March Madness Record Book

1917 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1916 — 1918

Springfield (H.S.)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
First Round
DuQuoin (H.S.) 24, Harvey (Thornton) 23
Bloomington (H.S.) 18, Decatur (H.S.) 12
Lawrenceville 31, Centralia 23
Peoria (Manual) 27, Aurora (East) 19
Quarterfinals
Springfield (H.S.) 34, Rock Island (H.S.) 23
Bloomington (H.S.) 15, DuQuoin (H.S.) 10
Peoria (Manual) 20, Lawrenceville 9
Belvidere (H.S.) 24, Sullivan 16
Semifinals
Springfield (H.S.) 14, Bloomington (H.S.) 9
Belvidere (H.S.) 16, Peoria (Manual) 6
Third Place
Bloomington (H.S.) 20, Peoria (Manual) 9
Final
Springfield (H.S.) 32, Belvidere (H.S.) 11

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Springfield (H.S.)          Roy Wentz                10-3   1032
2  Belvidere (H.S.)            Joseph Swanson           10-4    310
3  Bloomington (H.S.)          E.W. McClure             15-3    682
4  Peoria (Manual)             Charles Mason            14-6    546
   Aurora (East)               Walter Gunn               9-5       
   Centralia                   Arthur Trout             24-4       
   Decatur (H.S.)              Verne Rogers             10-5       
   DuQuoin (H.S.)              Howard Ross              23-4    213
   Harvey (Thornton)           (unknown)                           
   Lawrenceville               (unknown)                17-2    234
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Carl Anderson            18-2    691
   Sullivan                    M.D. Abney               15-4    225

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Layard Mace, Bloomington (H.S.)                 4   8      16  32
Myron Silvius, Belvidere (H.S.)                 3  13       0  26
Eugene "Buck" Wilson, Peoria (Manual)           4  12       0  24
Max Poscover, Springfield (H.S.)                3  10       3  23
Jerome Dunne, Springfield (H.S.)                3  10       0  20
Harry Eielson, Springfield (H.S.)               3  10       0  20
Corliss Easterday, Lawrenceville                2  10       0  20
Ben Lear, Belvidere (H.S.)                      3   6       8  20
Ben Clouser, Springfield (H.S.)                 3   4       8  16
Walton Miles, Lawrenceville                     2   4       6  14
Baillie Springston, Peoria (Manual)             4   7       0  14

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Harry Eielson, Springfield (H.S.)            6-2    Jr.    
Frank Engelke, Peoria (Manual)                      Jr.    
Layard Mace, Bloomington (H.S.)              5-10   Jr.    
George Morrison, Bloomington (H.S.)          5-8    Jr.    
Eugene "Buck" Wilson, Peoria (Manual)               Jr.