Hebron (Alden-H.)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Hebron (Alden-H.) Russ Ahearn 34-1 98 2 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 28-5 1035 3 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Stan Changnon 32-4 1200 4 Rock Island (H.S.) Wilbur Allen 25-6 1209 Jacksonville (H.S.) John Chapman 22-8 800 Lawrenceville Joe Fearheiley 20-9 580 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 27-4 450 Taylorville Robert Lyons 28-2 650 Champaign (H.S.) Harold Jester 23-7 763 Chicago (Roosevelt) Samuel Edelcup 23-4 2400 Freeport (H.S.) Harry Kinert 23-4 1008 Harvey (Thornton) Thomas Nisbet 25-4 3233 Kankakee (Sr.) Earl Jones 15-14 695 Madison Francis Dant 28-5 370 Ottawa (Twp.) Gil Love 25-4 765 Peoria (Manual) Stu Becker 20-9 1283
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Bruce Brothers, Quincy (Sr.) 4 34 23 91 Gerald Hansen, Rock Island (H.S.) 4 34 6 74 Bill Schulz, Hebron (Alden-H.) 4 29 7 65 Paul Judson, Hebron (Alden-H.) 4 21 17 59 Merrell Clark, Rock Island (H.S.) 4 22 13 57 Jim Stokes, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 4 20 14 54 Don Wilbrandt, Hebron (Alden-H.) 4 19 14 52 Mose Stokes, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 4 19 13 51 Jack Gower, Quincy (Sr.) 4 19 10 48 Richard Thompson, Quincy (Sr.) 4 17 13 47
Player & School Ht. Yr. Bruce Brothers, Quincy (Sr.) 6-5 Jr. Carl Cain, Freeport (H.S.) 6-2 Jr. Gerald Hansen, Rock Island (H.S.) 6-4 Jr. Paul Judson, Hebron (Alden-H.) 6-3 Jr. Bill Ridley, Taylorville 5-7 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Hebron 26-1 2 Centralia 25-2 3 Rockford (West) 18-1 4 Danville (H.S.) 21-2 5 Quincy (Sr.) 20-4 6 Harvey (Thornton) 20-3 7 Collinsville 20-3 8 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 24-3 9 Taylorville 22-1 10 Moline (H.S.) 20-4 11 Freeport (H.S.) 18-3 12 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 16-2 13 Gillespie 23-3 14 DePue 24-2 15 Robinson 22-2 16 Rockford (East)