Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe : High School Basketball in Illinois.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- The Bench -- Pregame Warm-Up -- Chapter 1: The 1940s -- Centralia: Winningest Team in History -- Dike Eddleman: The Greatest Athlete of All -- Taylorville: 45-0 in 1943-44 -- Paris: The Ernie Eveland Era -- Decatur: End of an Era -- Champaign: Combes to Cabutti -- South Shore: Gaining Respect -- Pinckneyville: Two Legendary Coaches -- Mount Vernon: Three Titles in Six Years -- Max Hopper: The Captain -- Chapter 2: The 1950s -- Segregated Schools: "Power of the Pointed Finger -- Hebron: The Giant Killers -- St. Elizabeth: Gone but Never Forgotten -- Chico Vaughn/John Aden: Only Fifteen Miles Apart -- Lyons: A Generation Apart -- Du Sable: Where We've Come From -- Rockford: Six Points in One Second -- Elgin: Bill Chesbrough Era -- Illustrations follow page 64 -- Marshall: Remember the Juniors -- George Wilson: The Messiah Comes to Play -- Chapter 3: The 1960s -- Collinsville: Bogie's Hometown -- Virgil Fletcher: A Winner and a Visionary -- Carver 53, Centralia 52: Smedley's Game-Winning Shot -- Cazzie Russell: In a Class by Himself -- Pekin: Four Years of Glory -- Cobden: In Memory of Tom Crowell -- Rich Herrin: "A Gem of a Man -- Galesburg: The John Thiel Era -- Thornton: Lipe, Lou, LeMarr, Lloyd -- Billy Harris: The Fastest Gunslinger of All -- Chapter 4: The 1970s -- Two-Class System: David vs. Goliath -- Thornridge: The Best These Ever Was -- Bob Dallas: Down on the Farm -- Jay Shidler: Ride the Shide -- Bloom: Tales fro Hungry Hill -- East Leyden: 104-0 in Four Years -- Illustrations follow page 124 -- Jim Hlafka: Home, Sweet Home -- Chicago Pulbic League: Rise to Power -- Isiah Thomas: Hoop Dreams and Disneyland -- Maine South: The Biggest Upset of All -- Chapter 5: The 1980s -- Glenn Rivers: Doc Makes House Calls -- Quincy: The Hanks/Leggett Feud -- Lawrenceville: 68-0.

Mount Carmel: One of a Kind -- Springfield: Bragging Rights -- Ben Wilson: Too Young to Die -- King: The Landon Cox Era -- East St. Louis Lincoln: Four Titles in Eight Years -- Andy Kaufmann: Making a Point of His Own -- East St. Louis Lincoln vs. Peoria Central: Triple Overtime -- Chapter 6: The 1990s -- Move to Peoria: March Madness Finds a New Home -- Proviso East: Three Coaches, Four State Titles -- Illustrations follow page 180 -- Pittsfield: They Play Basketball, Too -- Staunton: They All Came Together -- Peoria: "Cradle of the Crossover Dribble -- Dick Van Scyoc: 826 Career Victories -- Peoria Manual: Four State Titles in a Row -- Quad Cities: "The Greates High School Arena -- East Aurora/West Aurora: Rivalry Heats Up -- Westinghouse: The White Shadow's Legacy -- Overtime -- Sources -- Index.

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