1959 Tournament

No Surprise.... Shabbona Champs

Shabbona entered the 1959 Little Ten Conference Tournament at Hinckley as the top seed, 16-0, and ranked fourth in the state according to the United Press International Poll. The Indians opened with a 97-38 win over Earlville with the 97 points being a tournament record. In the semifinals Serena became another victim as Shabbona rolled to a 81-35 victory, while second place Leland clipped Sandwich 74-54. Leland, who had fallen 70-52 earlier in the season to the Indians, fell behind 23-9 after one quarter in the championship game and were defeated 91-41.

1959 LTC Tournament Scores

FIRST ROUND

Earlville 61, Hinckley-Big Rock 56

Paw Paw 64, Somonauk 62

SECOND ROUND

Shabbona 97 Earlville 38

Serena 69, Waterman 57

Sandwich 62, Plano 49

Leland 60, Paw Paw 52

SEMI-FINALS

Shabbona 81, Serena 35

Leland 74, Sandwich 54

THRID PLACE

Serena 57, Sandwich 50

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Shabbona 91, Leland 41

FINAL 1959 LITTLE TEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

W L Pct.

Shabbona 9 0 1.000

Leland 8 1 .889

Serena 6 3 .667

Waterman 5 4 .556

Sandwich 4 5 .444

Somonauk 4 5 .444

Earlville 4 5 .444

Paw Paw 3 6 .333

Hinckley-Big Rock 2 7 .222

Plano 0 9 .000

ALL LITTLE TEN

CONFERENCE

FIRST TEAM

Marv Straw, Shabbona

Jerry Wisted, Shabbona

Ron Espe, Shabbona

Norm Wesson, Leland

Steve Maple, Waterman

SECOND TEAM

Bill Mullins, Shabbona

Denny Fleming, Shabbona

Gene Stroyan, Paw Paw

Gary Anderson, Serena

Will Wright, Leland

HONORABLE MENTION

Mickey Johnson, Serena; Tom Major, Earlville; Bob Stratton, Leland; Don Tellefson, Leland; Ron Brandow, Somonauk; Bill Stahl, Somonauk; Les Granart, Hinckley-Big Rock; Ronnie Jandt, Hinckley-Big Rock; Charles Naylon, Sandwich.