March Madness Record Book

1961 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1960 — 1962

Collinsville
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

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  3P  FT Pts
Bogie Redmon, Collinsville                      4  39      14  92
Fred Riddle, 2 schools                          4  25      26  76
John Craley, Peoria (Manual)                    4  24      10  58
Jim Pitts, Chicago (Marshall)                   4  25       8  58
Bryan Williams, Danville (Schlarman)            2  24       5  53
Leon Clark, Harvey (Thornton)                   4  22       9  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    Jr.    
Bob Caress, Harvey (Thornton)                6-1    Jr.    
Leon Clark, Harvey (Thornton)                6-7    So.    
Jim Pitts, Chicago (Marshall)                6-8    So.    
Bogie Redmon, Collinsville                   6-7    Jr.    
Fred Riddle, 2 schools                       6-3    Jr.    

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