The 1926 Little Ten Conference Tournament was held at Sandwich and fans jammed into the gym all three days and nights.  Earlville captured the title for the four time in six years by defeating Shabbona (35-16), Leland (26-22), Plano (33-13) and finally regular season champion Hinckley 32-11 in the title game.  Hinckley had only lost one game before entering the tournament.  Sandwich received a silver cup for having best appearing team.

1926 Tournament Scores

Earlville 35, Shabbona 16

Leland 21, Rollo 15

Hinckley 38, Waterman 12

Sandwich 38, Somonauk 7

Plano 18, Paw Paw 16

Earlville 26, Leland 22

Hinckley 22, Sandwich 16

Earlville 33, Plano 13

Sandwich 32, Plano 6 (3^rd Place)

Earlville 32, Hinckley 11 -  Championship Game

Earlville 32

                      FG     FT     TP

Dudley, rf          6      0     12

Lyons, lf            3      0      6

Meinke, c           6      0     12

Dupee, rg          1      0      2

Beal, lg             0      0      0

Totals            16      0     32

Hinckley  11

                       FG     FT     TP

King, rf              4      0      8

Challand, lf         0      0      0

Eastabrook, c     1      1      3

Jandt, rg            0      0      0

Strever, lg          0      0      0

Totals               5      1     11

Total fouls - Earlville 6, Hinckley 4.

11 players were awarded positions on the All-Star Conference Team

FORWARDS - Dudley (Earlville), King (Hinckley), K. Paulson (Sandwich), Witt (Leland).

GUARDS - Dupee (Earlville), Anderson (Leland), Nichols (Plano), Beamer (Paw Paw).

CENTERS - Eastabrook (Hinckley), Warner (Sandwich), Meinke (Earlville).