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SEVEN OF SWEET SIXTEEN REACHED FAME AFTER LOSSRegional Runner - Up» Have Chance to win in TournamentB P \T HAKMONWritten for The Associated PressChampaign, 111., March 12 A regional runner-up never has wonthe state high school basketball championship but the fortunes ofbasketball nevei were more favorable for such an eventuality than the\ are todav.... ^ aSeven of the 16 finalists in the33rd annual tournament which will open here Thursday have been defeated in tournament play, , They survived because the state high school athletic associationpermits runners-up in regionalmeets to advance to thp sectionalsin which a straight eliminationsystem is enforced.The beaten seven are Champaign, Beardstown, Salem, Herrin, Tavlorvitle, Dundee and Granite lt;it v.Dundee and Granite City, particularly potent this season, aie in the lower bracket with powerful little Hebron, which knocked off the defending champion, Rockford, Saturday night. The upper bracket cannot match such a strong triumvirate, but has a genuine standout in Salem, which lost only five of 33 games.Three of Salem's defeats were at the hands of Centralis, whom Salem upset in the sectional final. The other Salem defeats were by Olney and Granite City.f irst Feature Game The feature game of the first round appears to be the Taylor-villeParis clash. The Tigers defeated Taylorville by 10 points in January. b^t Taylorville has improved sc. much since then that it is hardly recognizable as the same club. Paris is expected to match its speed against Taylor-ville’s height and should Paris win it likely will be through aggressive play.Hebion, as representative of a village of 608 population, is certain to be a sentimental favoriteamong many fans and theseDavids of tin field likely will give their s ipporters a run for their enthusiasm.Champaign will open the tournament Thursday morning against the Chicago public school champion Crane Tech. Then in ordei will come these other first-round tilts: Beard: town vs Salem: Herrinvs. Bloom i Chicago Heights):Paris v.x .Tavlorville: Casey vs.*.-■ .7Moline. Lewistown vs, Hebron; Dundee vs. Rushville, and Streat-or vs. Granite City.Thursday’s play outs the field to eight teams with Friday's battling sending font more clubs to the sidelines. Semi-finals are scheduled Saturday afternoon, withF.the third place and championship! skirmishes.f
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Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, US
Tue, Mar 12, 1940
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