Rockford (West)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Rockford (West) Alex Saudargas 27-1 1550 2 Elgin (H.S.) Bill Chesbrough 26-4 1299 3 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 33-3 440 4 Princeton Don Sheffer 32-3 370 Galesburg (H.S.) Frank Adams 18-12 1146 Lincoln Paul Johnson 18-12 678 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 29-9 1069 Shawneetown Barney Genisio 32-1 190 Alton (Sr.) Elgie Posey 24-8 1400 Chicago (Marshall) Isadore "Spin" Salario 21-3 1800 Decatur (H.S.) Gay Kintner 24-5 1965 Georgetown Clovis "Toby" Scott 22-9 298 Moline (H.S.) Jack Foley 26-3 1275 Paris Ernie Eveland 27-7 700 Park Forest (Rich) Greg Sloan 24-3 600 Peoria (Spalding) Don Sullivan 22-6 570
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Joe Ruklick, Princeton 4 35 34 104 Gary Smith, Elgin (H.S.) 4 29 14 72 Tom Aley, Elgin (H.S.) 4 26 16 68 Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West) 4 26 12 64 Jim Lazenby, Pinckneyville 4 11 37 59 Fred Boshela, Rockford (West) 4 19 18 56 John Wessels, Rockford (West) 4 22 7 51 John Daffron, Pinckneyville 4 17 13 47 Paul Hudgens, Elgin (H.S.) 4 18 11 47 Rod Coffman, Rockford (West) 4 16 12 44
Player & School Ht. Yr. Dave Cadwallader, Lincoln 6-4 So. Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West) 6-7 So. Jim Lazenby, Pinckneyville 6-0 Jr. Garrison Newsom, Shawneetown 5-10 Jr. Joe Ruklick, Princeton 6-8 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Rockford (West) 19-1 2 Moline (H.S.) 21-2 3 Centralia 25-2 4 Pinckneyville 25-2 5 Elgin (H.S.) 18-3 6 Toledo (Cumberland) 27-0 7 Princeton 25-1 8 Collinsville 21-5 9 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 17-2 10 Pekin 20-3 11 Decatur (H.S.) 19-4 12 East St. Louis (Sr.) 19-4 13 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 20-3 14 Edwardsville (H.S.) 21-5 15 Springfield (Lanphier) 19-2 16 Lockport (Twp.)