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1944 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1943 — 1945

Taylorville
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Joe McAdam, David Jones, John Orr, Ronald Bontemps, Donald Janssen, Jack Richards. Second row: Dean Duncan, Schultte Bishop, Francis Stahr, Dale Brown, Charles Noren, Bob Slaybaugh, Richard Wilson. Third row: Ralph Willison, Michael Ganey, Harold Parrish. Upper right-- Coach Dolph Stanley. Upper left-- Manager.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 55, Marseilles 34
Elgin (H.S.) 39, Pekin 38
Rockford (West) 71, Kankakee (Sr.) 22
Chicago (South Shore) 62, Quincy (Sr.) 38
Canton 47, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 39
Champaign (H.S.) 44, Mt. Carmel 32
Taylorville 52, East St. Louis (Sr.) 34
Kewanee (H.S.) 36, Paris 34
Quarterfinals
Elgin (H.S.) 65, Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 38
Chicago (South Shore) 39, Rockford (West) 33
Champaign (H.S.) 57, Canton 42
Taylorville 51, Kewanee (H.S.) 30
Semifinals
Elgin (H.S.) 48, Chicago (South Shore) 47
Taylorville 40, Champaign (H.S.) 36
Third Place
Chicago (South Shore) 52, Champaign (H.S.) 34
Final
Taylorville 56, Elgin (H.S.) 33

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Taylorville                 Dolph Stanley            45-0    566
2  Elgin (H.S.)                John Krafft              21-4   1573
3  Chicago (South Shore)       Tony Maffia              23-6   2225
4  Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             31-6    767
   Anna (A.-Jonesboro)         Paul Houghton            20-8    463
   Canton                      Willard Larson           25-5    765
   Kewanee (H.S.)              Helmut Brockman          24-6    675
   Rockford (West)             Milo Wilson              16-7   1544
   East St. Louis (Sr.)        Lewis "Pick" Dehner      31-8   1593
   Kankakee (Sr.)              Henry Holt              23-11    920
   Marseilles                  Ed Rashke                17-9    287
   Mt. Carmel                  Alva Taylor             13-12    436
   Paris                       Ernie Eveland            23-9    758
   Pekin                       Jim "Red" Lewis         22-11   1110
   Quincy (Sr.)                Glenn Smith              17-7   1128
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Harlan Hodges            23-9    874

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Paul Schnackenberg, Chicago (South Shore)       4  25  16  66
John Orr, Taylorville                           4  28   8  64
Dan Trahey, Chicago (South Shore)               4  21  19  61
Ronald Bontemps, Taylorville                    4  20   9  49
Jim Rager, Elgin (H.S.)                         4  20   6  46
Carroll Belcher, Anna (A.-Jonesboro)            2  18   9  45
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.)                4  18   6  42
Jack Burmaster, Elgin (H.S.)                    4  15   7  37
John Harr, Chicago (South Shore)                4  14   7  35
Howard Kugath, Elgin (H.S.)                     4  16   2  34

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Ronald Bontemps, Taylorville                 6-3    Sr.    
Jack Burmaster, Elgin (H.S.)                 6-2    Sr.    
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.)             6-1    Jr.    
John Orr, Taylorville                        6-2    Sr.    
Paul Schnackenberg, Chicago (South Shore)    5-11   Sr.

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