1941 Kansas State Classifications BOYS BASKETBALL                                                            March 13, 2011     HOME

 

         The KSHSAA revamped their classification system used for Boys Basketball in 1941. Prior to this year, all schools above 200 in enrollment competed in Class A and all the other schools competed in Class B. It became obvious from 1925-1940 that the smaller schools of Class A rarely made it to the State tournament and almost never made it to the final four.

         The new system had all schools with an enrollment over 475 competing in Class AA. There were 36 schools in this category. Class A was made up of the 96 high schools with a population between 151 and 475. Class B contained all the other schools 150 or less - about 510 schools. A few schools that were Class B under the old system were moved up to Class A and had won Class B championships (e.g. Haven, Salina-Sacred Heart.) None of the high schools that remained in the new Class A had ever won a KSHSAA tournament.

        Here is how the State championships played out over 70 years ago.

CLASS AA

  36 Schools

       The champion and runner-up from each regional advanced to the State tournament. The KSHSAA paired regional champs with runner-up teams in first round games. The third place game caused a lot of controversy as Coach Lindley (Newton) and Coach Breen (El Dorado) were not fans of consolation games. Both teams went through the motions of playing a game and both were heavily criticized in the press and officially by the KSHSAA.

 

REGIONALS
Leavenworth Olathe Fredonia
Topeka High 2 KC-Rosedale * Chanute 2
KC-Bishop Ward 1 Ottawa Emporia
Atchison KC-Wyandotte 1 Coffeyville 1
Leavenworth Lawrence Independence
KC-Argentine * Shawnee Mission 2 Iola
Pittsburg Arkansas City Newton
Pittsburg 1 El Dorado 1 Hutchinson 2
Fort Scott Wellington Wichita East
Parsons 2 Arkansas City 2 Newton 1
Columbus Winfield Wichita North
Clay Center Great Bend
Manhattan 1 Salina 1
Concordia Dodge City
Junction City 2 McPherson 2
Marysville Great Bend
Clay Center
CLASS AA   EMPORIA
Hutchinson 36 Hutchinson 25
Manhattan 26    
  Salina 35
Salina 30 Salina 29    
Parsons 28  
  Salina 31
Shawnee Mission 28 El Dorado 49      
El Dorado 34        
  El Dorado 32  
Coffeyville 30 Topeka High 32  
Topeka High 36  
KC-Wyandotte  
Arkansas City 26 KC-Bishop Ward 18 First Place  
KC-Bishop Ward 28      
  KC-Wyandotte 26  
KC-Wyandotte 28 KC-Wyandotte 26   OT  
Chanute 20    
  KC-Wyandotte 36
Pittsburg 29 McPherson 19  
McPherson 30      
  Newton 25
Newton 41 Newton 33
Junction City 20
El Dorado 24
    El Dorado
Newton 17 Third Place

CLASS A

96 Schools - two teams chose not to participate ( Effingham and St. John) , so there were 94 teams in the mix for 1941.

   The winner of each regional automatically qualified for the state tournament and the association invited four teams to fill out the 16 team bracket.

 

Regionals
Olathe Holton Osage City Fredonia
Olathe   Horton Herington Neodesha  
Osawatomie Sabetha Garnett Humboldt
Bonner Springs Topeka-Seaman   Osage City   Eureka
KC-Washington Atchison-Maur Hill Yates Center Fredonia  
KC-Turner Wamego Topeka-Highland Park Caney
Paola Frankfort Topeka-Cap Catholic * Sedan
Leavenworth-Imac   Hiawatha Burlington Cherryvale
Holton Council Grove Madison
Pittsburg Newton Minneapolis Colby
Arma   Moundridge   Minneapolis Oberlin
Erie Valley Center Belleville Goodland
Cherokee Hillsboro Lincoln Oakley
Riverton Wichita Cathedral ^ Abilene St Francis
Girard Buhler Beloit Hoxie
Galena Marion   Salina-Sacred Heart   Norton
Baxter Springs Peabody Chapman Colby
Altamont (LC) Augusta Osborne Atwood
Whitewater
Great Bend Pratt Garden City Hays
Lyons   Medicine Lodge   Scott City   Hays-St Joseph $  
Ellsworth Harper Garden City Phillipsburg
Kinsley Stafford Hugoton Hays   
Elllsworth Pratt Liberal Russell
Kinsley Caldwell Dighton Ellis
Sterling Kingman Ness City Hill City
Larned Anthony Smith Center
Ellinwood
Hoisington
LaCrosse
Regional Winner  
Invited  
* Hayden
^ Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
$ TMP-Marian
State Tournament   Salina
Marion  (12-5) 21
Olathe  (7-13) 26 Olathe 33
   
Neodesha  (16-3) 17  
Lyons  (16-3) 51 Lyons  42 Lyons  34
   
Norton  (16-3) 29  
Osage City  (18-1) 26 Norton 28   Lyons  38
      First Place  
Hays-St Joseph (20-1) 50   Norton 30  
Arma  (14-4) 23 Hays-St Joseph 24  
 
Moundridge  (14-5) 19  
Topeka-Seaman  (13-5) 21 Topeka-Seaman 32  
     
Salina-Sacred Heart  (15-5) 39   Topeka-Seaman 34  
Scott City  (22-3) 38 Salina-Sacred Heart 27      
OT    
Leavenworth-Imac  (16-4) 35   Medicine Lodge  25
Medicine Lodge  (18-4) 43 Medicine Lodge  42   Second Place
     
Fredonia  (17-4) 20   Medicine Lodge  45
Hays  (10-7) 27 Hays  38
Norton 24
    Norton
Topeka-Seaman 19 Third Place

CLASS B

Approximately 510 high schools in this class ( Marion district information is incomplete). The sensation of the tournament was Sublette and their star player Otto Schnellbacher. Tiny Olivet had 18 students and all 10 boys were on the team. One could not suit up as rosters were limited to nine players. The winner and runner-up in each of the 50 district tournaments automatically advanced to regional play. The association extended invitations to many 3rd and 4th place teams to fill out the 14 regional brackets. The winner of the regional advanced to the State tournament. Harveyville and Haven were invited to fill out the 16 team bracket .

DISTRICTS
Lakin Sublette Minneola Bazine
Holcomb Sublette x Kingsdown x Bazine x
Shallow Water Moscow Cimarron x Bison x
Deerfield Pierceville Fowler Jetmore x
Kendall Ulysses Bucklin x Otis
Syracuse x Elkhart x Ford Burdett
Johnson Ingalls x Meade Hanston
Tribune x Rolla Bloom Alexander
Coolidge x Satanta Ensign Beeler
Leoti Montezuma Plains McCracken
Lakin x Copeland Englewood
Kismet Minneola
Garfield Holyrood Pretty Prairie Stockton
Rozel Alden Nickerson x Damar x
Macksville x Bushton Castleton Alton
Lewis Lorraine x Plevna Webster
Garfield x Raymond Abbyville Stockton
Spearville Chase x Haven x Bogue
Fellsburg Kanapolis Langdon Codell x
Belpre Holyrood Arlington Natoma
Radium Geneseo x Belmont Woodston
Offerle Claflin Partridge Kirwin
Pawnee Rock Pretty Prairie x Palco
Zook Plainville x
Centerview
Norcatur Brewster Rexford Ransom
Lenora Edson x Menlo x Collyer x
Clayton Sharon Springs Dresden Arnold x
Prairie View Ruleton Rexford Utica x
Densmore Brownville Gem Schoenchen
Herndon McDonald Moreland Brownell
Long Island x Brewster Grainfield Gove
Almena Kanorado x Selden Healy
Norcatur x Weskan Page City x Manning
Jennings Russell Springs Monument Ransom
Edmond Bird City Grinnell
Levant
Winona x
Dorrance Downs Coldwater Preston
Luray x Harlan Mullinville x Cunningham x
Paradise x Glen Elder Greensburg x Antrim
Wilson Covert Sun City x Sylvia x
Waldo Portis Coldwater Coats x
Bunker Hill Cedar Protection Byers
Sylvan Grove Cawker City Wilmore Cullison
Victoria Downs x Ashland Isabel
Lucas Hunter Haviland Sawyer
Dorrance x Kensington x Trousdalle
Gaylord Turon
Athol Preston
Attica Jewell Courtland Delphos
Attica Mankato x Jamestown Beverly x
Hardtner Ionia Webber x Delphos
Zenda Athens Courtland x Glasco x
Lake City Montrose Norway x Simpson
Sharon x Esbon Kackley Asherville
Spivey Randall x Scandia Longford
Kiowa x Scottsville Formosa Miltonvale
Nashville Burr Oak Lovewell Ada
Spring Township Jewell Republic
Hazelton Lebanon
Howard Altoona Hamilton Everest
Grenola Buffalo Toronto Powhattan x
Longton x Liberty Tonovay Denton
Moline x Elk City x Virgil x Everest
Elk Falls Lafontaine Reece Reserve
Piedmont Dennis Gridley Robinson
Fall River Benedict Hartford x Willis x
Severy Thayer Hamilton Huron
Howard x Altoona x Lamont Hamlin
Morehead Quincy Morrill
Coyville x Vernon
Vilas
Cedar Vale Argonia Mulvane Nortonville
Burden x Milton x Geuda Springs x Perry x
Cedar Vale x Conway Springs x Udall Ozawkie
Peru Argonia x South Haven Rock Creek
Cambridge Norwich Rose Hill Easton
Wayside Milan Douglass Oskaloosa
Chautauqua Viola Belle Plaine Denison x
Elgin Adams Oxford Potter
Dexter Bluff City Derby Winchester
Tyro Cheney Clearwater x McLouth
Havana Mulvane x Nortonville
Valley Falls
Basehor Troy Seneca Louisburg
Edwardsville x Troy x Seneca Public x Baldwin x
Basehor x Bendena Bern Stilwell
Eudora White Cloud x Summerfield Wellsville
Linwood x Elwood Corning Gardner
Piper Doniphan Seneca-Sts. P & P Louisburg
Tonganoxie Wathena Vermillion Fontana x
Lawrence-Oread Highland Oneida Edgerton
Olathe-KSD Sparks Fairview Bucyrus
Lansing Severance Axtell La Cygne
Vinland Centralia x Stanley
DeSoto Rantoul
Jarbalo Spring Hill x
Wetmore Topeka Onaga Cottonwood Falls
Wetmore x Topeka-Washburn Rural Havensville x Strong City
Goff x Overbrook Blaine Emporia-Roosevelt x
Bancroft Meriden Fostoria Neosho Rapids
Soldier Rossville Emmett Cedar Point
Whiting Lecompton St. Mary's Elmdale
Netawaka Berryton Onaga x Florence x
Circleville Carbondale Westmoreland Matfield Green
Mayetta Hoyt Wheaton Lebo
Maple Hill x Delia Clements x
St. Mary's - Imac Conc x Flush Delavan
Silver Lake x Saffordville
Chase County
Williamsburg Harveyville Dunlap Lindsborg
Waverly Harveyville x Burdick Smolan
Michigan Valley Miller x Bushong Marquette
Lane x Scranton Allen Little River
Lyndon Alta Vista Parkerville Roxbury
Richmond Dover Dunlap Inman
Princeton x Auburn Dwight Lindsborg
Appanoose Burlingame White City x Gypsum
Williamsburg Paxico Americus Assaria
Olivet x Eskridge Reading x Windom
Pomona Alma Wilsey x Falun
Quenemo Admire Brookville
Melvern
Marysville Haddam Riley Lehigh
Hanover Morrowville Leonardville x Lehigh
Oketo Clyde Garrison Tampa x
Cleburne Agenda Green Canton
Beattie Haddam Olsburg Galva
Irving Clifton Milford Ramona x
Washington Narka Randolph x ??
Barnes x Cuba x St George ??
Waterville x Munden x Wakefield ??
Blue Rapids Linn x Keats
Greenleaf Mahaska Morganville
Stockdale
Riley
Leon Sedgwick Bennington Welda
Potwin Halstead x Kipp x Elsmore
Atlanta Sedgwick x Enterprise x Moran
Latham Walton Solomon x LaHarpe
Rosalia Bentley Talmage Mildred x
Burns x Andale Tescott Kincaid
Andover Mount Hope Bennington Lone Elm
Benton Goddard Bavaria Colony
Towanda x Garden Plain Vesper Neosho Falls
Cassoday Burrton Glendale LeRoy
Leon Maize Salina-St John's Mil Westphalia x
Welda
Fulton McCune
Grant Township Weir x
Hepler Oswego
Cockerill St Paul
Prescott Pittsburg-College High
Parker Edna
Bronson Chetopa
Uniontown x Frontenac
Aradia St Francis
Pleasanton Mineral x
Fulton x Walnut
Mound City x Pittsburg-St Mary's
McCune x
x = Regional  Advance
REGIONALS
GARDEN CITY GREAT BEND COLBY HAYS
Jetmore Bazine Long Island Collyer
Syracuse Lorraine Norcatur Arnold
Sublette   Nickerson   Edson Utica
Cimarron Geneseo Kanorado Damar
Bucklin Chase Winona Plainville
Lakin Macksville Menlo Luray
Tribune Garfield Page City   Paradise
Ingalls Bison Grinnell Dorrance
Elkhart Codell
Coolidge Almena  
Kensington
PRATT ARKANSAS CITY FREDONIA MINNEAPOLIS
Kingsdown Cedar Vale   Westphalia Kipp
Pretty Prairie Argonia Moline   Glasco
Sylvia Clearwater Elk City Webber
Kiowa Milton Coyville Mankato  
Mullinville Conway Springs Virgil Courtland
Sun City   Gueda Springs Longton Smolan
Cunningham Burden Howard Beverly
Sharon Mulvane Altoona Norway
Greensburg Downs
Coats Solomon
Randall
OSAGE CITY LEAVENWORTH HOLTON CLAY CENTER
Emporia-Roosevelt White Cloud Wetmore Leonardville  
Hatford Edwardsville St Mary's-Imac Conc Cuba
Lane Spring Hill Powhattan   Barnes
Olivet   Linwood Maple Hill White City
Reading Perry Centralia Linn
Baldwin Willis Seneca Onaga
Wilsey Basehor   Havensville St George
Miller Troy Silver Lake Randolph
Harveyville   Goff Munden
Princeton Denison Waterville
Enterprise
NEWTON PITTSBURG
Inman   Mildred
Burns Fontana  
Towanda McCune
Sedgwick Fulton
Tampa Uniontown
Haven   Mineral
Florence Weir
Ramona Mound City
Halstead
Clements
Regional Champ  
Invited  
STATE B
Hutchinson Convention Hall
(School Enrollment)
Mankato (149) 35 Leonardville 28
Leonardville (64) 39     Harveyville
Haven (133) 18 Harveyville 29   32
Harveyville (90) 21 OT  
Almena (142) 59 Almena 26   Sublette
Sun City (37) 44     Sublette 45 1st 46
Sublette (106) 45 Sublette 44  
Moline (97) 16  
Olivet (18) 38 Olivet 38  
Page City (20) 23     Olivet  
Inman (167) 23 Inman 23   30  
Cedar Vale (169) 17   Olivet 23
Powhattan (100) 52 Powhattan 52   2nd
Fontana (40) 20     Nickerson 21
Nickerson (165) 42 Nickerson 20
Basehor (86) 30
Harveyville 24
    Nickerson
Nickerson 25 Third