LaGrange (Lyons)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 LaGrange (Lyons) Greg Sloan 29-0 1950 2 Peoria (H.S.) Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins 29-4 1250 3 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 33-3 440 4 Danville (Schlarman) Paul Shebby 28-3 240 Decatur (St. Teresa) Joe Venturi 28-4 408 Jacksonville (H.S.) John Chapman 26-4 820 Ottawa (Twp.) Gil Love 20-3 818 West Frankfort (Frankfort) Ed Migielicz 14-16 750 Canton Frank Whitman 21-8 840 Chicago (DuSable) Arthur Scher 27-3 2231 DeKalb George Dertinger 22-7 609 Elgin (H.S.) Bill Chesbrough 18-9 1160 Highland Ed Hilbert 23-9 312 Hillsboro Bill Connors 12-17 470 Lawrenceville Joe Fearheiley 22-7 588 Rock Island (H.S.) Wilbur Allen 22-7 1250
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Ted Caiazza, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 50 21 121 Hiles Stout, Peoria (H.S.) 4 40 28 108 Tony Davis, Danville (Schlarman) 4 35 19 89 Joel McRae, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 27 11 65 Ron Pursell, 2 schools 4 23 19 65 Hal Douglas, Peoria (H.S.) 4 20 23 63 Bob Quillman, Pinckneyville 4 20 16 56 Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville 4 17 15 49 Jim Williams, Danville (Schlarman) 4 19 7 45 Ed Harrell, Jacksonville (H.S.) 2 16 12 44
Player & School Ht. Yr. Ted Caiazza, LaGrange (Lyons) 6-7 So. Tony Davis, Danville (Schlarman) 6-8 Jr. Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable) 6-0 So. Joel McRae, LaGrange (Lyons) 6-4 Jr. Hiles Stout, Peoria (H.S.) 6-4 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Kankakee (Sr.) 23-0 2 Pinckneyville 25-2 3 LaGrange (Lyons) 20-0 4 Edwardsville (H.S.) 22-4 5 Ottawa (Twp.) 24-2 6 Collinsville 20-3 7 East St. Louis (Sr.) 19-4 8 Rockford (West) 15-4 9 Peoria (H.S.) 21-3 10 Danville (Schlarman) 21-1 11 Rock Island (H.S.) 17-6 12 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 15-3 13 Harrisburg 21-5 14 Springfield (Lanphier) 24-2 15 Jacksonville (H.S.) 20-3 16 Centralia