Redbirds finish fourth in the state in 1924

by Steve Dunford

I have a little more information about the daily post looking back in the archives.  I am getting this information from the following website Illinois post season scores.  The link is below.

https://sites.google.com/site/xtmi2000/

The Redbirds defeated Arthur Trout’s Centralia Orphans 20-18 in the West Frankfort Regional final.  According to the IHSA website, Trout was the coach.

They finished fourth in the state, being defeated by the Canton Little Giants in the 3rd place game.  This is ironic because the Redbirds were defeated by Canton in the first round of the playoff last fall in football.

I will share the scores until we get into the 1960’s.  Then you will see feature stories from time to time on the great teams of Southern Illinois.

The scores of the West Frankfort Sectional are below.

West Frankfort

West Frankfort 25-14 Metropolis

Flora 20-17 Marion

Centralia 28-21 Bridgeport

Belleville 19-12 Trenton

West Frankfort 21-11 Flora

Centralia 15-13 Belleville

West Frankfort 20-18 Centralia

 

WEST FRANKFORT (20): Lockman 9, Culley 6, Syfert 5.

CENTRALIA (18): Kell 8, Saul 4, Roanole 4, Lacy 2.

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