IHSA's March Madness -- 1959 Boys

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1959 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1958 — 1960

Springfield (H.S.)
State Champions
Left to right: Nils Olson, Stan Merrick, Tom Frick, George Mathis, Bob Plohr, Tom Cole, Coach Ray Page, Charles Shauger, Lee Pelham, Ed Market, Eddie Greenberg, Lynn Neff, Bob Farris, Jim Wieties.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Madison 83, Centralia 69
Waukegan (H.S.) 63, Chicago (Marshall) 62
Springfield (H.S.) 73, Macomb 39
Peoria (H.S.) 70, Ottawa (Twp.) 47
Aurora (West) 71, Harvey (Thornton) 58
Rantoul 66, Taylorville 61
Herrin (H.S.) 62, Benton 50
Galesburg (H.S.) 65, Rockford (West) 49
Quarterfinals
Waukegan (H.S.) 62, Madison 50
Springfield (H.S.) 60, Peoria (H.S.) 53
Aurora (West) 71, Rantoul 62
Galesburg (H.S.) 73, Herrin (H.S.) 69
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 64, Waukegan (H.S.) 40
Aurora (West) 74, Galesburg (H.S.) 61
Third Place
Galesburg (H.S.) 78, Waukegan (H.S.) 66
Final
Springfield (H.S.) 60, Aurora (West) 52

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Springfield (H.S.)          Ray Page                 33-1   1563
2  Aurora (West)               Dick Dorsey              22-7   1563
3  Galesburg (H.S.)            John Thiel               29-2   1315
4  Waukegan (H.S.)             Charles Reid             21-7   2600
   Herrin (H.S.)               Bob Hutchison            31-2    680
   Madison                     Charles Mueller         16-12    570
   Peoria (H.S.)               Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins   27-4   1350
   Rantoul                     Bob Kidd                 32-1    686
   Benton                      Ralph Davison           20-13       
   Centralia                   Jim Evers                24-6       
   Chicago (Marshall)          Isadore "Spin" Salario   25-4       
   Harvey (Thornton)           Bill Purden              27-3       
   Macomb                      Bill Heerde              23-5       
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Gil Love                 24-8       
   Rockford (West)             Bob King                 17-8       
   Taylorville                 Al Sherline              24-7

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Bill Small, Aurora (West)                       4  40  23 103
Tom Cole, Springfield (H.S.)                    4  35  20  90
Dick Nixon, Waukegan (H.S.)                     4  28  20  76
Dave Cox, Galesburg (H.S.)                      4  24  19  67
Lawrence "Bumpy" Nixon, 2 schools               4  24  18  66
George Mathis, Springfield (H.S.)               4  21  24  66
Andy Hankins, Waukegan (H.S.)                   4  15  29  59
Larry Secor, Aurora (West)                      4  15  19  49
John Schwenk, Aurora (West)                     4  15  15  45
Fred Riddle, 2 schools                          2  13  16  42

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Tom Cole, Springfield (H.S.)                 6-7    Sr.    
Ken Doughty, Herrin (H.S.)                   6-0    Sr.    
Richard Nichols, Galesburg (H.S.)            6-1    Sr.    
Dick Nixon, Waukegan (H.S.)                  5-10   Sr.    
Bill Small, Aurora (West)                    6-2    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Galesburg (H.S.)                        21-1
 2  Herrin (H.S.)                           25-1
 3  Springfield (H.S.)                      24-1
 4  Peoria (H.S.)                           21-3
 5  Alton (Sr.)                             26-1
 6  Shabbona                                29-0
 7  Rantoul                                 26-0
 8  Hinsdale (Twp.)                         16-2
 9  Harvey (Thornton)                       22-2
10  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                21-1
11  Waukegan (H.S.)                         14-5
12  Centralia                               19-5
13  Pinckneyville                           21-3
14  Aurora (West)                           14-6
15  Rock Falls                              23-3

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