East St. Louis (Lincoln)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 East St. Louis (Lincoln) Bennie Lewis 28-1 1901 2 Chicago (King) Landon "Sonny" Cox 28-5 1198 3 Westchester (St. Joseph) Gene Pingatore 28-3 709 4 Quincy (Sr.) Jerry Leggett 26-7 2336 Elgin (H.S.) Jim Harrington 28-3 2792 Oak Forest Denny Denman 28-3 1498 Peoria (Manual) Dick Van Scyoc 31-1 1222 Rockford (Boylan) Steve Goers 28-4 1355 Aurora (East) Scott Martens 25-5 2248 Chicago (Crane) Green Smith 24-7 1272 Chicago (Leo) Jack Fitzgerald 27-3 504 Evanston (Twp.) Mike Hart 16-13 3677 Lockport (Twp.) Bob Basarich 27-4 2269 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Lee Emery 24-6 1612 Rock Island (H.S.) Duncan Reid 21-7 2049 Winnetka (New Trier) Mel Sheets 22-8 3829
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Marcus Liberty, Chicago (King) 4 54 35 143 Cliff Scales, Westchester (St. Joseph) 4 38 14 90 Brian Molis, Westchester (St. Joseph) 4 36 12 84 Chris Rodgers, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 4 27 13 67 Larry Loethen, Quincy (Sr.) 4 25 12 62 Mark Baugh, Elgin (H.S.) 2 24 9 57 Carl Hayes, Westchester (St. Joseph) 4 17 21 55 James Harris, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 4 25 2 52 LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 4 22 5 49 Curtis Stuckey, Peoria (Manual) 2 13 18 44 Jason Gay, Quincy (Sr.) 4 21 2 44
Player & School Ht. Yr. Mark Baugh, Elgin (H.S.) 6-5 Jr. Marcus Liberty, Chicago (King) 6-8 Jr. Larry Loethen, Quincy (Sr.) 6-5 Jr. Brian Molis, Westchester (St. Joseph) 6-4 Jr. Chris Rodgers, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 6-7 Jr. Cliff Scales, Westchester (St. Joseph) 6-2 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Peoria (Manual) 26-0 2 Lincoln 24-1 3 East St. Louis (Lincoln) 20-1 4 Westchester (St. Joseph) 21-2 5 Oak Forest 23-2 6 Chicago (Simeon) 22-2 7 Maywood (Proviso East) 23-2 8 Chicago (De La Salle) 22-2 9 Chicago (Leo) 23-2 10 Chicago (King) 21-4 11 Elgin (H.S.) 23-2 12 Chicago (Robeson) 23-3 13 Lockport (Twp.) 22-3 14 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 22-3 15 Olympia Fields (Rich Central) 22-3 16 Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 20-5