IHSA's March Madness -- 1936 Boys

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1936 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1935 — 1937

Decatur (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Ken Park, Harold Baker, Paul Weingand, Dale Minick, Eddie Reynolds. Top row: Coach Gay Kinter, Wendy Bauman, Dean Butt, Robert Fisher, Victor Walters, William Dearth.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Fulton (H.S.) 25, Paris 19
Mt. Pulaski 22, Joliet (Twp.) 16
Danville (H.S.) 28, Centralia 26 (OT)
Moline (H.S.) 32, Aurora (West) 19
Johnston City 24, Maywood (Proviso) 18
Vandalia 40, Zeigler 36
Decatur (H.S.) 17, Peoria (Manual) 13
Hull 35, Chicago (New Phillips) 23
Quarterfinals
Mt. Pulaski 32, Fulton (H.S.) 18
Danville (H.S.) 31, Moline (H.S.) 29 (OT)
Johnston City 30, Vandalia 26
Decatur (H.S.) 30, Hull 27
Semifinals
Danville (H.S.) 36, Mt. Pulaski 33
Decatur (H.S.) 20, Johnston City 19
Third Place
Johnston City 32, Mt. Pulaski 20
Final
Decatur (H.S.) 26, Danville (H.S.) 22

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner             24-11   1738
2  Danville (H.S.)             Ned Whitesell            23-1   1993
3  Johnston City               Ralph Davison            23-7    467
4  Mt. Pulaski                 Dolph Stanley            26-7    152
   Fulton (H.S.)               Wright Massey            26-3    171
   Hull                        E.L. "Gene" Ihrig        31-2     94
   Moline (H.S.)               George Senneff           16-8   1113
   Vandalia                    A.O. "Luke" Ashby        28-5    343
   Aurora (West)               Ralph Fletcher           19-8    916
   Centralia                   Arthur Trout            18-14   1180
   Chicago (New Phillips)      Julius Harris            18-3   3070
   Joliet (Twp.)               Herman Walser            21-2   3450
   Maywood (Proviso)           Selmer "Sam" Storby      22-3   3592
   Paris                       Ernie Eveland            18-9    606
   Peoria (Manual)             Richard Baxter          16-10   1228
   Zeigler                     Geoffrey "Red" Moore     14-7    312

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Clyde Rodden, Johnston City                     4  19   4  42
Daraid Staley, Mt. Pulaski                      4  10  13  33
Dick Jones, Danville (H.S.)                     4  13   6  32
Carl Brevi, Johnston City                       4  13   4  30
Harry Martin, Mt. Pulaski                       4   9   9  27
Dale Minick, Decatur (H.S.)                     4  11   5  27
Orval Spurlin, Vandalia                         2   7  13  27
Jean Tuggle, Danville (H.S.)                    4  10   5  25
Jack Owens, Danville (H.S.)                     4  10   5  25
Russ Snyder, Hull                               2  11   2  24

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jim "Floss" Anders, Moline (H.S.)            6-3    Sr.    
Dick Jones, Danville (H.S.)                  6-1    
Dale Minick, Decatur (H.S.)                         
Ken Park, Decatur (H.S.)                     5-9    Jr.    
Daraid Staley, Mt. Pulaski                   6-2    Jr.

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