March Madness Record Book

1942 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1941 — 1943



Centralia
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Paris 64, Urbana (H.S.) 40
Streator (Twp.) 45, Normal (Community) 34
Decatur (H.S.) 53, Dixon (H.S.) 37
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 47, Springfield (Cathedral) 32
Centralia 42, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 28
Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 35, Chicago (Lindblom) 19
Freeport (H.S.) 42, Moline (H.S.) 24
Olney (H.S.) 47, Quincy (Sr.) 40
Quarterfinals
Paris 43, Streator (Twp.) 32
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 49, Decatur (H.S.) 45
Centralia 31, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 29
Freeport (H.S.) 29, Olney (H.S.) 24
Semifinals
Paris 28, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 21
Centralia 45, Freeport (H.S.) 42
Third Place
Freeport (H.S.) 31, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 30
Final
Centralia 35, Paris 33

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Centralia                   Arthur Trout             34-6   1300
2  Paris                       Ernie Eveland            39-1    668
3  Freeport (H.S.)             Merritt Allen            16-9   1057
4  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Norm Ziebell             22-6   5506
   Decatur (H.S.)              Gay Kintner              32-5   2374
   Olney (H.S.)                Frank Newton             28-5    502
   Streator (Twp.)             Lowell "Pops" Dale       31-2   1100
   Wood River (East Alton-W.R. Charles Summers          32-3   1050
   Chicago (Lindblom)          Maurice Sirwyn           17-5   5018
   Dixon (H.S.)                Len Sharpe               19-5    720
   Moline (H.S.)               Roger Potter             21-6   1308
   Normal (Community)          Ralph "Hap" Arends      17-12    468
   Quincy (Sr.)                Harold Hunt              23-4   1300
   Springfield (Cathedral)     Jack Fabri               27-4    291
   Urbana (H.S.)               Lew Stephens            19-13    833
   West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Stan Changnon            28-6   1070

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia               4  30      12  72
Gerry Dirksen, Freeport (H.S.)                  4  23      13  59
Nate Middleton, Paris                           4  24       4  52
Dave Humerickhouse, Paris                       4  13      19  45
Joe Malecek, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)             4  19       7  45
Eddie Root, Decatur (H.S.)                      2  16       4  36
Hal Craig, Decatur (H.S.)                       2  13       6  32
Ben Kristal, Streator (Twp.)                    2  13       1  27
Fred Ploegman, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)           4  11       5  27
Farrell Robinson, Centralia                     4   9       9  27
Charles Cuda, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)            4  11       5  27

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Gerry Dirksen, Freeport (H.S.)               6-2    Jr.    
Earl Dodd, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)      6-5    Jr.    
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Centralia            6-2    Jr.    
Nate Middleton, Paris                        5-9    Jr.    
Charles Tourek, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)       6-2    Jr.