IHSA's March Madness -- 1929 Boys

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1929 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1928 — 1930

Johnston City
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Hubert Pearce, Ralph Davison, Hubert Groves, Tony Blazine, Albert Feduris. Middle row: William Poliokiatis, Stanley Sudosky, Dwight Hafeli, Charles Hafeli, Marshall Ellis, Coach LaRue Van Meter. Back row: Coach L.A. Alderman, John Podlesnik, Raymond Hobbs, Clyde Jobe, Ira Clark, Carl Williams, Cecil Fletcher.

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinals
Champaign (H.S.) 43, Mt. Carmel 30
Freeport (H.S.) 30, Wheaton (H.S.) 28
Peoria (H.S.) 27, Witt 18
Johnston City 14, Lincoln 9
Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 40, Freeport (H.S.) 24
Johnston City 19, Peoria (H.S.) 15
Third Place
Freeport (H.S.) 27, Peoria (H.S.) 15
Final
Johnston City 30, Champaign (H.S.) 21

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Johnston City               LaRue Van Meter          29-3    412
2  Champaign (H.S.)            Les Moyer                28-4   1062
3  Freeport (H.S.)             Adolph Rupp              18-6    864
4  Peoria (H.S.)               Salen Herke              28-4   1696
   Lincoln                     Roy "Andy" Anderson      23-4    576
   Mt. Carmel                  Cliff Garrett            24-7    466
   Wheaton (H.S.)              Grant Stenger            20-4    407
   Witt                        Lawrence Fornecker       31-6     90

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Don Brewer, Freeport (H.S.)                     3  10   6  26
Albert Hall, Champaign (H.S.)                   3  10   6  26
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.)                     3   8   9  25
William Hagerman, Champaign (H.S.)              3   9   5  23
Danny Sullivan, Freeport (H.S.)                 3   9   3  21
Tony Blazine, Johnston City                     3   7   6  20
Roy Goudie, Champaign (H.S.)                    3   7   6  20
Archie McDonald, Champaign (H.S.)               3   8   1  17
Ralph Davison, Johnston City                    3   6   4  16
Hubert Pearce, Johnston City                    3   7   0  14

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Roger Cox, Champaign (H.S.)                  6-3    Sr.    
Ralph Davison, Johnston City                 5-10   Jr.    
Albert Feduris, Johnston City                6-0    So.    
William Hagerman, Champaign (H.S.)           6-2    Sr.    
George Soper, Peoria (H.S.)                         Sr.

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