March Madness Record Book

1956 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1955 — 1957

Rockford (West)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Rockford (West)             Alex Saudargas           28-1   1560
2  Edwardsville (H.S.)         Joe Lucco                28-6    889
3  Chicago (Dunbar)            Erwin "Dutch" Rittmeyer  29-4   2102
4  Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest Harry Kinert             18-9   2480
   Peoria (H.S.)               Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins   25-5   1550
   Quincy (Sr.)                George Latham            27-6   1100
   Rantoul                     Carlos Van Auron         23-8    400
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  George Iubelt           21-11    754
   Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Bert Moore               18-2       
   Effingham (St. Anthony)     Jim Belz                 29-2       
   Galesburg (H.S.)            John Thiel               26-3       
   LaSalle (L.-Peru)           Gene Vance               20-7       
   Pinckneyville               Merrill "Duster" Thomas  29-4       
   Springfield (Lanphier)      Arlyn Lober              22-7       
   Taylorville                 Robert Lyons            13-17       
   Winnetka (New Trier)        Charles Lauer            18-8       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
John Wessels, Rockford (West)                   4  42      23 107
Mannie Jackson, Edwardsville (H.S.)             4  40      14  94
Govoner Vaughn, Edwardsville (H.S.)             4  39      14  92
Mel Davis, Chicago (Dunbar)                     4  40      10  90
Alphra Saunders, Chicago (Dunbar)               4  28      17  73
Roger Horsky, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)      4  19      15  53
Don Slaughter, Rockford (West)                  4  21      11  53
Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West)                  4  18      14  50
Joe Comeford, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)      4  16      13  45
Charles Dixon, Chicago (Dunbar)                 4  17       9  43
Rod Hartless, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)      4  18       7  43

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West)               6-7    Jr.    
Mannie Jackson, Edwardsville (H.S.)          6-2    Jr.    
Don Slaughter, Rockford (West)               6-3    Jr.    
Govoner Vaughn, Edwardsville (H.S.)          6-3    Jr.    
John Wessels, Rockford (West)                6-7    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Rockford (West)                         19-1
 2  Herrin (H.S.)                           24-2
 3  Galesburg (H.S.)                        21-2
 4  Pinckneyville                           24-3
 5  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     20-5
 6  Peoria (H.S.)                           19-4
 7  Moline (H.S.)                           17-6
 8  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       19-5
 9  Lincoln                                 21-2
10  Rock Island (H.S.)                      16-7
11  Shawneetown                             26-0
12  Quincy (Sr.)                            21-5
13  Salem                                   21-4
14  Collinsville                            20-6
15  LaSalle (L.-Peru)                       
16  Joliet (Catholic Academy)