March Madness Record Book

1938 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1937 — 1939



Dundee
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Johnston City 32, Champaign (H.S.) 26
Chicago (Von Steuben) 32, Granite City 31
Galesburg (H.S.) 23, Rock Island (H.S.) 21
Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 27, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) 19
Carbondale 36, Rockford (H.S.) 30
Paris 33, Decatur (H.S.) 20
Harrisburg 36, Milton 25
Dundee 36, Pekin 29
Quarterfinals
Chicago (Von Steuben) 29, Johnston City 27
Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 35, Galesburg (H.S.) 30
Paris 24, Carbondale 22 (2 OT)
Dundee 38, Harrisburg 26
Semifinals
Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 38, Chicago (Von Steuben) 24
Dundee 51, Paris 36
Third Place
Paris 30, Chicago (Von Steuben) 20
Final
Dundee 36, Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 29

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Dundee                      Eugene DeLacey           34-1    483
2  Braidwood (Reed-Custer)     Louis Bottino            33-3     96
3  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            34-4    643
4  Chicago (Von Steuben)       Thomas Smith             19-5   2100
   Carbondale                  Merritt Allen            25-4    560
   Galesburg (H.S.)            Gerald Phillips          16-6   1128
   Harrisburg                  Ray Garrett             14-11   1190
   Johnston City               Ralph Davison            16-6    465
   Champaign (H.S.)            Les Moyer                15-9    914
   Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner             12-18   2264
   Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)       Ralph Fletcher           16-8   1101
   Granite City                Byron Bozarth            25-7   1390
   Milton                      Matt Moore               28-4     66
   Pekin                       A.G. "Frenchie" Haussler  28-2   1124
   Rock Island (H.S.)          William Scantlebury     12-11   1125
   Rockford (H.S.)             James Laude              25-2   3080

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Don Blanken, Dundee                             4  28       9  65
Bill Hocking, Braidwood (Reed-Custer)           4  24       7  55
Bernard Weksler, Chicago (Von Steuben)          4  22       5  49
Chris Hansen, Dundee                            4  13       8  34
Arthur Melahn, Dundee                           4  13       7  33
Rodney Bell, Paris                              4  14       2  30
Edwin Viglia, Braidwood (Reed-Custer)           4  11       1  23
Stan Simpson, Braidwood (Reed-Custer)           4   9       5  23
Lyle Willan, Paris                              4   8       5  21
Eugene Davidson, Harrisburg                     2   7       7  21
Irving Shandling, Chicago (Von Steuben)         4   7       7  21

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Don Blanken, Dundee                          6-2    Jr.    
Scott Gill, Carbondale                       5-8    Jr.    
Bill Hocking, Braidwood (Reed-Custer)        6-0    Jr.    
Henry Lutz, Carbondale                       5-11   Jr.    
Arthur Melahn, Dundee                        6-3    Jr.