Chicago (Simeon)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Chicago (Simeon) Robert Hambric 30-1 1850 2 Evanston (Twp.) Herb Williams 32-1 3550 3 Aurora (West) Gordon Kerkman 31-2 2522 4 Westchester (St. Joseph) Gene Pingatore 25-8 795 Benton Rich Herrin 24-7 725 Champaign (Centennial) Coleman Carrodine 26-4 1321 Harvey (Thornton) Sam Cameli 27-4 2177 Rock Island (H.S.) Duncan Reid 27-4 2261 Buffalo Grove Paul Grady 21-9 2230 Chicago (Robeson) Robert Collins 26-4 1689 Chicago (Weber) Jim Harrington 21-7 800 Collinsville Gene Catalpa 15-14 1985 Joliet (West) Mike O'Connell 19-11 2228 Peoria (Manual) Dick Van Scyoc 28-2 1284 Rockford (East) Isaac Johnson 22-7 2022 St. Charles (H.S.) Ron Johnson 18-12 2250
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Kenny Battle, Aurora (West) 4 32 22 86 Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.) 4 33 13 79 Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph) 4 29 18 76 Tony Freeman, Westchester (St. Joseph) 4 27 16 70 Bobby Tribble, Chicago (Simeon) 4 24 16 64 Randy Norman, Aurora (West) 4 26 5 57 Tim Bankston, Chicago (Simeon) 4 22 12 56 Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon) 4 20 12 52 Bruce Baker, Benton 2 21 9 51 Roger McClendon, Champaign (Centennial) 2 20 5 45
Player & School Ht. Yr. Bruce Baker, Benton 6-7 Jr. Kenny Battle, Aurora (West) 6-6 Jr. Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph) 6-5 Jr. Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.) 6-2 Jr. Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon) 6-7 So.
No School W-L 1 Evanston (Twp.) 25-0 2 Peoria (Manual) 24-1 3 Aurora (West) 24-1 4 Carbondale 25-0 5 Chicago (Simeon) 23-1 6 Rockford (Boylan) 25-0 7 Chicago (Robeson) 23-3 8 Franklin Park (East Leyden) 23-1 9 Harvey (Thornton) 22-3 10 Peoria (Richwoods) 22-3 11 Pekin 22-3 12 Rock Island (H.S.) 22-3 13 Galesburg (H.S.) 20-5 14 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 21-4 15 Champaign (Centennial) 21-3 16 Gurnee (Warren) 21-4