Index | 1948 | 1950

1948-49 Elgin Maroons

Won 23, Lost 4
Coach John Krafft

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Game Scores

No  Date       Elg Opp OT      Opponent
 1  Nov. 24  W  74  45     H   Maywood (Proviso)
 2  Nov. 26  W  65  34     A   Des Plaines (Maine)
 3  Dec. 3   W  72  31     H   Belvidere
 4  Dec. 4   W  53  33     H   Cicero (Morton)
 5  Dec. 10  W  60  39     H * Aurora (East)
 6  Dec. 11  W  63  48     A   Decatur (H.S.)
 7  Dec. 17  W  57  36     H * LaSalle (L.-Peru)
 8  Dec. 27  W  62  33     N   Madison, WI (East)
 9  Dec. 28  W  58  32     N   Madison, WI (West)
10  Jan. 14  W  53  45     H * Aurora (West)
11  Jan. 15  W  53  40     A   DeKalb
12  Jan. 21  W  48  42     H * Rockford (West)
13  Jan. 22  W  71  34     A   Moline
14  Jan. 28  W  75  42     A * Aurora (East)
15  Feb. 4   W  56  31     A * Rockford (East)
16  Feb. 11  W  65  38     H * Joliet (Twp.)
17  Feb. 12  W  62  46     H   Franklin Park (Leyden)
18  Feb. 18  L  40  41     A * Aurora (West)
19  Feb. 19  L  43  54     H   Oak Park
20  Feb. 22  L  41  42     A * Joliet (Twp.)
21  Feb. 25  W  78  66     A * Freeport (H.S.)
Regional Tournament at Woodstock (H.S.)
22  Mar. 1   W  65  29     A + Woodstock (H.S.)
23  Mar. 3   W  48  47     N + Arlington Heights (Arlington)
24  Mar. 4   W  47  45     N + Dundee
Sectional Tournament at Elgin
25  Mar. 9   W  54  46     H + DeKalb
26  Mar. 11  W  49  44     H + Oak Park
State Final Tournament at U. of Illinois (Huff Gym)
27  Mar. 17  L  42  45     N + Aurora (West)

* - Conference game
+ - Tournament game

Season Scoring Totals

                                 Total High
Name                     FG   FT  Pts  Game
Bob Peterson            192   77  461   36
Bob Survant             159   98  416   26
Morris Svendsen          85   38  208   18
Ron Weisner              64   47  175   14
Carver Leach             47   21  115   10
Dick Estergard           29    8   66   10
Ralph Sherwood           15    7   37    6
Dick Schreiber            9    4   22    6
Steve Pearsall            5    8   18    6
Ron Ultes                 4    2   10    5
Jay Survant               3    3    9    4
Dick Simonsen             3    2    8    6
Jerry Schurmeier          2    2    6    4
Bob Weigal                2    0    4    2
Jerry Menz                0    0    0    0

Big Eight Conference Standings

School                        W    L
Elgin                         8    2
Rockford (West)               7    3
Aurora (West)                 6    4
Freeport                      6    4
Rockford (East)               5    5
Aurora (East)                 3    7
Joliet                        3    7
LaSalle (L.-Peru)             2    8

Game-by-Game Scoring

Wed., Nov. 24, 1948
ELGIN 74, Maywood (Proviso) 45
Bob Peterson 9, 5, 23; Bob Survant 9, 0, 18; Ron Weisner 5, 3, 13; Dick Simonsen 3, 0, 6; Jerry Schurmeier 1, 2, 4; Steve Pearsall 1, 1, 3; Dick Schreiber 1, 0, 2; Carver Leach 1, 0, 2; Dick Estergard 1, 0, 2; Morris Svendsen 0, 1, 1; Jay Survant 0, 0, 0; Jerry Menz 0, 0, 0; Ron Ultes 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 31, 12-24, 74; Maywood (Proviso) Totals 16, 13-24, 45; Elgin by Quarters 18-16-23-17; Maywood (Proviso) by Quarters 15-9-4-17.

Fri., Nov. 26, 1948
ELGIN 65, Des Plaines (Maine) 34
Bob Peterson 9, 3, 21; Bob Survant 6, 2, 14; Ron Weisner 2, 3, 7; Steve Pearsall 2, 2, 6; Ralph Sherwood 3, 0, 6; Morris Svendsen 1, 2, 4; Dick Estergard 2, 0, 4; Carver Leach 1, 0, 2; Jay Survant 0, 1, 1; Dick Schreiber 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 26, 13-20, 65; Des Plaines (Maine) Totals 14, 6-16, 34; Elgin by Quarters 14-12-21-18; Des Plaines (Maine) by Quarters 4-13-9-8.

Fri., Dec. 3, 1948
ELGIN 72, Belvidere 31
Bob Survant 5, 4, 14; Bob Peterson 6, 2, 14; Ron Weisner 5, 4, 14; Carver Leach 5-7, 0, 10; Steve Pearsall 1, 2, 4; Jay Survant 2, 0, 4; Dick Estergard 1, 1, 3; Ralph Sherwood 0, 2, 2; Bob Weigal 1, 0, 2; Dick Schreiber 1, 0, 2; Jerry Schurmeier 1, 0, 2; Dick Simonsen 0, 1, 1; Jerry Menz 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 28, 16-29, 72; Belvidere Totals 12, 7-17, 31; Elgin by Quarters 26-14-14-18; Belvidere by Quarters 6-3-8-14.

Sat., Dec. 4, 1948
ELGIN 53, Cicero (Morton) 33
Bob Survant 6, 1, 13; Ron Weisner 6, 1, 13; Morris Svendsen 5, 0, 10; Bob Peterson 4, 1, 9; Carver Leach 1, 2, 4; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0, 2; Dick Estergard 1, 0, 2; Dick Simonsen 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 24, 5-13, 53; Cicero (Morton) Totals 13, 7-18, 33; Elgin by Quarters 13-15-14-11; Cicero (Morton) by Quarters 11-7-6-9.

Fri., Dec. 10, 1948
ELGIN 60, Aurora (East) 39
Bob Peterson 9, 6-13, 24; Bob Survant 5, 7-10, 17; Morris Svendsen 2, 3-7, 7; Ron Weisner 1, 3-4, 5; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-0, 2; Dick Estergard 0, 2-2, 2; Bob Weigal 1, 0-0, 2; Carver Leach 0, 1-1, 1; Steve Pearsall 0, 0-1, 0; Dick Simonsen 0, 0-0, 0; Dick Schreiber 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19, 22-38, 60; Aurora (East) Totals 16, 7-20, 39; Elgin by Quarters 22-9-10-19; Aurora (East) by Quarters 10-4-8-17.

Sat., Dec. 11, 1948
ELGIN 63, Decatur (H.S.) 48
Bob Survant 9, 5-7, 23; Bob Peterson 9, 1-5, 19; Morris Svendsen 7, 1-2, 15; Dick Estergard 1, 0-0, 2; Carver Leach 1, 0-0, 2; Ron Weisner 0, 2-2, 2; Elgin Totals 27-50, 9-16, 63; Decatur (H.S.) Totals 20-49, 8-14, 48; Elgin by Quarters 14-11-21-17; Decatur (H.S.) by Quarters 8-12-6-22.

Fri., Dec. 17, 1948
ELGIN 57, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 36
Bob Peterson 10, 6-9, 26; Bob Survant 5, 4-8, 14; Morris Svendsen 4, 2-4, 10; Ron Weisner 2, 0-5, 4; Carver Leach 1, 1-2, 3; Dick Estergard 0, 0-0, 0; Ralph Sherwood 0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 22, 13-30, 57; LaSalle (L.-Peru) Totals 13, 10-18, 36; Elgin by Quarters 11-22-5-19; LaSalle (L.-Peru) by Quarters 11-12-4-9.

Mon., Dec. 27, 1948
ELGIN 62, Madison, WI (East) 33
Bob Survant 7, 3, 17; Bob Peterson 7, 2, 16; Ron Weisner 3, 3, 9; Carver Leach 3, 2, 8; Dick Schreiber 1, 1, 3; Morris Svendsen 1, 1, 3; Steve Pearsall 1, 1, 3; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0, 2; Dick Estergard 1, 0, 2; Dick Simonsen 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 25, 12, 62; Madison, WI (East) Totals 12, 9, 33; Elgin by Quarters 18-16-16-12; Madison, WI (East) by Quarters 9-8-6-10.

Tue., Dec. 28, 1948
ELGIN 58, Madison, WI (West) 32
Bob Survant 7-17, 6-9, 20; Bob Peterson 7-19, 4-4, 18; Morris Svendsen 4, 5-8, 13; Ron Weisner 1, 1-2, 3; Carver Leach 1, 0-3, 2; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 21-68, 16-26, 58; Madison, WI (West) Totals 12, 8-16, 32; Elgin by Quarters 14-13-16-15; Madison, WI (West) by Quarters 10-11-7-4.

Fri., Jan. 14, 1949
ELGIN 53, Aurora (West) 45
Bob Peterson 8, 3-6, 19; Bob Survant 6, 6-9, 18; Morris Svendsen 4, 0-2, 8; Carver Leach 3, 0-0, 6; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-1, 2; Elgin Totals 22, 9-18, 53; Aurora (West) Totals 19, 7-12, 45; Elgin by Quarters 11-15-10-17; Aurora (West) by Quarters 8-7-12-18.

Sat., Jan. 15, 1949
ELGIN 53, DeKalb 40
Bob Peterson 8, 2-4, 18; Morris Svendsen 6, 3-5, 15; Bob Survant 4, 3-3, 11; Ralph Sherwood 1, 3-4, 5; Dick Estergard 1, 0-0, 2; Carver Leach 1, 0-0, 2; Steve Pearsall 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 21, 11-16, 53; DeKalb Totals 17, 6-15, 40; Elgin by Quarters 18-11-11-13; DeKalb by Quarters 12-8-12-8.

Fri., Jan. 21, 1949
ELGIN 48, Rockford (West) 42
Bob Peterson 8, 1-5, 17; Bob Survant 4, 3-3, 11; Morris Svendsen 3, 1-2, 7; Carver Leach 3, 0-2, 6; Ron Weisner 1, 2-3, 4; Dick Estergard 1, 1-1, 3; Ralph Sherwood 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 20, 8-17, 48; Rockford (West) Totals 17, 8-17, 42; Elgin by Quarters 11-7-15-15; Rockford (West) by Quarters 9-6-14-13.

Sat., Jan. 22, 1949
ELGIN 71, Moline 34
Bob Survant 11, 4-4, 26; Bob Peterson 11, 1-2, 23; Morris Svendsen 5, 3-3, 13; Carver Leach 2, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 2, 0-1, 4; Steve Pearsall 0, 1-2, 1; Ron Weisner 0, 0-2, 0; Jay Survant 0, 0-1, 0; Dick Schreiber 0, 0-0, 0; Ron Ultes 0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 31-78, 9-17, 71; Moline Totals 14-79, 6-20, 34; Elgin by Quarters 16-15-14-26; Moline by Quarters 7-2-13-12.

Fri., Jan. 28, 1949
ELGIN 75, Aurora (East) 42
Bob Peterson 8, 6-12, 22; Morris Svendsen 7, 3-5, 17; Bob Survant 5, 4-6, 14; Dick Estergard 3, 0-0, 6; Ron Weisner 2, 1-3, 5; Ron Ultes 2, 1-1, 5; Ralph Sherwood 1, 1-1, 3; Dick Schreiber 0, 1-2, 1; Steve Pearsall 0, 1-2, 1; Dick Simonsen 0, 1-2, 1; Carver Leach 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 28, 19-35, 75; Aurora (East) Totals 18, 6-16, 42; Elgin by Quarters 15-18-19-23; Aurora (East) by Quarters 8-12-12-10.

Fri., Feb. 4, 1949
ELGIN 56, Rockford (East) 31
Bob Peterson 7, 3-5, 17; Morris Svendsen 6, 2-2, 14; Bob Survant 4, 4-4, 12; Ron Weisner 3, 1-1, 7; Carver Leach 1, 2-5, 4; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-0, 2; Ron Ultes 0, 0-0, 0; Dick Estergard 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 22, 12-17, 56; Rockford (East) Totals 10, 11-16, 31; Elgin by Quarters 16-6-20-14; Rockford (East) by Quarters 9-7-11-4.

Fri., Feb. 11, 1949
ELGIN 65, Joliet (Twp.) 38
Bob Peterson 16, 4-7, 36; Bob Survant 3, 1-2, 7; Morris Svendsen 2, 2-4, 6; Carver Leach 2, 0-1, 4; Ron Weisner 2, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 1, 2-7, 4; Jay Survant 1, 2-3, 4; Jerry Menz 0, 0-0, 0; Steve Pearsall 0, 0-4, 0; Ralph Sherwood 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 27, 11-28, 65; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 14, 10-23, 38; Elgin by Quarters 17-10-22-16; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 8-10-7-13.

Sat., Feb. 12, 1949
ELGIN 62, Franklin Park (Leyden) 46
Morris Svendsen 7, 2-3, 16; Bob Survant 5, 5-6, 15; Bob Peterson 7, 1-2, 15; Ron Weisner 2, 4-6, 8; Carver Leach 3, 0-0, 6; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 25, 12-17, 62; Franklin Park (Leyden) Totals 20, 6-20, 46; Elgin by Quarters 10-14-21-17; Franklin Park (Leyden) by Quarters 4-11-12-19.

Fri., Feb. 18, 1949
Aurora (West) 41, ELGIN 40
Bob Survant 3, 7-7, 13; Ron Weisner 3, 4-6, 10; Carver Leach 3, 0-0, 6; Dick Schreiber 2, 0-2, 4; Dick Estergard 2, 0-1, 4; Morris Svendsen 0, 3-3, 3; Elgin Totals 13, 14-19, 40; Aurora (West) Totals 12, 17-23, 41; Elgin by Quarters 11-8-16-5; Aurora (West) by Quarters 11-13-10-7.

Sat., Feb. 19, 1949
Oak Park 54, ELGIN 43
Bob Survant 5, 6-7, 16; Dick Estergard 4, 2-3, 10; Ron Weisner 2, 2-5, 6; Carver Leach 1, 3-3, 5; Dick Schreiber 2, 0-0, 4; Morris Svendsen 1, 0-3, 2; Elgin Totals 15, 13-21, 43; Oak Park Totals 23, 8-19, 54; Elgin by Quarters 13-8-10-12; Oak Park by Quarters 13-14-16-11.

Tue., Feb. 22, 1949
Joliet (Twp.) 42, ELGIN 41
Bob Peterson 4, 6-9, 14; Bob Survant 4, 4-8, 12; Ron Weisner 3, 2-3, 8; Dick Estergard 2, 0-0, 4; Morris Svendsen 1, 0-1, 2; Ralph Sherwood 0, 1-1, 1; Carver Leach 0, 0-3, 0; Elgin Totals 14, 13-25, 41; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 15, 12-20, 42; Elgin by Quarters 10-2-14-15; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 8-18-6-10.

Fri., Feb. 25, 1949
ELGIN 78, Freeport (H.S.) 66
Bob Survant 10, 3-6, 23; Bob Peterson 8, 3-5, 19; Morris Svendsen 8, 2-2, 18; Ron Weisner 5, 2-3, 12; Carver Leach 1, 2-2, 4; Ralph Sherwood 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 33, 12-18, 78; Freeport (H.S.) Totals 28, 10-15, 66; Elgin by Quarters 14-25-24-15; Freeport (H.S.) by Quarters 15-15-21-15.

Tue., Mar. 1, 1949
ELGIN 65, Woodstock (H.S.) 29
Bob Peterson 8, 1-2, 17; Bob Survant 4, 0-1, 8; Carver Leach 4, 0-0, 8; Morris Svendsen 3, 1-1, 7; Dick Schreiber 2, 2-2, 6; Ron Weisner 2, 2-2, 6; Ron Ultes 2, 1-2, 5; Ralph Sherwood 2, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 2, 0-0, 4; Dick Simonsen 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 29, 7-10, 65; Woodstock (H.S.) Totals 9, 11-16, 29; Elgin by Quarters 7-19-19-20; Woodstock (H.S.) by Quarters 3-9-6-11.

Thu., Mar. 3, 1949
ELGIN 48, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 47
Bob Survant 7, 5-6, 19; Bob Peterson 6, 2-4, 14; Morris Svendsen 3, 0-0, 6; Carver Leach 2, 1-2, 5; Ron Weisner 1, 0-0, 2; Dick Estergard 1, 0-0, 2; Ralph Sherwood 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 20-59, 8-12, 48; Arlington Heights (Arlington) Totals 20-48, 7-11, 47; Elgin by Quarters 16-9-17-6; Arlington Heights (Arlington) by Quarters 8-16-12-11.

Fri., Mar. 4, 1949
ELGIN 47, Dundee 45
Bob Peterson 7, 2-4, 16; Bob Survant 6, 1-3, 13; Ron Weisner 6, 1-2, 13; Carver Leach 0, 3-4, 3; Dick Estergard 1, 0-1, 2; Ralph Sherwood 0, 0-0, 0; Morris Svendsen 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 20, 7-15, 47; Dundee Totals 18, 9-15, 45; Elgin by Quarters 8-13-9-17; Dundee by Quarters 17-11-6-11.

Wed., Mar. 9, 1949
ELGIN 54, DeKalb 46
Bob Survant 5-16, 6-6, 16; Bob Peterson 6-17, 3-7, 15; Ron Weisner 3-9, 5-6, 11; Carver Leach 3-5, 2-3, 8; Morris Svendsen 2-8, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19-56, 16-22, 54; DeKalb Totals 18-60, 10-14, 46; Elgin by Quarters 13-14-17-10; DeKalb by Quarters 9-19-13-5.

Fri., Mar. 11, 1949
ELGIN 49, Oak Park 44
Bob Peterson 5-27, 7-11, 17; Bob Survant 4-14, 4-7, 12; Morris Svendsen 3-14, 1-1, 7; Ron Weisner 2-7, 1-1, 5; Carver Leach 2-8, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 2-2, 0-0, 4; Ralph Sherwood 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 18-72, 13-20, 49; Oak Park Totals 16-60, 12-23, 44; Elgin by Quarters 11-10-12-16; Oak Park by Quarters 11-15-11-7.

Thu., Mar. 17, 1949
Aurora (West) 45, ELGIN 42
Bob Survant 10-20, 0-2, 20; Bob Peterson 5-25, 2-4, 12; Carver Leach 2-10, 2-2, 6; Ron Weisner 2-6, 0-0, 4; Dick Estergard 0-0, 0-1, 0; Morris Svendsen 0-8, 0-2, 0; Steve Pearsall 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ralph Sherwood 0-1, 0-0, 0; Dick Schreiber 0-0, 0-0, 0; Jay Survant 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19-70, 4-11, 42; Aurora (West) Totals 16-40, 13-15, 45; Elgin by Quarters 7-9-14-12; Aurora (West) by Quarters 6-12-14-13.