IHSA's March Madness -- 1943 Boys

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1943 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1942 — 1944

Paris
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Bob Cochran, John Cychol, Chester Dahlgren, Leo (Nick) Swinford, Don Blair. Second row: Paul Pederson, Gordon Taylor, Dick Foley, Del Glover, Max Norman, Dave Humrickhouse, Coach Ernie W. Eveland.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Elgin (H.S.) 60, Rockford (West) 56
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 55, Pekin 49
Moline (H.S.) 45, Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 30
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 55, Decatur (H.S.) 39
Salem 49, Canton 47
Champaign (H.S.) 33, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Paris 74, Joliet (Twp.) 40
Chicago (Kelvyn Park) 45, Kewanee (H.S.) 30
Quarterfinals
Elgin (H.S.) 44, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 40
Moline (H.S.) 39, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 37
Salem 49, Champaign (H.S.) 46 (OT)
Paris 45, Chicago (Kelvyn Park) 34
Semifinals
Moline (H.S.) 45, Elgin (H.S.) 39
Paris 53, Salem 50
Third Place
Salem 69, Elgin (H.S.) 58
Final
Paris 46, Moline (H.S.) 37

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            36-2    678
2  Moline (H.S.)               Roger Potter             24-4   1266
3  Salem                       Quinn Constanz           25-8    650
4  Elgin (H.S.)                John Krafft              20-5   1649
   Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             25-6    903
   Chicago (Kelvyn Park)       Phil Brownstein          23-2   2037
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Stanley Changnon         28-5    905
   Wood River (East Alton-W.R. Charles Summers          25-5   1050
   Anna (A.-Jonesboro)         Paul Houghton            20-9    526
   Canton                      Willard Larson           25-3    843
   Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner              28-7   2307
   Joliet (Twp.)               Ralph Potter            14-11   2850
   Kewanee (H.S.)              Helmut Brockman          21-5    681
   Pekin                       Jim "Red" Lewis         18-12   1183
   Quincy (Sr.)                Harold Hunt              14-8   1183
   Rockford (West)             Ed Willett               16-5   1550

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Roy Gatewood, Salem                             4  37  22  96
Bob Morton, Elgin (H.S.)                        4  25  10  60
Gordon Taylor, Paris                            4  25   4  54
Bob Menke, Elgin (H.S.)                         4  19  13  51
Frank DeMeyer, Moline (H.S.)                    4  20  10  50
Dean White, Salem                               4  16  13  45
Delbert Glover, Paris                           4  19   5  43
Cliff Nelson, Elgin (H.S.)                      4  15  10  40
Cal Anders, Moline (H.S.)                       4  17   6  40
Dave Humerickhouse, Paris                       4  15   7  37

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Cal Anders, Moline (H.S.)                    6-2    Sr.    
Frank DeMeyer, Moline (H.S.)                 6-0    Sr.    
Dick Foley, Paris                            5-11   Sr.    
Roy Gatewood, Salem                          6-3    Sr.    
Bill Hall, Moline (H.S.)                     6-2    Sr.    
Dave Humerickhouse, Paris                    6-2    Sr.    
John McCrudden, Rockford (West)              6-2    Sr.

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