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Illini
West Tournament Trivia:
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| Illini West notched their
best-ever tournament finish last year as
they took home the 2nd place trophy. That
came on the heels of a 3rd place trophy
the year prior. In notching last year's
second place finish, the Chargers notched
wins against two seeded teams: #1 Camp
Point Central (45-39) and #4 Pleasant
Plains (43-30).
Coach
Hughs is no stranger to the M-WHT. Prior
to taking over the Illini West program in
2009, Hughs had previously been
Knoxville's head coach for two seasons
(04-05, 05-06). Hughs' Knoxville teams
went 2-4 in the tourney those two years.
Carthage,
Dallas City & LaHarpe are all part of
Illini West High School. LaHarpe had
never been a tournament participant while
Dallas City was entered in the tournament
from 1947-1950. Dallas City never did
take home any tournament hardware.
Carthage,
on the other hand, has enjoyed much
success in the tournament with fourth
place finishes in 2005, 1972, 1966 &
1954; 3rd place finishes in 1968, 1952
& 1951; and a runner up finish in
both 1967 and 2004.
In 1977,
Carthage set a record for highest free
throw percentange when they made 24 of 25
for 96%.
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Last
year in the tourney:
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| Midwest
Central |
W |
55-45 |
| Camp
Point Central |
W |
45-39 |
| Pleasant
Plains |
W |
43-30 |
| Macomb |
L |
48-38 |
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Illini
West Tournament Titles:
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Prior
to the tournament:
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| Nov. 23 |
Midland-Varna* |
W |
68-42 |
| Dec. 3 |
@
Orion |
L |
63-52 |
| 6 |
@
Macomb |
L |
49-42 |
| 9 |
@
Monmouth-Roseville |
L |
49-41 |
| 13 |
Rockridge |
W |
57-53 |
| 20 |
Quincy
Notre Dame |
W |
43-42 |
| * denotes
State Farm Tournament of
Champions |
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| Sponsor: |
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Illini West Chargers |
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Front row
(l to r): John Martin, Cole Carson, Jack
Bastert, Nick Driskell, Brody Gronewold, Forrest
Ellison and Ethan Neally.
Back row (l to r): Payton Ryner,
Andrew Brackenbury, Spencer Kirkenslager, Evan
McGaughey, Chris Holtsclaw, Levi Kirby, Kaleb
Spiekermeir and Chris Stromquist. |
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| NO. |
PLAYER |
HGT. |
WGT. |
POS. |
YR. |
| 3 |
Nick
Driskell |
5-10 |
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G |
SR |
| 5 |
Payton
Ryner |
6-2 |
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F |
JR |
| 10 |
Brody
Gronewold |
5-10 |
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G |
JR |
| 12 |
John Martin
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5-8 |
|
G |
SR |
| 14 |
Ethan
Neally |
6-1 |
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F |
JR |
| 20 |
Spencer
Kirkenslager |
6-4 |
|
F |
SR |
| 22 |
Chris
Holtsclaw |
6-3 |
|
F |
SR |
| 23 |
Jack
Bastert |
5-10 |
|
G |
SR |
| 24 |
Cole Carson
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6-1 |
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F |
SR |
| 30 |
Forrest
Ellison |
5-10 |
|
G |
JR |
| 32 |
Levi Kirby |
6-2 |
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F |
JR |
| 33 |
Kaleb
Spiekermeir |
6-3 |
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F |
JR |
| 42 |
Evan
McGaughey |
6-6 |
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F |
SR |
| 50 |
Chris
Stromquist |
6-1 |
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G |
SR |
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| HEAD COACH...
John Hughs |
NICKNAME...
Chargers |
| ASST. COACH...
Bill Rasmussen, Wyatt Young, Tim
Lafferty and Andy Gronewold |
| HONORARY
COACH... Gene Peters |
SCHOOL
COLORS... Navy Blue,
Orange, White |
| SPONSOR...
Coca-Cola Bottling
Co. |
CONFERENCE...
West Central (North) |
| CITIES IN
DISTRICT: Carthage,
Dallas City, LaHarpe |
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