March Madness Record Book

1974 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1973 — 1975

Maywood (Proviso East)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Maywood (Proviso East)      Glenn Whittenberg        29-4   3800
2  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Wes Mason                30-3   5100
3  Peoria (H.S.)               Bruce Boyle              23-5   2000
4  Breese (Mater Dei)          John Cavaletto           30-3    754
   Arlington Heights (Hersey)  Roger Steingraber       19-10   3000
   Chicago (Morgan Park)       Bill Warden              24-8   3000
   Danville (H.S.)             Norm Held                26-5   2200
   Oswego (H.S.)               Steve Goers              22-6   1100
   Belleville (West)           Roger Mueller           20-10       
   Chicago (Phillips)          Herb Brown               22-9       
   Crystal Lake (H.S.)         John Swenson            13-14       
   Elgin (H.S.)                Bill Chesbrough          21-7       
   Freeport (H.S.)             Farrell Benefiel         28-2       
   Olympia Fields (Rich Centra Jerry Leggett            22-6       
   Quincy (Sr.)                Sherrill Hanks           22-8       
   Waukegan (H.S.)             Bob Joor                 21-8       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Joe Ponsetto, Maywood (Proviso East)            4  37      14  88
Audie Matthews, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)    4  35      16  86
Lance Reilmann, Breese (Mater Dei)              4  34       8  76
Al Hightower, Peoria (H.S.)                     4  26       6  58
Steve Harper, Peoria (H.S.)                     4  25       7  57
Mike White, Peoria (H.S.)                       4  23      11  57
Robert McCoy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)      4  24       5  53
Ray Watson, Danville (H.S.)                     2  24       2  50
Brian Young, Peoria (H.S.)                      4  23       4  50
Emir Hardy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)        4  19       8  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Dave Corzine, Arlington Heights (Hersey)     6-11   Jr.    
Audie Matthews, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 6-5    Jr.    
Joe Ponsetto, Maywood (Proviso East)         6-5    Jr.    
Ray Watson, Danville (H.S.)                  6-7    Jr.    
Mike White, Peoria (H.S.)                    6-7    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Park Ridge (Maine South)                21-0
 2  Peoria (Richwoods)                      24-1
 3  Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)            23-2
 4  Freeport (H.S.)                         24-1
 5  Aurora (East)                           22-2
 6  Collinsville                            22-3
 7  Rock Falls                              22-3
 8  East Moline (United)                    18-4
 9  Franklin Park (East Leyden)             20-3
10  Maywood (Proviso East)                  21-4
11  Breese (Mater Dei)                      23-1
12  Danville (H.S.)                         21-4
13  LaSalle (L.-Peru)                       20-4
14  Chicago (St. Patrick)                   23-2
15  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     19-6
16  LaGrange (Lyons)                        20-4