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1970 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1969 — 1971

LaGrange (Lyons)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Manager Rick Skoda, Mark Neer, Larry Lindberg, Bob Whitelaw, Jeff Hill, Co-Captain Scott Shaw, Co-Captian Marcus Washington, Paul Makris, Tom Wickham, Dan Przewoznik, Chuck Pribyl, Manager Al Tucek. Third row: Manager Kevin Dwyer, Manager Jim Hilborn, Kevin Cummings, Mike Danner, Dave Wehrmeister, Steve Heinzelmann, Owen Brown, Alex Christ, Greg Szatko, Dave VanSkike, Jim Dethmer, Tom Vogele, Craig Meyer, Mr. Ron Nikcevich, Mr. Delton Stamp.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Effingham (St. Anthony) 85, Collinsville 79 (2 OT)
LaGrange (Lyons) 60, Sterling (H.S.) 42
Okawville 66, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 64
Joliet (Central) 71, Park Ridge (Maine South) 68
Aurora (East) 68, Chicago (Harlan) 61
Peoria (Spalding) 41, Lincoln 37
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 81, Danville (H.S.) 63
East Moline (United) 75, Pittsfield 54
Quarterfinals
LaGrange (Lyons) 89, Effingham (St. Anthony) 88
Joliet (Central) 56, Okawville 43
Peoria (Spalding) 73, Aurora (East) 56
East Moline (United) 68, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 66
Semifinals
LaGrange (Lyons) 63, Joliet (Central) 52
East Moline (United) 77, Peoria (Spalding) 59
Third Place
Joliet (Central) 82, Peoria (Spalding) 75
Final
LaGrange (Lyons) 71, East Moline (United) 52

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  LaGrange (Lyons)            Ron Nikcevich            31-0   5031
2  East Moline (United)        Cliff Talley             30-3   2496
3  Joliet (Central)            Dale Glenn               27-7   2100
4  Peoria (Spalding)           Ron Patterson           24-10    575
   Aurora (East)               Ernie Kivisto            27-4   1950
   Effingham (St. Anthony)     John Keller              28-3    280
   LaSalle (L.-Peru)           Jack Margenthaler        29-3   2050
   Okawville                   Dave Luechtefeld         29-2    250
   Chicago (Harlan)            Lee Umbles               21-5       
   Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          27-3       
   Danville (H.S.)             Dennie Lewis            17-14       
   Lincoln                     Duncan Reid              30-1       
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Bob Arnold               21-6       
   Park Ridge (Maine South)    Bernie Brady             24-3       
   Pittsfield                  Wayne Puckett            23-8       
   Sterling (H.S.)             Gene Hall               15-13

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Roger Powell, Joliet (Central)                  4  34  22  90
Marcus Washington, LaGrange (Lyons)             4  25  24  74
Owen Brown, LaGrange (Lyons)                    4  34   5  73
Bob Hunter, East Moline (United)                4  27  13  67
Ken Wolbeck, Peoria (Spalding)                  4  21  23  65
Mike Wente, Effingham (St. Anthony)             2  21  17  59
Rich Lavin, Peoria (Spalding)                   4  22  13  57
Jeff Jones, Joliet (Central)                    4  22  12  56
Craig Davis, East Moline (United)               4  27   2  56
Tommy Haliburton, East Moline (United)          4  19   9  47
Gary Novak, LaSalle (L.-Peru)                   2  16  15  47

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Owen Brown, LaGrange (Lyons)                 6-8    Jr.    
Tommy Haliburton, East Moline (United)       6-4    Sr.    
Gary Novak, LaSalle (L.-Peru)                6-7    Sr.    
Roger Powell, Joliet (Central)               6-3    So.    
Mel Samuels, East Moline (United)            5-10   Sr.    
Marcus Washington, LaGrange (Lyons)          6-1    Sr.    
Ken Wolbeck, Peoria (Spalding)               6-7    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  LaGrange (Lyons)                        21-0
 2  Lincoln                                 25-0
 3  Galesburg (H.S.)                        19-2
 4  Collinsville                            21-2
 5  LaSalle (L.-Peru)                       23-2
 6  East Moline (United)                    22-2
 7  Waukegan (H.S.)                         20-2
 8  Harvey (Thornton)                       17-4
 9  East St. Louis (Assumption)             23-1
10  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)            22-3
11  Lawrenceville                           23-1
12  Rockford (Auburn)                       20-3
13  Belleville (East)                       20-3
14  Urbana (H.S.)                           20-4
15  Quincy (Christian Brothers)             22-2
16  Peoria (Manual)                         18-7

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