Index | 1940 | 1942

1940-41 Elgin Maroons

Won 10, Lost 5
Coach John Krafft

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Game Scores

No  Date       Elg Opp OT      Opponent
 1  Nov. 30  L  27  31     H   Madison, WI (West)
 2  Dec. 6   W  44  24     H   Maywood (Proviso)
 3  Dec. 13  W  43  40  1  A * Aurora (West)
 4  Dec. 20  W  35  20     A * Freeport (H.S.)
 5  Jan. 3   W  36  24     H * Aurora (East)
 6  Jan. 10  L  32  41     H * LaSalle (L.-Peru)
 7  Jan. 17  W  26  24     A * Joliet (Twp.)
 8  Jan. 24  W  40  24     H * Aurora (West)
 9  Jan. 31  W  37  25     H * Rockford (West)
10  Feb. 7   W  41  30     A * Aurora (East)
11  Feb. 14  W  20  18     A * Rockford (East)
12  Feb. 21  L  31  32     H * Joliet (Twp.)
13  Feb. 28  L  21  29     H   Decatur (H.S.)
Regional Tournament at Woodstock (H.S.)
14  Mar. 5   W  38  26     N + Crystal Lake (H.S.)
15  Mar. 7   L  16  33     N + Hebron

* - Conference game
+ - Tournament game

Season Scoring Totals

                                 Total High
Name                     FG   FT  Pts  Game
Paul Chapman             78   29  185   21
John Craddock            30   20   80   12
Bob Stevens              23    9   55   15
Tom Bonnike              16   12   44    9
Bob Connell              18    7   43   12
Ed Weidner                7   14   28   12
Darwin Kaiser             7    6   20    4
Dick Dorsey               4    5   13    4
Gene Killman              4    5   13    4
Milford Rein              1    1    3    2
Waldemar Luepke           1    0    2    2
Jack Freyer               0    1    1    1
Bill Burmeister           0    0    0    0
Byford Cavitt             0    0    0    0

Big Eight Conference Standings

School                        W    L
Elgin                         8    2
Joliet                        8    2
Rockford (East)               8    2
LaSalle (L.-Peru)             6    4
Freeport                      5    5
Aurora (East)                 2    8
Rockford (West)               2    8
Aurora (West)                 1    9

Game-by-Game Scoring

Sat., Nov. 30, 1940
Madison, WI (West) 31, ELGIN 27
Bob Stevens 3, 1-5, 7; John Craddock 2, 1-1, 5; Bob Connell 2, 1-3, 5; Tom Bonnike 2, 0-1, 4; Gene Killman 1, 1-2, 3; Paul Chapman 1, 1-3, 3; Jack Freyer 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 11-74, 5-15, 27; Madison, WI (West) Totals 12-37, 7-15, 31; Elgin by Quarters 5-7-6-9; Madison, WI (West) by Quarters 2-8-11-10.

Fri., Dec. 6, 1940
ELGIN 44, Maywood (Proviso) 24
Paul Chapman 8, 0-1, 16; Bob Connell 6, 0-1, 12; Bob Stevens 2, 2-3, 6; John Craddock 1, 2-2, 4; Dick Dorsey 1, 0-0, 2; Milford Rein 1, 0-0, 2; Tom Bonnike 0, 2-2, 2; Bill Burmeister 0, 0-0, 0; Byford Cavitt 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 19-44, 6-10, 44; Maywood (Proviso) Totals 9-62, 6-8, 24; Elgin by Quarters 13-1-22-8; Maywood (Proviso) by Quarters 4-9-4-7.

Fri., Dec. 13, 1940
ELGIN 43, Aurora (West) 40
Paul Chapman 5, 4-7, 14; Bob Stevens 4, 2-2, 10; Bob Connell 4, 1-3, 9; John Craddock 4, 0-2, 8; Tom Bonnike 1, 0-1, 2; Elgin Totals 18-76, 7-15, 43; Aurora (West) Totals 15-40, 10-14, 40; Elgin by Quarters 12-7-12-7-5; Aurora (West) by Quarters 8-9-14-7-2.

Fri., Dec. 20, 1940
ELGIN 35, Freeport (H.S.) 20
Paul Chapman 4, 2-5, 10; Bob Stevens 3, 3-4, 9; John Craddock 3, 1-3, 7; Darwin Kaiser 1, 1-1, 3; Tom Bonnike 1, 1-4, 3; Gene Killman 0, 2-3, 2; Bob Connell 0, 1-2, 1; Dick Dorsey 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 12, 11-22, 35; Freeport (H.S.) Totals 7, 6-15, 20; Elgin by Quarters 11-8-7-9; Freeport (H.S.) by Quarters 4-5-1-10.

Fri., Jan. 3, 1941
ELGIN 36, Aurora (East) 24
Paul Chapman 8-15, 3-6, 19; John Craddock 2, 1-1, 5; Bob Stevens 2, 0-0, 4; Tom Bonnike 1, 1-1, 3; Gene Killman 1, 1-1, 3; Bob Connell 0, 2-4, 2; Elgin Totals 14-40, 8-13, 36; Aurora (East) Totals 10-48, 4-11, 24; Elgin by Quarters 10-7-9-10; Aurora (East) by Quarters 5-10-6-3.

Fri., Jan. 10, 1941
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 41, ELGIN 32
Paul Chapman 7, 4-6, 18; Bob Connell 3, 0-2, 6; Tom Bonnike 2, 0-1, 4; Bob Stevens 1, 0-3, 2; Darwin Kaiser 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 14-67, 4-12, 32; LaSalle (L.-Peru) Totals 16-50, 9-15, 41; Elgin by Quarters 10-0-14-8; LaSalle (L.-Peru) by Quarters 13-9-11-8.

Fri., Jan. 17, 1941
ELGIN 26, Joliet (Twp.) 24
Paul Chapman 8, 1-2, 17; Bob Connell 2, 0-0, 4; John Craddock 1, 1-2, 3; Bob Stevens 1, 0-1, 2; Elgin Totals 12-19, 2-5, 26; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 11-50, 2-5, 24; Elgin by Quarters 5-6-11-4; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 12-2-5-5.

Fri., Jan. 24, 1941
ELGIN 40, Aurora (West) 24
Bob Stevens 7, 1-3, 15; John Craddock 5, 0-0, 10; Paul Chapman 3, 0-1, 6; Tom Bonnike 2, 0-0, 4; Bob Connell 1, 2-5, 4; Dick Dorsey 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 18-51, 4-10, 40; Aurora (West) Totals 9-47, 6-15, 24; Elgin by Quarters 6-15-13-6; Aurora (West) by Quarters 7-4-6-7.

Fri., Jan. 31, 1941
ELGIN 37, Rockford (West) 25
Paul Chapman 6, 1-1, 13; Tom Bonnike 3, 3-3, 9; John Craddock 1, 2-6, 4; Darwin Kaiser 1, 2-4, 4; Gene Killman 2, 0-0, 4; Waldemar Luepke 1, 0-1, 2; Dick Dorsey 0, 1-1, 1; Ed Weidner 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 14-55, 9-17, 37; Rockford (West) Totals 8-49, 9-18, 25; Elgin by Quarters 10-14-8-5; Rockford (West) by Quarters 4-7-8-6.

Fri., Feb. 7, 1941
ELGIN 41, Aurora (East) 30
Paul Chapman 10, 1-2, 21; Ed Weidner 2, 8-9, 12; Darwin Kaiser 1, 2-2, 4; Tom Bonnike 0, 2-3, 2; Milford Rein 0, 1-1, 1; John Craddock 0, 1-4, 1; Elgin Totals 13-55, 15-21, 41; Aurora (East) Totals 10-49, 10-17, 30; Elgin by Quarters 15-5-11-10; Aurora (East) by Quarters 3-7-13-7.

Fri., Feb. 14, 1941
ELGIN 20, Rockford (East) 18
Paul Chapman 2, 4-4, 8; Dick Dorsey 1, 1-1, 3; Tom Bonnike 1, 1-1, 3; Ed Weidner 1, 0-0, 2; Darwin Kaiser 1, 0-1, 2; John Craddock 1, 0-2, 2; Elgin Totals 7-36, 6-9, 20; Rockford (East) Totals 7-33, 4-9, 18; Elgin by Quarters 5-5-8-2; Rockford (East) by Quarters 2-7-7-2.

Fri., Feb. 21, 1941
Joliet (Twp.) 32, ELGIN 31
Paul Chapman 5, 4-7, 14; Ed Weidner 3, 3-4, 9; Darwin Kaiser 2, 0-0, 4; Tom Bonnike 2, 0-1, 4; Gene Killman 0, 0-1, 0; John Craddock 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 12, 7-14, 31; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 14, 4-5, 32; Elgin by Quarters 9-10-8-4; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 7-10-0-15.

Fri., Feb. 28, 1941
Decatur (H.S.) 29, ELGIN 21
John Craddock 3, 5-5, 11; Paul Chapman 2, 2-5, 6; Ed Weidner 0, 3-6, 3; Gene Killman 0, 1-2, 1; Tom Bonnike 0, 0-4, 0; Dick Dorsey 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 5, 11-23, 21; Decatur (H.S.) Totals 7, 15-23, 29; Elgin by Quarters 5-5-4-7; Decatur (H.S.) by Quarters 12-5-8-4.

Wed., Mar. 5, 1941
ELGIN 38, Crystal Lake (H.S.) 26
Paul Chapman 7, 2, 16; John Craddock 4, 4, 12; Dick Dorsey 1, 2, 4; Tom Bonnike 1, 1, 3; Ed Weidner 1, 0, 2; Darwin Kaiser 0, 1, 1; Elgin Totals 14, 10-16, 38; Crystal Lake (H.S.) Totals 9, 8-16, 26; Elgin by Quarters 10-10-11-7; Crystal Lake (H.S.) by Quarters 4-4-7-11.

Fri., Mar. 7, 1941
Hebron 33, ELGIN 16
John Craddock 3, 2-3, 8; Paul Chapman 2, 0-0, 4; Dick Dorsey 1, 0-1, 2; Tom Bonnike 0, 1-1, 1; Jack Freyer 0, 1-1, 1; Gene Killman 0, 0-2, 0; Ed Weidner 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 6, 4-9, 16; Hebron Totals 13, 7-13, 33; Elgin by Quarters 5-4-2-5; Hebron by Quarters 8-2-11-12.