1974 Football

Standings
School	Conference	Overall	Points for	Points against
East	8-0	13-0	441	78
Belvidere	7-1	8-2	176	81
Boylan	6-2	7-2	155	105
Guilford	5-3	6-3	178	119
West	3-5	3-6	131	130
Freeport	3-5	3-6	105	180
Auburn	3-5	3-6	95	132
Jefferson	1-7	1-8	32	231
Harlem	0-8	0-9	38	215

               

All-Conference
Offense	School	Position
Earl Grigsby	Auburn	End
Mark Nelson	East	End
George Wojtowicz	East	Tackle
Dave Reynolds	West	Tackle
Joe Zielinski	Boylan	Guard
Kevin Krominga	East	Guard
Tom Finch	East	Center
Dean Schlueter	East	Quarterback
Mike Hyser	Belvidere	Running back
Randy Sheetz	Guilford	Running back
Ira Matthews	East	Running back
Defense	School	Position
Jerry Holloway	East	Line
Stuart Walker	East	Line
Lonnie Washington	East	Line
Randy Spiess	Belvidere	Line
Mark Pollock	Belvidere	Linebacker
Bill Travnick	Guilford	Linebacker
Kris Axberg	East	Linebacker
Ron Butler	East	Defensive back
Mike Kellner	Freeport	Defensive back
Bruce McCrudden	Boylan	Defensive back
Russell Pope	East	Defensive back
Paul Turner	Belvidere	Punter
Charlie Johnson	Guilford	Kicker

 

Leaders - Rushing
Player	School	G	Att.	Yards	Avg.
Sheetz	Guilford	9	155	1,209	7.8
McCrudden	Boylan	9	211	1,015	4.8
Hyser	Belvidere	10	189	978	5.2
Hoffman	West	9	147	887	6.0
Black	East	13	112	819	7.3
Matthews	East	13	98	817	8.3
Pope	East	13	119	709	6.0
Willis	Guilford	9	111	615	5.5
Dickens	Freeport	9	116	517	4.5
Asprooth	Boylan	9	101	424	4.2
Lee	Freeport	9	78	383	4.9
Gallagher	East	13	68	354	5.2
Bartels	Harlem	9	89	335	3.8
Woods	West	9	81	334	4.1
White	Auburn	9	65	318	4.9
Haffey	Belvidere	10	77	310	4.0

 

Passing
Player	School	G	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
Schlueter	East	13	93	156	59.6%	1,450	15
Hornbeck	Auburn	9	50	109	45.9%	865	7
LaLoggia	Boylan	9	43	78	55.1%	569	6
Hartman	Freeport	9	34	102	33.3%	480	6
Jury	Harlem	9	25	60	41.7%	376	2
Mitchell	Harlem	9	27	76	35.5%	358	0
Schneider	West	9	30	56	53.6%	343	2
Bankord	Belvidere	10	20	53	37.7%	256	2
Early	Jefferson	9	23	51	45.1%	255	0
Johnson	Guilford	9	13	51	25.5%	230	2
Klotz	Jefferson	9	55	16	29.1%	159	1

 

Receiving
Player	School	G	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Nelson	East	13	42	599	14.3	2
Grigsby	Auburn	9	28	593	21.2	4
Jury	Harlem	9	29	465	16.0	1
Matthews	East	13	24	425	17.7	5
Haynie	Jefferson	9	24	282	11.8	1
McGrail	Boylan	9	21	247	11.8	2
Bartels	Harlem	9	13	182	14.0	2
Aramovich	Boylan	9	10	130	13.0	2
Malone	West	9	10	129	12.9	1
Wiseman	Auburn	9	10	115	11.5	0

 

Breakout players
Player	School	College	Years
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

 

IHSA State Playoffs
First round (4A)	Rockford East 30, Belvidere 13
Quarterfinals	Rockford East 28, Lansing Thornton Fractional South 0
Semifinals	Rockford East 31, Barrington 7
Finals	Rockford East 34, Normal Community 15