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1974 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1973 — 1975

Maywood (Proviso East)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Rich Westbrook, Dan Williams, Gene Davis, Dave Ekstrom. Second row: Jerry Montgomery, Michael Stockdale, Joe Posetto, Roderick Floyd, Doron Dobbins. Third row: Coach John Blomquist, Briant Johnson, Marlon Thomas, Terry Williams, Ron Hodges, Jack Karstens, Coach Glenn Whittenberg.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 83, Olympia Fields (Rich Central) 69
Arlington Heights (Hersey) 39, Waukegan (H.S.) 31
Danville (H.S.) 66, Quincy (Sr.) 60
Peoria (H.S.) 54, Freeport (H.S.) 51
Maywood (Proviso East) 67, Elgin (H.S.) 57
Chicago (Morgan Park) 84, Chicago (Phillips) 73
Oswego (H.S.) 64, Crystal Lake (H.S.) 47
Breese (Mater Dei) 66, Belleville (West) 60
Quarterfinals
Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 56, Arlington Heights (Hersey) 51
Peoria (H.S.) 68, Danville (H.S.) 67
Maywood (Proviso East) 75, Chicago (Morgan Park) 55
Breese (Mater Dei) 63, Oswego (H.S.) 49
Semifinals
Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 67, Peoria (H.S.) 66
Maywood (Proviso East) 64, Breese (Mater Dei) 42
Third Place
Peoria (H.S.) 80, Breese (Mater Dei) 55
Final
Maywood (Proviso East) 61, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 56

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  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
Mike White, Peoria (H.S.)                       4  23  11  57
Steve Harper, Peoria (H.S.)                     4  25   7  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   Sr.    
Audie Matthews, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 6-5    Sr.    
Joe Ponsetto, Maywood (Proviso East)         6-5    Sr.    
Ray Watson, Danville (H.S.)                  6-7    Sr.    
Mike White, Peoria (H.S.)                    6-7    Sr.

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

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