Rangers take third in the 1933 IHSA State Tournament

by Steve Dunford

In this series, 1933 is the year district scores are added to the database I get the scores from years past from.  You will see scores from several schools throughout the county that no longer exist.

To see some of these across Southern Illinois, here is a link to the site

https://sites.google.com/site/xtmi2000/

The Rangers finished third in the IHSA State Tournament by defeating Gil;espie 36-18 in the third place game.  This is noteworthy, a Franklin County team finally got by the Canton Little Giants, as Benton picked up a 23-21 win.

On the Rangers road to Champaign, they picked up a four point win over the West Frankfort Redbirds, in the WF district tournament.

They won the Carbondale Sectional by blowing out the Metropolis Trojans 31-18.  In the quarterfinals and semi-finals, they had barnburners to Johnston City and Galatia.

Here is a full list of scores below.

WEST FRANKFORT DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

Benton 21-12 Zeigler
Nason 23-18 Waltonville
Ewing 34-22 Ina
Woodlawn 31-21 Thompsonville
McLeansboro 36-20 Macedonia
West Frankfort 36-24 Sesser
Benton 74-19 Nason
Woodlawn 25-24 Ewing
West Frankfort 42-20 McLeansboro
Benton 67-15 Woodlawn
Benton 21-17 West Frankfort

DU QUOIN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

Vergennes 29-18 Tamaroa

DuQuoin 20-10 Christopher

Hurst-Bush 27-19 Valier

Hurst-Bush 37-20 Vergennes

DuQuoin 30-13 Ava

Murphysboro 33-19 Elkville

Hurst-Bush 21-19 DuQuoin

Hurst-Bush 35-27 Murphysboro

CARBONDALE SECTONAL TOURNAMENT

Herrin 51-19 Willisville

Metropolis 46-22 Hurst-Bush

Galatia 21-19 Cairo

Benton 18-16 Johnston City

Metropolis 34-24 Herrin

Benton 35-32 Galatia

Benton 31-13 Metropolis

 

BENTON (31): Wallace 12, Manis 9, Henry 7, Parrish 3.

METROPOLIS (13): Cagle 7, Kidd 3, Bean 3.

1933 IHSA STATE TOURNAMENT

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Quarterfinals

Springfield (H.S.) 30, Hutsonville 15

Gillespie 25, Chicago (Lake View) 23

Harvey (Thornton) 39, Mahomet 28

Benton 23, Canton 21 (2 OT)

Semifinals

Springfield (H.S.) 17, Gillespie 14

Harvey (Thornton) 28, Benton 19

Third Place

Benton 36, Gillespie 18

Championship

Harvey (Thornton) 14, Springfield (H.S.) 13