LaGrange (Lyons)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 LaGrange (Lyons) Ron Nikcevich 31-0 5031 2 East Moline (United) Cliff Talley 30-3 2496 3 Joliet (Central) Dale Glenn 27-7 2100 4 Peoria (Spalding) Ron Patterson 24-10 575 Aurora (East) Ernie Kivisto 27-4 1950 Effingham (St. Anthony) John Keller 28-3 280 LaSalle (L.-Peru) Jack Margenthaler 29-3 2050 Okawville Dave Luechtefeld 29-2 250 Chicago (Harlan) Lee Umbles 21-5 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 27-3 Danville (H.S.) Dennie Lewis 17-14 Lincoln Duncan Reid 30-1 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Bob Arnold 21-6 Park Ridge (Maine South) Bernie Brady 24-3 Pittsfield Wayne Puckett 23-8 Sterling (H.S.) Gene Hall 15-13
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Roger Powell, Joliet (Central) 4 34 22 90 Marcus Washington, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 25 24 74 Owen Brown, LaGrange (Lyons) 4 34 5 73 Bob Hunter, East Moline (United) 4 27 13 67 Ken Wolbeck, Peoria (Spalding) 4 21 23 65 Mike Wente, Effingham (St. Anthony) 2 21 17 59 Rich Lavin, Peoria (Spalding) 4 22 13 57 Craig Davis, East Moline (United) 4 27 2 56 Jeff Jones, Joliet (Central) 4 22 12 56 Tommy Haliburton, East Moline (United) 4 19 9 47 Gary Novak, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 2 16 15 47
Player & School Ht. Yr. Owen Brown, LaGrange (Lyons) 6-8 So. Tommy Haliburton, East Moline (United) 6-4 Jr. Gary Novak, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 6-7 Jr. Roger Powell, Joliet (Central) 6-3 Fr. Mel Samuels, East Moline (United) 5-10 Jr. Marcus Washington, LaGrange (Lyons) 6-1 Jr. Ken Wolbeck, Peoria (Spalding) 6-7 Jr.
No School W-L 1 LaGrange (Lyons) 21-0 2 Lincoln 25-0 3 Galesburg (H.S.) 19-2 4 Collinsville 21-2 5 LaSalle (L.-Peru) 23-2 6 East Moline (United) 22-2 7 Waukegan (H.S.) 20-2 8 Harvey (Thornton) 17-4 9 East St. Louis (Assumption) 23-1 10 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 22-3 11 Lawrenceville 23-1 12 Rockford (Auburn) 20-3 13 Belleville (East) 20-3 14 Urbana (H.S.) 20-4 15 Quincy (Christian Brothers) 22-2 16 Peoria (Manual) 18-7