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1954 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1953 — 1955

Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Al Avant, Don Richards, Larry Whitlock, Fred Deichman, Goff Thompson. Second row: Coach Harold Hutchins, Kim Driggers, Gale Gruend, George Mendenall, Jerry Clark, Gene Bookman.

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 61, Danville (H.S.) 54
Moline (H.S.) 70, Rockford (East) 53
Harvey (Thornton) 83, Toledo (Cumberland) 59
Pinckneyville 43, Springfield (H.S.) 37
Quincy (Sr.) 64, Princeton 60
Chicago (DuSable) 87, Bowen 64
Barrington 57, Litchfield 38
Edwardsville (H.S.) 60, Peoria (H.S.) 54
Quarterfinals
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 73, Moline (H.S.) 59
Pinckneyville 61, Harvey (Thornton) 47
Chicago (DuSable) 80, Quincy (Sr.) 66
Edwardsville (H.S.) 59, Barrington 57 (OT)
Semifinals
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 70, Pinckneyville 44
Chicago (DuSable) 89, Edwardsville (H.S.) 73
Third Place
Pinckneyville 54, Edwardsville (H.S.) 42
Final
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 76, Chicago (DuSable) 70

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Harold Hutchins          29-3   1400
2  Chicago (DuSable)           Jim Brown                31-2   2092
3  Pinckneyville               Merrill "Duster" Thomas  33-3    420
4  Edwardsville (H.S.)         Joe Lucco                28-7    791
   Barrington                  Harold Gaffney           28-2    475
   Harvey (Thornton)           Thomas Nisbet            24-7   2800
   Moline (H.S.)               Jack Foley               24-6   1175
   Quincy (Sr.)                George Latham            26-3   1025
   Bowen                       Jim Lewis                30-3     90
   Danville (H.S.)             Art Mathisen             21-9   1706
   Litchfield                  Bob Horton               28-5    418
   Peoria (H.S.)               Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins   23-6   1280
   Princeton                   Don Sheffer              28-4    400
   Rockford (East)             James Laude              23-3   1461
   Springfield (H.S.)          Herb Scheffler          10-19   1450
   Toledo (Cumberland)         William Waldrip          30-3    300

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Shellie McMillon, Chicago (DuSable)             4  41  13  95
Charlie Brown, Chicago (DuSable)                4  40  13  93
Al Avant, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                     4  28  27  83
Bob Gregor, Edwardsville (H.S.)                 4  30  19  79
Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable)               4  33  10  76
Don Ohl, Edwardsville (H.S.)                    4  24  20  68
Don Richards, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                 4  22  14  58
Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville                     4  25   7  57
Tom Payne, Quincy (Sr.)                         2  22  12  56
Larry Whitlock, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)               4  18  19  55

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Charlie Brown, Chicago (DuSable)             6-2    Sr.    
Bob Gregor, Edwardsville (H.S.)              6-3    Sr.    
Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable)            6-0    Sr.    
Don Ohl, Edwardsville (H.S.)                 6-2    Sr.    
Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville                  6-5    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  LaGrange (Lyons)                        19-1
 2  Pinckneyville                           25-2
 3  Quincy (Sr.)                            20-2
 4  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       20-3
 5  Litchfield                              23-4
 6  Rockford (East)                         19-2
 7  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)                  18-2
 8  Moline (H.S.)                           18-5
 9  Peoria (H.S.)                           18-5
10  Barrington                              22-1
11  Mt. Carmel                              21-3
12  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     21-5
13  Ottawa (Twp.)                           21-5
14  Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)            20-4
15  Peoria (Woodruff)                       18-3
16  Centralia

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