March Madness Record Book

1965 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19641966



Collinsville
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Chicago (Marshall) 69, Winnetka (New Trier) 52 (forfeited)
Moline (H.S.) 64, Freeport (H.S.) 47
Lockport (Central) 67, Pekin 61
Collinsville 82, Lawrenceville 58
Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 54, Danville (H.S.) 52
Quincy (Sr.) 56, Jacksonville (H.S.) 52
Harvey (Thornton) 64, Franklin Park (East Leyden) 57
Marion (H.S.) 65, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 57
Quarterfinals
Chicago (Marshall) 75, Moline (H.S.) 72 (forfeited)
Collinsville 70, Lockport (Central) 45
Quincy (Sr.) 71, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 62
Harvey (Thornton) 64, Marion (H.S.) 60
Semifinals
Collinsville 76, Chicago (Marshall) 64
Quincy (Sr.) 64, Harvey (Thornton) 59
Third Place
Chicago (Marshall) 66, Harvey (Thornton) 59 (forfeited)
Final
Collinsville 55, Quincy (Sr.) 52

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          30-2   1650
2  Quincy (Sr.)                Sherrill Hanks           26-6   1830
3  Chicago (Marshall)          Harvey Hartenstein      23-10   5100
4  Harvey (Thornton)           Bill Purden              28-3   3900
   Decatur (Stephen Decatur)   Jack Kenny               29-3   1806
   Lockport (Central)          Bill Connors             27-4   1450
   Marion (H.S.)               Dick Jones               22-7   1158
   Moline (H.S.)               Herb Thompson            25-3   2300
   Danville (H.S.)             Cecil Cole               24-6       
   Franklin Park (East Leyden) Norm Goodman             21-5       
   Freeport (H.S.)             Ron Norman               26-2       
   Jacksonville (H.S.)         Richard "Itchy" Jones    25-5       
   Lawrenceville               Ken Pritchett            25-4       
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Gene Haile               26-7       
   Pekin                       Dawson "Dawdy" Hawkins   28-2       
   Winnetka (New Trier)        John Schneiter           22-6       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Dennis Pace, Collinsville                       4  44      24 112
Rich Bradshaw, Chicago (Marshall)               4  40      18  98
Harry Hall, Harvey (Thornton)                   4  27      28  82
Gary Thompson, Quincy (Sr.)                     4  27      18  72
Steve Kuberski, Moline (H.S.)                   2  24      16  64
Charles Conway, Chicago (Marshall)              4  26      12  64
Jack Darlington, Collinsville                   4  23      13  59
Rich Hallbert, Harvey (Thornton)                4  25       9  59
Don Birger, Collinsville                        4  17      19  53
Dave Scholz, Decatur (Stephen Decatur)          2  16      13  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Rich Bradshaw, Chicago (Marshall)            6-3    So.    
Charles Conway, Chicago (Marshall)           6-0    So.    
Jack Darlington, Collinsville                6-0    Jr.    
Bill Ford, Lockport (Central)                6-5    So.    
Harry Hall, Harvey (Thornton)                6-2    Jr.    
Steve Kuberski, Moline (H.S.)                6-6    Jr.    
Dennis Pace, Collinsville                    6-5    Jr.    
Gary Rottman, Quincy (Sr.)                   6-3    Jr.    
Dave Scholz, Decatur (Stephen Decatur)       6-6    Jr.    
Gary Thompson, Quincy (Sr.)                  5-9    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Harvey (Thornton)                       25-1
 2  Pekin                                   23-1
 3  Decatur (Stephen Decatur)               23-2
 4  Freeport (H.S.)                         21-1
 5  Chicago (Crane)                         22-1
 6  Maywood (Proviso East)                  19-3
 7  Galesburg (H.S.)                        19-2
 8  Collinsville                            21-2
 9  Moline (H.S.)                           19-2
10  Lockport (Central)                      21-3
11  Chicago (Marshall)                      16-8
12  Centralia                               20-5
13  Quincy (Sr.)                            18-5
14  LaGrange (Lyons)                        17-3
15  Lawrenceville                           20-3
16  Peoria (H.S.)                           17-4