March Madness Record Book

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

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