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1968 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1967 — 1969

Evanston (Twp.)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Alvin Keith, Mike Hart, Odell Johnson, Orestes Arrieta, Alton Hill, Bill Battinus. Back row: Assistant Coach Steve Power, Ron Cooper, Farrell Jones, Bob Lackey, Walt Perrin, Coach Jack Burmaster.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Carbondale 68, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 66
Chicago (Crane) 73, LaGrange (Lyons) 61
Evanston (Twp.) 70, Lockport (Central) 58
Peoria (H.S.) 83, Springfield (Lanphier) 72
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 77, Danville (Schlarman) 68
DeKalb 73, Rockford (Auburn) 53
Galesburg (H.S.) 61, Quincy (Sr.) 60 (OT)
Effingham (H.S.) 54, Belleville (West) 49 (OT)
Quarterfinals
Chicago (Crane) 64, Carbondale 63 (OT)
Evanston (Twp.) 70, Peoria (H.S.) 48
DeKalb 82, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 77
Galesburg (H.S.) 85, Effingham (H.S.) 52
Semifinals
Evanston (Twp.) 70, Chicago (Crane) 54
Galesburg (H.S.) 63, DeKalb 60
Third Place
Chicago (Crane) 82, DeKalb 62
Final
Evanston (Twp.) 70, Galesburg (H.S.) 51

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Evanston (Twp.)             Jack Burmaster           30-1   4825
2  Galesburg (H.S.)            John Thiel               27-3   1838
3  Chicago (Crane)             Ken Olson                25-9   3142
4  DeKalb                      Jack Tosh                29-4   1015
   Carbondale                  Walt Moore              20-10   1262
   Effingham (H.S.)            Jim Maxedon              30-1    736
   LaSalle (L.-Peru)           Don Stanton              27-5   1880
   Peoria (H.S.)               Dick Whitaker            24-6   1871
   Belleville (West)           Dave Shannahan          19-12       
   Danville (Schlarman)        John Ambramczyk          30-1       
   LaGrange (Lyons)            Art Sandusky             19-7       
   Lockport (Central)          Bob Basarich             28-2       
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Bob Arnold               26-5       
   Quincy (Sr.)                Sherrill Hanks           22-9       
   Rockford (Auburn)           Dolph Stanley            18-9       
   Springfield (Lanphier)      Arlyn Lober              24-7

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Jerome Freeman, Chicago (Crane)                 4  37  13  87
Bob Lackey, Evanston (Twp.)                     4  31  18  80
Ruben Triplett, Galesburg (H.S.)                4  31  10  72
Mark Voreis, DeKalb                             4  26  15  67
Ron Shoger, DeKalb                              4  25   9  59
Farrel Jones, Evanston (Twp.)                   4  22  14  58
Ron Cooper, Evanston (Twp.)                     4  19  15  53
Larry Coombs, DeKalb                            4  23   6  52
Scott Michel, Peoria (H.S.)                     2  18  14  50
Vaughn Colbert, Chicago (Crane)                 4  21   6  48

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jerome Freeman, Chicago (Crane)              5-10   Sr.    
Farrel Jones, Evanston (Twp.)                6-6    Sr.    
Bob Lackey, Evanston (Twp.)                  6-4    Sr.    
Les Taylor, Carbondale                       6-4    Jr.    
Ruben Triplett, Galesburg (H.S.)             6-6    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Effingham (H.S.)                        23-0
 2  Lockport (Central)                      23-1
 3  Harvey (Thornton)                       20-2
 4  Collinsville                            22-2
 5  Galesburg (H.S.)                        19-2
 6  Evanston (Twp.)                         21-1
 7  Pekin                                   23-2
 8  Danville (Schlarman)                    25-0
 9  Chicago (Carver)                        24-1
10  Niles (Notre Dame)                      23-1
11  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     18-5
12  Park Ridge (Maine South)                19-1
13  Joliet (Catholic Academy)               21-2
14  LaSalle (L.-Peru)                       20-4
15  Springfield (Lanphier)                  18-6
16  Elmhurst (York)                         19-3

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