Index | 1953 | 1955

1953-54 Elgin Maroons

Won 14, Lost 9
Coach Bill Chesbrough

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Game Scores

No  Date       Elg Opp OT      Opponent
 1  Dec. 4   W  55  38     H   DeKalb
 2  Dec. 5   L  43  57     A   Maywood (Proviso)
 3  Dec. 11  W  59  48     H   Chicago (C. Vocational)
 4  Dec. 12  W  57  55     A   Des Plaines (Maine)
 5  Dec. 18  W  65  47     H * Aurora (East)
 6  Dec. 22  L  63  67  1  H * Rockford (East)
Invitational Tournament at Hinsdale (Twp.)
 7  Dec. 29  W  63  50     N + Downers Grove (H.S.)
 8  Dec. 30  W  70  63     A + Hinsdale (Twp.)
 9  Jan. 2   L  37  60     A   Decatur (H.S.)
10  Jan. 8   W  63  62     A * Joliet (Twp.)
11  Jan. 15  W  63  50     H * Aurora (West)
12  Jan. 16  W  65  49     H   Elmhurst (York)
13  Jan. 22  W  76  54     H * Freeport (H.S.)
14  Jan. 23  W  68  54     H   Moline
15  Jan. 29  W  52  50     A * Aurora (East)
16  Jan. 30  L  57  64     H   LaGrange (Lyons)
17  Feb. 5   L  54  62     A * LaSalle (L.-Peru)
18  Feb. 12  L  58  59     H * Joliet (Twp.)
19  Feb. 19  W  53  51     A * Aurora (West)
20  Feb. 20  L  53  59     A   Evanston (Twp.)
21  Feb. 26  L  55  61     A * Rockford (West)
Regional Tournament at Crystal Lake (H.S.)
22  Mar. 2   W  78  37     N + Woodstock (H.S.)
23  Mar. 4   L  64  69     N + Antioch

* - Conference game
+ - Tournament game

Season Scoring Totals

                                 Total High
Name                     FG   FT  Pts  Game
Arnie Dauksavage         85   83  253   20
Tom Aley                 82   52  216   23
Paul Hudgens             70   60  200   18
Jim Stowell              70   60  200   20
Wayne Larson             48   78  174   15
Gary E. Smith            30   33   93   22
Willard "Buster" Leach   19   39   77   10
Gary L. "Whitey" Smith   21   14   56   16
John Giardino            11    7   29    7
Morey Weiss               7   10   24   13
Earl Lamp                 3    6   12    4
Art Green                 4    2   10    4
Jon Schurmeier            2    4    8    4
Gary Siegmeier            3    2    8    4
Sam Werner                2    2    6    3
Ralph Kallenbach          2    1    5    3
Bob Gordon                0    0    0    0
Roger Soderburg           0    0    0    0

Big Eight Conference Standings

School                        W    L
Rockford (East)              10    0
Joliet                        7    3
Rockford (West)               7    3
Elgin                         6    4
LaSalle (L.-Peru)             4    6
Aurora (East)                 3    7
Aurora (West)                 3    7
Freeport                      0   10

Game-by-Game Scoring

Fri., Dec. 4, 1953
ELGIN 55, DeKalb 38
Jim Stowell 8-14, 4-9, 20; Arnie Dauksavage 2-9, 7-8, 11; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 3-7, 1-2, 7; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-3, 2-2, 6; Wayne Larson 1-7, 3-3, 5; Tom Aley 1-6, 0-0, 2; John Giardino 1-2, 0-2, 2; Earl Lamp 0-0, 1-2, 1; Jon Schurmeier 0-2, 1-4, 1; Sam Werner 0-0, 0-0, 0; Art Green 0-0, 0-2, 0; Roger Soderburg 0-2, 0-0, 0; Gary E. Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Paul Hudgens 0-1, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 18-53, 19-34, 55; DeKalb Totals 10-38, 18-26, 38; Elgin by Quarters 16-17-10-12; DeKalb by Quarters 7-10-10-11.

Sat., Dec. 5, 1953
Maywood (Proviso) 57, ELGIN 43
Arnie Dauksavage 6-17, 3-8, 15; Wayne Larson 3-7, 4-11, 10; Art Green 2-3, 0-0, 4; Paul Hudgens 2-4, 0-0, 4; Gary E. Smith 2-4, 0-0, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-1, 3-3, 3; Jim Stowell 1-6, 1-2, 3; Tom Aley 0-1, 0-0, 0; Jon Schurmeier 0-0, 0-2, 0; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-3, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 16-46, 11-26, 43; Maywood (Proviso) Totals 19-50, 19-39, 57; Elgin by Quarters 9-14-11-9; Maywood (Proviso) by Quarters 9-16-14-18.

Fri., Dec. 11, 1953
ELGIN 59, Chicago (C. Vocational) 48
Gary E. Smith 9-14, 4-6, 22; Paul Hudgens 4-7, 3-4, 11; Jim Stowell 3-4, 3-5, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-2, 4-4, 6; Wayne Larson 1-4, 2-2, 4; Ralph Kallenbach 1-2, 1-2, 3; Arnie Dauksavage 1-7, 1-3, 3; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-1, 1-1, 1; John Giardino 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 20-43, 19-27, 59; Chicago (C. Vocational) Totals 17-51, 14-22, 48; Elgin by Quarters 15-11-17-16; Chicago (C. Vocational) by Quarters 16-12-8-12.

Sat., Dec. 12, 1953
ELGIN 57, Des Plaines (Maine) 55
Gary E. Smith 5-13, 5-9, 15; Jim Stowell 4-10, 3-7, 11; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-7, 5-7, 9; Paul Hudgens 3-9, 2-2, 8; John Giardino 2-5, 3-4, 7; Arnie Dauksavage 2-8, 1-3, 5; Wayne Larson 1-1, 0-2, 2; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19-53, 19-34, 57; Des Plaines (Maine) Totals 16-46, 23-45, 55; Elgin by Quarters 13-17-12-15; Des Plaines (Maine) by Quarters 8-11-18-18.

Fri., Dec. 18, 1953
ELGIN 65, Aurora (East) 47
Tom Aley 8-11, 1-3, 17; Wayne Larson 4-8, 7-9, 15; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-7, 6-14, 8; Arnie Dauksavage 1-11, 4-4, 6; Jim Stowell 1-3, 2-2, 4; Art Green 1-6, 2-2, 4; Gary Siegmeier 2-2, 0-1, 4; Gary E. Smith 1-5, 1-2, 3; Ralph Kallenbach 1-2, 0-0, 2; John Giardino 1-2, 0-0, 2; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-1, 0-2, 0; Bob Gordon 0-0, 0-0, 0; Sam Werner 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 21-59, 23-39, 65; Aurora (East) Totals 12-54, 23-41, 47; Elgin by Quarters 13-15-23-14; Aurora (East) by Quarters 16-8-11-12.

Tue., Dec. 22, 1953
Rockford (East) 67, ELGIN 63
Jim Stowell 5-7, 4-5, 14; Arnie Dauksavage 3-8, 4-4, 10; Wayne Larson 4-10, 1-4, 9; Gary E. Smith 3-5, 3-3, 9; Paul Hudgens 4-10, 0-2, 8; John Giardino 3-3, 0-0, 6; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-3, 4-6, 4; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 1-2, 0-0, 2; Tom Aley 0-5, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 23-53, 17-25, 63; Rockford (East) Totals 24-38, 19-29, 67; Elgin by Quarters 14-16-15-16-2; Rockford (East) by Quarters 16-17-16-12-6.

Tue., Dec. 29, 1953
ELGIN 63, Downers Grove (H.S.) 50
Arnie Dauksavage 8-18, 4-7, 20; Paul Hudgens 6-15, 6-8, 18; Jim Stowell 4-7, 2-3, 10; Wayne Larson 3-9, 2-3, 8; Tom Aley 0-7, 4-10, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-3, 1-4, 3; Gary Siegmeier 0-1, 0-0, 0; John Giardino 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 22-63, 19-35, 63; Downers Grove (H.S.) Totals 17-42, 16-30, 50; Elgin by Quarters 20-9-6-28; Downers Grove (H.S.) by Quarters 15-8-15-12.

Wed., Dec. 30, 1953
ELGIN 70, Hinsdale (Twp.) 63
Tom Aley 7-11, 6-6, 20; Jim Stowell 6-9, 4-6, 16; Arnie Dauksavage 5-10, 3-4, 13; Wayne Larson 1-7, 6-6, 8; Paul Hudgens 3-5, 1-1, 7; John Giardino 1-1, 1-2, 3; Gary E. Smith 0-1, 2-3, 2; Gary Siegmeier 0-0, 1-2, 1; Earl Lamp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Art Green 0-0, 0-0, 0; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-2, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 23-47, 24-30, 70; Hinsdale (Twp.) Totals 20-41, 23-31, 63; Elgin by Quarters 23-17-20-10; Hinsdale (Twp.) by Quarters 17-13-13-20.

Sat., Jan. 2, 1954
Decatur (H.S.) 60, ELGIN 37
Tom Aley 5-13, 1-2, 11; Wayne Larson 3-10, 3-6, 9; Arnie Dauksavage 3-7, 1-1, 7; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-6, 2-2, 6; Earl Lamp 0-4, 1-2, 1; Gary E. Smith 0-1, 1-3, 1; Paul Hudgens 0-6, 1-2, 1; Jim Stowell 0-1, 1-1, 1; Art Green 0-2, 0-0, 0; Jon Schurmeier 0-0, 0-0, 0; John Giardino 0-2, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 13-52, 11-20, 37; Decatur (H.S.) Totals 17-46, 26-41, 60; Elgin by Quarters 7-11-8-11; Decatur (H.S.) by Quarters 8-18-18-16.

Fri., Jan. 8, 1954
ELGIN 63, Joliet (Twp.) 62
Paul Hudgens 5-6, 7-8, 17; Arnie Dauksavage 5-12, 5-7, 15; Tom Aley 5-8, 2-7, 12; Wayne Larson 4-5, 1-2, 9; Jim Stowell 3-7, 3-6, 9; Gary E. Smith 0-0, 1-1, 1; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 22-38, 19-33, 63; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 22-68, 18-32, 62; Elgin by Quarters 19-19-17-8; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 20-14-11-17.

Fri., Jan. 15, 1954
ELGIN 63, Aurora (West) 50
Paul Hudgens 7-10, 3-3, 17; Arnie Dauksavage 5-8, 4-9, 14; Morey Weiss 6-7, 1-8, 13; Wayne Larson 1-2, 3-7, 5; Tom Aley 2-9, 1-5, 5; Jim Stowell 1-9, 2-3, 4; Gary Siegmeier 1-3, 1-2, 3; Jon Schurmeier 0-0, 1-2, 1; Sam Werner 0-0, 1-2, 1; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Art Green 0-1, 0-0, 0; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-1, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 23-50, 17-41, 63; Aurora (West) Totals 13-37, 24-40, 50; Elgin by Quarters 11-12-20-20; Aurora (West) by Quarters 12-4-13-21.

Sat., Jan. 16, 1954
ELGIN 65, Elmhurst (York) 49
Arnie Dauksavage 4-14, 7-13, 15; Jim Stowell 5-6, 5-5, 15; Wayne Larson 2-6, 6-8, 10; Paul Hudgens 2-8, 4-6, 8; Tom Aley 3-7, 1-1, 7; Morey Weiss 1-3, 3-4, 5; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-1, 0-0, 2; Art Green 1-1, 0-0, 2; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-0, 1-2, 1; Earl Lamp 0-0, 0-0, 0; Gary Siegmeier 0-1, 0-0, 0; John Giardino 0-0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 19-47, 27-41, 65; Elmhurst (York) Totals 15-51, 19-40, 49; Elgin by Quarters 15-16-14-20; Elmhurst (York) by Quarters 17-5-12-15.

Fri., Jan. 22, 1954
ELGIN 76, Freeport (H.S.) 54
Tom Aley 9-11, 4-4, 22; Arnie Dauksavage 5-13, 6-8, 16; Paul Hudgens 2-7, 4-7, 8; John Giardino 2-4, 3-4, 7; Wayne Larson 2-4, 2-3, 6; Earl Lamp 1-2, 2-3, 4; Gary E. Smith 0-0, 4-4, 4; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 1-1, 1-2, 3; Jon Schurmeier 1-1, 0-0, 2; Sam Werner 1-1, 0-0, 2; Jim Stowell 1-6, 0-2, 2; Gary Siegmeier 0-0, 0-1, 0; Morey Weiss 0-0, 0-0, 0; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-4, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 25-54, 26-38, 76; Freeport (H.S.) Totals 12-47, 30-41, 54; Elgin by Quarters 20-24-13-19; Freeport (H.S.) by Quarters 8-15-16-15.

Sat., Jan. 23, 1954
ELGIN 68, Moline 54
Arnie Dauksavage 6-8, 5-7, 17; Tom Aley 4-7, 8-11, 16; Jim Stowell 4-12, 6-6, 14; Paul Hudgens 3-7, 4-8, 10; Wayne Larson 2-5, 5-5, 9; John Giardino 1-1, 0-0, 2; Morey Weiss 0-0, 0-0, 0; Sam Werner 0-1, 0-0, 0; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-0, 0-2, 0; Elgin Totals 20-41, 28-39, 68; Moline Totals 18-42, 18-31, 54; Elgin by Quarters 20-13-21-14; Moline by Quarters 13-7-12-22.

Fri., Jan. 29, 1954
ELGIN 52, Aurora (East) 50
Paul Hudgens 7-16, 1-1, 15; Arnie Dauksavage 3-12, 4-5, 10; Wayne Larson 2-8, 5-5, 9; Jim Stowell 2-8, 4-5, 8; Tom Aley 1-13, 4-7, 6; Willard "Buster" Leach 1-5, 0-5, 2; Gary E. Smith 0-0, 2-2, 2; Elgin Totals 16-62, 20-30, 52; Aurora (East) Totals 13-51, 24-40, 50; Elgin by Quarters 9-6-20-17; Aurora (East) by Quarters 10-11-21-8.

Sat., Jan. 30, 1954
LaGrange (Lyons) 64, ELGIN 57
Paul Hudgens 5, 6, 16; Tom Aley 5, 1, 11; Wayne Larson 1, 6, 8; Arnie Dauksavage 2, 3, 7; Gary E. Smith 2, 2, 6; Jim Stowell 1, 4, 6; Willard "Buster" Leach 0, 3, 3; John Giardino 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 16, 25, 57; LaGrange (Lyons) Totals 19, 26, 64; Elgin by Quarters 8-16-13-20; LaGrange (Lyons) by Quarters 12-18-21-13.

Fri., Feb. 5, 1954
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 62, ELGIN 54
Jim Stowell 4-8, 5-11, 13; Paul Hudgens 2-7, 7-8, 11; Arnie Dauksavage 4-9, 3-6, 11; Gary E. Smith 2-5, 4-5, 8; Wayne Larson 2-4, 1-1, 5; Tom Aley 1-5, 2-4, 4; Earl Lamp 1-1, 0-3, 2; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-1, 0-2, 0; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 16-41, 22-40, 54; LaSalle (L.-Peru) Totals 19-44, 26-48, 62; Elgin by Quarters 14-16-11-13; LaSalle (L.-Peru) by Quarters 13-18-20-11.

Fri., Feb. 12, 1954
Joliet (Twp.) 59, ELGIN 58
Tom Aley 8-13, 7-9, 23; Wayne Larson 3-6, 4-6, 10; Arnie Dauksavage 3-14, 3-5, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 2-7, 2-5, 6; Jim Stowell 3-7, 0-4, 6; Paul Hudgens 1-5, 0-0, 2; Gary E. Smith 1-1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 21-53, 16-29, 58; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 21-40, 17-29, 59; Elgin by Quarters 13-13-16-16; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 7-14-21-17.

Fri., Feb. 19, 1954
ELGIN 53, Aurora (West) 51
Tom Aley 5-10, 3-6, 13; Wayne Larson 0-1, 6-8, 6; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 2-6, 2-3, 6; Morey Weiss 0-1, 6-6, 6; Paul Hudgens 1-4, 3-4, 5; Arnie Dauksavage 2-5, 0-0, 4; Jon Schurmeier 1-2, 2-2, 4; Earl Lamp 1-2, 2-6, 4; Sam Werner 1-2, 1-5, 3; Willard "Buster" Leach 0-0, 1-1, 1; Jim Stowell 0-1, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 13-34, 27-42, 53; Aurora (West) Totals 13-41, 25-35, 51; Elgin by Quarters 14-9-15-15; Aurora (West) by Quarters 15-14-13-9.

Sat., Feb. 20, 1954
Evanston (Twp.) 59, ELGIN 53
Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 6, 4, 16; Arnie Dauksavage 4, 3, 11; Paul Hudgens 3, 2, 8; Wayne Larson 0, 6, 6; Tom Aley 3, 0, 6; Gary E. Smith 1, 2, 4; Willard "Buster" Leach 0, 2, 2; Elgin Totals 17, 19, 53; Evanston (Twp.) Totals 17, 24, 59; Elgin by Quarters 18-15-7-13; Evanston (Twp.) by Quarters 16-14-8-21.

Fri., Feb. 26, 1954
Rockford (West) 61, ELGIN 55
Jim Stowell 5-9, 2-5, 12; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 4-10, 2-4, 10; Willard "Buster" Leach 4-7, 2-4, 10; Arnie Dauksavage 1-5, 6-6, 8; Tom Aley 2-6, 2-2, 6; Paul Hudgens 2-5, 1-1, 5; Wayne Larson 1-3, 1-1, 3; Gary E. Smith 0-0, 1-2, 1; Sam Werner 0-2, 0-0, 0; Earl Lamp 0-1, 0-0, 0; Morey Weiss 0-0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 19-48, 17-25, 55; Rockford (West) Totals 18-41, 25-44, 61; Elgin by Quarters 17-10-11-17; Rockford (West) by Quarters 12-16-17-16.

Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
ELGIN 78, Woodstock (H.S.) 37
Arnie Dauksavage 5, 3-3, 13; Tom Aley 5, 1-1, 11; Paul Hudgens 4, 3-4, 11; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 4, 2-4, 10; Gary E. Smith 4, 1-3, 9; Jim Stowell 3, 3-5, 9; Wayne Larson 3, 3-7, 9; Willard "Buster" Leach 2, 2-4, 6; Earl Lamp 0, 0-0, 0; Jon Schurmeier 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 30, 18-31, 78; Woodstock (H.S.) Totals 11, 15-33, 37; Elgin by Quarters 16-18-18-26; Woodstock (H.S.) by Quarters 10-10-11-6.

Thu., Mar. 4, 1954
Antioch 69, ELGIN 64
Tom Aley 8, 3, 19; Jim Stowell 6, 1, 13; Arnie Dauksavage 5, 3, 13; Paul Hudgens 4, 2, 10; Wayne Larson 4, 1, 9; Gary L. "Whitey" Smith 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 27, 10, 64; Antioch Totals 30, 9, 69; Elgin by Quarters 13-18-21-12; Antioch by Quarters 11-14-18-26.