Maywood (Proviso East)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Maywood (Proviso East) Glenn Whittenberg 29-4 3800 2 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Wes Mason 30-3 5100 3 Peoria (H.S.) Bruce Boyle 23-5 2000 4 Breese (Mater Dei) John Cavaletto 30-3 754 Arlington Heights (Hersey) Roger Steingraber 19-10 3000 Chicago (Morgan Park) Bill Warden 24-8 3000 Danville (H.S.) Norm Held 26-5 2200 Oswego (H.S.) Steve Goers 22-6 1100 Belleville (West) Roger Mueller 20-10 Chicago (Phillips) Herb Brown 22-9 Crystal Lake (H.S.) John Swenson 13-14 Elgin (H.S.) Bill Chesbrough 21-7 Freeport (H.S.) Farrell Benefiel 28-2 Olympia Fields (Rich Centra Jerry Leggett 22-6 Quincy (Sr.) Sherrill Hanks 22-8 Waukegan (H.S.) Bob Joor 21-8
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Joe Ponsetto, Maywood (Proviso East) 4 37 14 88 Audie Matthews, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 4 35 16 86 Lance Reilmann, Breese (Mater Dei) 4 34 8 76 Al Hightower, Peoria (H.S.) 4 26 6 58 Steve Harper, Peoria (H.S.) 4 25 7 57 Mike White, Peoria (H.S.) 4 23 11 57 Robert McCoy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 4 24 5 53 Ray Watson, Danville (H.S.) 2 24 2 50 Brian Young, Peoria (H.S.) 4 23 4 50 Emir Hardy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 4 19 8 46
Player & School Ht. Yr. Dave Corzine, Arlington Heights (Hersey) 6-11 Jr. Audie Matthews, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 6-5 Jr. Joe Ponsetto, Maywood (Proviso East) 6-5 Jr. Ray Watson, Danville (H.S.) 6-7 Jr. Mike White, Peoria (H.S.) 6-7 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Park Ridge (Maine South) 21-0 2 Peoria (Richwoods) 24-1 3 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 23-2 4 Freeport (H.S.) 24-1 5 Aurora (East) 22-2 6 Collinsville 22-3 7 Rock Falls 22-3 8 East Moline (United) 18-4 9 Franklin Park (East Leyden) 20-3 10 Maywood (Proviso East) 21-4 11 Breese (Mater Dei) 23-1 12 Danville (H.S.) 21-4 13 LaSalle (L.-Peru) 20-4 14 Chicago (St. Patrick) 23-2 15 Edwardsville (H.S.) 19-6 16 LaGrange (Lyons) 20-4