March Madness Record Book
1917 Boys Summary
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Springfield (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Vernon Edwards, Nelson Jones, Ben Clouser, Harry Eielson, Jerome Dunne, Max Poscover, Sternaman. Back row: Assistant Coach A.S. Nevins, George Teasley, Blanbelt, Mayor H.S. Betty, Portridge, Paoli, Coach Roy Wentz.
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Box Scores of All Games
First Round
DuQuoin (H.S.) 24, Harvey (Thornton) 23
Bloomington (H.S.) 18, Decatur (H.S.) 12
Lawrenceville 31, Centralia 23
Peoria (Manual) 27, Aurora (East) 19
Quarterfinals
Springfield (H.S.) 34, Rock Island (H.S.) 23
Bloomington (H.S.) 15, DuQuoin (H.S.) 10
Peoria (Manual) 20, Lawrenceville 9
Belvidere 24, Sullivan 16
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 14, Bloomington (H.S.) 9
Belvidere 16, Peoria (Manual) 6
Third Place
Bloomington (H.S.) 20, Peoria (Manual) 9
Final
Springfield (H.S.) 32, Belvidere 11
Summary of State Finalists
School Coach W-L Enroll
1 Springfield (H.S.) Roy Wentz 10-3 1032
2 Belvidere Joseph Swanson 10-4 310
3 Bloomington (H.S.) E.W. McClure 15-3 682
4 Peoria (Manual) Charles Mason 14-6 546
Aurora (East) Walter Gunn 9-5
Centralia Arthur Trout 24-4
Decatur (H.S.) Verne Rogers 10-5
DuQuoin (H.S.) Howard Ross 23-4 213
Harvey (Thornton) (unknown)
Lawrenceville (unknown) 17-2 234
Rock Island (H.S.) Carl Anderson 18-2 691
Sullivan M.D. Abney 15-4 225
Top Scorers
Scoring Totals of All Teams
Player and School G FG FT Pts
Layard Mace, Bloomington (H.S.) 4 8 16 32
Myron Silvius, Belvidere 3 13 0 26
Eugene "Buck" Wilson, Peoria (Manual) 4 12 0 24
Max Poscover, Springfield (H.S.) 3 10 3 23
Harry Eielson, Springfield (H.S.) 3 10 0 20
Jerome Dunne, Springfield (H.S.) 3 10 0 20
Corliss Easterday, Lawrenceville 2 10 0 20
Ben Lear, Belvidere 3 6 8 20
Ben Clouser, Springfield (H.S.) 3 4 8 16
Walton Miles, Lawrenceville 2 4 6 14
Baillie Springston, Peoria (Manual) 4 7 0 14
All-Tournament Team
Player & School Ht. Yr.
Harry Eielson, Springfield (H.S.) 6-2 Sr.
Frank Engelke, Peoria (Manual) Sr.
Layard Mace, Bloomington (H.S.) 5-10 Sr.
George Morrison, Bloomington (H.S.) 5-8 Sr.
Eugene "Buck" Wilson, Peoria (Manual) Sr.
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