March Madness Record Book

1912 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1911 — 1913

Batavia
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Dwight Emigh, Parks Bailey, Raymond McDermott, Charles Barr. Middle row: Horace Bone, Walter Trantow, Hanson. Top row: Coach K.C. Merrick.

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinals
Batavia 32, Canton 23
Granite City 39, Hillsboro 27
Decatur (H.S.) 27, Galesburg (H.S.) 26
Consolation Round
Hillsboro 32, Canton 31 (OT)
Galesburg (H.S.) 33, Hillsboro 27
Semifinals
Batavia 29, Granite City 26
Galesburg (H.S.) 36, Decatur (H.S.) 23
Third Place
Granite City 38, Decatur (H.S.) 31
Final
Batavia 28, Galesburg (H.S.) 25

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Batavia                     K.C. Merrick             27-2    167
2  Galesburg (H.S.)            T.W. Callihan            14-5    773
3  Granite City                Robertson                        145
4  Decatur (H.S.)              William H. Duerr                 600
   Canton                      C.B. Smith               17-5    377
   Hillsboro                   Harry Beckemeyer         13-4    113

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Walter Frame, Hillsboro                         3  11  20  42
Raymond McDermott, Batavia                      3  15   8  38
Herbert Pihl, Galesburg (H.S.)                  4  13   8  34
Harry Branding, Granite City                    3  16   0  32
Ernest Robertson, Granite City                  3  14   3  31
Frank Hansel, Granite City                      3  10   8  28
Lawrence Ingersol, Galesburg (H.S.)             3  14   0  28
Eric Erickson, Galesburg (H.S.)                 4  13   0  26
Lyle Eyerly, Canton                             2  11   2  24
Parks Riley (Bailey?), Batavia                  3  11   0  22

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Harry Branding, Granite City                        
Oscar Dammann, Hillsboro                            
Eric Erickson, Galesburg (H.S.)              5-9    Jr.    
Arthur Harry, Decatur (H.S.)                        
Raymond McDermott, Batavia                   6-1    Sr.    
Ernest Robertson, Granite City

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