IHSA's March Madness -- 1918 Boys

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1918 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1917 — 1919

Centralia
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Henry Hurd, Harold Hartley, Wade Storer. Second row: Coach A.L. Trout, Telle Lederman, Stanley Thomas, Chales Maddox, Harry Blakely, T.W. Clarida.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
DuQuoin (H.S.) 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 (H.S.) 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

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Centralia                   Arthur Trout             23-4    332
2  Normal (University)         Francis James            14-6       
3  Canton                      C.B. Smith               15-3    437
4  Shelbyville                 C.E. Brewbaker           10-6    190
   Champaign (H.S.)            Ken Coutchie             10-4    612
   Clinton                     C Richards                          
   DuQuoin (H.S.)              Lowell "Pops" Dale       21-7    207
   Elgin (H.S.)                Ivan Doseff              12-5    963
   Galesburg (H.S.)            Joseph Blum              16-4    916
   Jerseyville (Jersey)        D.F. Wood                           
   Lawrenceville               (unknown)                13-8    225
   Rockford (H.S.)             Frank Winters            19-2   1470
   Winnetka (New Trier)        Wilbur Childs                    762

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Clyde Murphy, Canton                            3  14  10  38
Bane Pierce, Normal (University)                4  17   3  37
Henry Capen, Normal (University)                4  17   0  34
Harold Hartley, Centralia                       4   5  23  33
Charles "Jumbo" Maddox, Centralia               4  16   0  32
Henry Hurd, Centralia                           4  14   0  28
Clarence Westhoff, Normal (University)          3  12   0  24
H.D. Waggoner, Lawrenceville                    2  11   1  23
Harry Blakeley, Centralia                       4  10   0  20
A. Beem, Shelbyville                            3   1  17  19

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Harry Blakeley, Centralia                    6-1    Sr.    
Alvin Hoffman, Normal (University)                  
Charles "Jumbo" Maddox, Centralia            6-3    Sr.    
Bane Pierce, Normal (University)                    
H.D. Waggoner, Lawrenceville                 5-9    Sr.

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