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1945 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1944 — 1946

Decatur (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Ralph Rutherford, Bob Doster, George Riley, Bob Neuendorf, John Malerich, Tom Krigbaum. Top row: Bob Stauber, Bob Hoyt, Coach Gay Kinter, Jim Arnold, Bob Kurek.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Somonauk 44, Carbondale 35
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 46
Quincy (Sr.) 46, Springfield (H.S.) 38
Peoria (H.S.) 38, Flora 36
Galesburg (H.S.) 45, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 42
Decatur (H.S.) 77, Collinsville 45
Elgin (H.S.) 44, Rockford (East) 39
Moline (H.S.) 35, Chicago (Senn) 32
Quarterfinals
Champaign (H.S.) 77, Somonauk 28
Quincy (Sr.) 54, Peoria (H.S.) 46
Decatur (H.S.) 73, Galesburg (H.S.) 72 (OT)
Moline (H.S.) 41, Elgin (H.S.) 39
Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 50, Quincy (Sr.) 32
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Moline (H.S.) 46
Third Place
Quincy (Sr.) 49, Moline (H.S.) 47
Final
Decatur (H.S.) 62, Champaign (H.S.) 54

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner              37-2   1980
2  Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             34-2    700
3  Quincy (Sr.)                Derrick Bush             28-5   1015
4  Moline (H.S.)               George Senneff           20-7   1040
   Elgin (H.S.)                John Krafft              19-4   1600
   Galesburg (H.S.)            Gerald Phillips          24-3    981
   Peoria (H.S.)               John Noppenberger        22-5   1038
   Somonauk                    Bill Randles             31-7     88
   Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Jim Vopicka              21-6   4800
   Carbondale                  O.K. Bowen              14-19    401
   Chicago (Senn)              Harry Leighton           25-5   4200
   Collinsville                D.K. Darling             26-9    790
   Flora                       Bert Dancey             16-11    416
   Rockford (East)             James Laude              24-3   1500
   Springfield (H.S.)          Mark Peterman           15-10   1600
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Harlan Hodges            33-5    837

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Bob Doster, Decatur (H.S.)                      4  41  14  96
George Riley, Decatur (H.S.)                    4  40  13  93
Dwight Humphrey, Moline (H.S.)                  4  25  13  63
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.)                     4  26  10  62
Dick Heitholt, Quincy (Sr.)                     4  22  16  60
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.)                4  19  11  49
Ed Jawoisz, Moline (H.S.)                       4  18  11  47
Don Bickhaus, Quincy (Sr.)                      4  18   7  43
Auris McGee, Quincy (Sr.)                       4  16   7  39
Ralph Rutherford, Decatur (H.S.)                4  15   9  39

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jesse Clements, Champaign (H.S.)             6-1    Sr.    
Bob Doster, Decatur (H.S.)                   6-1    Sr.    
Dwight Humphrey, Moline (H.S.)               5-8    Sr.    
Ray McClure, Galesburg (H.S.)                5-11   Sr.    
George Riley, Decatur (H.S.)                 6-7    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Champaign (H.S.)                        26-1
 2  Decatur (H.S.)                          30-2
 3  Rockford (East)                         19-2
 4  West Frankfort (Frankfort)              28-4
 5  Galesburg (H.S.)                        18-2
 6  Taylorville                             26-5
 7  Elgin (H.S.)                            13-3
 8  Riverside (R.-Brookfield)               20-3
 9  Paris                                   27-5
10  Moline (H.S.)                           13-5
11  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)                  16-5
12  Pinckneyville                           27-5
13  Waukegan (H.S.)                         17-5
14  Alton (Sr.)                             24-3
15  Peoria (H.S.)                           16-4
16  Danville (H.S.)                         
16  Robinson

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