IHSA's March Madness -- 1961 Boys

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1961 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1960 — 1962

Collinsville
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Robert Meadows, Ron Mottin, Fred Riddle, Coach Vergil Fletcher, Marc Fletcher, Bogie Redmon, Bob Basola, Bob Simpson. Second row: Assistant Coach Bill Hellyer, Than Byrkit, Ronald Matikitis, Joe Brennan, Harry Hildreth, Assistant Coach Bert Weber.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Benton 65, Belleville (Twp.) 59
Peoria (Manual) 61, Ottawa (Twp.) 45
Collinsville 66, Centralia 64
Rockford (East) 60, Moline (H.S.) 53
Chicago (Marshall) 56, Waukegan (H.S.) 55
Danville (Schlarman) 76, Clinton 75
Springfield (H.S.) 58, Monmouth (H.S.) 48
Harvey (Thornton) 48, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 36
Quarterfinals
Peoria (Manual) 54, Benton 51 (OT)
Collinsville 71, Rockford (East) 48
Chicago (Marshall) 61, Danville (Schlarman) 36
Harvey (Thornton) 54, Springfield (H.S.) 52
Semifinals
Collinsville 76, Peoria (Manual) 39
Harvey (Thornton) 49, Chicago (Marshall) 47
Third Place
Chicago (Marshall) 73, Peoria (Manual) 58
Final
Collinsville 84, Harvey (Thornton) 50

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          32-0   1500
2  Harvey (Thornton)           Bill Purden              27-3   2800
3  Chicago (Marshall)          Harvey Hartenstein       28-5   2400
4  Peoria (Manual)             John Wilkinson           26-4    846
   Benton                      Rich Herrin             17-13    749
   Danville (Schlarman)        Paul Shebby              26-5    293
   Rockford (East)             Art Sadtler              26-2   2500
   Springfield (H.S.)          Ray Page                 28-4   1400
   Belleville (Twp.)           Jerry Turner             16-9       
   Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)      Jim Vopicka              19-5       
   Centralia                   Bill Davies              29-2       
   Clinton                     Elmer Hunter             28-3       
   Moline (H.S.)               Jack Foley               22-5       
   Monmouth (H.S.)             Mike Kalosh              22-4       
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Gil Love                 20-6       
   Waukegan (H.S.)             Jack Miller              23-3

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Bogie Redmon, Collinsville                      4  39  14  92
Fred Riddle, 2 schools                          4  25  26  76
Jim Pitts, Chicago (Marshall)                   4  25   8  58
John Craley, Peoria (Manual)                    4  24  10  58
Leon Clark, Harvey (Thornton)                   4  22   9  53
Bryan Williams, Danville (Schlarman)            2  24   5  53
Charlie Jones, Chicago (Marshall)               4  18  10  46
Bob Simpson, 2 schools                          4  17  10  44
Duane "Skip" Thoren, Rockford (East)            2  13  17  43
Bob Basola, Collinsville                        4  15  12  42
Bob Caress, Harvey (Thornton)                   4  17   8  42

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Larry Bauer, Springfield (H.S.)              6-8    Sr.    
Bob Caress, Harvey (Thornton)                6-1    Sr.    
Leon Clark, Harvey (Thornton)                6-7    Jr.    
Jim Pitts, Chicago (Marshall)                6-8    Jr.    
Bogie Redmon, Collinsville                   6-7    Sr.    
Fred Riddle, 2 schools                       6-3    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Collinsville                            23-0
 2  Centralia                               24-1
 3  Rockford (East)                         20-1
 4  Mt. Prospect (Prospect)                 22-1
 5  Pinckneyville                           22-3
 6  Bridgeport                              23-1
 7  Chicago (Carver)                        23-1
 8  Peoria (Manual)                         20-2
 9  Springfield (H.S.)                      22-3
10  Clinton                                 23-2
11  Waukegan (H.S.)                         18-2
12  Harvey (Thornton)                       18-2
13  Chicago (Marshall)                      20-4
14  Litchfield                              20-3
15  Moline (H.S.)                           17-4
16  Danville (Schlarman)                    21-4

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