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1915 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1914 — 1916

Freeport (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Russell Mulnix, Paul Gilbert, Herbert Biersach. Second row: Torrey Foy, Oscar Hill, Leo Koehler, Manager Gunl. Third row: Coach D.B. Daugherty, Chester Langenstein, Glen Holmes.

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinals
Springfield (H.S.) 21, Rock Island (H.S.) 19 (OT)
Shelbyville 30, Naperville (H.S.) 20
Carbondale (University) 22, Decatur (H.S.) 21
Freeport (H.S.) 41, Granite City 20
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 27, Shelbyville 10
Freeport (H.S.) 38, Carbondale (University) 14
Third Place
Shelbyville 33, Carbondale (University) 8
Final
Freeport (H.S.) 27, Springfield (H.S.) 11

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Freeport (H.S.)             Dan Daugherty            18-2    567
2  Springfield (H.S.)          Arthur Nevins            12-8    900
3  Shelbyville                 I.B. Potter              20-1    125
4  Carbondale (University)     F.G. Warren               9-4       
   Decatur (H.S.)              C.E. Howell               8-7    904
   Granite City                Robertson                        200
   Naperville (H.S.)           F.L. Deister             16-2    140
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Bill Robb                13-4    700

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Torrey Foy, Freeport (H.S.)                     3   9  21  39
C. Klauser, Shelbyville                         3  12  10  34
Leo Koehler, Freeport (H.S.)                    3  15   1  31
Oscar Hill, Freeport (H.S.)                     3  13   0  26
C. Cox, Shelbyville                             3  12   0  24
Art Dawson, Springfield (H.S.)                  3   6  10  22
Travers Lewis, Granite City                     1   6   2  14
Fred Pabst, Carbondale (University)             3   4   4  12
Fry Reeves, Rock Island (H.S.)                  1   4   3  11
Ronald Carter, Carbondale (University)          3   5   1  11

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Torrey Foy, Freeport (H.S.)                  5-8    Sr.    
Oscar Hill, Freeport (H.S.)                  5-7    Sr.    
Leo Koehler, Freeport (H.S.)                 5-8    Sr.    
Chester Langenstine, Freeport (H.S.)         6-0    Sr.    
Edward Sternaman, Springfield (H.S.)         5-5    Sr.

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