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1941 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1940 — 1942

Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Manager Robert Yonko, Charles Cuda, Fred Ploegman, Chester Strumillo, Ray Leitner, Robert Hoffman, Robert Soucek. Back row: Trainer Ben Shack, Frank Hulka, Edward osyka, Joe Demokovich, Arnold Laver, Joe Grove, Joe Novotny, Charles Tourek, Coach Norman A. Ziebell.

Box Scores of All Games
Quarterfinal Tournament [at Centralia]
Carbondale 27, Mattoon 25
Centralia 45, Paris 24
No third-place game was played at this site.
Centralia 54, Carbondale 20
Quarterfinal Tournament [at Elgin (H.S.)]
Waterman 27, Freeport (H.S.) 12
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 46, Rockford (East) 32
Freeport (H.S.) 29, Rockford (East) 27
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 39, Waterman 25
Quarterfinal Tournament [at Pekin]
Canton 40, Streator (Twp.) 22
Sterling (H.S.) 50, Athens 21
Athens 46, Streator (Twp.) 35
Canton 29, Sterling (H.S.) 28
Quarterfinal Tournament [at Springfield [Armory]]
Urbana (H.S.) 44, Collinsville 36
Pittsfield 29, Springfield (Feitshans) 19
Collinsville 44, Springfield (Feitshans) 28
Urbana (H.S.) 50, Pittsfield 30
Semifinals
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 30, Centralia 29
Urbana (H.S.) 39, Canton 38 (OT)
Third Place
Centralia 67, Canton 37
Final
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 32, Urbana (H.S.) 31

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Norm Ziebell             23-4   5900
2  Urbana (H.S.)               Lew Stephens            22-11    820
3  Centralia                   Arthur Trout             44-2   1278
4  Canton                      Willard Larson           25-4    980
   Athens                      Dean Carter              28-9    150
   Carbondale                  Frank Bridges           19-11    471
   Collinsville                Allen Metternick         23-7    890
   Freeport (H.S.)             Merritt Allen            16-9   1136
   Mattoon                     Burchard Horton          20-5    683
   Paris                       Ernie Eveland            31-4    720
   Pittsfield                  Greg Sloan               24-8    375
   Rockford (East)             James Laude              18-7   1746
   Springfield (Feitshans)     Leo Duke                 22-9    958
   Sterling (H.S.)             Curt Brandau             24-3    616
   Streator (Twp.)             Lowell "Pops" Dale      21-10   1091
   Waterman                    Joe Hartley              29-3    109

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Fred Green, Urbana (H.S.)                       4  40   7  87
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia               4  36   9  81
Bob Conner, Canton                              4  18   5  41
Chester Strumillo, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)       4  17   7  41
Jack Klosterman, Centralia                      4  16   8  40
Ray Leitner, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)             4  15  10  40
George Tomilanovich, Canton                     4  13   7  33
Joseph Demkovich, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)        4  11  10  32
Robert Michael, Centralia                       4   8   9  25
Elwin Duhm, Sterling (H.S.)                     2   9   6  24
Ed Pschirrer, Canton                            4  10   4  24

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia            6-2    Jr.    
Fred Green, Urbana (H.S.)                    6-6    Sr.    
Robert Michael, Centralia                    5-10   Sr.    
Ed Pschirrer, Canton                         5-9    Sr.    
Chester Strumillo, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)    5-11   Sr.

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