Elgin High School

Illinois State Champions (Defeated Canton 16-14 in State Semifinals and Athens 28-17 to win State Championship)

Sectional & Regional Champions (Swept through the four Regional games and three Sectional games by as much as 40 and 50 point margins)

Season Record 25 - 3; Outscored Opponents 882 - 447

Competed in a National Tournament in Chicago, winning 3 straight games before losing in the Final to Warrensburg (MO) 34 - 27

Leading Scorers: Louis (Soup) Semeny and Herb Hill

Coach: Mark Wilson

Members of the 1924 Elgin HS award-winning Varsity Boys Basketball team included:

Row 1, L to R: Ted Stern, Clayton Stone, Doug Mills, Herb Hill, Hayward Biggers.

Row 2, L To R: Coach Mark Wilson, Elmer Johnson, Andrew Solyom, Louis “Soup” Semeny, Harry Lange, Fritz Lehman, E. C. Wagoner.