March Madness Record Book
1955 Boys Statistical Recap
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Composite Team Totals
School G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Elgin (H.S.) 4 97 230 65 93 259 64
Rockford (West) 4 91 213 66 96 248 56
Princeton 4 92 219 61 83 245 55
Pinckneyville 4 65 147 93 117 223 54
Galesburg (H.S.) 2 49 116 39 58 137 19
Quincy (Sr.) 2 47 103 27 46 121 32
Lincoln 2 48 118 23 36 119 28
Shawneetown 2 40 108 29 41 109 21
Paris 1 27 77 12 16 66 19
Alton (Sr.) 1 18 58 24 36 60 24
Chicago (Marshall) 1 20 60 19 26 59 16
Moline (H.S.) 1 17 45 24 29 58 19
Park Forest (Rich) 1 21 77 14 24 56 15
Decatur (H.S.) 1 17 61 20 26 54 11
Peoria (Spalding) 1 20 48 12 21 52 9
Georgetown 1 10 68 20 25 40 15
ALTON (SR.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Gene Veloff 1 6 24 7 10 19 3
Tom Nalley 1 2 6 9 10 13 4
Eli Smith 1 3 9 4 8 10 5
Larry Holmes 1 3 8 1 4 7 5
Essic Robinson 1 3 9 0 0 6 1
Bill McAfoos 1 1 1 3 4 5 5
Russell Bradshaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
James Tyree 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHICAGO (MARSHALL)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Art Day 1 8 15 8 11 24 2
Alphonso Freeman 1 4 15 7 9 15 4
Bill Chapman 1 4 9 0 0 8 4
Jim Johnson 1 4 14 0 1 8 2
Clifton Hill 1 0 2 2 2 2 2
Frank Miller 1 0 3 2 3 2 2
Shelton Stirgus 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
DECATUR (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Lee 1 8 25 4 6 20 4
Carroll Larry 1 2 8 8 9 12 0
Wally Minnis 1 4 8 4 4 12 0
Erskine Hawkins 1 2 7 0 0 4 0
Joe Coleman 1 1 3 1 3 3 3
Jim Maguire 1 0 9 3 4 3 4
Bob Davis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
ELGIN (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Gary Smith 4 29 73 14 18 72 5
Tom Aley 4 26 61 16 24 68 10
Paul Hudgens 4 18 45 11 16 47 14
Gary Siegmeier 4 14 24 13 20 41 16
Charles Rachow 4 7 16 9 11 23 13
Earl Lamp 4 2 9 2 4 6 6
Doug Wallace 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Jon Schurmeier 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Werner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Zimmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Gene Youngquist 2 13 28 13 15 39 3
Bill Graning 2 14 26 8 19 36 4
Mike Owens 2 8 29 10 12 26 4
Carroll Fay 2 6 17 6 9 18 6
Russ Lind 2 8 16 2 2 18 2
Gene Mendez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Reece 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGETOWN
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Billy Morris 1 3 25 10 11 16 4
Kent Smith 1 4 13 6 9 14 3
Verle Austin 1 1 7 2 3 4 2
Bob Duncan 1 1 17 2 2 4 2
Hugh Whitmore 1 1 4 0 0 2 4
Marvin Brooks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Felgenhauer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Learnard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Markevich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LINCOLN
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dave Cadwallader 2 15 34 13 21 43 5
Phil Swille 2 13 27 4 4 30 4
Dick Miller 2 11 24 4 6 26 6
Keith Huff 2 4 8 0 0 8 2
Jim Heinzel 2 2 5 0 1 4 2
Ray Rogers 2 1 3 2 3 4 4
Steve Lakin 2 1 5 0 1 2 3
Gene Liesman 2 1 9 0 0 2 1
Dean Aeilts 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
Ronnie Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don "Whitey" Verstraete 1 7 15 6 7 20 4
Ken Anderson 1 5 10 8 8 18 4
George Seaberg 1 3 4 1 1 7 4
Dale Schweinberger 1 1 1 4 4 6 2
Johnny Myers 1 1 11 2 4 4 4
Frank Martel 1 0 1 3 5 3 1
Danny Burau 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
PARIS
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joe McCord 1 10 29 0 2 20 0
Bill Cash 1 6 14 4 4 16 3
Tony Cochran 1 6 8 0 0 12 3
Bill Luth 1 2 5 2 2 6 2
Duke Bess 1 0 9 5 6 5 4
Ezra Smithson 1 2 5 1 1 5 5
Gene Smithson 1 1 5 0 1 2 1
Tom Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Forrest Sawlaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgil Switzer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
PARK FOREST (RICH)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Roger Taylor 1 8 28 4 4 20 4
Lloyd Rose 1 5 11 4 5 14 4
Bill Hawkins 1 5 18 1 3 11 2
Jim Denman 1 2 14 2 3 6 2
Ralph Meyers 1 1 2 2 4 4 0
Larry Scott 1 0 1 1 2 1 2
Steve Hunt 1 0 3 0 3 0 1
PEORIA (SPALDING)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ron Berg 1 5 8 3 5 13 1
John Frasco 1 4 7 5 7 13 4
Gene Coughlon 1 5 11 0 2 10 2
Frank Finnegan 1 4 10 2 5 10 0
Frank Karpowicz 1 2 12 2 2 6 2
PINCKNEYVILLE
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Lazenby 4 11 30 37 40 59 10
John Daffron 4 17 28 13 15 47 10
Arlen Hill 4 18 36 5 11 41 8
Don Margenthaler 4 11 33 18 27 40 12
Alex Singer 4 8 19 14 18 30 12
Tom Decker 2 0 1 6 6 6 2
Allen Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tod Masters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurice Rushing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRINCETON
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joe Ruklick 4 35 67 34 45 104 10
Lewis Flinn 4 17 48 6 7 40 12
Richard Hult 4 16 45 5 8 37 9
Gary Mulally 4 15 40 5 7 35 8
Forest Finn 4 7 14 6 10 20 14
Jerry Zurliene 2 2 4 4 4 8 1
William Small 2 0 1 1 2 1 1
Dennis Keleher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Molen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
QUINCY (SR.)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Les Kewney 2 14 30 13 16 41 5
Ronald Hellhake 2 13 31 1 5 27 4
Seymour Bryson 2 10 20 6 9 26 6
Bill Rineberg 2 5 8 1 3 11 8
Kent Mittleberg 2 1 9 5 10 7 2
Art Robbins 2 3 4 1 3 7 6
Don Harvey 2 1 1 0 0 2 1
Gary Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Shrader 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Sturhahn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROCKFORD (WEST)
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Nolden Gentry 4 26 47 12 16 64 9
Fred Boshela 4 19 38 18 30 56 15
John Wessels 4 22 70 7 9 51 11
Rod Coffman 4 16 39 12 18 44 12
Rex Parker 4 4 12 12 17 20 7
Don Grabow 4 2 5 5 6 9 2
Don Slaughter 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Bobby Washington 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
SHAWNEETOWN
Player G FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Garrison Newsom 2 18 50 6 9 42 4
Jack Nolen 2 8 21 7 8 23 5
Bob Spottsville 2 5 19 10 16 20 5
Alfred Gunzel 2 2 6 4 4 8 3
Carroll Crane 2 2 2 2 3 6 0
Jack Drone 2 3 5 0 1 6 2
Mitchell Thrailkill 1 2 3 0 0 4 1
Hobart Ellis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Joyner 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bob Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0