March Madness Record Book
1944 Boys Statistical Recap
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Composite Team Totals
School G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Chicago (South Shore) 4 72 270 56 90 200 54
Taylorville 4 81 249 37 72 199 58
Elgin (H.S.) 4 71 268 43 74 185 62
Champaign (H.S.) 4 64 255 43 79 171 83
Rockford (West) 2 44 140 16 29 104 42
Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 2 35 113 23 38 93 28
Canton 2 33 125 23 45 89 40
Kewanee (H.S.) 2 25 107 16 34 66 30
West Frankfort (Frankfor 1 14 54 11 23 39 15
Pekin 1 15 58 8 19 38 18
Quincy (Sr.) 1 16 53 6 19 38 19
East St. Louis (Sr.) 1 13 28 8 16 34 12
Marseilles 1 11 68 12 23 34 14
Paris 1 13 51 8 16 34 14
Mt. Carmel 1 13 62 6 16 32 16
Kankakee (Sr.) 1 8 81 6 21 22 12
ANNA (A.-JONESBORO)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Carroll Belcher 2 18 45 9 14 45 4
Bill Abernathy 2 8 16 3 5 19 3
Jean Cunningham 2 3 14 4 5 10 4
Rex English 2 4 25 1 2 9 7
James Lamer 2 2 7 5 8 9 8
Wayne Dusch 1 0 1 1 2 1 0
James Martin 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
Thomas Peeler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
LeRoy Rendleman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Smick 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
CANTON
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Aaron Preece 2 9 35 5 8 23 2
Don Sepich 2 6 23 4 6 16 9
Bob Grove 2 7 17 1 3 15 8
Tom Zaborac 2 4 17 7 16 15 7
George Taylor 2 5 27 3 9 13 7
Otto Schumacher 2 2 5 3 3 7 6
Bill Oaks 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jesse Clements 4 18 67 6 12 42 13
Jack Weiss 4 9 38 15 24 33 14
Don Torrence 4 12 40 3 7 27 11
Steve Craig 4 7 26 7 13 21 13
Dick Paterson 4 6 36 3 4 15 8
Fred Green 4 5 19 4 11 14 12
Jim Andrews 4 4 8 4 5 12 2
Jim Cottrell 4 2 7 0 1 4 4
Paul Knudsen 3 1 9 1 2 3 3
Jack Lewis 3 0 5 0 0 0 3
CHICAGO (SOUTH SHORE)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Paul Schnackenberg 4 25 69 16 23 66 13
Dan Trahey 4 21 53 19 28 61 9
John Harr 4 14 57 7 14 35 12
Howard Erzinger 4 10 74 8 14 28 7
Carmen Esposito 4 2 12 6 11 10 9
Grove Carnahan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jake Fendley 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Roberts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Toomey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Leonard Wineburgh 4 0 3 0 0 0 3
EAST ST. LOUIS (SR.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Norman Sackett 1 5 11 0 3 10 2
Jack Eaves 1 2 4 4 5 8 1
Walter Kersulis 1 3 10 1 4 7 4
Joe Ridgeway 1 1 1 3 4 5 1
James Hess 1 2 2 0 0 4 4
ELGIN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Rager 4 20 60 6 8 46 14
Jack Burmaster 4 15 52 7 14 37 9
Howard Kugath 4 16 40 2 4 34 4
Karl Plath 4 8 35 11 19 27 13
Sam Sauceda 4 8 44 9 14 25 11
Tom Parker 4 3 24 7 11 13 6
Bill Goedert 4 1 10 0 3 2 3
Bill Myers 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Walter Graf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Eugene Manley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
KANKAKEE (SR.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ronald Behrends 1 4 19 1 4 9 1
Forrest Lile 1 3 23 0 4 6 1
Thomas Riordan 1 1 18 1 3 3 3
Walter Volkmann 1 0 3 2 4 2 0
Howard Boudreau 1 0 9 1 1 1 5
Onal Thompson 1 0 1 1 3 1 2
Gail Abney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Donald Berst 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Delbert DuFrain 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Richard Tyson 1 0 4 0 1 0 0
KEWANEE (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Moe 2 10 28 2 5 22 2
Frank Nosalik 2 6 19 2 6 14 6
Ed Tunnicliff 2 3 18 4 4 10 9
Robert Graves 2 2 7 4 4 8 4
William Egert 2 1 7 3 3 5 1
Roger Robinson 2 1 17 1 6 3 4
Gordon Johnson 2 1 7 0 3 2 1
Gene Ziles 2 1 3 0 1 2 2
Bob Bjurstrom 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
Tom Briggs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MARSEILLES
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ronnie Coates 1 4 16 2 7 10 3
Albert Seaborn 1 4 12 1 1 9 0
Dick Coates 1 0 7 4 4 4 5
Larry Gage 1 0 10 4 7 4 1
Albert Smith 1 2 12 0 0 4 3
Wilbur Jones 1 1 8 0 2 2 1
William Silger 1 0 2 1 2 1 1
Robert Truty 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MT. CARMEL
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Howard Searby 1 4 11 2 4 10 3
Clyde Milhorn 1 3 24 3 7 9 1
Everett Hack 1 2 8 1 2 5 5
Nelson Mallott 1 2 3 0 0 4 4
William Malott 1 2 5 0 0 4 1
Jack Bosaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Crum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Crum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vance Gilless 1 0 11 0 3 0 1
Charles Holcomb 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARIS
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Owens 1 4 8 1 1 9 2
Bob Cochran 1 2 15 3 5 7 1
Leo Swinford 1 3 8 1 3 7 1
John Hall 1 2 16 2 4 6 2
John Cychol 1 1 3 1 2 3 5
Donald Blair 1 1 1 0 1 2 3
PEKIN
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dewey Portuto 1 6 17 3 5 15 4
Stanford Schmidt 1 3 10 2 3 8 3
Don McMullen 1 2 13 2 4 6 3
Ed Shane 1 2 6 1 6 5 3
Wayne Liescheidt 1 2 9 0 0 4 4
Lester Haney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Edward Olt 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
QUINCY (SR.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Rittler 1 7 18 1 1 15 5
Don Bickhaus 1 2 6 3 3 7 1
Auris McGee 1 3 9 0 2 6 2
Charles Silliman 1 2 8 0 3 4 4
Elvin Tappe 1 1 3 1 2 3 2
Harold Gibson 1 1 4 0 0 2 1
Robert Stock 1 0 4 1 7 1 2
John Merkel 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Russell Merkel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melvin Tappe 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
ROCKFORD (WEST)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dale Bowers 2 15 40 2 9 32 6
Clarence Anderson 2 6 18 1 3 13 7
Jack Beatson 2 5 14 2 3 12 7
Dale Wilt 2 3 21 6 7 12 3
Harry Branca 2 5 16 1 2 11 7
James Bogdonas 2 3 12 0 0 6 6
Charles Marston 2 3 5 0 0 6 1
Gus Guagliardo 1 1 3 3 4 5 4
Bob O'Donnell 2 2 6 0 0 4 1
Gerald Anderson 2 1 5 1 1 3 0
TAYLORVILLE
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Orr 4 28 73 8 18 64 9
Ronald Bontemps 4 20 69 9 14 49 8
Dave Jones 4 10 29 8 12 28 13
Schultte Bishop 4 8 27 2 5 18 9
Don Janssen 4 6 19 3 9 15 5
Charles Reister 3 4 11 1 2 9 1
Jack Richards 3 3 7 2 4 8 2
Dean Duncan 4 2 11 3 7 7 11
Joe McAdam 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
Dale Brown 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
WEST FRANKFORT (FRANKFORT)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joe Hughes 1 5 24 1 4 11 4
Wavell Burton 1 3 8 4 5 10 1
John Jones 1 4 10 0 4 8 2
George Gabor 1 1 5 2 2 4 0
Robert Hughes 1 0 4 4 6 4 5
Ray Moake 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Alfred Dartt 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Durham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eugene Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Jones 1 0 2 0 0 0 3