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