March Madness Record Book

1908 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1909

Peoria (H.S.)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Hinsdale (Twp.) 60, Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 9
Mt. Carroll 47, Geneva 20
Rock Island (H.S.) 31, Evanston (Twp.) 23
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 58, St. Charles (H.S.) 27
Three other scheduled first-round games were not played when teams failed to appear.
Quarterfinals
Peoria (H.S.) 41, Wheaton (H.S.) 26
Hinsdale (Twp.) 34, Mt. Carroll 29
Rock Island (H.S.) 50, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 9
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) received a bye into the semifinals.
Semifinals
Peoria (H.S.) 32, Hinsdale (Twp.) 24
Rock Island (H.S.) 36, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 28
Third Place
Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 41, Hinsdale (Twp.) 27
Final
Peoria (H.S.) 48, Rock Island (H.S.) 29

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Peoria (H.S.)               Les Straesser            17-1    544
2  Rock Island (H.S.)          W.E. Brown               10-5    500
3  Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest Wilbur Hawthorne                 605
4  Hinsdale (Twp.)             (unknown)                         80
   Evanston (Twp.)             John Bixby               15-5    207
   Geneva                      Dan Miller               12-3     92
   LaSalle (L.-Peru)           C.R. Pugh                 2-4    308
   Mt. Carroll                 (unknown)                         85
   Riverside (R.-Brookfield)   (unknown)                9-10     48
   St. Charles (H.S.)          (unknown)                           
   Wheaton (H.S.)              (unknown)                10-2    150

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Mitchell, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)          3  18      29  65
Richard Liitt, Rock Island (H.S.)               4  15      32  62
Frank Trefzger, Peoria (H.S.)                   3   4      41  49
Goodwin Clark, Hinsdale (Twp.)                  4  21       4  46
Lynch Conway, Peoria (H.S.)                     3  20       0  40
Grossberg, Mt. Carroll                          2   7      21  35
Gilbert Keith, Hinsdale (Twp.)                  4  16       3  35
Andy Voss, Rock Island (H.S.)                   4  16       0  32
Swirles, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)           3  14       1  29
Dan Brennan, Rock Island (H.S.)                 4  14       0  28

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Howard Blodgett, Hinsdale (Twp.)                    
Lynch Conway, Peoria (H.S.)                         Jr.    
William Forrest, Peoria (H.S.)                      
Richard Liitt, Rock Island (H.S.)                   Fr.    
Frank Worley, Peoria (H.S.)

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