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1949 IHSAA State Championship: Jasper 62, Madison 61

Basketball continues to be the major sport of the high schools in Indiana and the nation. During the year 1948-49, nearly every member school participated in basketball on an inter-school basis. Seven hundred sixty-nine member schools entered the sectional tournaments, leaving only four schools not entering. This past year, school officials made a sincere effort to maintain an improved standard of sportsmanship and crowd control. Few incidents of major significance developed that reflected upon schools, players, coaches or communities. The 1949 Tournament Series broke all previous records for attendance and gross receipts. The gross receipts totaled $667,698.65, with an all-session attendance of 1,269,318. Participating schools netted $270,072.31 from the tourney series. The four schools that reached the coveted goal of Indiana high school basketball teams-Jasper, Madison, Central (South Bend) and Auburn-faced stiff opposition from all four corners of the state in previous tourneys to reach the Butler Fieldhouse. In the afternoon games, Madison downed Central of South Bend 53-40. Madison played deliberately at times, but used their fast break to advantage if the opportunity arose. The second game was won by Jasper over Auburn by a score of 53-48, when the Wildcats set a blistering pace and scored 17 points in the last quarter, after the Auburn Red Devils had taken the lead at the third quarter 38-36. In the night game, both clubs traded baskets with regularity. Dee Monroe set a new single game scoring record of 36 points to lead the Madison attack. Jasper's Wildcats let at the half time 31-28 and survived a late Madison rally to win 62-61 for their first state championship. The Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude was awarded to James Schooley of Auburn High School.