IHSA's March Madness -- 1942 Boys

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1942 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1941 — 1943

Centralia
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Bernard Schifferdecker, Bob Wham, Fred Pearson, Dwight Eddleman, Farrell Robinson, Jim Seyler. Top row: Bill Davis, Farrell Benefiel, Coach A. L. Trout, Manager Harry Lutz, Harry Fortney, Jim Edgar, Virgil Krutsinger.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Paris 64, Urbana (H.S.) 40
Streator (Twp.) 45, Normal (Community) 34
Decatur (H.S.) 53, Dixon (H.S.) 37
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 47, Springfield (Cathedral) 32
Centralia 42, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 28
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 35, Chicago (Lindblom) 19
Freeport (H.S.) 42, Moline (H.S.) 24
Olney (H.S.) 47, Quincy (Sr.) 40
Quarterfinals
Paris 43, Streator (Twp.) 32
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 49, Decatur (H.S.) 45
Centralia 31, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 29
Freeport (H.S.) 29, Olney (H.S.) 24
Semifinals
Paris 28, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 21
Centralia 45, Freeport (H.S.) 42
Third Place
Freeport (H.S.) 31, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 30
Final
Centralia 35, Paris 33

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Centralia                   Arthur Trout             34-6   1300
2  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            39-1    668
3  Freeport (H.S.)             Merritt Allen            16-9   1057
4  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Norm Ziebell             22-6   5506
   Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner              32-5   2374
   Olney (H.S.)                Frank Newton             28-5    502
   Streator (Twp.)             Lowell "Pops" Dale       31-2   1100
   Wood River (East Alton-W.R. Charles Summers          32-3   1050
   Chicago (Lindblom)          Maurice Sirwyn           17-5   5018
   Dixon (H.S.)                Len Sharpe               19-5    720
   Moline (H.S.)               Roger Potter             21-6   1308
   Normal (Community)          Ralph "Hap" Arends      17-12    468
   Quincy (Sr.)                Harold Hunt              23-4   1300
   Springfield (Cathedral)     Jack Fabri               27-4    291
   Urbana (H.S.)               Lew Stephens            19-13    833
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Stanley Changnon         28-6   1070

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia               4  30  12  72
Gerry Dirksen, Freeport (H.S.)                  4  23  13  59
Nate Middleton, Paris                           4  24   4  52
Dave Humerickhouse, Paris                       4  13  19  45
Joe Malecek, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)             4  19   7  45
Eddie Root, Decatur (H.S.)                      2  16   4  36
Hal Craig, Decatur (H.S.)                       2  13   6  32
Ben Kristal, Streator (Twp.)                    2  13   1  27
Fred Ploegman, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)           4  11   5  27
Farrell Robinson, Centralia                     4   9   9  27
Charles Cuda, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)            4  11   5  27

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Gerry Dirksen, Freeport (H.S.)               6-2    Sr.    
Earl Dodd, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)      6-5    Sr.    
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia            6-2    Sr.    
Nate Middleton, Paris                        5-9    Sr.    
Charles Tourek, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)       6-2    Sr.

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