March Madness Record Book

1928 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1927 — 1929

Canton
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinals
Witt 33, Streator (Twp.) 31 (OT)
Canton 23, Benton 11
Aurora (West) 28, Rochelle 14
Griggsville 22, Hutsonville 21
Semifinals
Canton 19, Witt 17
Aurora (West) 31, Griggsville 24
Third Place
Witt 40, Griggsville 26
Final
Canton 18, Aurora (West) 9

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Canton                      Mark Peterman            37-7    786
2  Aurora (West)               Ralph Fletcher           24-5    553
3  Witt                        Joseph Kilpatrick        37-2    105
4  Griggsville                 Ross Nichol              22-8    130
   Benton                      Hubert Tabor             25-7    751
   Hutsonville                 Pleasant Huffman         27-5     90
   Rochelle                    Forrest Birks            19-8    240
   Streator (Twp.)             Lowell "Pops" Dale      19-11    682

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Clarence Anderson, Aurora (West)                3   9       9  27
James Beadle, Griggsville                       3  10       4  24
Harry Brown, Griggsville                        3  11       1  23
Alois Hanisko, Witt                             3  10       3  23
George Chervinko, Witt                          3   8       5  21
Paul Chervinko, Witt                            3   9       2  20
Gib Love, Griggsville                           3   7       4  18
Charles Coleman, Canton                         3   8       2  18
Chester Eddy, Canton                            3   6       5  17
Francis "Buster" Coulson, Witt                  3   6       4  16
Arthur Whitson, Aurora (West)                   3   6       4  16

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
William Barnes, Aurora (West)                6-2    Jr.    
Harry Brown, Griggsville                     6-4    Fr.    
Russell Cardosi, Canton                      5-10   Jr.    
George Chervinko, Witt                       5-8    Jr.    
Charles Coleman, Canton                      5-10   So.    
William Connell, Streator (Twp.)             5-11   So.    
Virgil Dixon, Streator (Twp.)                6-2    Jr.    
Chester Eddy, Canton                         5-9    Fr.

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