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1924 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1923 — 1925



Elgin (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Ted Stern, Bates Stone, Doug Mills, Herb Hill, Haywood Biggers. Second row: Coach Mark Wilson, Elmer Johnson, Andy Solyom, Soup Semenz, Harry Lange, Fritz Lehman, Manager E.C. Wagoner.

Box Scores of All Games
Semifinals
Elgin (H.S.) 16, Canton 14
Athens 26, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 19
Third Place
Canton 30, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 6
Final
Elgin (H.S.) 28, Athens 17

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Elgin (H.S.)                Mark Wilson              25-3   1028
2  Athens                      Henry Porter             35-2    164
3  Canton                      Mark Peterman            26-8    744
4  West Frankfort (Frankfort)  E.W. Ebbler              24-3    525

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Oliver Mettler, Canton                          2   8   2  18
Bruce Perkins, Athens                           2   6   4  16
Louis "Soup" Semeny, Elgin (H.S.)               2   6   3  15
Sherman Deutch, Canton                          2   4   4  12
Henry Winterbauer, Athens                       2   4   3  11
John Zalenas, Athens                            2   4   3  11
Harry Lange, Elgin (H.S.)                       2   3   5  11
Doug Mills, Elgin (H.S.)                        2   3   4  10

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
John Bokoski, Athens                         5-10   Sr.    
Sherman Deutch, Canton                       5-10   Sr.    
Herbert Hill, Elgin (H.S.)                   5-9    Jr.    
Harry Lange, Elgin (H.S.)                    6-1    Sr.    
Louis "Soup" Semeny, Elgin (H.S.)            5-10   Sr.


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