March Madness Record Book

1948 Boys Box Scores

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Springfield (Cathedral) 57, Harvey (Thornton) 50
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

SPRINGFIELD (CATHEDRAL)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Burns             0   1   1   2   1  1
Bernard Casey            8  18   2   3  18  5
Lawrence Eck             0   5   1   1   1  3
Norman Keefner           2   8   2   5   6  3
Louis Oldani             2   2   3   5   7  3
Kenneth Reid             4   8   1   1   9  5
Richard Reid             3  10   9  12  15  2
David Sponsler           0   2   0   0   0  0
TOTAL                   19  54  19  29  57 22

HARVEY (THORNTON)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Dale Besterfield         0   1   0   0   0  0
Robert Binette           1   3   2   2   4  1
Roger Conant             0   4   0   2   0  0
Ron Ferguson             4  12   0   1   8  1
William Frederick        3   6   1   2   7  4
Robert Isaac             0   0   0   1   0  2
John Morris              6  18   4   6  16  4
Donald Robertson         2  21   5   7   9  1
Charles Romer            0   2   1   1   1  5
Robert Rubendunst        2   5   1   1   5  5
TOTAL                   18  72  14  23  50 23

Springfield (Cathedral)   12 10 (22) 20 15 (35) --   57
Harvey (Thornton)         17 12 (29)  9 12 (21) --   50

Pinckneyville 45, Moline (H.S.) 35
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

PINCKNEYVILLE
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Percy Clippard           0   1   3   3   3  3
David Davis              2  13   4   6   8  4
Frank Gladson            5  13   4   4  14  0
Robert Johnson           3  10   7   8  13  5
Richard Luke             0   0   0   0   0  0
Tom Millikin             0   7   7   8   7  1
TOTAL                   10  44  25  29  45 13

MOLINE (H.S.)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Kenneth Carsen           4  16   1   4   9  2
Robert Gordon            3   7   0   0   6  3
Donald Henss             0   2   1   3   1  3
Donald Landis            0   2   1   1   1  3
Ralph Masengarb          0   1   0   0   0  0
Kenneth Moore            2   8   1   4   5  5
Duane Sandler            1   6   0   0   2  1
James Scott              1   2   1   2   3  4
Al Shipley               3  13   1   1   7  1
Robert Stablein          0   2   1   2   1  1
TOTAL                   14  59   7  17  35 23

Pinckneyville             14 15 (29)  8  8 (16) --   45
Moline (H.S.)             13  8 (21)  9  5 (14) --   35

Pekin 50, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 46
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

PEKIN
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Busby            0   4   0   1   0  5
Donald Ehrett            0   1   0   0   0  0
James Ennis              0   0   0   0   0  0
Herbert Gerecke          3   5   1   3   7  3
Howard Harris            2   9   6   9  10  4
Jay Nelson               5   8   2   2  12  3
Pete Vetter              4  10   2   3  10  3
Robert Watson            4  12   3   3  11  3
TOTAL                   18  49  14  21  50 21

LASALLE (L.-PERU)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
James Barth              1   4   1   2   3  3
Arthur Gapinski          0   1   2   2   2  0
Donald Gnidovic          0   2   2   5   2  0
Burnell Massatt          4  13   4   5  12  3
William Plantan          5  10   1   3  11  4
Robert Sonnenberg        0   2   0   0   0  2
Jack Walsh               7  17   2   4  16  2
Robert Weerts            0   4   0   0   0  4
TOTAL                   17  53  12  21  46 18

Pekin                      9 17 (26) 13 11 (24) --   50
LaSalle (L.-Peru)          5  5 (10) 14 22 (36) --   46

Marion (H.S.) 65, Collinsville 60
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

MARION (H.S.)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Buckner             9  17   0   3  18  3
James Cagle              3   5   0   0   6  5
Jack Connell             2   6   1   1   5  0
James Gulledge           7  14   3   3  17  2
Floyd Hill               4  14   2   3  10  2
Richard Mazurek          3   8   3   4   9  3
TOTAL                   28  64   9  14  65 15

COLLINSVILLE
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
J.D. Anderson            2   5   2   2   6  5
Jack Leskera             0   0   0   0   0  0
Sam Miranda             12  20   0   0  24  1
James Ray                3   6   1   3   7  3
Norman Schaulat          4  13   1   4   9  3
Ray Sonnenberg           4  12   4   8  12  4
Charles Thompson         1   1   0   0   2  1
TOTAL                   26  57   8  17  60 17

Marion (H.S.)             19 15 (34) 15 16 (31) --   65
Collinsville              21 13 (34) 15 11 (26) --   60

LaGrange (Lyons) 61, Hillsboro 44
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

LAGRANGE (LYONS)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Hugh Beath               3  11   2   2   8  0
Charles Bennett          0   0   0   0   0  1
Gordon Dudley            1   8   0   1   2  2
William Fritz            1   7   3   4   5  2
James Hoffman            6  16   3   6  15  2
Sherman Norton           6  17   2   3  14  1
Robert Stevens           0   0   0   0   0  0
Howard Storm             4   8   0   0   8  0
Kent Taylor              0   0   0   0   0  1
Wayne Vieth              3   7   3   4   9  0
TOTAL                   24  74  13  20  61  9

HILLSBORO
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Boston           0       0       0  0
Bradley Caulk            1   5   0   3   2  0
William Helfer           0   0   0   0   0  2
Harry Kelley             0   0   0   0   0  0
Delmar Manning           0   1   0   0   0  0
Leroy Ott                5  12   0   1  10  3
Bernard Rappe            3  10   0   0   6  5
Richard Sturgeon         2  11   2   2   6  1
Stanley Wallace          7  20   0   1  14  4
James White              2   4   2   3   6  1
TOTAL                   20  63   4  10  44 16

LaGrange (Lyons)          15 13 (28)  9 24 (33) --   61
Hillsboro                 12 12 (24)  7 13 (20) --   44

Canton 41, Quincy (Sr.) 37
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

CANTON
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Cardosi          0   1   0   0   0  0
Richard Coleman          1   2   1   3   3  2
John Ellsworth           2   9   2   4   6  4
Robert Mace              2   9   1   2   5  2
Robert Meacham           4  13   7  10  15  1
William Munson           0   4   0   0   0  1
Leroy Oaks               2   2   0   3   4  3
Jack Pensinger           4  14   0   0   8  5
TOTAL                   15  54  11  22  41 18

QUINCY (SR.)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
William Bower            0   1   1   1   1  3
Herman Hokamp            1   4   0   0   2  3
James Honaker            2   9   3   4   7  5
Monzell Jackson          4   8   2   6  10  4
Albert Keisker           0   3   2   2   2  3
Ed Patterson             2   8   1   2   5  1
Don Stock                2   6   0   0   4  0
Jack Walz                2   9   2   4   6  2
TOTAL                   13  48  11  19  37 21

Canton                    13 12 (25)  6 10 (16) --   41
Quincy (Sr.)              13  8 (21)  6 10 (16) --   37

Rockford (East) 54, Champaign (H.S.) 53 (OT)
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Peter Anderson           6  11   0   0  12  5
Frank Calacurcio         3  13   2   4   8  5
Donald Harris            3   7   2   7   8  5
Walter Johnson           0   3   1   2   1  2
Eugene Lenz              1   1   0   0   2  0
Harold Samorian          0   0   0   2   0  0
George Sheatz            0   0   0   1   0  1
Eugene Tarabilda         6  12   7   9  19  4
William Weaver           1   2   2   4   4  5
TOTAL                   20  49  14  29  54 27

CHAMPAIGN (H.S.)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Bernard Bryant           5  17   1   3  11  4
Mickey Edwards           2  13   0   2   4  5
Rodney Fletcher          8  22   6  12  22  3
Robert Gaschler          0   1   0   0   0  4
Joe Hallbeck             0   3   2   2   2  1
George Shapland          3   8   2   5   8  5
Gene Ward                0   0   0   2   0  2
Kenneth Wilk             2   7   2   3   6  5
TOTAL                   20  71  13  29  53 29

Rockford (East)           14 15 (29) 17  4 (21)  4 --   54
Champaign (H.S.)          15 16 (31) 12  7 (19)  3 --   53

Chicago (Marshall) 54, Robinson 49
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1948

CHICAGO (MARSHALL)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Irv Bemoras             10  22   6   8  26  4
Seymour Gantman          1  17   6  11   8  5
Burton Jacobson          4   9   3   4  11  2
Richard Ramis            0   0   0   0   0  0
Albert Sherman           0   0   0   1   0  0
Roland Weinstein         1   4   0   0   2  5
Burton Wilens            2  13   3   5   7  3
TOTAL                   18  65  18  29  54 19

ROBINSON
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Thomas Abels             0   1   1   1   1  0
Harold Bennett           3  10   3   5   9  4
Jack Chamblin            2  10   0   3   4  5
Lyle Daugherty           0   0   0   0   0  0
Dick Heath               3   5   0   1   6  5
Harold Meeks             0   0   0   0   0  0
Joseph Siler             1   1   0   0   2  0
Donald Simons            1   4   1   2   3  2
Marvin Smith             3  10   1   2   7  5
Buster Stevens           7  14   3   7  17  4
TOTAL                   20  55   9  21  49 25

Chicago (Marshall)         8  9 (17) 20 17 (37) --   54
Robinson                  12 13 (25) 14 10 (24) --   49

Pinckneyville 58, Springfield (Cathedral) 36
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1948

PINCKNEYVILLE
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Percy Clippard           2   5   0   0   4  3
Richard Craig            1   2   0   0   2  1
David Davis              4   9   4   4  12  2
Frank Gladson            3   8   2   3   8  2
Charles Gruner           0   1   0   1   0  0
Robert Johnson           5  16   4   8  14  4
Richard Luke             0   0   0   1   0  1
William McCrary          0   1   0   0   0  0
Tom Millikin             5  12   7   9  17  2
William Williams         0   1   1   3   1  2
TOTAL                   20  55  18  29  58 17

SPRINGFIELD (CATHEDRAL)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Burns             0   0   2   2   2  1
Bernard Casey            3  13   1   3   7  2
Lawrence Eck             0   2   0   1   0  2
Norman Keefner           1   6   1   2   3  3
John Marren              0   2   2   5   2  2
Louis Oldani             1   5   0   0   2  2
Kenneth Reid             1   9   1   1   3  5
Richard Reid             2  10   4   6   8  4
William Saucier          0   2   0   1   0  2
David Sponsler           4   8   1   1   9  3
TOTAL                   12  57  12  22  36 26

Pinckneyville             11 17 (28) 19 11 (30) --   58
Springfield (Cathedral)    7  9 (16) 12  8 (20) --   36

Pekin 53, Marion (H.S.) 45
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1948

PEKIN
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Busby            7  14   2   4  16  5
Donald Ehrett            0   1   0   2   0  0
James Ennis              0   0   0   0   0  0
Herbert Gerecke          4  17   3   3  11  4
Howard Harris            2   7   0   0   4  2
Jay Nelson               3   9   5   6  11  3
William Nelson           0   0   0   0   0  0
Herb Raab                0   0   0   0   0  0
Pete Vetter              0   3   1   2   1  4
Robert Watson            4  20   2   3  10  4
TOTAL                   20  71  13  20  53 22

MARION (H.S.)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Kenneth Anderson         0   0   0   0   0  0
Bill Buckner             7  20   5   7  19  4
James Cagle              0   1   0   0   0  2
Jack Connell             1   5   0   0   2  2
James Gulledge           1   5   3   6   5  5
Floyd Hill               4  27   4   7  12  1
Richard Mazurek          2  10   3   4   7  3
Charles Norman           0   0   0   0   0  1
Charles Raglin           0   0   0   0   0  0
James Staudacher         0   0   0   0   0  0
TOTAL                   15  68  15  24  45 18

Pekin                     16  9 (25) 16 12 (28) --   53
Marion (H.S.)              6 13 (19) 13 13 (26) --   45

LaGrange (Lyons) 45, Canton 41
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1948

LAGRANGE (LYONS)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Hugh Beath               2   3   0   0   4  2
William Fritz            2   4   0   0   4  0
James Hoffman            4  19   3   5  11  2
Sherman Norton           5  16   3   7  13  2
Howard Storm             4  15   2   4  10  1
Kent Taylor              0   3   2   4   2  2
Wayne Vieth              0   1   1   2   1  1
TOTAL                   17  61  11  22  45 10

CANTON
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Cardosi          1   6   0   0   2  3
Richard Coleman          0   2   0   0   0  2
William Cook             0   0   0   0   0  0
John Ellsworth           2  11   1   2   5  1
Robert Izard             0   0   0   0   0  1
Robert Meacham           6  14   3   4  15  1
William Munson           3   8   1   2   7  4
Leroy Oaks               0   1   0   0   0  0
Jack Pensinger           5  14   2   3  12  4
TOTAL                   17  56   7  11  41 16

LaGrange (Lyons)          12  8 (20) 15 10 (25) --   45
Canton                     8 12 (20) 11 10 (21) --   41

Rockford (East) 51, Chicago (Marshall) 49
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1948

ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Peter Anderson           9  15   2   3  20  2
Frank Calacurcio         3   8   2   5   8  3
Donald Harris            2   9   1   1   5  3
Walter Johnson           0   0   0   0   0  0
Eugene Lenz              0   0   0   0   0  2
Harold Samorian          0   4   1   1   1  0
Eugene Tarabilda         2   9   2   5   6  5
William Weaver           5  14   1   5  11  4
TOTAL                   21  59   9  20  51 19

CHICAGO (MARSHALL)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Irv Bemoras              7  24   9  10  23  3
Seymour Gantman          2  19   4   8   8  5
Burton Jacobson          2   9   1   2   5  2
Albert Sherman           0   0   0   0   0  0
Roland Weinstein         1   3   2   2   4  4
Burton Wilens            3  15   3   3   9  4
TOTAL                   15  70  19  25  49 18

Rockford (East)           14 13 (27) 11 13 (24) --   51
Chicago (Marshall)        15  8 (23) 10 16 (26) --   49

Pinckneyville 36, Pekin 31
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1948

PINCKNEYVILLE
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Percy Clippard           1   4   3   3   5  1
David Davis              5  11   2   3  12  5
Frank Gladson            1   6   2   3   4  0
Robert Johnson           2  14   2   2   6  2
Tom Millikin             4   6   1   3   9  1
William Williams         0   0   0   0   0  0
TOTAL                   13  41  10  14  36  9

PEKIN
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Busby            3  11   4   5  10  2
Donald Ehrett            0   2   0   0   0  0
Herbert Gerecke          3  12   0   0   6  2
Howard Harris            5  12   1   2  11  2
Jay Nelson               0   2   0   3   0  5
Pete Vetter              0   0   0   0   0  0
Robert Watson            2  11   0   1   4  3
TOTAL                   13  50   5  11  31 14

Pinckneyville              7  8 (15) 12  9 (21) --   36
Pekin                      8  4 (12) 11  8 (19) --   31

Rockford (East) 61, LaGrange (Lyons) 54
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1948

ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Peter Anderson           5  11   5   7  15  4
Frank Calacurcio         5  11   6   8  16  5
Donald Harris            1   5   1   1   3  5
Walter Johnson           0   1   0   0   0  0
Eugene Lenz              0   1   0   0   0  1
Harold Samorian          1   2   1   2   3  1
George Sheatz            0   0   0   0   0  1
Gordon Stang             0   1   0   0   0  2
Eugene Tarabilda         4   6   5   6  13  5
William Weaver           5   8   1   1  11  5
TOTAL                   21  46  19  25  61 29

LAGRANGE (LYONS)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Hugh Beath               1   7   1   2   3  0
Charles Bennett          0   1   0   0   0  2
Gordon Dudley            0   1   0   0   0  0
William Fritz            3   6   7   8  13  0
James Hoffman            1   6   0   1   2  2
Sherman Norton           7  15   2   5  16  3
Robert Stevens           0   3   1   4   1  3
Howard Storm             3   5   1   1   7  5
Kent Taylor              0   0   0   1   0  1
Wayne Vieth              4   7   4   7  12  3
TOTAL                   19  51  16  29  54 19

Rockford (East)           12 17 (29) 20 12 (32) --   61
LaGrange (Lyons)           8 14 (22) 17 15 (32) --   54

Pekin 45, LaGrange (Lyons) 38
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1948

PEKIN
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Busby            8  18   1   3  17  4
Donald Ehrett            0   0   0   0   0  0
James Ennis              0   0   0   0   0  0
Herbert Gerecke          3  13   2   4   8  1
Howard Harris            0   9   1   2   1  3
Jay Nelson               1   9   3   8   5  5
William Nelson           0   0   0   0   0  0
Herb Raab                1   3   1   1   3  0
Pete Vetter              2   3   0   0   4  2
Robert Watson            3  15   1   1   7  3
TOTAL                   18  70   9  19  45 18

LAGRANGE (LYONS)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Hugh Beath               0   1   0   0   0  3
Charles Bennett          0   1   0   1   0  2
Gordon Dudley            0   1   1   2   1  1
William Fritz            0   3   4   5   4  4
Sherman Norton           4   8   0   0   8  5
Robert Stevens           0   1   0   0   0  1
Howard Storm             3  17   9  10  15  2
Kent Taylor              1   3   1   2   3  3
Wayne Vieth              2   5   3   3   7  2
TOTAL                   10  40  18  23  38 23

Pekin                     11 14 (25)  5 15 (20) --   45
LaGrange (Lyons)          17  7 (24) 12  2 (14) --   38

Pinckneyville 65, Rockford (East) 39
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1948

PINCKNEYVILLE
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Percy Clippard           1   5   3   7   5  3
Richard Craig            0   0   0   0   0  0
David Davis              3  15   3   4   9  0
Frank Gladson            8  21   5   6  21  1
Charles Gruner           0   0   0   0   0  0
Robert Johnson           7  20   7   9  21  3
Richard Luke             0   1   1   1   1  1
William McCrary          0   0   0   0   0  0
Tom Millikin             4  13   0   2   8  3
William Williams         0   0   0   0   0  0
TOTAL                   23  75  19  29  65 11

ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player                  FG-FGA  FT-FTA Pts PF
Peter Anderson           4  10   3   4  11  3
Frank Calacurcio         2   6   0   2   4  4
Donald Harris            0   2   0   0   0  0
Walter Johnson           2   4   3   4   7  5
Eugene Lenz              0   0   0   0   0  3
Harold Samorian          1   7   0   0   2  0
George Sheatz            0   1   2   2   2  0
Gordon Stang             0   1   0   0   0  0
Eugene Tarabilda         3  11   0   0   6  2
William Weaver           3   9   1   2   7  3
TOTAL                   15  51   9  14  39 20

Pinckneyville             18 17 (35) 16 14 (30) --   65
Rockford (East)            6 13 (19) 10 10 (20) --   39