IHSA's March Madness -- 1957 Boys

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1957 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1956 — 1958

Herrin (H.S.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Willie Williams, Bart Lindsey, John Hendricks, Richard Box, Jerry Miller, Coach Earl Lee. Second row: Assistant Coach Hutchinson, Steve Heard, Ivan Jefferson, John Tidwell, Kenneth Finney, Jim Gualdoni.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Champaign (H.S.) 57, Maroa (M.-Forsyth) 56
Ottawa (Twp.) 58, Pekin 56 (2 OT)
Galesburg (H.S.) 60, Freeport (H.S.) 47
Collinsville 76, Charleston 57
Herrin (H.S.) 57, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 44
Elgin (H.S.) 53, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 52
Evanston (Twp.) 67, Chicago (Crane) 60
Quincy (Notre Dame) 65, Springfield (H.S.) 53
Quarterfinals
Ottawa (Twp.) 54, Champaign (H.S.) 51
Collinsville 61, Galesburg (H.S.) 59
Herrin (H.S.) 66, Elgin (H.S.) 60
Quincy (Notre Dame) 70, Evanston (Twp.) 63
Semifinals
Collinsville 69, Ottawa (Twp.) 61
Herrin (H.S.) 68, Quincy (Notre Dame) 47
Third Place
Ottawa (Twp.) 65, Quincy (Notre Dame) 64 (OT)
Final
Herrin (H.S.) 45, Collinsville 42

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Herrin (H.S.)               Earl Lee                 31-2    690
2  Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          34-1   1350
3  Ottawa (Twp.)               Gil Love                 29-6    993
4  Quincy (Notre Dame)         Gene Runde               30-4    600
   Champaign (H.S.)            Lee Cabutti              24-6   1000
   Elgin (H.S.)                Bill Chesbrough          27-1   1400
   Evanston (Twp.)             Jack Burmaster           21-4   2850
   Galesburg (H.S.)            John Thiel               23-7   1194
   Charleston                  Merv Baker               27-5       
   Chicago (Crane)             Sid Novak                23-5       
   Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Bert Moore               22-2       
   Freeport (H.S.)             Ron Norman              16-10       
   Maroa (M.-Forsyth)          Herman Edwards           29-3       
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Harold Hutchins         17-12       
   Pekin                       Bob Cain                 24-5       
   Springfield (H.S.)          Ray Page                19-12

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Terry Bethel, Collinsville                      4  35  43 113
Roger Trimpe, Quincy (Notre Dame)               4  23  25  71
Francis Clements, Ottawa (Twp.)                 4  21  28  70
John Tidwell, Herrin (H.S.)                     4  27  14  68
Bill Kurz, Quincy (Notre Dame)                  4  23  20  66
Dave Tremaine, Evanston (Twp.)                  2  22  15  59
Tom Jackson, Collinsville                       4  23   7  53
John Flynn, Quincy (Notre Dame)                 4  23   7  53
Ralph Lindeman, Ottawa (Twp.)                   4  17  17  51
Richard Box, Herrin (H.S.)                      4  17  14  48

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Terry Bethel, Collinsville                   6-7    Sr.    
Francis Clements, Ottawa (Twp.)              5-11   Jr.    
Gary Kane, Elgin (H.S.)                      6-4    Sr.    
John Tidwell, Herrin (H.S.)                  6-4    Sr.    
Dave Tremaine, Evanston (Twp.)               6-1    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Collinsville                            21-0
 2  Elgin (H.S.)                            21-0
 3  Herrin (H.S.)                           22-2
 4  Pinckneyville                           25-2
 5  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)            22-1
 6  Rock Island (H.S.)                      21-2
 7  East Peoria                             21-2
 8  Pekin                                   19-4
 9  Rock Island (Alleman)                   24-3
10  Springfield (Lanphier)                  20-3
11  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                25-0
12  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 25-1
13  West Frankfort (Frankfort)              19-5
14  Bloomington (H.S.)                      20-4
15  Paris                                   25-?

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