Chicago (Manley)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Chicago (Manley) Willie Little 31-1 1500 2 Effingham (H.S.) Jim Maxedon 30-2 946 3 Aurora (West) Gordon Kerkman 25-7 2875 4 Lincoln Loren Wallace 30-3 1227 Chicago (De La Salle) Jerry Tokars 23-7 1119 Chicago (Gordon Tech) Bill Ociepka 24-7 2615 Downers Grove (South) Bill Pelekoudas 26-5 2938 Peoria (Richwoods) Wayne Hammerton 27-2 1882 Chicago (Collins) Calvin Moses 26-5 1715 East St. Louis (Lincoln) Bennie Lewis 20-4 1466 Hoffman Estates (Conant) Dick Redlinger 21-8 2393 Moline (H.S.) Don "Whitey" Verstraete 19-11 3289 Northfield (New Trier West) Mel Sheets 26-4 2079 Olympia Fields (Rich Centra Ron Brauer 29-1 1615 Rockford (Jefferson) Mel Hawbecker 19-11 2276 Springfield (Southeast) Larry Garrison 19-8 1619
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Mitch Arnold, Effingham (H.S.) 4 48 19 115 Russell Cross, Chicago (Manley) 4 28 17 73 James Malone, Aurora (West) 4 31 4 66 Tim Anderson, Chicago (Manley) 4 26 13 65 Uwe Blab, Effingham (H.S.) 4 25 9 59 Terry Biggs, Lincoln 4 17 12 46 Kevin Seitzer, Lincoln 4 22 2 46 Dave Heiss, Aurora (West) 4 17 10 44 Paul Kendrick, Lincoln 4 20 3 43 Jeff Fichtel, Aurora (West) 4 14 13 41
Player & School Ht. Yr. Tim Anderson, Chicago (Manley) 6-4 Jr. Mitch Arnold, Effingham (H.S.) 6-5 Jr. Uwe Blab, Effingham (H.S.) 7-2 So. Russell Cross, Chicago (Manley) 6-10 Jr. Jeff Fichtel, Aurora (West) 6-6 Jr. Dan Pelekoudas, Downers Grove (South) 6-1 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Maywood (Proviso East) 24-1 2 Olympia Fields (Rich Central) 25-0 3 Chicago (Manley) 24-1 4 Lockport (Twp.) 24-1 5 Quincy (Sr.) 21-3 6 Chicago (St. Patrick) 24-1 7 Alton (Sr.) 21-2 8 Effingham (H.S.) 23-1 9 Aurora (East) 22-2 10 Chicago (C. Vocational) 25-1 11 Lincoln 24-1 12 Peoria (Richwoods) 22-1 13 Kankakee (Eastridge) 23-2 14 Kewanee (H.S.) 24-1 15 Northfield (New Trier West) 22-3 16 Elmhurst (York) 21-4