March Madness Record Book

1950 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1949 — 1951



Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
First Round
Chicago (Tilden) 46, Sterling (H.S.) 35
Elgin (H.S.) 75, Lawrenceville 40
Freeport (H.S.) 69, Paris 56
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 65, Peoria (Spalding) 48
Quincy (Sr.) 62, Taylorville 42
Collinsville 69, Kewanee (H.S.) 52
Danville (H.S.) 69, Monmouth (H.S.) 49
Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 67, Johnston City 55
Quarterfinals
Elgin (H.S.) 59, Chicago (Tilden) 50
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 86, Freeport (H.S.) 61
Collinsville 54, Quincy (Sr.) 46
Danville (H.S.) 59, Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 52
Semifinals
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 57, Elgin (H.S.) 49
Danville (H.S.) 62, Collinsville 60
Third Place
Elgin (H.S.) 81, Collinsville 65
Final
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 85, Danville (H.S.) 61

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Stan Changnon            33-0   1084
2  Danville (H.S.)             Lawrence Newtson         29-2   1519
3  Elgin (H.S.)                John Krafft              23-5   1400
4  Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          25-7    825
   Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)    Joseph Jepsen            30-3    275
   Chicago (Tilden)            William Postl            27-5   2710
   Freeport (H.S.)             Harry Kinert             24-5    960
   Quincy (Sr.)                George Latham            25-5    972
   Johnston City               Wendell Starrick         23-8    375
   Kewanee (H.S.)              Helmut Brockman         14-16    682
   Lawrenceville               Joe Fearheiley          17-11    544
   Monmouth (H.S.)             Charles Larson          20-10    510
   Paris                       Harry Sortal             26-5    629
   Peoria (Spalding)           John Joseph Goonen       23-5    385
   Sterling (H.S.)             Gene Hall                20-9    600
   Taylorville                 David Miller             23-8    620

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Max Hooper, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                   4  46      12 104
Chuck Kraak, Collinsville                       4  38      18  94
Willard Schuldt, Elgin (H.S.)                   4  24      21  69
Bob Wright, Danville (H.S.)                     4  25      15  65
Gene Loerscher, Danville (H.S.)                 4  22      12  56
William Spangler, Danville (H.S.)               4  27       2  56
John Riley, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                   4  21      11  53
Dick Estergard, Elgin (H.S.)                    4  23       6  52
Jay Survant, Elgin (H.S.)                       4  21       8  50
Curt Klobuchar, Collinsville                    4  20       9  49

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Max Hooper, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                6-5    Jr.    
Chuck Kraak, Collinsville                    6-4    Jr.    
Walt Moore, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                6-2    So.    
John Riley, Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                6-3    So.    
Bob Wright, Danville (H.S.)                  5-11   Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       24-0
 2  Danville (H.S.)                         21-1
 3  Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)                  16-2
 4  Aurora (West)                           21-3
 5  Paris                                   21-4
 6  Flora                                   21-3
 7  Elgin (H.S.)                            15-4
 8  Freeport (H.S.)                         19-4
 9  Peoria (Manual)                         18-4
10  Johnston City                           17-6
11  Collinsville                            18-5
12  Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)            22-4
13  Quincy (Sr.)                            19-5
14  Murphysboro                             17-4
15  Decatur (H.S.)                          19-4
16  Centralia