March Madness Record Book

1962 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1961 — 1963

Decatur (Stephen Decatur)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   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       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

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

All-Tournament Team

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.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

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