March Madness Record Book

1970 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1969 — 1971

LaGrange (Lyons)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

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  3P  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
Craig Davis, East Moline (United)               4  27       2  56
Jeff Jones, Joliet (Central)                    4  22      12  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    So.    
Tommy Haliburton, East Moline (United)       6-4    Jr.    
Gary Novak, LaSalle (L.-Peru)                6-7    Jr.    
Roger Powell, Joliet (Central)               6-3    Fr.    
Mel Samuels, East Moline (United)            5-10   Jr.    
Marcus Washington, LaGrange (Lyons)          6-1    Jr.    
Ken Wolbeck, Peoria (Spalding)               6-7    Jr.    

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