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Center Twigg School - Hamilton County, Illinois

This school was located in Twigg Township near the intersection of County Roads 600N and 900E. It was an active school from 18xx to 19yy. It served grades __ to __.

The following information was taken from a 14 March 1940 newspaper article (most likely the Times-Leader):

The following information ...

CENTER TWIGG WINS TOURNAMENT

Large crowds of enthusiastic basketball fans turned out to attend the annual Hamilton County Grade School basketball tournament held in the high school gym here last week and to cheer their favorites on to victory.

In a thrilling battle Saturday night, Center Twigg defeated Dale in the finals 12-11, to win the 1940 championship. In the consolation game, Johnson defeated Broughton 9-6.

The complete tournament scores were as follows:
Barefoot 18, Thackeray 7
Union 7, Blairsville 3
Mason 13, Braden 12
Dale 17, Belle Prairie 15
Center Twigg 40, Boster 7
Concord 15, Olga 1
Johnson 9, Buckingham 6
Smith 8, Pyrtle 1
Walpole 8, Rally Hill 7
McLeansboro 16, Aden 6
Hoodville 23, Gunter 5
Broughton 12, Dahlgren 10
Dale 19, Union 4
Center Twigg 48, Smith 8
Concord 26, Walpole 11
McLeansboro 16, Buckskin 5
Dale 20, Concord 7
Center Twigg 26, Johnson 2
Dale 12, Broughton 7
Johnson 9, Broughton 6
Center Twigg 12, Dale 11

The following all-star teams were selected by the referees:

1st team - Val Campbell, Concord; Denzil Benbrook, Hoodville; Thomas Todd, McLeansboro; Harold Smith, Belle Prairie; Billy Lewis, Center Twigg.

2nd team - Russell Smithpeters, Rally Hill; Junior Jines, Dahlgren; Gene Osborn, Broughton; John Lee, Johnson; J. R. Edmonds, Dale

 

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Structures
Building1 Building 2 Building 3      
Class Pictures
1931 1932 1933-4 1934-5 1936 1936-7
1937-8 1938-9 1939-40 1941-2 Year Unknown, 8th Grade Year Unknown
Sports
1924-5 Girls Basketball 1940 Basketball        
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Miscellaneous
           

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