March Madness Record Book

1919 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1918 — 1920

Rockford (H.S.)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Champaign (H.S.) 23, Alton (Sr.) 19
Springfield (H.S.) 30, Morris 15
Shelbyville 28, Atwood 26 (OT)
Herrin (H.S.) 18, Rock Island (H.S.) 14
Rockford (H.S.) 31, Flora 10
Quarterfinals
Peoria (H.S.) 50, Barry 15
Springfield (H.S.) 18, Champaign (H.S.) 9
Herrin (H.S.) 16, Shelbyville 15
Rockford (H.S.) 37, Dundee 10
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 20, Peoria (H.S.) 18
Rockford (H.S.) 19, Herrin (H.S.) 14
Third Place
Peoria (H.S.) 24, Herrin (H.S.) 10
Final
Rockford (H.S.) 39, Springfield (H.S.) 20

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Rockford (H.S.)             Frank Winters            23-1   1749
2  Springfield (H.S.)          Martin Shale            14-10   1132
3  Peoria (H.S.)               Salen Herke              18-3    936
4  Herrin (H.S.)               M.L. Beanblossom         19-4    250
   Alton (Sr.)                 L.S. Haight              22-2    435
   Atwood                      Mathews                          107
   Barry                       M. Warston                       185
   Champaign (H.S.)            Ken Coutchie             13-4    636
   Dundee                      Walter Hanke             13-6    112
   Flora                       E.W. Rodgers             13-7    179
   Morris                      R.W. Crist               15-2    240
   Rock Island (H.S.)          W.E. Kimmel              12-2    681
   Shelbyville                 George Hayes             10-8    181

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Max Poscover, Springfield (H.S.)                4  19      20  58
Rex Enright, Rockford (H.S.)                    4  21       1  43
Harry Englund, Rockford (H.S.)                  4  19       1  39
Glen "Frenchy" Haussler, Peoria (H.S.)          3  14       6  34
Johnnie Zinzer, Peoria (H.S.)                   3  14       0  28
Reginald Lacy, Herrin (H.S.)                    4   4      18  26
Tom Greenan, Springfield (H.S.)                 4  13       0  26
Ralph Baker, Rockford (H.S.)                    3   8       9  25
Fred Major, Champaign (H.S.)                    2   5      10  20
Warren, Shelbyville                             2   8       0  16

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Joel Carlson, Rockford (H.S.)                       
Harry Englund, Rockford (H.S.)                      
Glen "Frenchy" Haussler, Peoria (H.S.)       5-11   So.    
Max Poscover, Springfield (H.S.)             6-0    Jr.    
Hugh Powell, Rockford (H.S.)

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