IHSA's March Madness -- 1927 Boys

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1927 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1926 — 1928

Mt. Carmel
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Coach Cliff Garret, Robert Kamp, George Eaton, Frank Henneberger, Elbert (Babe) Kamp, Alfred Elzey. Back row: Crawford, George Crum, Hawkins, Davidson, Wise.

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinals
East St. Louis (Sr.) 26, Rockford (H.S.) 12
Peoria (H.S.) 42, St. Charles (H.S.) 15
Champaign (H.S.) 34, Mt. Olive 21
Mt. Carmel 35, Athens 19
Semifinals
Peoria (H.S.) 33, East St. Louis (Sr.) 11
Mt. Carmel 35, Champaign (H.S.) 24
Third Place
East St. Louis (Sr.) 25, Champaign (H.S.) 20
Final
Mt. Carmel 24, Peoria (H.S.) 18

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Mt. Carmel                  Cliff Garrett            31-2    416
2  Peoria (H.S.)               Salen Herke              30-3   1495
3  East St. Louis (Sr.)        William Frazier          23-6    926
4  Champaign (H.S.)            Les Moyer                21-8    964
   Athens                      Henry Porter             23-6    155
   Mt. Olive                   Joe Moore                20-8    158
   Rockford (H.S.)             James Laude              20-3   2160
   St. Charles (H.S.)          William "Tom" Wallace    15-5    220

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Elbert "Babe?" Kamp, Mt. Carmel                 3  15   6  36
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.)                     3  16   2  34
George Eaton, Mt. Carmel                        3  11   7  29
James Greene, Peoria (H.S.)                     3  12   5  29
Verne Carson, Champaign (H.S.)                  3  10   6  26
Charles Schiele, East St. Louis (Sr.)           3   8   5  21
Roy Carson, Champaign (H.S.)                    3   8   3  19
Robert Kamp, Mt. Carmel                         3   8   2  18
Arthur Verner, Peoria (H.S.)                    3   5   6  16
Bill Holl, Champaign (H.S.)                     3   3   7  13

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Verne Carson, Champaign (H.S.)               6-2    Sr.    
John Gimming, Peoria (H.S.)                         Jr.    
Elbert "Babe?" Kamp, Mt. Carmel              6-0    Jr.    
Robert Kamp, Mt. Carmel                      6-0    Jr.    
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.)                         So.

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