IHSA's March Madness -- 1937 Boys

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1937 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1936 — 1938

Joliet (Twp.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: George Macuk, Louis Ginnetti, William Moore, Frank Wardley, Harold Starr. Back row: Willard Aschenbrenner, Benjamin Macuk, Captain Michael Savich, Charles Winston, LeRoy Hagen.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Vandalia 28, Zeigler 26
Joliet (Twp.) 31, Athens 24
Chicago (Wells) 23, Galesburg (H.S.) 20
Collinsville 34, Carbondale 23
Woodstock (H.S.) 37, Oblong 31
Pekin 25, Rushville 24
Moline (H.S.) 24, Dundee 23
Decatur (H.S.) 21, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 10
Quarterfinals
Joliet (Twp.) 43, Vandalia 19
Collinsville 20, Chicago (Wells) 18
Pekin 27, Woodstock (H.S.) 26
Decatur (H.S.) 14, Moline (H.S.) 11
Semifinals
Joliet (Twp.) 28, Collinsville 26
Decatur (H.S.) 23, Pekin 15
Third Place
Collinsville 31, Pekin 18
Final
Joliet (Twp.) 40, Decatur (H.S.) 20

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Joliet (Twp.)               Herman Walser            27-4   3507
2  Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner             23-12   1894
3  Collinsville                Willard Larson           27-4    778
4  Pekin                       A.G. "Frenchie" Haussler  24-5   1165
   Chicago (Wells)             Mark Singer              23-4   3043
   Moline (H.S.)               George Senneff           20-4   1164
   Vandalia                    A.O. "Luke" Ashby        18-9    370
   Woodstock (H.S.)            Larry Dale               26-4    409
   Athens                      Dean Carter              29-2    157
   Carbondale                  Merritt Allen            21-7    431
   Dundee                      Eugene DeLacey           39-2    455
   Galesburg (H.S.)            Gerald Phillips          17-5   1142
   LaSalle (L.-Peru)           Walt Tyler              12-13   1248
   Oblong                      Paul Beck                29-3    300
   Rushville                   Robert Wixom             24-7    386
   Zeigler                     Claude Neville           15-7    325

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Benny Macuk, Joliet (Twp.)                      4  28   3  59
Walter "Hoot" Evers, Collinsville               4  11  10  32
Eddie Evers, Collinsville                       4  13   4  30
Dale Minick, Decatur (H.S.)                     4  13   3  29
Melvin Richter, Collinsville                    4  14   0  28
Nelson Luft, Pekin                              4  11   2  24
Irving Tucker, Woodstock (H.S.)                 2  10   2  22
Willard Aschenbrenner, Joliet (Twp.)            4   9   4  22
Rex Sherman, Pekin                              4   9   4  22
Wayne Harris, Vandalia                          2  10   2  22

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Benny Macuk, Joliet (Twp.)                   5-7    Sr.    
Ken Park, Decatur (H.S.)                     5-9    Sr.    
Melvin Richter, Collinsville                        
Mike Savich, Joliet (Twp.)                   5-11   
Charles Winston, Joliet (Twp.)               6-1    Sr.

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