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 (3rd
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).
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