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1952 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1951 — 1953

Hebron (Alden-H.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Ken Spooner, Paul Judson, Coach Russ Ahearn, Bill Schulz, Phil Judson, Don Wilbrandt. Second row: Jim Bergin, Jim Wilbrandt, Joe Schmidt, Clayton Ihrke, Bill Thayer.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 57, Kankakee (Sr.) 56 (OT)
Pinckneyville 56, Chicago (Roosevelt) 44
Taylorville 82, Peoria (Manual) 64
Quincy (Sr.) 74, Freeport (H.S.) 68
Hebron (Alden-H.) 55, Champaign (H.S.) 46
Lawrenceville 63, Madison 61
Jacksonville (H.S.) 57, Ottawa (Twp.) 47
Rock Island (H.S.) 56, Harvey (Thornton) 35
Quarterfinals
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 55, Pinckneyville 51
Quincy (Sr.) 69, Taylorville 64
Hebron (Alden-H.) 65, Lawrenceville 55
Rock Island (H.S.) 61, Jacksonville (H.S.) 49
Semifinals
Quincy (Sr.) 54, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 51
Hebron (Alden-H.) 64, Rock Island (H.S.) 56
Third Place
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 71, Rock Island (H.S.) 70
Final
Hebron (Alden-H.) 64, Quincy (Sr.) 59 (OT)

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Hebron (Alden-H.)           Russ Ahearn              34-1     98
2  Quincy (Sr.)                George Latham            28-5   1035
3  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Stanley Changnon         32-4   1200
4  Rock Island (H.S.)          Wilbur Allen             25-6   1209
   Jacksonville (H.S.)         John Chapman             22-8    800
   Lawrenceville               Joe Fearheiley           20-9    580
   Pinckneyville               Merrill "Duster" Thomas  27-4    450
   Taylorville                 Robert Lyons             28-2    650
   Champaign (H.S.)            Harold Jester            23-7    763
   Chicago (Roosevelt)         Samuel Edelcup           23-4   2400
   Freeport (H.S.)             Harry Kinert             23-4   1008
   Harvey (Thornton)           Thomas Nisbet            25-4   3233
   Kankakee (Sr.)              Earl Jones              15-14    695
   Madison                     Francis Dant             28-5    370
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Gil Love                 25-4    765
   Peoria (Manual)             Stu Becker               20-9   1283

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Bruce Brothers, Quincy (Sr.)                    4  34  23  91
Gerald Hansen, Rock Island (H.S.)               4  34   6  74
Bill Schulz, Hebron (Alden-H.)                  4  29   7  65
Paul Judson, Hebron (Alden-H.)                  4  21  17  59
Merrell Clark, Rock Island (H.S.)               4  22  13  57
Jim Stokes, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                   4  20  14  54
Don Wilbrandt, Hebron (Alden-H.)                4  19  14  52
Mose Stokes, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                  4  19  13  51
Jack Gower, Quincy (Sr.)                        4  19  10  48
Richard Thompson, Quincy (Sr.)                  4  17  13  47

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Bruce Brothers, Quincy (Sr.)                 6-5    Sr.    
Carl Cain, Freeport (H.S.)                   6-2    Sr.    
Gerald Hansen, Rock Island (H.S.)            6-4    Sr.    
Paul Judson, Hebron (Alden-H.)               6-3    Sr.    
Bill Ridley, Taylorville                     5-7    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Hebron                                  26-1
 2  Centralia                               25-2
 3  Rockford (West)                         18-1
 4  Danville (H.S.)                         21-2
 5  Quincy (Sr.)                            20-4
 6  Harvey (Thornton)                       20-3
 7  Collinsville                            20-3
 8  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       24-3
 9  Taylorville                             22-1
10  Moline (H.S.)                           20-4
11  Freeport (H.S.)                         18-3
12  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)                  16-2
13  Gillespie                               23-3
14  DePue                                   24-2
15  Robinson                                22-2
16  Rockford (East)

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