IHSA's March Madness -- 1939 Boys

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1939 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1938 — 1940

Rockford (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Robert Wallin, Eugene Speck, Stanley Stasica, Frank Alonzo, Normal Anderson. Second row: Harlan Anderson, George Champion, Keith Mulford, Coach Jim Laude, Albert Volsch, Paul McDaniels.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 34, Moline (H.S.) 22
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 42, Chicago (Lane) 37
Rockford (H.S.) 50, Canton 24
Zeigler 21, Roodhouse 11
Champaign (H.S.) 41, Dwight 30
Centralia 37, Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 31
Paris 25, Flora 22
Peoria (Woodruff) 45, Gillespie 39
Quarterfinals
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 33, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 19
Rockford (H.S.) 47, Zeigler 34
Centralia 41, Champaign (H.S.) 35
Paris 51, Peoria (Woodruff) 42
Semifinals
Rockford (H.S.) 43, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 27
Paris 39, Centralia 30
Third Place
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 34, Centralia 28
Final
Rockford (H.S.) 53, Paris 44

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Rockford (H.S.)             James Laude              23-2   3274
2  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            37-3    714
3  Wood River (East Alton-W.R. Charles Summers          27-7   1027
4  Centralia                   Arthur Trout            29-14   1211
   Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Norm Ziebell             20-4   6000
   Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             18-9    929
   Peoria (Woodruff)           Tommy Correll            23-6   1121
   Zeigler                     Byrl Longman            18-12    334
   Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)    Pete Laffey              32-2    194
   Canton                      Willard Larson           22-6    886
   Chicago (Lane)              Ray Umbright             14-5   8521
   Dwight                      John "Red" Pace          29-3    254
   Flora                       Frank Hunsaker          17-11    485
   Gillespie                   Leslie "Red" Nicolet     27-7    566
   Moline (H.S.)               George Senneff           15-9   1121
   Roodhouse                   Maynard "Pat" O'Brien    26-2    196

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Floyd Henson, Paris                             4  26  10  62
Stanley Stasica, Rockford (H.S.)                4  23  15  61
Ralph Hooker, Paris                             4  22  12  56
Bob Wallin, Rockford (H.S.)                     4  15  14  44
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia               4  16   9  41
Norman Anderson, Rockford (H.S.)                4  15   6  36
Sam Mooney, Centralia                           4  14   7  35
Harry Durham, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)      4  14   7  35
George Heil, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)       4  12   8  32
Eddie Armstrong, Champaign (H.S.)               2  11   7  29

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Floyd Henson, Paris                          6-1    Sr.    
Kenneth Polivka, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      5-11   Sr.    
Eugene Speck, Rockford (H.S.)                6-0    Jr.    
Stanley Stasica, Rockford (H.S.)             5-10   Sr.    
Bob Wallin, Rockford (H.S.)                  6-4    Jr.

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