March Madness Record Book

1974 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1973 — 1975

Lawrenceville
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Lawrenceville               Ron Felling              30-3    747
2  Ottawa (Marquette)          Bob Strickland           29-4    371
3  Palos Heights (Chicago Chri Will Slager              28-5    670
4  Quincy (Catholic Boys)      Phil Conover            17-15    303
   Cerro Gordo                 Jack Blickensderfer      28-3    294
   Lexington                   Don Eiker                28-2    250
   Prophetstown                Jim Casson               25-2    350
   Ridgway                     Bob Dallas               29-3    190
   Franklin                    Ned Seymour              25-4       
   Monmouth (H.S.)             Jim Carlson              21-7       
   South Beloit                Rease Binger             23-3       
   Spring Valley (Hall)        Bob Jiles               18-10       
   Strasburg (Stewardson-S.)   Monte Nohren             25-5       
   Ullin (Century)             Marian Hight             23-6       
   Venice                      Rich Essington           27-4       
   Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            19-9       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Rick Leighty, Lawrenceville                     4  43      13  99
Bob Klaas, Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)    4  31      12  74
Marty Brown, Ottawa (Marquette)                 4  31       8  70
Keith Renkosik, Ottawa (Marquette)              4  29       8  66
Chris Curran, Quincy (Catholic Boys)            4  26      12  64
Nick Tabor, Ottawa (Marquette)                  4  20      10  50
Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville                      4  19      11  49
Mark Hiskes, Palos Heights (Chicago Christia    4  18      11  47
Mark Mull, Cerro Gordo                          2  18      11  47
Jay Frericks, Quincy (Catholic Boys)            4  21       3  45
Danny Stevens, Ridgway                          2  15      15  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Marty Brown, Ottawa (Marquette)              6-5    Jr.    
Chris Curran, Quincy (Catholic Boys)         6-2    Jr.    
Bill Heidbreder, Lawrenceville               5-9    Jr.    
Bob Klaas, Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) 6-8    So.    
Rick Leighty, Lawrenceville                  6-2    Jr.    
Mark Mull, Cerro Gordo                       6-3    Jr.    
Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville                   6-1    Fr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Eldorado                                24-0
 2  Cerro Gordo                             23-2
 3  Lawrenceville                           22-3
 4  Prophetstown                            20-1
 5  Ottawa (Marquette)                      21-3
 6  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 22-2
 7  Mt. Morris                              23-1
 8  Ridgway                                 23-2
 9  Venice                                  22-3
10  Mason City                              22-2
11  Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)       20-4
12  Lanark                                  19-3
13  Princeville                             20-1
14  Carmi                                   17-6
15  DuQuoin (H.S.)                          20-5
16  Easton                                  22-1