Texas High School Basketball Champions

By Dr. Billy Wilbanks

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INTRODUCTION
A total of 644 boys and girls teams in Texas have won state high school championships from 1921-2008.  There have been
347 boys teams (1921-2007) and 255 girls teams (1951-2008) crowned as state champions by the UIL since 1921.  In additon, the "High School Girls Basketball League of Texas" (HSGBLT)  named 17 state girls champions from 1939-1954 and the A.A.U. crowned 25 state champions in its state tournaments in 1925-1950.  Information on all 644 of these championship teams is provided on this website.  An index listing each of the 347 boys U.I.L. champions provides basic information about each team (e.g., year, class, name of coach, top players, season record) and is linked to narratives about each team.  Likewise, another index links each of the 255 girls U.I.L. champions to its matching narrative.  The index/narratives for the 17 HSGBLT championship teams from 1939-1954 and the 25 state A.A.U. champions are presented at the end of the UIL girls teams narratives.

Each of the 644 narratives gives scores and details of the champion’s state tournament games; the number of times the school has played in the state finals and/or won state; the championship coach; team rosters; top scorers in the tournament games; the All State Tournament Teams; and later career info on selected players. 

The "Miscellaneous Facts" section provides tables listing the coaches and schools and counties with the most championships; a breakdown by school of the 1,778 All State Tournament selections for boys from 1921-2008 and the 1,474 selections for girls from 1951-2008.  A listing of (later) NBA, WNBA and NFL stars from the Texas state tournaments is provided along with information on "great finishes," father (coach) and son champs, girl champs who were also track stars, and a "quiz" that provides additional "tidbits" of information.

This tentative draft is“posted” (at www.TexasBasketballChamps.com )  so one may go to the site and see what is included thus far and  provide "corrections" and additional information by contacting Dr. Wilbanks who is particularly interested in “later career” information on players (e.g., “Joe Smith played basketball at Baylor” or “Joe Smith became a teacher/coach in Abilene,”).  Team photographs are not included in this website but are being collected and will be provided upon request via disc to interested parties.  Discs will also be available for all material in this website for those who wish to "download" this "website/book" to their home computer.  Team photographs with captions identifying each player are being sought for each of the 644 championship teams along with photos of banners, trophies, etc. and team "reunion" photographs.

Wilbanks may be contacted at:  WilbanksWilliam@hotmail.com

Billy Wilbanks, 281 Whispering Wind, Georgetown, TX  78633

Cell Phone:  512-864-4756

Wilbanks is a retired University Professor and was a member of Belton's state 2A basketball championship team in 1958.  He is also the author of:  Texas High School Track Champions, 1906-2006 and numerous other books.  The Internet also includes two of his other "Walls of Honor" at:

www.BeltonWallofHonor.com      and    www.TrueHeroines.com

For additional info on Dr. Wilbanks see:  www.DrBillyWilbanks.com

This venture is “non-profit” and is being posted on the internet to provide this service free of charge.  The tentative draft on the Internet will be revised regularly as revisions/additions are received. 

The UIL supports this research/website but it is not an official UIL site and the UIL is not responsible for any errors.

In the index below, "click" on a team listed in blue below and the cursor will “jump” to the narrative on that team. 


Index for 347 Texas High School Basketball Champions - Boys

Year

 

Class

  Champion

  Runner-up

  Score

Season

  Coach

Leading Scorer

1921

1

All

El Paso

SA Brackenridge

25-11

 

Luther Coblentz

Andy Cohen/Sandy Esquival

1922

2

All

El Paso

(Lindale-disqual)

 

 

Luther Coblentz

Andy Cohen/Lozano/Dawson

1923

3

All

Dallas Oak Cliff

El Paso

17-15

 

Howard Allen

Joe King/Ox Higgins

1924

4

All

Dallas Oak Cliff

El Paso

29-18

 

Howard Allen

Joe King/Ira Hopper/B. Schroeder

1925

5

All

Beaumont

SA Brackenridge

14-12

25-0

Lilburn Dimmitt

Holly Brock/Raymond Alford

1926

6

All

SA Brackenridge

Corsicana

29-23

 

Bobby Cannon

Herff Friery/Calvin Bass

1927

7

All

Athens

Denton

23-14

18-2

Jimmy Kitts

Bennie Tompkins/Doc Sumner

1928

8

All

Temple

 (Austin-disqual)

 

19-3

Bill Henderson

Oscar Wickham/Warren Weathers

1929

9

All

Athens

Denton

22-11

35-1

Jimmy Kitts

Preacher Tompkins, Buster Brannon

1930

10

All

Denton

Estelline

30-11

19-6

Dan McAlister

John Smyers/Nimrod Borchardt

1931

11

All

Athens

Houston San Jac

25-22 (OT)

22-0

Jimmy Kitts

Freddie Tompkins/E. Ware

1932

12

All

Temple

Houston San Jac

30-23

32-2

George Forehand

Willie Lange/Ken Clark

1933

13

All

Athens

Houston Davis

36-20

29-3

J.T. Bobo Nelson

Olin Cobb/Bernell Trammell

1934

14

All

Athens

Lamesa

28-22

28-0

J.T. Bobo Nelson

Olin Cobb/Hayden Mallory

1935

15

All

Denton

Lamesa

38-23

29-1

Dan McAlister

J.D.Wright/Homer Barnes

1936

16

All

Cushing

El Paso

33-29

32-3

Glenn Berry

Ray Lucas/Marshal Matteson

1937

17

All

Carey

Gober

26-18

50-2

Catfish Smith

Carroll Faust/W.J. Redwine

1938

18

All

Dallas Wilson

Abilene

41-27

23-0

Howard Kitchen

Malcolm Kutner/Jimmy McCarthy

1939

19

All

Livingston

SA Lanier

37-35

34-7

Bubba Gernand

Harmon Walters/Foster Bullock

1940

20

All

San Marcos

El Paso

22-21

46-1

Milton Jowers

Jimmy Lumpkin/Bubba Coers

1941

21

All

El Paso

Abilene

27-20

 

Jewell Wallace

Mike Izquierdo/Mario Palafox

1942

22

B

Slidell

Fayetteville

32-22

 

Manuel R. McCarroll

Gussie Weber/Lewis Hall

1942

23

1A

Van

Nederland

35-27

33-1

K.H. Thormahlen

Robert Stringer/Alton Landrum

1942

24

2A

Houston Davis

Lufkin

55-35

 

Roy Needham

Slater Martin/Ed Kelley

1943

25

B

Slidell

Sidney

36-23

 

G.T. Phillips

Gussie Weber/Wallace Patton

1943

26

1A

SA Lanier

Beaumont French

30-18

 

Nemo Herrera

Tony Rivera/Henry Escobedo

1943

27

2A

Houston Davis

Austin

40-27

 

Bert Kivell

Slater Martin/Bill Srack

1944

28

B

Prairie Lea

Blossom

30-26

23-3

J.D. Fulton

Vilbry White/George Carlisle

1944

29

1A

Nocona

Mt. Vernon

33-32 (OT)

 

J.W. Bibb

Milas Downey/C.S. Crenshaw

1944

30

2A

Dallas Sunset

Childress

29-20

 

Stanley Thomas

Bobby Folsom/Hal Turner

1945

31

B

Prairie Lea

Mt. Enterprise

35-33

25-0

J.D. Fulton

Vilbry White/George Carlisle

1945

32

1A

SA Lanier

Quitman

30-24

 

Nemo Herrera

David Rodriguez/Frank Rodriquez

1945

33

2A

FW Paschal

Lufkin

43-29

 

Charlie L. Turner

Jackie Robinson/Bill Johnson

Year

 

Class

  Champion

  Runner-up

  Score

Season

  Coach

Leading Scorer

1946

34

B

Stratford

Perrin

29-18

 

Grady Pearson

Kenneth Pembert/Bill Reed

1946

35

1A

Pasadena

Levelland

50-35

 

Ned Thompson

Bill Henry/Bill Huffman

1946

36

2A

Dallas Crozier Tec

Houston Davis

32-28

 

E.O. Doc Hayes

Jack Brown/Harold Salmon

1947

37

B

Johnson City

Marfa

16-14

26-6

E.J. Hyatt

Charles Haley/Elvin Prehn

1947

38

1A

East Mountain

Bowie

35-22

36-2

E.J. Woodruff

Junior Carrington/Paul Ray

1947

39

2A

El Paso

SA Jefferson

27-22

22-1

Clarence D. Jarvis

Jose Palafox/Richard Montoya

1948

40

B

Maydelle

Johnson City

35-22

39-3

J.G. Hobson

Dean Lloyd/Leonard Lamb

1948

41

1A

Mt. Vernon

East Mountain

44-43

30-0

Catfish Smith

Dean Lloyd/Leonard Lamb

1948

42

2A

Dallas Crozier Tec

Lufkin

29-28

25-3

James Rosy Adkisson

Bryan Miller/Jack Revill

1949

43

B

Martin's Mill

Big Sandy

39-33

32-7

J.W. Black

O'Neal Weave/Leon Black

1949

44

1A

Memphis

Beaumont French

27-25

29-5

L.E. "Mac" McColloch

Sammy Rasco/Leroy Green

1949

45

2A

Texas City

Brownwood

30-28

29-10

Dick Edwards

Bill Chuoke/Jack Mosher

1949

46

City

FW Paschal

Houston Milby

41-40

24-0

Charlie L. Turner

Bob McDonald