 -- 44
 
 
 
Summary of State Finalists
 School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Mt. Vernon  Stanley Changnon 30-3 1090
2 Hillsboro Fred Ewald 25-7 410
3 Aurora (West) Joe Axelson 22-8 732
4 Nashville George Havens 33-3 235
 Chicago (Tilden) William Postl 20-9 2610
 Decatur (H.S.) Gay Kintner 21-9 1950
 Moline Norm Ziebell 21-8 600
 Pekin Jim "Red" Lewis 20-10 1300
 Champaign (H.S.) Harold Jester 17-12 720
 
Team Tournament Scoring Summary
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Shapland 1 5 17 7 11 17 3
Joe Hallbeck 1 6 14 1 2 13 5
Barry McDermott 1 1 5 4 5 6 3
Tom Harrington 1 2 5 0 1 4 3
Lorence Collins 1 0 2 2 4 2 4
Gene Ward 1 0 3 2 3 2 4
Mickey Legue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Schumacher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Stilwell 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
 
AP Final Regular Season Poll
 No School W-L
 1 Elgin (H.S.) 18-3
 2 Danville (H.S.) 22-2
 3 Teutopolis 27-0
 4 Mt. Vernon 21-3
 5 Kankakee (Sr.) 21-2
 6 DeKalb 22-2
 7 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 16-2
 8 Sterling (H.S.) 21-1
 9 Dundee 21-2
10 Collinsville 20-3
11 Paris 23-4
12 Nashville  26-1
13 Herrin 20-3
14 Moline 15-7
15 Seneca 27-0
16 Johnston City 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STATE TOURNAMENT – 1952
First Round