Springfield (Lanphier)
State Champions
School Coach W-L Enroll 1 Springfield (Lanphier) Bob Nika 30-3 1805 2 Peoria (H.S.) Chuck Buescher 28-4 1330 3 Harvey (Thornton) Sam Cameli 29-4 2460 4 Chicago (Marshall) Luther Bedford 27-6 2300 East St. Louis (Lincoln) Bennie Lewis 26-3 1467 Elgin (H.S.) Bill Chesbrough 22-8 2485 Lisle (Benet Academy) Bill Geist 28-3 1244 Westchester (St. Joseph) Gene Pingatore 26-5 780 Arlington Heights (Arlingto George Zigman 23-5 1522 Benton Rich Herrin 28-4 735 Chicago (Collins) Don Russell 23-6 1689 Chicago (De La Salle) Jerry Tokars 22-7 967 Crystal Lake (South) Gary Collins 25-3 1282 Lockport (Twp.) Bob Basarich 20-8 2319 Ottawa (Twp.) Gary Vancil 27-3 1264 Winnetka (New Trier) Mel Sheets 23-5 4278
Player and School G FG 3P FT Pts Ivan Stone, Peoria (H.S.) 4 26 22 74 Tony Wysinger, Peoria (H.S.) 4 31 6 68 Ken Mixon, Chicago (Marshall) 4 29 10 68 Kevin Gamble, Springfield (Lanphier) 4 31 5 67 Tyrone Thigpen, Harvey (Thornton) 4 25 11 61 Joe Stiffend, Chicago (Marshall) 4 21 13 55 Darren Guest, Harvey (Thornton) 4 19 10 48 Lamont Robinson, Harvey (Thornton) 4 18 12 48 Moose Nika, Springfield (Lanphier) 4 21 3 45 Lamont Hanson, Peoria (H.S.) 4 14 15 43
Player & School Ht. Yr. Kevin Gamble, Springfield (Lanphier) 6-7 Jr. Tony Reeder, Westchester (St. Joseph) 6-7 Jr. Joe Stiffend, Chicago (Marshall) 6-3 Jr. Ivan Stone, Peoria (H.S.) 6-5 Jr. Tyrone Thigpen, Harvey (Thornton) 6-5 Jr. Tony Wysinger, Peoria (H.S.) 5-10 Jr.
No School W-L 1 Aurora (West) 23-2 2 Galesburg (H.S.) 21-4 3 LaGrange (Lyons) 22-3 4 Quincy (Sr.) 22-3 5 Peoria (Manual) 22-3 6 Chicago (Marshall) 20-4 7 East St. Louis (Lincoln) 21-2 8 Peoria (H.S.) 21-3 9 Harvey (Thornton) 21-2 10 Westchester (St. Joseph) 20-4 11 Lisle (Benet Academy) 22-2 12 Midlothian (Bremen) 21-3 13 Chicago (Robeson) 23-3 14 Chicago (Gordon Tech) 21-4 15 Peoria (Richwoods) 21-4 16 Rock Island (H.S.) 19-6