Pekin
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Pekin Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins 30-3 2726 2 Cobden Dick Ruggles 32-3 147 3 Decatur (Stephen Decatur) Jack Kenny 33-2 1600 4 Rock Island (Alleman) Don Morris 19-12 1300 Centralia Bob Jones 28-2 1500 Evanston (Twp.) Jack Burmaster 18-8 4100 Galesburg (H.S.) John Thiel 24-4 1750 Lombard (Glenbard East) Wayne Stevenson 24-7 1950 Arcola Bob Avery 25-6 Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) Rod Richardson 20-8 Chicago (Crane) Dave Ruttenberg 23-2 Collinsville Vergil Fletcher 28-1 Pinckneyville Al "Kayo" Willis 24-7 Rockford (Auburn) Dolph Stanley 20-6 Springfield (Lanphier) Arlyn Lober 22-7 Streator (Twp.) Bill Davies 24-7
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Jack Sunderlik, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 4 32 19 83 Dave Golden, Pekin 4 22 24 68 Kenny Flick, Cobden 4 23 16 62 John McGonigle, Rock Island (Alleman) 4 26 6 58 Jim Sommer, Pekin 4 19 20 58 Steve Spanich, Rock Island (Alleman) 4 23 7 53 Dave Scholz, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 4 15 22 52 Cliff Berger, Centralia 2 22 6 50 Ken Smith, Cobden 4 18 14 50 Charles Currie, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 4 17 10 44
Player & School Ht. Yr. Cliff Berger, Centralia 6-8 Jr. Kenny Flick, Cobden 6-5 Jr. Dave Golden, Pekin 6-0 So. Ron Rhoades, Pekin 5-8 So. Jim Sommer, Pekin 6-3 Jr. Steve Spanich, Rock Island (Alleman) 6-2 So. Jack Sunderlik, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 6-1 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Collinsville 23-0 2 Centralia 22-1 3 Chicago (Crane) 20-1 4 Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 25-1 5 Rock Island (H.S.) 17-3 6 Maywood (Proviso East) 18-2 7 Galesburg (H.S.) 18-3 8 Pekin 21-3 9 Springfield (Griffin) 21-3 10 East Moline (United) 18-3 11 Lockport (Twp.) 20-4 12 Belleville (Twp.) 20-5 13 Park Ridge (Maine East) 17-3 14 Sterling (H.S.) 18-4 15 Toluca 24-0 16 Reddick 26-0