Boys Basketball: West 1955-1956

Scoring
Player	G	Points	Avg.
John Wessels	26	648	24.9
Don Slaughter	29	449	15.5
Nolden Gentry	29	439	15.1
Bob Washington	29	255	8.8
Tom Blake	29	183	6.3
Jack Flynn	26	117	4.5
Peeples	21	41	2.0
Roscoe Burke	16	22	1.4
Heath	16	17	1.1
Peacock	14	16	1.1
Joe DiGiovanni	7	16	2.3
George Cotone	6	9	1.5
Sam Patton	12	8	0.7
Olson	5	5	1.0
Urnezis	5	4	0.8
Worf	2	2	1.0
Johnson	29	2,238	77.2

 

Results
Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorers
Nov. 25	Davenport (Iowa)	West 78, Davenport 62	Gentry 26, Slaughter 16, Washington 13
Nov. 26	At Moline	Moline 62, West 55	Gentry 18, Slaughter 11, Flynn 10
Dec. 3	Belvidere	West 82, Belvidere 62	Gentry 30, Slaughter 24, DiGiovanni 9
Dec. 9	Rochelle	West 83, Rochelle 42	Wessels 22, Gentry 15, Slaughter 12
Dec. 16	Elgin	West 77, Elgin 56	Washington 16, Gentry 15, Wessels 15
Dec. 22	At LaSalle-Peru	West 58, LaSalle-Peru 43	Wessels 24, Gentry 11, Blake 8
Dec. 29	Peoria Manual	West 72, Peoria Manual 47	Wessels 23, Slaughter 13, Gentry 10, Washington 10
Dec. 30	Peoria Central	West 67, Peoria Central 52	Wessels 24, Slaughter 17, Gentry 14
Jan. 6	East Aurora	West 75, East Aurora 53	Wessels 25, Slaughter 17, Gentry 14
Jan. 7	At Rock Island	West 79, Rock Island 67	Wessels 25, Gentry 22, Washington 14
Jan. 13	Freeport	West 73, Freeport 50	Wessels 28, Gentry 20, Slaughter 13
Jan. 20	At East	West 80, East 61	Wessels 29, Slaughter 15, Washington 13
Jan. 27	At West Aurora	West 91, West Aurora 49	Wessels 29, Gentry 20, Slaughter 18
Jan. 28	DeKalb	West 79, DeKalb 41	Slaughter 18, Wessels 15, Gentry 14, Flynn 14
Feb. 3	LaSalle-Peru	West 74, LaSalle-Peru 49	Wessels 29, Slaughter 17, Gentry 12
Feb. 4	At Sterling	West 83, Sterling 62	Wessels 32, Gentry 18, Slaughter 16
Feb. 10	At Joliet	West 71, Joliet 58	Wessels 22, Slaughter 16, Washington 15
Feb. 11	Gary (Ind.) Mann	West 82, Mann 57	Wessels 24, Gentry 15, Slaughter 15
Feb. 17	At Freeport	West 88, Freeport 66	Wessels 28, Slaughter 28, Gentry 15
Feb. 24	East	West 73, East 61	Wessels 20, Slaughter 14, Gentry 12, Washington 12
IHSA Tournament
Feb. 27	Hononegah	West 93, Hononegah 40	Gentry 17, Slaughter 15, Wessels 15
Feb. 28	Harlem	West 94, Harlem 62	Wessels 35, Slaughter 27, Gentry 12
Mar. 2	East	West 98, East 71	Wessels 29, Slaughter 27, Gentry 21
Mar. 8	Forreston	West 105, Forreston 66	Wessels 26, Slaughter 22, Washington 14
Mar. 9	Freeport	West 49, Freeport 29	Wessels 22, Gentry 6, Slaughter 5, Washington 5
Mar. 13	Galesburg	West 66, Galesburg 64 (2 OT)	Wessels 24, Slaughter 16, Gentry 13
Mar. 16	West Frankfort	West 82, West Frankfort 70	Wessels 36, Slaughter 14, Blake 10
Mar. 17	Chicago Dunbar	West 61, Dunbar 48	Slaughter 19, Wessels 18, Gentry 11
Mar. 17	Edwardsville	West 67, Edwardsville 65	Wessels 29, Gentry 17, Washington 17

Coach: Alex Saudargas
Record: 10-0, 29-1

Boys Basketball: West 1954-1955

Scoring
Player	G	Points	Avg.
John Wessels	29	530	18.3
Nolden Gentry	29	424	14.6
Fred Boshela	29	390	13.4
Rod Coffman	29	310	10.7
Rex Parker	29	208	7.2
Don Grabow	19	73	3.8
Bob Washington	23	69	3.0
Olson	19	43	2.3
Don Slaughter	19	42	2.2
Sam Patton	18	21	1.2
Joe DiGiovanni	16	16	1.0
Morgan	11	12	1.1
Black	16	11	0.7
Roscoe Burke	4	8	2.0
McClelland	11	6	0.5
Bedford	9	6	0.7
Johnson	8	4	0.5
Sherer	6	2	0.3
Totals	29	2,175	75.0

Results
Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorers
Nov. 27	Moline	West 74, Moline 66	Wessels 26, Gentry 13, Boshela 13
Dec. 3	Chi. Von Steuben	West 85, Von Steuben 47	Wessels 19, Gentry 17, Boshela 14
Dec. 4	At Belvidere	West 87, Belvidere 48	Boshela 20, Wessels 20, Coffman 14
Dec. 10	At Rochelle	West 75, Rochelle 51	Boshela 21, Wessels 18, Coffman 14
Dec. 11	Gary (Ind.) Wallace	West 68, Wallace 49	Boshela 15, Wessels 15, Gentry 11
Dec. 17	At Elgin	West 62, Elgin 56	Wessels 18, Parker 17, Boshela 11
Dec. 22	LaSalle-Peru	West 79, LaSalle-Peru 63	Wessels 25, Gentry 15, Boshela 10
Dec. 29	Hammond (Ind.)	West 65, Hammond 31	Gentry 17, Wessels 15, Boshela 12
Dec. 30	Gary (Ind.) Froebel	West 99, Froebel 74	Wessels 31, Boshela 16, Gentry 16
Jan. 7	At East Aurora	West 81, East Aurora 47	Gentry 29, Wessels 22, Boshela 15
Jan. 8	Rock Island	Rock Island 72, West 66	Boshela 24, Wessels 15, Gentry 11
Jan. 14	At Freeport	West 85, Freeport 56	Gentry 19, Boshela 15, Wessels 14
Jan. 21	East	West 69, East 25	Coffman 18, Boshela 17, Gentry 14
Jan. 28	West Aurora	West 64, West Aurora 52	Wessels 24, Coffman 15, Gentry 9
Jan. 29	At DeKalb	West 63, DeKalb 43	Wessels 21, Gentry 15, Coffman 10
Feb. 4	At LaSalle-Peru	West 48, LaSalle-Peru 43	Gentry 15, Wessels 15, Boshela 9
Feb. 5	Sterling	West 93, Sterling 55	Wessels 27, Boshela 20, Gentry 19
Feb. 11	Joliet	West 71, Joliet 54	Coffman 23, Gentry 15, Parker 11
Feb. 18	Freeport	West 81, Freeport 61	Boshela 18, Coffman 18, Gentry 14
Feb. 25	At East	West 49, East 45	Wessels 20, Gentry 12, Coffman 6, Parker 6
IHSA Tournament
Mar. 1	Lena	West 102, Lena 28	Coffman 16, Gentry 14, Wessels 14
Mar. 3	Freeport Aquin	West 111, Aquin 42	Wessels 26, Slaughter 16, Gentry 12
Mar. 4	Freeport	West 76, Freeport 55	Wessels 23, Boshela 14, Coffman 10
Mar. 10	Rochelle	West 84, Rochelle 67	Gentry 28, Wessels 16, Boshela 12
Mar. 11	Sycamore	West 80, Sycamore 65	Wessels 31, Boshela 16, Gentry 14
Mar. 17	Decatur	West 58, Decatur 54	Gentry 21, Wessels 15, Coffman 12
Mar. 18	Lincoln	West 75, Lincoln 65	Gentry 20, Wessels 18, Boshela 12
Mar. 19	Pinckneyville	West 54, Pinckneyville 46	Boshela 21, Wessels 14, Gentry 9
Mar. 19	Elgin	West 61, Elgin 59	Boshela 17, Coffman 15, Gentry 14

Coach: Alex Saudargas
Record: 10-0, 28-1