Rangers take third in the 1933 IHSA State Tournament

July 25, 2017 By Leave a Comment

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

1932-33

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

 

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Rangers lose in the quarterfinals of the 1932 at state

July 20, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

The Benton Rangers lose to Kewanee in the first round of the IHSA state tournament to Kewanee 12-11 in 1932.

They won the Johnston City Sectional by beating the Galatia Bearcats 23-18.  With the next post there will be district scores involved as well.

Johnston City Sectional

Metropolis 23-19 East. St. Louis

Benton 8-4 Galatia

Dupo 33-27 Marissa

Galatia 30-28 Cairo

Galatia 36-27 Metropolis

Benton 43-11 Dupo

Benton 23-18 Galatia

BENTON (23): Henry 13, L. Smith 4, Lawson 3, Rector 2, Rhodes 1.

GALATIA (18): Hall 9, J. Jones 5, O. Jones 3, Wiggins 1.

1931-32  State Tournament

Quarterfinals
Canton 19, Springfield (H.S.) 12
Lawrenceville 31, Rantoul 21
Kewanee (H.S.) 12, Benton 11
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 29, Hillsboro 12

Semifinals
Canton 24, Lawrenceville 20
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 28, Kewanee (H.S.) 20

Third Place
Lawrenceville 27, Kewanee (H.S.) 19

Championship
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 30, Canton 16

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Rangers fall to JC again in the 1931 sectional…Indians finish 4th in the state

July 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

Thank you all for the positive response as I have been looking back into the archives of some of the postseasons in the past.

For the rest of the month of July we will be focusing on High School Basketball and talk to area coaches about their summer.

I will be changing to High School football and the other fall sports mode on August 1st.

In 1930, there was not a Franklin County school that made it to the sectionals.  Carbondale beat Mt. Vernon for the sectional finals and fell in the quarterfinals at state.

In 1931, the Rangers fell to the Johnston City Indians in the semi-finals of the Carbondale Sectional.  JC Beat Simpson in the Championship game.  The Indians took the fourth place trophy back to Williamson County as they fell to Chicago Harrison in overtime.

Here is the sectional and state tournament scores from 1931.

Carbondale

Murphysboro 22-12 Cobden

Simpson 19-17 Pinckneyville

Benton 47-15 Chester

Johnston City 17-7 Equality

Simpson 12-10 Murphysboro (OT)

Johnston City 17-15 Benton

Johnston City 14-12 Simpson (OT)

1930-31  State Finals

Quarterfinals

Chicago (Harrison) 44, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 33

Decatur (H.S.) 24, Collinsville 23

Galesburg (H.S.) 30, Peoria (Manual) 22

Johnston City 23, Rantoul 14

Semifinals

Decatur (H.S.) 27, Chicago (Harrison) 20

Galesburg (H.S.) 28, Johnston City 27

Third Place

Chicago (Harrison) 28, Johnston City 26 (OT)

Championship

Decatur (H.S.) 30, Galesburg (H.S.) 26

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Benton bows out of the Harrisburg sectionals to the state champs, the JC Indians in 1929

July 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

The Benton Rangers ended their 1929 campaign falling to the Johnston City Indians, 29-28 in the Harrisburg Sectional.  The Rangers were coached by H.B. Tabor, finished their campaign with a 21-7 record.   It sounds like JC went for the two point conversion in the last seconds, instead of kicking the extra point.

Johnston City was coached by LaRue VanMeter.  They were 31-3 on the season defeating Champaign 30-21 in the title game.  I remember their old gym had 1929 State Champs painted on one end of the floor.

Harrisburg Sectional

Johnston City 20-15 Harrisburg

Pinckneyville 42-18 Simpson

Benton 32-20 Anna

Johnston City 21-15 Pinckneyville

Johnston City 29-28 Benton

 

JOHNSTON CITY (29): Davidson 12, Hafell 6, Suduris 6, Pierce 2, Baline 2, Groves 1.

BENTON (28): Mundy 11, Foulk 9, Manis 5, Henry 2, Eskew 1.

1928-29

Quarterfinals

Champaign (H.S.) 43, Mt. Carmel 30

Freeport (H.S.) 30, Wheaton (H.S.) 28

Peoria (H.S.) 27, Witt 18

Johnston City 14, Lincoln 9

Semifinals

Champaign (H.S.) 40, Freeport (H.S.) 24

Johnston City 19, Peoria (H.S.) 15

Third Place

Freeport (H.S.) 27, Peoria (H.S.) 15

Championship

Johnston City 30, Champaign (H.S.) 21

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Steven Anderson picks up the W for Herrin Post #645

July 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/sports/early-runs-propel-herrin-over-newton-post/article_23d70190-6b56-11e7-bb23-e3e285ca497a.html

HIGHLAND, IL – (Zachary Rainey, Effingham Daily News.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  The line score will be below)

NOTE:  The Herrin American Legion baseball team’s roster is loaded with a lot of players from Franklin County.  I will be keeping a close eye on them throughout the post season run.

WP – Anderson (5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K); LP – Thoele (5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HB)

Newton Post 20: Goedde (1-3, 1B); Bierman (1-3, 1B, RBI); Grunloh (1-3, 1B); Jansen (0-2 BB); Weber (1-2, 1B, R);

Herrin Post 645: Oxford (1-2, 1B, RBI, BB, R); Schimpf (0-1, BB, HBP, R); Hartline (1-3, 3B, 2 RBI, R); Chamness (1-3, 1B, RBI); Bush (1-3, 1B); Parks (1-3, 2B, R); Gibson (BB);

Filed Under: Benton High School Sports, Christopher High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports, Zeigler-Royalton High School Sports

Corn – Phelps inducted into SI Miners HS coaches Hall of Fame tonight

July 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

MARION, IL  –   This evening the Southern Illinois Miners will make their third and fourth inductions into their Southern Illinois High School Coaches Hall of Fame this evening.  So far, all four have strong Franklin County ties.

Dick Corn the long time coach of the Pinckneyville Panthers, and Tony Phelps was the long time volleyball coach of the Benton Rangerettes, will be inducted this evening.  Corn will join his high school coach, Rich Herrin in the HOF.  The other inductee legendary football coach Mike Rude, was a star athlete for Christopher High School.

Corn’s teams brought two state Class A Boys Basketball state titles from Peoria back to Perry County in 1994 and 2002.  The Panthers finished fourth in the state in 2006. as well.

His Panther team came very close to brining a state title home from Champaign as well, losing a heartbreaker in the championship to Pana in 1988.

Between 1975-2007 Corn’s record was 708-259.  Along with the state hardware, his teams won 24 Class A regional titles, and seven sectional titles.

Phelps’ record as coach of the Rangerettes 476-148-7 between 1998-2015.  His teams won 12 regional titles, five sectionals, and made two state tournament appearances.

Phelps also owns a regional title in Boys Basketball as coach of the Benton Rangers.

Phelps later started the volleyball program at Morthland College in West Frankfort.  Rich Herrin started the Men’s Basketball program, and Mike Rude started the football program at Morthland.  The school scrapped their athletic program in the spring.

The induction will be at 6:30 during the pre-game show.  The Miners will be facing the Washington (PA) Wild Things at 7:05.

Southern Illinois Healthcare is the sponsor of this event.  SIH is also a sponsor of franklincounty-news.com.  Support for the event, as well as the website is appreciated greatly.

 

 

 

 

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Rangers bow out in the 1928 quarterfinals to Canton

July 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

It has been around a week since I have did one of these looking back of old post season games.

The Canton Little Giants dominated Franklin County teams when they would get to what I assume was Huff Gym on the University of Illinois campus.

The roaring 20’s belonged to the Redbirds, but 1928 belonged to the Benton Rangers, as they bowed out to the eventual state champs.

Benton hosted the sectional that year.  Appearing in the sectional were a lot of consolidated schools now.  In the future, they would have been district schools.

I am going to provide a couple links below.  The first is where I get sectional scores from.  The second is where I get the state tournament scores off the IHSA website.  There have been several requests for them.  When I get into the 1930’s, there will be regional and district scores appearing.

The Rangers defeated the Carbondale Terriers 21-9 in the Sectional Championship game.

https://sites.google.com/site/xtmi2000/il1928

http://ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBasketball/RecordsHistory.aspx?url=/data/bkb/records/index.htm

Benton Sectional:

Carbondale 26-10 Mound City

Benton 22-12 Marion

Elkville 23-22 Karnak

Carbondale 25-24 Enfield

Benton 17-12 Elkville

Benton 21-9 Carbondale

 

BENTON (21): Harper 7, Samuels 6, Eskew 4, Doty 4.

CARBONDALE (9): Bricker 4, Holder 2, Phillips 2, Garner 1.

1927-28  State Tournament

Quarterfinals

Witt 33, Streator (Twp.) 31 (OT)

Canton 23, Benton 11

Aurora (West Aurora) 28, Rochelle 14

Griggsville 22, Hutsonville 21

Semifinals

Canton 19, Witt 17

Aurora (West Aurora) 31, Griggsville 24

Third Place

Witt 40, Griggsville 26

Championship

Canton 18, Aurora (West Aurora) 9

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McMahon to Continue Baseball Career at Maryville

July 13, 2017 By Leave a Comment

http://www.bentongazette.com/sports/mcmahon-to-continue-baseball-career-at-maryville/article_f1faf302-67e0-11e7-b6fe-4bbff808c8cc.html

BENTON, IL-  (William McPherson, Benton Gazette.  Please click on the link for the full story.  Here is an excerpt.  The photo is from the Gazette as well.)

The Benton Rangers starting pitcher Ian McMahon has announced his intention to play baseball at Maryville University, located in St. Louis next fall after completing his senior year with the Rangers.

McMahon made the announcement on social media earlier this week.“I am very excited to announce my commitment to Maryville University (Maryville University Baseball) to continue my athletic and academic career! I would like to thank: my family, friends, all of my teammates and my coaches who have helped me get to this point in my career!

McMahon, who will be a starting senior next year with the Rangers, was named both All Conference and All-South in his Junior season. As a pitcher, Ian went 6-3 with an ERA of 2.30. McMahon led the Rangers in innings pitched, and in strikeouts with 65—more than double the number two spot on the list. McMahon has been a part of three straight conference championship winning teams with Benton.

Offensively last season McMahon batted .319 and hit three homeruns, tying teammate Bryden Picklesimer for most on the team.

 

 

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Shurtz named new Boys Basketball Coach for the Herrin Tigers

July 12, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

HERRIN, IL –  The voice of the Herrin Tigers, Mike Murphy, broke this late last night.  The Herrin School Board named Benton native Sayler Shurtz as their head basketball coach last night.

Shurtz, spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach to Jacob Emling at Elverado.  In those two years, the fortunes turned at Elkville, going from an 0-25 season two years ago, to a 21-7 season, sharing a South Egyptian Conference title with Meridian and Cobden.

Shurtz also comes from a pedigree of coaches in his family.  His father Rod, was head coach of the Benton Ranger team that finished third in Class A in 1992.  That team was led by Jo Jo Johnson.  His brother Seger has led the Christopher Lady Bearcats to back to back regional titles.

Shurtz replaces Herrin AD, Mike Mooneyham, who came back for a one year second tour of duty after Irv Lukens resigned.  Mooneyham still remains as Athletic Director.

I look forward to talking with Coach Shurtz in this upcoming basketball season.  Coach Mooneyham was always accessible, and that means more than you know in preparing to write about a game.

In some other SIRR-Ohio news, the West Frankfort school board has hired Jory Dial to replace recently retired Richard Glodich as athletic director.  Dial has served as a long time assistant to football coach Brian Beery and served as an assistant to Matt Hampleman last year in girls basketball.

He was also an assistant in boys basketball to Kevin Toney and Dan DeWerff.  I will try to get with Coach Dial soon.

 

 

Filed Under: Benton High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports, West Frankfort High School Sports

Dick Corn, Tony Phelps To Be Inducted Into Southern Illinois High School Coaches Hall Of Fame

July 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

From The Southern Illinois Miners

Dick Corn, Tony Phelps To Be Inducted Into Southern Illinois High School Coaches Hall Of Fame

MARION, IL – The Southern Illinois Miners announce that longtime Pinckneyville High School boys basketball head coach Dick Corn and Benton High School girls volleyball head coach Tony Phelps will be the second set of inductees into the Southern Illinois High School Coaches Hall of Fame, presented by Southern Illinois Healthcare, on July 18th before the Miners take on the Washington Wild Things at 7:05 p.m.

For Corn, who was coached at Benton High School by fellow Southern Illinois High School Coaches Hall of Fame inductee Rich Herrin, he roamed the sidelines at Pinckneyville high school for 32 years from 1975-2007, amassing an incredible record of 708 wins and 259 losses with the boys basketball program. Included in his 32 seasons on the bench were just two losing seasons while Corn’s Pinckneyville Panthers teams won two state championships (1994, 2001), four super-sectional titles, seven sectional titles and and a remarkable 24 regional championships.

From 1978-96, Corn’s Panthers won 20 or more games in each season, and over the course of his tenure, Pinckneyville won 20+ games 24 times in 32 years and 30 or more games four times, with all of the 30-win seasons resulting in trips to the state finals in 1988, 1994, 2001 and 2006. At the time of his stepping down as basketball coach in 2007, he was seventh all-time in the state of Illinois in combined basketball victories, with his 708 wins currently ranking 18th in IHSA history.

Tony Phelps coached the Benton Rangerettes girls volleyball program for 17 seasons, amassing a stellar record of 476 wins and only 148 losses with seven ties from 1998-2015. In that time on the sidelines, Phelps, who also coached boys basketball at Benton from 1994-97, coached his teams to 13 regional championships, five sectional championships and two super-sectional titles while having two teams qualify for the state finals in 2002 and 2004.

During his tenure, Phelps’ teams only twice failed to win 20 games in a season. None of his Rangerette squads finished a season with a losing record, while eight times his teams finished with 30 or more wins. He concluded his career as a head volleyball coach with 629 wins in total over 25 seasons, having also coached in Walnut Ridge High School in Iowa before coming to coach at Benton.

The Southern Illinois Miners return to action after the all-star break this week on Friday, July 14th when they host the River City Rascals at 7:05 p.m.

The Southern Illinois Miners are the 2016 Frontier League West Division Champions, the 2014 and 2015 Frontier League East Division Champions and the 2012 Frontier League Champions. They have been awarded the Frontier League Organization of the Year award three times since their inception, and also set a new Frontier League attendance record in 2007, their inaugural season. For ticket information, contact the Rent One Park box office at (618) 998-8499. For any additional information, visit our website at www.southernillinoisminers.com.

 

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