1956 Class C Boys

First Round
March 9 Calhoun Stephens High	Alma Consolidated	72	Treutlen County Training (Soperton)	62
	Stephens (Calhoun)	56	Ochlochnee	55
	Richland High & Industrial	67	Lumber City Negro	56
Semifinals
March 10 Calhoun Stephens High	Richland High & Industrial	56	Stephens	49
	Alma Consolidated	68*	Lincoln County Training (Lincolnton)	57
Consolation
March 10 Calhoun Stephens High	Lincoln County Training	67	Stephens	63
Finals
March 10 Calhoun Stephens High	Alma Consolidated	64	Richland High & Industrial	63
The Tournament Teams: How determined: Champion: Alma Consolidated School Title: Final Record: Coach: James H. Goodwin (and Lenwood Denton) Notes: Other notes: Bracket complete. * The Alma Times lists the semifinals score as 68-55. The Calhoun Times has the 68-57 score. Lenwood Denton, Alma's head coach, was killed in an incident in Alma on February 2, 1956. Denton was stabbed by another man. According to the Alma Times, the attacker's family members had attempted to have him committed to an institution for the insane. Online genealogical records seem to indicate Denton's full name was Lenwood McCrary Denton, born March 14, 1928 in Crawfordville.

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