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1953 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1952 — 1954

LaGrange (Lyons)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Leon McRae, Joel McRae, Ted Caiazza, Robert Caffey, D. Williams, Harold Caffey. Second row: S. Heeter, J. Pendexter, R. DeSantis, R. Blake, W. Kennedy, J. Groeser, Coach Sloan. Third row: Nate Smith, P. Brooks, Charles Sedgwick, Joe Lawlor, Willard Johnston, Manager J. O’Donnell.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
LaGrange (Lyons) 85, Chicago (DuSable) 68
Decatur (St. Teresa) 54, Canton 52
Pinckneyville 48, DeKalb 42
Jacksonville (H.S.) 57, Hillsboro 52 (OT)
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 67, Elgin (H.S.) 64
Peoria (H.S.) 81, Highland 53
Ottawa (Twp.) 80, Rock Island (H.S.) 66
Danville (Schlarman) 73, Lawrenceville 65
Quarterfinals
LaGrange (Lyons) 75, Decatur (St. Teresa) 43
Pinckneyville 58, Jacksonville (H.S.) 57
Peoria (H.S.) 70, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 68
Danville (Schlarman) 56, Ottawa (Twp.) 43
Semifinals
LaGrange (Lyons) 78, Pinckneyville 65
Peoria (H.S.) 66, Danville (Schlarman) 58
Third Place
Pinckneyville 71, Danville (Schlarman) 42
Final
LaGrange (Lyons) 72, Peoria (H.S.) 60

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  LaGrange (Lyons)            Greg Sloan               29-0   1950
2  Peoria (H.S.)               Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins   29-4   1250
3  Pinckneyville               Merrill "Duster" Thomas  33-3    440
4  Danville (Schlarman)        Paul Shebby              28-3    240
   Decatur (St. Teresa)        Joe Venturi              28-4    408
   Jacksonville (H.S.)         John Chapman             26-4    820
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Gil Love                 20-3    818
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Ed Migielicz            14-16    750
   Canton                      Frank Whitman            21-8    840
   Chicago (DuSable)           Arthur Scher             27-3   2231
   DeKalb                      George Dertinger         22-7    609
   Elgin (H.S.)                Bill Chesbrough          18-9   1160
   Highland                    Ed Hilbert               23-9    312
   Hillsboro                   Bill Connors            12-17    470
   Lawrenceville               Joe Fearheiley           22-7    588
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Wilbur Allen             22-7   1250

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Ted Caiazza, LaGrange (Lyons)                   4  50  21 121
Hiles Stout, Peoria (H.S.)                      4  40  28 108
Tony Davis, Danville (Schlarman)                4  35  19  89
Joel McRae, LaGrange (Lyons)                    4  27  11  65
Ron Pursell, 2 schools                          4  23  19  65
Hal Douglas, Peoria (H.S.)                      4  20  23  63
Bob Quillman, Pinckneyville                     4  20  16  56
Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville                     4  17  15  49
Jim Williams, Danville (Schlarman)              4  19   7  45
Ed Harrell, Jacksonville (H.S.)                 2  16  12  44

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Ted Caiazza, LaGrange (Lyons)                6-7    Jr.    
Tony Davis, Danville (Schlarman)             6-8    Sr.    
Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable)            6-0    Jr.    
Joel McRae, LaGrange (Lyons)                 6-4    Sr.    
Hiles Stout, Peoria (H.S.)                   6-4    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Kankakee (Sr.)                          23-0
 2  Pinckneyville                           25-2
 3  LaGrange (Lyons)                        20-0
 4  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     22-4
 5  Ottawa (Twp.)                           24-2
 6  Collinsville                            20-3
 7  East St. Louis (Sr.)                    19-4
 8  Rockford (West)                         15-4
 9  Peoria (H.S.)                           21-3
10  Danville (Schlarman)                    21-1
11  Rock Island (H.S.)                      17-6
12  Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)            15-3
13  Harrisburg                              21-5
14  Springfield (Lanphier)                  24-2
15  Jacksonville (H.S.)                     20-3
16  Centralia

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