Mt. Vernon (H.S.)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Harold Hutchins 29-3 1400 2 Chicago (DuSable) Jim Brown 31-2 2092 3 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 33-3 420 4 Edwardsville (H.S.) Joe Lucco 28-7 791 Barrington Harold Gaffney 28-2 475 Harvey (Thornton) Thomas Nisbet 24-7 2800 Moline (H.S.) Jack Foley 24-6 1175 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 26-3 1025 Bowen Jim Lewis 30-3 90 Danville (H.S.) Art Mathisen 21-9 1706 Litchfield Bob Horton 28-5 418 Peoria (H.S.) Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins 23-6 1280 Princeton Don Sheffer 28-4 400 Rockford (East) James Laude 23-3 1461 Springfield (H.S.) Herb Scheffler 10-19 1450 Toledo (Cumberland) William Waldrip 30-3 300
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Shellie McMillon, Chicago (DuSable) 4 41 13 95 Charlie Brown, Chicago (DuSable) 4 40 13 93 Al Avant, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 4 28 27 83 Bob Gregor, Edwardsville (H.S.) 4 30 19 79 Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable) 4 33 10 76 Don Ohl, Edwardsville (H.S.) 4 24 20 68 Don Richards, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 4 22 14 58 Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville 4 25 7 57 Tom Payne, Quincy (Sr.) 2 22 12 56 Larry Whitlock, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 4 18 19 55
Player & School Ht. Yr. Charlie Brown, Chicago (DuSable) 6-2 Jr. Bob Gregor, Edwardsville (H.S.) 6-3 Jr. Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable) 6-0 Jr. Don Ohl, Edwardsville (H.S.) 6-2 Jr. Gene Pursell, Pinckneyville 6-5 Jr.
No School W-L 1 LaGrange (Lyons) 19-1 2 Pinckneyville 25-2 3 Quincy (Sr.) 20-2 4 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 20-3 5 Litchfield 23-4 6 Rockford (East) 19-2 7 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 18-2 8 Moline (H.S.) 18-5 9 Peoria (H.S.) 18-5 10 Barrington 22-1 11 Mt. Carmel 21-3 12 Edwardsville (H.S.) 21-5 13 Ottawa (Twp.) 21-5 14 Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 20-4 15 Peoria (Woodruff) 18-3 16 Centralia