1980 Football

Standings
School	Conference	Overall	Points for	Points against
West	7-1	9-3	208	104
Boylan	7-1	9-2	175	56
Guilford	5-3	5-4	133	103
Freeport	5-3	5-4	147	98
Belvidere	4-4	4-5	144	150
Jefferson	3-5	4-5	131	158
East	2-6	2-7	89	165
Harlem	2-6	2-7	63	124
Auburn	1-7	1-8	54	174

               

All-Conference
Offense	School	Position
Incomplete		End
Incomplete		End
Incomplete		Tackle
Don Guzzardo	West	Tackle
Mike Hershberger	Freeport	Guard
Dave Kopinski	Boylan	Guard
Dave Lantz	Guilford	Center
Dean Koester	Guilford	Quarterback
Leonard Bell	Jefferson	Running back
Joe Glickenberger	Belvidere	Running back
Jasper Vaccaro	Boylan	Running back
Defense	School	Position
Steve Arnold	West	Line
Darryl Hightower	West	Line
Craig Olafson	Auburn	Line
Ed Reinhardt	Harlem	Line
Lee Hicks	West	Linebacker
Rod Lutzow	Belvidere	Linebacker
Andy Salm	Boylan	Linebacker
Ted Teske	Jefferson	Linebacker
Rick DiGiovanni	Boylan	Defensive back
Jeff Harris	East	Defensive back
Glenn Stanford	West	Defensive back
Brad Danger	Harlem	Punter
Marc Bachrodt	Belvidere	Kicker
Tom Schwalbach	West	Coach

    

Leaders – Rushing (conference only)
Player	School	G	Att.	Yards	Avg.
Joe Glickenberger	Belvidere	8	155	972	6.3
Lee Hicks	West	10	149	750	5.0
Randy Veasley	Freeport	8	157	698	4.4
Jasper Vaccaro	Boylan	10	158	764	4.8
Cornelius Ferguson	Jefferson	8	102	579	5.7
Glenn Stanford	West	10	117	717	6.1
Leonard Bell	Jefferson	8	99	536	5.4
Kevin Kilgore	East	8	95	394	4.1
John Lamont	Belvidere	8	87	332	3.8
Mark Emerson	Boylan	10	83	320	3.9
Elliot Cossey	Auburn	8	112	284	2.5
Mark McGinnis	East	8	53	217	4.1
Johnson	Freeport	8	56	207	3.7
Todd Andrews	Harlem	8	48	202	4.2

 

Passing
Player	School	G	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
Dean Koester	Guilford	8	73	154	47.4%	940	7	7
Doug Milsaps	Jefferson	8	66	157	42.0%	801	8	6
Mike Buelow	East	8	38	93	40.9%	732	7	6
Steve Stull	Auburn	8	50	134	37.3%	618	2	12
Bill Tudor	West	10	43	80	53.8%	552	8	3
Ken Yerk	Belvidere	8	33	80	41.3%	458	3	7
Mike Witynski	Freeport	8	27	78	34.6%	444	4	4
Sam Montana	Boylan	10	30	78	38.5%	533	6	6
John Enfinger	Harlem	8	14	34	41.2%	233	2	6
Tom Hall	Harlem	8	25	75	33.3%	198	1	6

 

Receiving
Player	School	G	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Roger Welch	Belvidere	8	25	462	18.5	3
Rick Knorr	Guilford	8	31	442	14.3	2
McMahon	Jefferson	8	24	322	13.4	2
Reggie Sims	West	10	24	373	15.5	5
Barbary	Auburn	8	21	285	13.6	0
Mark Anderegg	Guilford	8	23	285	12.4	2
Dom Gradozzi	Harlem	8	17	254	14.9	2
Dixson	Freeport	8	8	241	30.1	2
Turner	Jefferson	8	12	183	15.3	2
Mark Emerson	Boylan	9	8	179	22.4	1
Olafson	Auburn	8	11	176	16.0	0
Brett Porter	Guilford	8	13	158	12.2	2
Terry Collins	Freeport	8	9	154	17.1	2
Daughenbaugh	East	8	11	152	13.8	2
Jeff Harris	East	8	3	151	50.3	2

 

IHSA State Playoffs
First round (5A)	Rockford West 14, Arlington Heights St. Viator 6
First round (5A)	Rockford Boylan 16, Gurnee Warren 0
Quarterfinals	Rockford West 7, Rockford Boylan 6
Semifinals	Darien Hinsdale South 18, Rockford West 6

 

Breakout players
Player	School	College	Years
Reggie Sims	West	Northern Illinois	1981-1984
Lee Hicks	West	Northern Illinois	1981-1984
Leonard Bell	Jefferson	Indiana	1983-1986