March Madness Record Book
1946 Boys Box Scores
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Decatur (H.S.) 59, Pana (H.S.) 41
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Arnold 6 12 2 3 14 4
Dale Bangert 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Brady 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Galka 4 16 2 5 10 2
Bob Hoyt 0 2 1 1 1 1
Robert Kurek 2 7 0 1 4 5
Don Lawson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Neuendorf 5 9 9 14 19 1
Kenneth Schroeder 3 10 5 6 11 3
William Tomlinson 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 20 56 19 30 59 17
PANA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Reynold Alde 0 5 2 3 2 2
Arol Amling 2 10 0 0 4 4
Robert Carlier 4 7 0 2 8 1
Ronnie Hinton 0 1 0 3 0 1
Dean Miles 2 4 2 2 6 3
John Preihs 2 3 0 0 4 3
Carl Scholz 2 4 1 2 5 3
Lyle Shallenberger 1 5 1 1 3 2
Wayne Siegert 2 7 2 3 6 4
Larry Spannagel 1 9 1 6 3 3
TOTAL 16 55 9 22 41 26
Decatur (H.S.) 16 19 (35) 13 11 (24) -- 59
Pana (H.S.) 13 11 (24) 9 8 (17) -- 41
Dundee 56, Quincy (Sr.) 49
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
DUNDEE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Edwin Ahrens 3 5 1 1 7 0
William Dobler 4 14 2 3 10 3
Charles Grover 10 19 4 6 24 1
Robert Rynders 2 8 1 4 5 3
Edward Unruh 3 11 4 4 10 3
TOTAL 22 57 12 18 56 10
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Fish 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Lymenstull 2 5 1 1 5 3
Bill McCleery 3 11 0 0 6 3
Don Stroot 10 18 3 7 23 3
Bob Tostberg 4 9 1 2 9 3
Art Wilson 2 8 2 3 6 5
TOTAL 21 51 7 13 49 18
Dundee 11 15 (26) 20 10 (30) -- 56
Quincy (Sr.) 6 18 (24) 16 9 (25) -- 49
Centralia 50, Kewanee (H.S.) 36
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Colin Anderson 3 23 3 4 9 2
Arnold Gluck 4 14 1 2 9 1
Don Griffin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Klosterman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken McBride 4 10 3 6 11 2
Charles Oland 0 4 3 3 3 0
Harold Rush 5 10 3 4 13 3
Fred Schlichtman 0 0 1 1 1 0
Don Schnake 1 4 2 4 4 4
John Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 65 16 24 50 12
KEWANEE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Harold Erickson 2 8 2 2 6 2
Keith Follett 2 12 0 1 4 1
Don Larson 0 2 0 0 0 0
Adam Lazar 3 9 3 5 9 5
Eugene Nass 2 11 1 3 5 5
Marty O'Connor 4 20 2 3 10 2
Bill Walton 0 5 0 0 0 4
Gola Waters 1 3 0 0 2 3
TOTAL 14 70 8 14 36 22
Centralia 9 11 (20) 10 20 (30) -- 50
Kewanee (H.S.) 10 10 (20) 12 4 (16) -- 36
Robinson 47, Pontiac 44
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
ROBINSON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Allison 3 12 1 4 7 3
Robert Heath 3 9 0 0 6 1
Harry Hedden 5 11 2 3 12 4
Vaughn Kaley 1 3 0 0 2 2
Dick Loughery 0 2 2 2 2 2
Rex Sebastian 5 15 2 3 12 2
Buster Stevens 2 11 2 6 6 1
TOTAL 19 63 9 18 47 15
PONTIAC
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Bashore 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Donnell 1 3 0 1 2 1
Francis Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwaine Harding 6 9 1 2 13 3
Richard Herwig 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Klein 2 6 1 3 5 3
Al Meng 1 2 4 4 6 5
Charles Studley 3 10 0 2 6 4
Byron Wilhoite 3 17 6 7 12 3
TOTAL 16 47 12 19 44 19
Robinson 11 6 (17) 18 12 (30) -- 47
Pontiac 9 11 (20) 14 10 (24) -- 44
Rockford (East) 74, Chicago (Tilden) 53
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Vic Benhoff 4 9 2 2 10 1
Dick Brogren 0 1 3 4 3 1
LaVerne Clauson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Erickson 10 21 2 2 22 4
Karl Erickson 6 12 3 4 15 2
Roger Johnson 0 5 0 0 0 3
Roger Mohns 1 2 0 0 2 0
Louis Proctor 9 24 2 2 20 4
Charles Syracuse 1 1 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 31 76 12 14 74 16
CHICAGO (TILDEN)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Bedalow 6 14 4 6 16 1
Frank Broda 1 3 0 0 2 1
Joseph Depeder 0 5 0 0 0 4
Michael Gurgone 1 15 2 4 4 1
Nicholas Kladis 3 13 5 6 11 3
Edward Maracich 8 22 4 5 20 1
TOTAL 19 72 15 21 53 11
Rockford (East) 19 25 (44) 15 15 (30) -- 74
Chicago (Tilden) 15 10 (25) 11 17 (28) -- 53
Collinsville 50, Springfield (Cathedral) 28
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
COLLINSVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ed Bauer 10 22 1 4 21 2
Sam Miranda 0 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Ossola 1 8 5 6 7 3
Frank Pitol 3 8 2 5 8 3
James Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Simon 0 3 3 4 3 0
Don Ungerott 1 7 6 10 8 3
Frank Ungerott 0 5 1 4 1 2
Bert Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Welle 0 0 1 1 1 2
TOTAL 15 53 20 35 50 15
SPRINGFIELD (CATHEDRAL)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Flannigan 2 11 0 0 4 5
Roy Gillespie 3 8 1 1 7 4
John Grady 0 0 0 2 0 0
Clifford Langenfeld 0 3 0 2 0 5
Robert Londrigan 2 10 0 1 4 5
James Nelson 0 1 0 0 0 2
Louis Oldani 0 1 0 1 0 1
Charles Reid 0 0 0 0 0 3
Barry Scanlon 2 4 4 5 8 3
Patrick Wright 2 8 1 1 5 0
TOTAL 11 46 6 13 28 28
Collinsville 5 17 (22) 10 18 (28) -- 50
Springfield (Cathedral) 7 7 (14) 9 5 (14) -- 28
Marion (H.S.) 42, Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) 38 (OT)
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
MARION (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Buckner 0 4 2 3 2 3
Robert Connell 2 7 0 1 4 5
John Goss 3 9 3 6 9 2
Floyd Hill 1 5 1 2 3 0
Benton Odum 7 24 6 7 20 2
Jack Riddle 2 4 0 1 4 2
TOTAL 15 53 12 20 42 14
CALUMET CITY (THORNTON FRACTIONAL)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Norman Creviston 3 12 1 2 7 4
Rudy Horvatich 5 15 2 3 12 3
Robert Kickert 0 0 0 0 0 0
August Ollrich 3 14 0 2 6 0
Robert Shepherd 3 6 1 3 7 5
Tom Stokes 1 6 2 4 4 4
James Van Osten 1 2 0 1 2 1
TOTAL 16 55 6 15 38 17
Marion (H.S.) 8 12 (20) 10 8 (18) 4 -- 42
Calumet City (Thornton F 5 9 (14) 11 13 (24) 0 -- 38
Champaign (H.S.) 49, Galesburg (H.S.) 40
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 14, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 5 14 0 2 10 4
Bobby Clark 0 3 0 0 0 1
Jim Cottrell 1 8 3 7 5 4
Rodney Fletcher 4 8 2 4 10 5
Earl Harrison 5 11 1 1 11 3
Bill Johnston 0 2 0 0 0 2
Fred Major 3 6 3 4 9 4
John McDermott 2 9 0 2 4 1
Dick Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 61 9 20 49 24
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merle Barstow 5 19 2 5 12 3
Lloyd Hawkinson 2 7 4 10 8 1
Bob Johns 3 9 2 5 8 5
Kenneth Lundeen 3 9 1 3 7 3
Jerry McCoy 1 5 1 3 3 3
Pat Wilkinson 1 2 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 15 51 10 26 40 16
Champaign (H.S.) 13 8 (21) 19 9 (28) -- 49
Galesburg (H.S.) 14 7 (21) 7 12 (19) -- 40
Dundee 55, Decatur (H.S.) 48
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1946
DUNDEE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Edwin Ahrens 3 4 3 3 9 2
William Dobler 2 11 3 5 7 4
Clarence Ebel 0 2 0 0 0 0
Charles Grover 6 17 5 6 17 3
LaVerne Page 0 1 2 2 2 0
Robert Rynders 3 8 1 2 7 5
Edward Unruh 6 15 1 3 13 5
TOTAL 20 58 15 21 55 19
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
James Arnold 3 9 3 4 9 2
Don Galka 3 17 1 1 7 4
Bob Hoyt 0 1 0 0 0 1
Robert Kurek 2 9 3 3 7 3
Bob Neuendorf 6 13 3 7 15 3
Kenneth Schroeder 2 7 4 4 8 3
William Tomlinson 1 3 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 17 59 14 19 48 17
Dundee 14 17 (31) 16 8 (24) -- 55
Decatur (H.S.) 5 14 (19) 13 16 (29) -- 48
Centralia 63, Robinson 50
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1946
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Colin Anderson 9 19 6 8 24 3
Arnold Gluck 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken McBride 3 11 3 6 9 3
Charles Oland 7 12 3 3 17 1
Harold Rush 2 10 1 2 5 3
Don Schnake 4 8 0 1 8 2
TOTAL 25 60 13 20 63 12
ROBINSON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Allison 6 19 3 5 15 1
Dick Heath 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Heath 1 4 0 0 2 3
Harry Hedden 2 12 1 1 5 1
Vaughn Kaley 0 2 0 0 0 2
Dick Loughery 2 9 1 2 5 2
Rex Sebastian 10 27 3 4 23 1
Marvin Smith 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buster Stevens 0 5 0 1 0 4
Jack Woodward 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 21 78 8 13 50 15
Centralia 18 20 (38) 11 14 (25) -- 63
Robinson 13 20 (33) 6 11 (17) -- 50
Rockford (East) 43, Collinsville 37
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1946
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Vic Benhoff 0 5 2 2 2 4
Bill Erickson 1 9 3 4 5 4
Karl Erickson 4 7 3 4 11 5
Roger Johnson 1 3 1 1 3 1
Louis Proctor 7 18 7 10 21 2
Charles Syracuse 0 2 1 2 1 2
TOTAL 13 44 17 23 43 18
COLLINSVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ed Bauer 8 21 2 4 18 5
Sam Miranda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ossola 0 0 0 0 0 5
Frank Pitol 0 2 0 1 0 5
Fred Simon 1 1 0 0 2 1
Don Ungerott 2 10 3 5 7 4
Frank Ungerott 2 6 5 8 9 2
Richard Welle 0 2 1 1 1 0
TOTAL 13 42 11 19 37 22
Rockford (East) 12 14 (26) 13 4 (17) -- 43
Collinsville 16 6 (22) 7 8 (15) -- 37
Champaign (H.S.) 55, Marion (H.S.) 43
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 15, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 7 18 1 1 15 0
Bobby Clark 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Cottrell 1 5 3 4 5 2
Rodney Fletcher 6 8 2 4 14 4
Earl Harrison 6 17 1 4 13 3
Bill Johnston 0 3 0 0 0 1
Kirby Knox 1 2 0 0 2 0
Fred Major 1 4 1 2 3 3
John McDermott 1 3 1 1 3 3
Dick Petry 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 63 9 16 55 16
MARION (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Broderick 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 0 2 2 2 2 3
Maurice Colson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Connell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Connell 4 15 4 5 12 3
John Goss 2 8 0 0 4 0
Floyd Hill 1 5 0 0 2 2
Benton Odum 8 27 3 6 19 5
Jack Riddle 1 3 0 1 2 4
Jim Starbuck 1 1 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 17 62 9 14 43 17
Champaign (H.S.) 18 15 (33) 11 11 (22) -- 55
Marion (H.S.) 7 15 (22) 10 11 (21) -- 43
Centralia 45, Dundee 44 (OT)
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Colin Anderson 4 17 4 6 12 3
Arnold Gluck 0 7 7 8 7 2
Ken McBride 4 19 1 3 9 4
Charles Oland 3 7 2 2 8 5
Harold Rush 3 10 3 5 9 2
Don Schnake 0 7 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 14 67 17 25 45 17
DUNDEE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Edwin Ahrens 1 6 1 2 3 3
William Dobler 4 21 1 1 9 4
Charles Grover 8 19 3 5 19 3
LaVerne Page 0 2 1 1 1 2
Robert Rynders 1 5 1 3 3 5
Edward Unruh 4 10 1 4 9 4
TOTAL 18 63 8 16 44 21
Centralia 12 12 (24) 10 10 (20) 1 -- 45
Dundee 10 1 (11) 18 15 (33) 0 -- 44
Champaign (H.S.) 53, Rockford (East) 47
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 9 18 6 7 24 2
Bobby Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Cottrell 4 9 2 4 10 3
Rodney Fletcher 0 7 1 1 1 5
Earl Harrison 3 11 2 2 8 3
Bill Johnston 0 3 1 1 1 2
Fred Major 1 3 0 0 2 5
John McDermott 2 7 3 4 7 4
TOTAL 19 58 15 19 53 24
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Anderson 0 1 0 0 0 1
Vic Benhoff 2 5 1 2 5 3
Dick Brogren 0 0 1 1 1 1
Bill Erickson 3 10 1 2 7 0
Karl Erickson 2 5 5 6 9 5
Roger Johnson 0 2 2 4 2 3
Louis Proctor 8 13 7 11 23 2
Charles Syracuse 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 15 37 17 26 47 16
Champaign (H.S.) 11 13 (24) 18 11 (29) -- 53
Rockford (East) 12 10 (22) 13 12 (25) -- 47
Dundee 59, Rockford (East) 53
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
DUNDEE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Edwin Ahrens 2 3 0 1 4 3
William Dobler 6 17 2 4 14 2
Clarence Ebel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Grover 5 9 4 7 14 2
LaVerne Page 3 4 0 0 6 1
Nick Parrucci 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Rynders 5 11 1 4 11 4
Donald Schuberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Schuldt 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edward Unruh 5 9 0 0 10 5
TOTAL 26 53 7 16 59 17
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Benhoff 1 6 0 3 2 0
Dick Brogren 0 0 0 0 0 1
LaVerne Clauson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Erickson 9 21 3 5 21 4
Karl Erickson 0 5 4 4 4 5
Roger Johnson 2 2 0 0 4 3
Owens 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louis Proctor 7 27 8 12 22 4
Charles Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 19 61 15 24 53 18
Dundee 19 18 (37) 19 3 (22) -- 59
Rockford (East) 22 15 (37) 13 3 (16) -- 53
Champaign (H.S.) 54, Centralia 48
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 16, 1946
CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ted Beach 9 15 4 4 22 1
Jim Cottrell 6 11 2 2 14 5
Rodney Fletcher 3 6 0 1 6 3
Earl Harrison 3 10 0 1 6 2
Bill Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Major 0 5 1 1 1 1
John McDermott 2 3 1 4 5 1
TOTAL 23 50 8 13 54 13
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Colin Anderson 7 24 0 1 14 1
Ken McBride 2 14 2 3 6 4
Charles Oland 3 11 1 1 7 1
Harold Rush 4 11 7 7 15 2
Don Schnake 3 7 0 1 6 3
TOTAL 19 67 10 13 48 11
Champaign (H.S.) 7 16 (23) 13 18 (31) -- 54
Centralia 8 5 (13) 11 24 (35) -- 48