Herrin (H.S.)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Herrin (H.S.) Earl Lee 31-2 690 2 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 34-1 1350 3 Ottawa (Twp.) Gil Love 29-6 993 4 Quincy (Notre Dame) Gene Runde 30-4 600 Champaign (H.S.) Lee Cabutti 24-6 1000 Elgin (H.S.) Bill Chesbrough 27-1 1400 Evanston (Twp.) Jack Burmaster 21-4 2850 Galesburg (H.S.) John Thiel 23-7 1194 Charleston Merv Baker 27-5 Chicago (Crane) Sid Novak 23-5 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Bert Moore 22-2 Freeport (H.S.) Ron Norman 16-10 Maroa (M.-Forsyth) Herman Edwards 29-3 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Harold Hutchins 17-12 Pekin Bob Cain 24-5 Springfield (H.S.) Ray Page 19-12
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Terry Bethel, Collinsville 4 35 43 113 Roger Trimpe, Quincy (Notre Dame) 4 23 25 71 Francis Clements, Ottawa (Twp.) 4 21 28 70 John Tidwell, Herrin (H.S.) 4 27 14 68 Bill Kurz, Quincy (Notre Dame) 4 23 20 66 Dave Tremaine, Evanston (Twp.) 2 22 15 59 John Flynn, Quincy (Notre Dame) 4 23 7 53 Tom Jackson, Collinsville 4 23 7 53 Ralph Lindeman, Ottawa (Twp.) 4 17 17 51 Richard Box, Herrin (H.S.) 4 17 14 48
Player & School Ht. Yr. Terry Bethel, Collinsville 6-7 Jr. Francis Clements, Ottawa (Twp.) 5-11 So. Gary Kane, Elgin (H.S.) 6-4 Jr. John Tidwell, Herrin (H.S.) 6-4 Jr. Dave Tremaine, Evanston (Twp.) 6-1 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Collinsville 21-0 2 Elgin (H.S.) 21-0 3 Herrin (H.S.) 22-2 4 Pinckneyville 25-2 5 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 22-1 6 Rock Island (H.S.) 21-2 7 East Peoria 21-2 8 Pekin 19-4 9 Rock Island (Alleman) 24-3 10 Springfield (Lanphier) 20-3 11 East St. Louis (Lincoln) 25-0 12 Effingham (St. Anthony) 25-1 13 West Frankfort (Frankfort) 19-5 14 Bloomington (H.S.) 20-4 15 Paris 25-?