Decatur (Stephen Decatur)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Decatur (Stephen Decatur) John Schneiter 31-4 1200 2 Chicago (Carver) Larry Hawkins 28-5 614 3 Quincy (Sr.) Sherrill Hanks 28-4 1430 4 McLeansboro Gene Haile 25-7 477 Centralia Bill Davies 29-3 1289 Elmhurst (York) Dick Campbell 25-4 2400 Rock Island (H.S.) Bob Riley 23-5 1828 Washington Dick Van Scyoc 25-3 775 Belleville (Twp.) Jerry Turner 24-5 Chicago (St. Patrick) Max Kurland 22-2 Harvey (Thornton) Bill Purden 19-8 Marion (H.S.) Wendell Starrick 18-12 Pontiac Oral Ragle 21-6 Rockford (Auburn) Dolph Stanley 13-13 Springfield (H.S.) Ray Page 17-12 Urbana (H.S.) Oscar Adams 11-16
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Jim Burns, McLeansboro 4 31 23 85 Cazzie Russell, Chicago (Carver) 4 34 11 79 Ken Barnes, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 4 24 9 57 Jim Johnson, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 4 19 15 53 Fred Grimmett, Quincy (Sr.) 4 15 21 51 Joe Allen, Chicago (Carver) 4 23 5 51 Larry Gross, Quincy (Sr.) 4 15 14 44 Virgil McElfresh, Washington 2 16 11 43 Ron Johnson, Centralia 2 16 10 42 Rick Rineberg, Quincy (Sr.) 4 18 6 42
Player & School Ht. Yr. Joe Allen, Chicago (Carver) 6-6 So. Ken Barnes, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 6-3 Jr. Jim Burns, McLeansboro 6-3 So. Fred Grimmett, Quincy (Sr.) 5-8 So. Cazzie Russell, Chicago (Carver) 6-5 Jr. Ron Teague, Rock Island (H.S.) 5-10 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Centralia 23-2 2 Chicago (DuSable) 23-1 3 Madison 24-0 4 Moline (H.S.) 19-2 5 Collinsville 18-4 6 Quincy (Sr.) 20-3 7 Bloomington (H.S.) 19-2 8 Peoria (Richwoods) 20-2 9 Rock Island (H.S.) 17-4 10 Rockford (Auburn) 8-12 11 Carmi 21-2 12 Bridgeport 22-2 13 Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 22-4 14 North Chicago 19-2 15 Waukegan (H.S.) 12-6 16 LaGrange (Lyons) 16-3