IHSA's March Madness -- 1940 Boys

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1940 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1939 — 1941

Granite City
State Champions
Left to right: Coach Byron Bozarth, John Markarian, Sam Mouradian, Ed Hoff, Evon Parsaghian, George Gates, Andy Phillip, Andy Hagopian, Danny Eftimoff, Ebbie Mueller, Harold Brown, Everett Daniels, Coach Leonard Davis.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Champaign (H.S.) 44, Chicago (Crane) 25
Salem 55, Beardstown 29
Herrin (H.S.) 30, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 25
Paris 36, Taylorville 35 (OT)
Moline (H.S.) 28, Casey 23
Lewistown 31, Hebron 30
Dundee 72, Rushville 47
Granite City 45, Streator (Twp.) 31
Quarterfinals
Champaign (H.S.) 34, Salem 30
Herrin (H.S.) 29, Paris 22
Moline (H.S.) 49, Lewistown 32
Granite City 35, Dundee 30
Semifinals
Herrin (H.S.) 21, Champaign (H.S.) 17
Granite City 41, Moline (H.S.) 38
Third Place
Moline (H.S.) 51, Champaign (H.S.) 33
Final
Granite City 24, Herrin (H.S.) 22

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Granite City                Byron Bozarth            29-5   1580
2  Herrin (H.S.)               Russell Emery            23-8    900
3  Moline (H.S.)               Roger Potter             21-6   1176
4  Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             26-8    996
   Dundee                      Eugene DeLacey           25-3    448
   Lewistown                   George Dertinger         27-5    355
   Paris                       Ernie Eveland            31-6    716
   Salem                       Mike Lenich              29-6    664
   Beardstown                  L.M. "Nick" Carter       26-7    550
   Casey                       Glen Rose                20-9    320
   Chicago (Crane)             Samuel Edelcup           16-4   5832
   Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Cecil Sarff              20-3   1836
   Hebron                      A.E. Willett             30-2    101
   Rushville                   Robert Wixom             26-7    332
   Streator (Twp.)             Lowell "Pops" Dale       22-9   1150
   Taylorville                 Dolph Stanley           21-11    694

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Andy Phillip, Granite City                      4  19  15  53
Dallas Lillich, Herrin (H.S.)                   4  14  16  44
Fred Campbell, Herrin (H.S.)                    4  16   9  41
Bob Johnson, Moline (H.S.)                      4  15   6  36
Ken Menke, Dundee                               2  15   3  33
Dave Brasmer, Moline (H.S.)                     4  15   3  33
Sidney McAllister, Champaign (H.S.)             4  13   4  30
Andy Hagopian, Granite City                     4  13   4  30
George Gages, Granite City                      4  13   4  30
Clarence Massier, Dundee                        2   9   8  26
Evon Parsaghian, Granite City                   4  10   6  26
John Tarrant, Champaign (H.S.)                  4  13   0  26
Jack Turner, Moline (H.S.)                      4   9   8  26

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Fred Campbell, Herrin (H.S.)                 6-0    Sr.    
George Gages, Granite City                          
Dallas Lillich, Herrin (H.S.)                       
Ken Menke, Dundee                            6-2    Sr.    
Andy Phillip, Granite City                   6-1    Sr.

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