March Madness Record Book
1959 Boys Box Scores
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Madison 83, Centralia 69
Super-Sectional Game at Salem
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
MADISON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ed Modrusic 0 0 5 6 5 2
Bob Price 7 13 6 8 20 4
Fred Riddle 10 16 5 6 25 1
Delancy Scott 4 13 7 9 15 2
Ed Walker 2 5 1 4 5 4
Jacob Young 5 11 3 4 13 0
TOTAL 28 58 27 37 83 13
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ken Coleman 0 1 0 0 0 2
John Crain 3 10 4 5 10 3
Tom Eggers 4 14 3 4 11 2
Ronnie Flowers 5 8 2 2 12 2
Rod Linder 7 21 2 2 16 3
Jack O'Neal 1 5 1 2 3 3
Ronnie O'Neal 2 7 1 2 5 1
Robert "Mickey" Stept 2 4 2 3 6 5
Jim Stevenson 3 7 0 0 6 2
Jerry Wyatt 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 27 79 15 20 69 23
Madison 21 20 (41) 11 31 (42) -- 83
Centralia 21 8 (29) 14 26 (40) -- 69
Waukegan (H.S.) 63, Chicago (Marshall) 62
Super-Sectional Game at Evanston [Northwestern U., McGaw Hall / Welsh-Ryan Arena]
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
WAUKEGAN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Covance Cabell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Cisneroz 4 13 3 3 11 2
Kit Gordon 2 7 1 1 5 3
Andy Hankins 7 20 9 13 23 4
John Henderson 1 7 2 2 4 4
Dick Nixon 8 22 2 3 18 2
Tony Seals 1 4 0 0 2 3
TEAM 7
TOTAL 23 73 17 22 63 18
CHICAGO (MARSHALL)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ed Franklin 1 2 0 2 2 0
Gordon Lemons 2 3 2 3 6 1
Ken Moses 3 9 2 6 8 1
Robert Smith 2 6 0 2 4 4
M.C. Thompson 9 17 5 10 23 5
George Wilson 9 19 1 2 19 3
TEAM 1
TOTAL 26 56 10 25 62 14
Waukegan (H.S.) 13 15 (28) 20 15 (35) -- 63
Chicago (Marshall) 19 10 (29) 21 12 (33) -- 62
Springfield (H.S.) 73, Macomb 39
Super-Sectional Game at Springfield [Armory]
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tom Cole 7 17 7 11 21 1
Bob Farris 1 3 0 1 2 1
Tom Frick 1 2 0 0 2 3
Ed Greenberg 0 2 2 2 2 2
George Mathis 6 12 1 3 13 2
Lynn Neff 6 6 4 5 16 4
Lee Pelham 2 5 2 4 6 2
Bob Plohr 2 3 0 0 4 3
Charles Shauger 1 5 1 1 3 3
Jim Wieties 1 3 2 2 4 3
TOTAL 27 58 19 29 73 24
MACOMB
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
George Fox 1 4 1 1 3 0
Roger Graham 0 4 3 6 3 4
Gerald Hanning 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jerry Oetgen 1 7 10 13 12 4
Dave Steward 0 4 4 7 4 3
Jim Stocker 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Sullivan 5 13 2 2 12 2
Ralph Waller 2 7 0 0 4 5
Ron Wheeler 0 1 1 4 1 0
Larry Wilson 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 42 21 34 39 20
Springfield (H.S.) 19 17 (36) 19 18 (37) -- 73
Macomb 11 12 (23) 5 11 (16) -- 39
Peoria (H.S.) 70, Ottawa (Twp.) 47
Super-Sectional Game at Peoria [Bradley U., Robertson Fieldhouse]
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
PEORIA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Banta 0 1 1 2 1 1
Ross Canterbury 0 1 0 1 0 0
Walt Gerard 3 7 2 3 8 1
Rich Hermann 1 5 0 0 2 1
Steve Hudgens 4 5 4 4 12 2
Ted Kraft 0 0 2 2 2 0
Jay McCormick 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Munns 9 16 7 8 25 2
Bob West 7 13 6 7 20 0
TOTAL 24 48 22 27 70 8
OTTAWA (TWP.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Vern Blue 0 4 1 2 1 0
Jerry Chevalier 3 7 0 0 6 5
Herb Hetrick 2 3 0 1 4 1
R.C. Johnson 1 8 3 4 5 3
John Love 6 7 2 3 14 1
Dave Polancic 2 2 0 0 4 1
John Ristau 1 1 0 0 2 0
Bill Schiffbauer 4 11 0 1 8 2
Frank "Bud" Schlosser 1 9 1 1 3 4
TOTAL 20 52 7 12 47 17
Peoria (H.S.) 19 19 (38) 14 18 (32) -- 70
Ottawa (Twp.) 13 9 (22) 9 16 (25) -- 47
Aurora (West) 71, Harvey (Thornton) 58
Super-Sectional Game at Hinsdale (Twp.)
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
AURORA (WEST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Hal Beebee 0 1 1 2 1 1
Jim Cronin 0 1 0 0 0 3
Bill Habermeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Konrad 3 7 1 2 7 5
Ed Pottieger 0 3 9 9 9 1
John Schwenk 7 11 4 6 18 2
Larry Secor 2 4 3 3 7 1
Bill Small 12 25 4 4 28 2
Noel Smith 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Young 0 10 1 2 1 1
TOTAL 24 62 23 28 71 17
HARVEY (THORNTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bob Caress 3 7 2 4 8 2
Paul Jackson 7 9 3 5 17 1
Bill LaBuda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Lentfer 2 3 1 3 5 2
Dave Lezeau 2 2 1 1 5 4
Bart Pettice 1 6 0 3 2 1
Jim Ring 3 8 2 3 8 4
Stan Thompson 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dennis Treadwell 1 2 1 2 3 0
Andy Wilson 4 5 2 3 10 2
TOTAL 23 44 12 24 58 16
Aurora (West) 23 15 (38) 13 20 (33) -- 71
Harvey (Thornton) 8 14 (22) 11 25 (36) -- 58
Rantoul 66, Taylorville 61
Super-Sectional Game at Decatur (H.S.)
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
RANTOUL
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dale Christensen 4 9 2 4 10 4
Bill Gibbs 3 11 5 7 11 5
Larry Harris 7 13 4 6 18 3
John Meeker 7 15 4 4 18 4
Jim Quinlan 0 1 0 1 0 3
Bob White 1 3 0 1 2 1
Roger Wissmiller 1 6 5 6 7 2
TOTAL 23 58 20 29 66 22
TAYLORVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Lynn Adams 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dale Becker 1 2 1 3 3 4
Dave Giovagnoli 5 13 6 8 16 5
Dave Goodall 2 4 2 2 6 3
John Helm 4 9 7 8 15 2
Gerald Parker 2 9 4 4 8 4
Dick Secrest 4 12 5 9 13 3
TOTAL 18 49 25 35 61 21
Rantoul 14 17 (31) 21 14 (35) -- 66
Taylorville 13 10 (23) 15 23 (38) -- 61
Herrin (H.S.) 62, Benton 50
Super-Sectional Game at West Frankfort (Frankfort)
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
HERRIN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Terry Brandon 0 1 3 4 3 5
Jim Carnago 0 0 0 0
Ken Doughty 6 18 4 6 16 1
Gene Turni 7 12 4 5 18 4
Ron Ward 7 13 3 7 17 4
Gerald Wharton 3 8 0 3 6 0
Ed Wieland 1 1 0 0 2 0
Doug Williams 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Williams 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 24 53 14 26 62 15
BENTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Terry Deiro 4 8 1 5 9 1
Jeff Ferguson 6 18 0 1 12 4
Joe Kimmel 1 5 2 3 4 0
Larry Lewis 0 3 0 0 0 0
Bob McMahon 2 5 1 1 5 2
Curt Richerson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vic Tasky 2 12 4 7 8 3
Joe West 6 15 0 0 12 5
TOTAL 21 67 8 17 50 15
Herrin (H.S.) 13 20 (33) 16 13 (29) -- 62
Benton 13 13 (26) 10 14 (24) -- 50
Galesburg (H.S.) 65, Rockford (West) 49
Super-Sectional Game at Moline (H.S.)
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ralph Cannon 5 7 0 0 10 2
Jim Carr 2 4 2 2 6 2
Bob Coe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otis Cowan 5 8 1 3 11 3
Dave Cox 5 6 4 5 14 4
Ed Havens 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Nichols 6 10 2 2 14 5
Lawrence "Bumpy" Nixo 2 4 6 7 10 5
Lincoln Nixon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Olson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL 25 39 15 21 65 21
ROCKFORD (WEST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Clint Bedford 4 12 3 5 11 4
Steve Davis 5 9 2 3 12 1
Riley Goza 0 1 0 2 0 2
Robert Green 1 1 0 0 2 0
Ed Henby 1 2 4 6 6 1
Nate Martin 1 8 4 6 6 3
Monson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mott 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Wilke 1 5 8 9 10 2
Charles Wolfe 0 0 2 2 2 3
TOTAL 13 38 23 33 49 16
Galesburg (H.S.) 17 15 (32) 14 19 (33) -- 65
Rockford (West) 12 10 (22) 7 20 (27) -- 49
Waukegan (H.S.) 62, Madison 50
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 20, 1959
WAUKEGAN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Covance Cabell 2 8 3 5 7 3
Ray Cisneroz 4 9 1 1 9 3
Kit Gordon 0 2 0 0 0 4
Andy Hankins 3 14 7 10 13 1
John Henderson 4 9 3 4 11 4
Ron Leafblad 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dick Nixon 8 16 6 7 22 5
Tony Seals 0 0 0 1 0 1
Robert Sirvidas 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lawrence Zupnasic 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 21 59 20 29 62 24
MADISON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank Hideg 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Hrysko 0 2 1 2 1 2
Ed Modrusic 0 2 1 3 1 0
Henry Nowicki 0 0 2 3 2 0
Bob Price 2 9 2 4 6 3
Fred Riddle 3 13 11 11 17 4
Delancy Scott 1 5 2 2 4 1
Bob Simpson 1 4 0 2 2 2
Ed Walker 0 3 5 7 5 3
Jacob Young 4 10 4 7 12 4
TOTAL 11 48 28 41 50 20
Waukegan (H.S.) 14 18 (32) 17 13 (30) -- 62
Madison 16 7 (23) 11 16 (27) -- 50
Springfield (H.S.) 60, Peoria (H.S.) 53
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 20, 1959
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tom Cole 9 21 2 5 20 5
Bob Farris 1 2 0 0 2 0
George Mathis 5 20 2 5 12 2
Lynn Neff 2 5 4 5 8 3
Lee Pelham 0 0 0 1 0 2
Bob Plohr 0 1 0 0 0 0
Charles Shauger 6 10 3 4 15 1
Jim Wieties 1 1 1 1 3 2
TOTAL 24 60 12 21 60 15
PEORIA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Banta 0 0 0 0 0 2
Terry Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Gerard 4 7 2 5 10 3
Rich Hermann 1 2 4 5 6 5
Steve Hudgens 5 9 4 5 14 1
Ted Kraft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Munns 7 11 2 4 16 3
Bob West 2 9 3 3 7 3
TOTAL 19 38 15 22 53 17
Springfield (H.S.) 2 19 (21) 16 23 (39) -- 60
Peoria (H.S.) 16 13 (29) 6 18 (24) -- 53
Aurora (West) 71, Rantoul 62
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 20, 1959
AURORA (WEST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Hal Beebee 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Cronin 1 2 0 0 2 3
Bill Habermeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Konrad 1 4 3 4 5 4
Ed Pottieger 0 3 4 4 4 3
John Schwenk 2 9 1 1 5 5
Larry Secor 7 14 10 11 24 4
Bill Small 11 23 8 10 30 4
Noel Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Young 0 1 1 2 1 0
TOTAL 22 56 27 32 71 23
RANTOUL
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dale Christensen 4 8 6 8 14 5
Bill Gibbs 4 20 8 13 16 5
Larry Harris 2 12 0 1 4 2
Mike Klestinski 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Meeker 4 14 6 6 14 3
Charles Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Quinlan 0 1 0 1 0 0
Phil Quinlan 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob White 5 8 0 0 10 2
Roger Wissmiller 0 4 4 6 4 4
TOTAL 19 67 24 35 62 22
Aurora (West) 16 18 (34) 13 24 (37) -- 71
Rantoul 16 14 (30) 14 18 (32) -- 62
Galesburg (H.S.) 73, Herrin (H.S.) 69
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 20, 1959
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ralph Cannon 7 12 0 1 14 5
Jim Carr 3 11 7 11 13 4
Otis Cowan 2 8 6 7 10 4
Dave Cox 7 14 7 8 21 4
Richard Nichols 1 3 3 5 5 2
Lawrence "Bumpy" Nixo 4 10 2 3 10 5
Lincoln Nixon 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 24 58 25 35 73 25
HERRIN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Terry Brandon 2 6 2 7 6 2
Jim Carnago 1 1 0 0 2 0
Ken Doughty 5 15 9 11 19 5
Gary Hamilton 1 2 0 0 2 0
Gene Turni 8 16 7 12 23 4
Ron Ward 6 7 4 4 16 5
Gerald Wharton 0 3 1 1 1 2
Ed Wieland 0 1 0 0 0 1
Doug Williams 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 51 23 35 69 23
Galesburg (H.S.) 18 19 (37) 17 19 (36) -- 73
Herrin (H.S.) 20 21 (41) 7 21 (28) -- 69
Springfield (H.S.) 64, Waukegan (H.S.) 40
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 21, 1959
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tom Cole 8 12 7 11 23 1
Bob Farris 0 1 1 2 1 0
Tom Frick 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Greenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Mathis 3 13 16 22 22 4
Lynn Neff 2 5 0 1 4 3
Lee Pelham 1 4 2 2 4 0
Bob Plohr 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charles Shauger 1 4 3 3 5 5
Jim Wieties 1 6 3 5 5 4
TOTAL 16 45 32 46 64 18
WAUKEGAN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Covance Cabell 1 2 0 0 2 5
Ray Cisneroz 1 5 2 5 4 3
Kit Gordon 0 1 0 0 0 3
Andy Hankins 0 14 1 1 1 5
John Henderson 2 4 5 6 9 4
Ron Leafblad 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Nixon 7 28 9 11 23 5
Tony Seals 0 1 1 3 1 1
Robert Sirvidas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Zupnasic 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 11 55 18 27 40 27
Springfield (H.S.) 11 12 (23) 16 25 (41) -- 64
Waukegan (H.S.) 5 15 (20) 13 7 (20) -- 40
Aurora (West) 74, Galesburg (H.S.) 61
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 21, 1959
AURORA (WEST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Hal Beebee 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Cronin 0 1 0 2 0 0
Bill Habermeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Konrad 6 9 3 5 15 1
Ed Pottieger 1 2 7 9 9 1
John Schwenk 3 6 3 6 9 4
Larry Secor 5 8 4 7 14 3
Bill Small 10 21 7 9 27 1
Tom Young 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 47 24 38 74 10
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ralph Cannon 2 8 1 1 5 3
Jim Carr 0 8 3 4 3 4
Bob Coe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otis Cowan 5 7 1 1 11 5
Dave Cox 4 10 0 1 8 5
Ed Havens 0 1 0 0 0 0
Richard Nichols 4 9 0 0 8 5
Lawrence "Bumpy" Nixo 11 19 4 5 26 4
Lincoln Nixon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Olson 0 5 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 26 67 9 12 61 27
Aurora (West) 15 19 (34) 19 21 (40) -- 74
Galesburg (H.S.) 19 11 (30) 16 15 (31) -- 61
Galesburg (H.S.) 78, Waukegan (H.S.) 66
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 21, 1959
GALESBURG (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ralph Cannon 5 11 1 4 11 3
Jim Carr 5 9 2 4 12 4
Bob Coe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otis Cowan 2 6 1 3 5 2
Dave Cox 8 16 8 10 24 2
Ed Havens 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richard Nichols 0 1 0 0 0 2
Lawrence "Bumpy" Nixo 7 11 6 7 20 2
Lincoln Nixon 1 2 0 0 2 0
Ted Olson 2 5 0 1 4 2
TOTAL 30 61 18 29 78 18
WAUKEGAN (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Covance Cabell 2 8 1 3 5 5
Ray Cisneroz 2 9 2 2 6 4
Kit Gordon 1 4 0 0 2 3
Andy Hankins 5 10 12 13 22 3
John Henderson 4 5 1 2 9 3
Ron Leafblad 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dick Nixon 5 18 3 5 13 0
Tony Seals 2 4 3 3 7 0
Robert Sirvidas 1 2 0 0 2 1
Lawrence Zupnasic 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 22 62 22 28 66 20
Galesburg (H.S.) 22 13 (35) 26 17 (43) -- 78
Waukegan (H.S.) 22 11 (33) 17 16 (33) -- 66
Springfield (H.S.) 60, Aurora (West) 52
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 21, 1959
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tom Cole 11 21 4 7 26 2
George Mathis 7 15 5 5 19 5
Lynn Neff 1 4 1 1 3 1
Lee Pelham 1 1 0 0 2 0
Charles Shauger 3 10 4 6 10 4
Jim Wieties 0 1 0 1 0 4
TOTAL 23 52 14 20 60 16
AURORA (WEST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jim Cronin 1 1 1 2 3 0
Jim Konrad 3 7 0 0 6 2
Ed Pottieger 1 4 2 3 4 1
John Schwenk 3 8 7 11 13 3
Larry Secor 1 4 2 2 4 5
Bill Small 7 18 4 7 18 5
Tom Young 2 4 0 0 4 0
TOTAL 18 46 16 25 52 16
Springfield (H.S.) 17 14 (31) 14 15 (29) -- 60
Aurora (West) 14 10 (24) 9 19 (28) -- 52