Rockford (West)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Rockford (West) Alex Saudargas 28-1 1560 2 Edwardsville (H.S.) Joe Lucco 28-6 889 3 Chicago (Dunbar) Erwin "Dutch" Rittmeyer 29-4 2102 4 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest Harry Kinert 18-9 2480 Peoria (H.S.) Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins 25-5 1550 Quincy (Sr.) George Latham 27-6 1100 Rantoul Carlos Van Auron 23-8 400 West Frankfort (Frankfort) George Iubelt 21-11 754 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Bert Moore 18-2 Effingham (St. Anthony) Jim Belz 29-2 Galesburg (H.S.) John Thiel 26-3 LaSalle (L.-Peru) Gene Vance 20-7 Pinckneyville Merrill "Duster" Thomas 29-4 Springfield (Lanphier) Arlyn Lober 22-7 Taylorville Robert Lyons 13-17 Winnetka (New Trier) Charles Lauer 18-8
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts John Wessels, Rockford (West) 4 42 23 107 Mannie Jackson, Edwardsville (H.S.) 4 40 14 94 Govoner Vaughn, Edwardsville (H.S.) 4 39 14 92 Mel Davis, Chicago (Dunbar) 4 40 10 90 Alphra Saunders, Chicago (Dunbar) 4 28 17 73 Roger Horsky, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 4 19 15 53 Don Slaughter, Rockford (West) 4 21 11 53 Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West) 4 18 14 50 Joe Comeford, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 4 16 13 45 Charles Dixon, Chicago (Dunbar) 4 17 9 43 Rod Hartless, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 4 18 7 43
Player & School Ht. Yr. Nolden Gentry, Rockford (West) 6-7 Jr. Mannie Jackson, Edwardsville (H.S.) 6-2 Jr. Don Slaughter, Rockford (West) 6-3 Jr. Govoner Vaughn, Edwardsville (H.S.) 6-3 Jr. John Wessels, Rockford (West) 6-7 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Rockford (West) 19-1 2 Herrin (H.S.) 24-2 3 Galesburg (H.S.) 21-2 4 Pinckneyville 24-3 5 Edwardsville (H.S.) 20-5 6 Peoria (H.S.) 19-4 7 Moline (H.S.) 17-6 8 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 19-5 9 Lincoln 21-2 10 Rock Island (H.S.) 16-7 11 Shawneetown 26-0 12 Quincy (Sr.) 21-5 13 Salem 21-4 14 Collinsville 20-6 15 LaSalle (L.-Peru) 16 Joliet (Catholic Academy)