March Madness Record Book

1947 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1946 — 1948

Paris
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Collinsville 48, Flora 37
Pekin 54, Marseilles 47
Dundee 69, Springfield (H.S.) 47
Champaign (H.S.) 52, Murphysboro 39
Paris 70, Beardstown 33
Chicago (South Shore) 43, Galesburg (H.S.) 37
Kewanee (H.S.) 56, Rockford (East) 53
Pinckneyville 45, Aurora (East) 34
Quarterfinals
Pekin 42, Collinsville 41
Champaign (H.S.) 47, Dundee 45
Paris 49, Chicago (South Shore) 37
Pinckneyville 47, Kewanee (H.S.) 26
Semifinals
Champaign (H.S.) 73, Pekin 53
Paris 57, Pinckneyville 50
Third Place
Pinckneyville 47, Pekin 42
Final
Paris 58, Champaign (H.S.) 37

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            40-2    650
2  Champaign (H.S.)            Harry Combes             33-4    750
3  Pinckneyville               Merrill "Duster" Thomas  32-7    434
4  Pekin                       Jim "Red" Lewis          29-5   1300
   Chicago (South Shore)       Tony Maffia              24-3   1850
   Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          29-5    815
   Dundee                      Eugene DeLacey           29-3    412
   Kewanee (H.S.)              Helmut Brockman          28-3    713
   Aurora (East)               Cecil May                22-9   1235
   Beardstown                  L.M. "Nick" Carter       25-4    357
   Flora                       Bert Dancey              23-9    460
   Galesburg (H.S.)            Gerald Phillips         16-11   1073
   Marseilles                  John Allen               23-6    266
   Murphysboro                 E.L. Bencini             20-8    565
   Rockford (East)             James Laude              24-2   1500
   Springfield (H.S.)          Mark Peterman            22-8   1500

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Robert Owens, Paris                             4  29      14  72
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.)                     4  30       5  65
Bert Van Horn, Pekin                            4  15      19  49
Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville                    4  17      12  46
Charles Busby, Pekin                            4  16      13  45
Glen Vietor, Paris                              4  20       5  45
John Wilson, Paris                              4  15      13  43
Donald Williams, Pinckneyville                  4  16      10  42
Fred Major, Champaign (H.S.)                    4  16       9  41
Herbert Gerecke, Pekin                          4  17       6  40

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Ted Beach, Champaign (H.S.)                  6-2    Jr.    
Jake Fendley, Chicago (South Shore)          6-1    Jr.    
Frank Gladson, Pinckneyville                 5-10   So.    
Charles Grover, Dundee                       6-1    Jr.    
Robert Owens, Paris                          6-2    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Dundee                                  23-2
 2  Elgin (H.S.)                            17-1
 3  Rockford (East)                         19-1
 4  Paris                                   31-2
 5  Champaign (H.S.)                        26-3
 6  Rock Island (H.S.)                      17-6
 7  Kewanee (H.S.)                          22-2
 8  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)                  19-4
 9  Centralia                               28-6
10  Pekin                                   22-3
11  Collinsville                            23-4
12  Beardstown                              20-3
13  Rock Falls                              19-0
14  Waukegan (H.S.)                         23-3
15  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       22-7
16  DePue

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