1973 Football

Standings
School	Conference	Overall	Points for	Points against
East	8-0	9-0	215	52
Freeport	7-1	9-1	189	80
West	6-2	7-2	178	91
Belvidere	4-4	5-5	125	75
Boylan	4-4	5-5	125	103
Guilford	3-4-1	4-4-1	83	85
Jefferson	1-6-1	1-6-1	47	205
Harlem	1-7	1-9	38	223
Auburn	0-6-2	0-7-2	48	134

               

All-Conference
Offense	School	Position
Brian Stewart	West	End
Kurt Stellern	Boylan	End
Dave Babcock	Freeport	Tackle
Joe DeVries	East	Tackle
Dean Lindberg	East	Guard
Steve Vrtol	Freeport	Guard
Larry Jones	Guilford	Center
Mike Staas	West	Quarterback
Cal Cummins	Freeport	Running back
Russell Pope	East	Running back
Jim Luedeking	Freeport	Running back
Defense	School	Position
Jim Spangler	Freeport	Line
Ed Veasley	Freeport	Line
Terry Neiber	Auburn	Line
Stuart Walker	East	Line
Jim Spielman	Freeport	Linebacker
Al Benz	West	Linebacker
Jeff Carr	East	Linebacker
Steve Bunk	Guilford	Linebacker
Randy Wieck	Freeport	Defensive back
Mike Sallis	West	Defensive back
Bob White	Belvidere	Defensive back
Kurt Stellern	Boylan	Punter
Jim Luedeking	Freeport	Kicker

Leaders – Rushing
Player	School	Att.	Yards	Avg.
Cummins	Freeport	191	1,232	6.5
Pope	East	125	893	7.1
Amdal	Guilford	136	721	5.3
LaMont	Belvidere	141	675	4.8
Sallis	West	119	669	5.6
Benz	West	138	549	4.0
Hoffman	Harlem	78	539	6.9
Matthews	East	70	418	6.0
Baev’std	Guilford	109	416	3.8
Verace	Boylan	94	414	4.4
Sanches	Boylan	106	385	3.6
Cossey	Auburn	123	354	2.9
Spellman	Freeport	55	351	6.4
Luedeking	Freeport	60	344	5.7
Haffey	Belvidere	71	329	4.6

Passing
Player	School	Cmp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
Staas	West	66	92	71.7%	1,015		3
Zarembski	Boylan	41	95	43.2%	661		7
Bankord	Belvidere	32	87	36.8%	588		9
Randall	Freeport	21	53	39.6%	478		1
Schlueter	East	20	43	46.5%	388		2
Ryan	East	22	48	45.8%	306		2
Sanafsky	Harlem	30	102	29.4%	294		12
Minehart	Guilford	16	52	30.8%	273		7
Lill’dhl	Guilford	12	46	26.1%	233		4
Heaton	Harlem	17	44	38.6%	169		8
Bailey	Auburn	10	29	34.5%	142		5
Postuika	Auburn	11	30	36.7%	136		9
Hornbsky	Auburn	8	24	33.3%	130		0

Receiving
Player	School	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Stellern	Boylan	17	415	24.4
Stewart	West	23	394	17.1
Sallis	West	16	298	18.6
Matthews	East	14	238	17.0
Luedeking	Freeport	10	229	22.9
Adkins	Guilford	12	228	19.0
Verace	Boylan	15	208	13.9
Carmichael	Belvidere	12	202	16.8
Bolster	West	14	185	13.2
Hoffman	Harlem	9	184	20.4
Pope	East	11	171	15.5
Jury	Harlem	12	133	11.1
Cossey	Auburn	10	134	13.4
Lee	Belvidere	9	120	13.3
Holloway	East	5	116	23.2

Breakout players
Player	School	College	Years
Al Benz	West	Northwestern	1974-1976
Cal Cummins	Freeport	Iowa State	1975-1977
George Wojtowicz	East	Wisconsin	1978
Ira Matthews	East	Wisconsin	1975-1978
Russell Pope	East	Purdue	1975-1978
Stuart Walker	East	Colorado	1975-1978
Jerry Holloway	East	Western Illinois (1AA)	1975-1978
NFL Draft	School	Team	Round
Ira Matthews	East	Oakland Raiders	6th (1979)
Jerry Holloway	East	St. Louis Cardinals	10th (1979)
Stuart Walker	East	Atlanta Falcons	12th (1979)
NFL Player	School	Team	Years
Ira Matthews	East	Raiders	1979-1981