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1969 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1968 — 1970

Maywood (Proviso East)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Walt Williams, Harvey Roberts, Jim Brewer, Pete Bouzeous, Bill Allen. Second row: Howard Godfrey, John Munchoff, Ralph Sykes, Ira Carswell, Keith Rash. Third row: Assistant Coach William Ebenezer, Steve Glos, Ted Pelikan, Ernest Lewis, Kirk shearburn, Head Coach Tom Millikin.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 71, Carbondale 63
Aurora (East) 67, Dixon (H.S.) 50
Peoria (Spalding) 47, Lincoln 41
Belleville (East) 47, Mattoon 45
Galesburg (H.S.) 77, Quincy (Sr.) 64
Champaign (Central) 55, Normal (Community) 53 (3 OT)
Waukegan (H.S.) 63, Harvey (Thornton) 61
Maywood (Proviso East) 47, Chicago (Hirsch) 46
Quarterfinals
Aurora (East) 52, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 46
Peoria (Spalding) 80, Belleville (East) 61
Champaign (Central) 62, Galesburg (H.S.) 57
Maywood (Proviso East) 52, Waukegan (H.S.) 44
Semifinals
Peoria (Spalding) 66, Aurora (East) 53
Maywood (Proviso East) 37, Champaign (Central) 36
Third Place
Champaign (Central) 56, Aurora (East) 49
Final
Maywood (Proviso East) 58, Peoria (Spalding) 51

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Maywood (Proviso East)      Tom Millikin             30-1   3500
2  Peoria (Spalding)           Ron Patterson            28-4    575
3  Champaign (Central)         Lee Cabutti              30-4   1100
4  Aurora (East)               Ernie Kivisto            26-7   1950
   Belleville (East)           Don Otness               23-9   2400
   Galesburg (H.S.)            John Thiel               25-3   1800
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Bob Arnold               23-5   1735
   Waukegan (H.S.)             Jack Miller              23-6   4200
   Carbondale                  Walt Moore               25-4       
   Chicago (Hirsch)            Charles Stimpson         18-7       
   Dixon (H.S.)                Richard Franklin         15-4       
   Harvey (Thornton)           Bob Anderson             25-4       
   Lincoln                     Duncan Reid              23-6       
   Mattoon                     Bob Miller              15-13       
   Normal (Community)          Dale Cramer              26-3       
   Quincy (Sr.)                Sherrill Hanks           25-6

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Clyde Turner, Champaign (Central)               4  38  15  91
Alvin O'Neal, Peoria (Spalding)                 4  33  20  86
Tom Kivisto, Aurora (East)                      4  29  18  76
Algie Neal, Aurora (East)                       4  32   5  69
Jim Brewer, Maywood (Proviso East)              4  18  20  56
Lamonia Barksdale, Peoria (Spalding)            4  19   9  47
Joe McNeal, Champaign (Central)                 4  19   4  42
Vernon Martin, Waukegan (H.S.)                  2  17   7  41
Walt Williams, Maywood (Proviso East)           4  17   6  40
Jim Reinebach, Galesburg (H.S.)                 2  13  14  40

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jim Brewer, Maywood (Proviso East)           6-6    Sr.    
Tom Kivisto, Aurora (East)                   6-3    Jr.    
Algie Neal, Aurora (East)                    6-1    Sr.    
Alvin O'Neal, Peoria (Spalding)              6-5    Sr.    
Ruben Triplett, Galesburg (H.S.)             6-6    Sr.    
Clyde Turner, Champaign (Central)            6-6    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Maywood (Proviso East)                  22-1
 2  Galesburg (H.S.)                        20-2
 3  Lockport (Central)                      21-1
 4  Harvey (Thornton)                       30-2
 5  Rock Island (Alleman)                   22-2
 6  Carbondale                              20-3
 7  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     22-3
 8  Rockford (West)                         20-2
 9  Champaign (Central)                     23-3
10  Decatur (Eisenhower)                    23-3
11  Waukegan (H.S.)                         17-5
12  Elgin (H.S.)                            20-4
13  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)            21-4
14  Normal (Community)                      21-2
15  Peoria (Spalding)                       20-3
16  Quincy (Sr.)                            21-5

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