Boys Basketball: 1960-1961 Rockford East

Results
Date	Score	Record	Leading Scorers
Nov. 25	East 70, Crystal Lake 51	0-0, 1-0	Thoren 28, Carlson 8
Nov. 26	East 81, Beloit 42	0-0, 2-0	Thoren 33, Forrest 7
Dec. 2	East 70, Moline 57	0-0, 3-0	Thoren 24, Rich 15, Carlson 11
Dec. 3	East 76, Janesville 46	0-0, 4-0	Thoren 34, Rich 12, Palmquist 10
Dec. 9	East 70, Chi. Wells 58	0-0, 5-0	Thoren 17, Palmquist 16, Forrest 13
Dec. 10	East 53, Sterling 48	0-0, 6-0	Forrest 13, Carlson 12, Rich 12
Dec. 16	East 68, W. Aurora 57	1-0, 7-0	Thoren 25, Forrest 12, Rich 9
Dec. 22	East 65, Auburn 34	2-0, 8-0	Thoren 16, Palmquist 14, Forrest 10
Dec. 29	East 72, Streator 55	2-0, 9-0	Thoren 27, Palmquist 11, Rich 11
Dec. 30	East 87, Hinsdale 48	2-0, 10-0	Thoren 17, Rich 14, Carlson 11
Jan. 6	East 79, West 43	3-0, 11-0	Thoren 20, Palmquist 13
Jan. 13	E. Aurora 47, East 42	3-1, 11-1	Thoren 25, Rich 8
Jan. 14	East 80, Harlem 39	3-1, 12-1	Thoren 27, Calrson 11, Forrest 10
Jan. 20	East 67, Freeport 60	4-1, 13-1	Thoren 27, Forrest 13, Palmquist 12
Jan. 21	East 59, Barrington 53	4-1, 14-1	Thoren 34, Carlson 9
Jan. 27	East 56, Elgin 36	5-1, 15-1	Thoren 20, Palmquist 13, Carlson 9
Feb. 3	East 65, Auburn 51	6-1, 16-1	Palmquist 19, Thoren 18, Forrest 14
Feb. 10	East 69, West 53	7-1, 17-1	Palmquist 26, Thoren 18, Rich 11
Feb. 11	East 80, Belvidere 46	7-1, 18-1	Thoren 27, Carlson 17
Feb. 17	East 62, LaSalle-Peru 55	8-1, 19-1	Thoren 38, Palmquist 11, Forrest 8
Feb. 24	East 70, Freeport 53	9-1, 20-1	Palmquist 23, Carlson 17
IHSA Tournament
Feb. 28	East 64, Harlem 38	9-1, 21-1	Palmquist 20, Thoren 19, Forrest 10
Mar. 2	East 76, St. Thomas 53	9-1, 22-1	Thoren 24, Palmquist 18, Rich 12
Mar. 3	East 67, Auburn 42	9-1, 23-1	Thoren 19, Palmquist 16, Rich 10
Mar. 9	East 76, Freeport 54	9-1, 24-1	Palmquist 21, Thoren 20, Carlson 12
Mar. 10	East 72, Sterling 65	9-1, 25-1	Thoren 23, Palmquist 11, Forrest 11
Mar. 14	East 60, Moline 53	9-1, 26-1	Thoren 24, Palmquist 17, Rich 8
Mar. 17	Collinsville 71, East 48	9-1, 26-2	Thoren 19, Forrest 11, Palmquist 7

Scoring
Player	G	FG	FT-FTA	Pts.	Avg.
Skip Thoren	27	238	156-244	632	23.4
Tim Palmquist	28	127	88-139	342	12.2
Al Rich	28	73	66-94	212	7.6
Sam Forrest	28	83	51-71	217	7.8
Dave Carlson	28	63	74-111	200	7.1
Larry Bjurstrom	27	38	24-43	100	3.7
Gunnar Nelson	20	18	19-26	55	2.8
Ken Franzen	24	18	12-14	48	2.0
Rog Kjellstrom	14	8	7-12	23	1.6
Barry Anderson	14	8	6-10	22	1.6
Dar Davidson	18	7	5-7	19	1.1
Jack McDaniel	11	6	4-7	16	1.5
John Strait	11	4	3-8	11	1.0
Keith Johnson	6	1	2-2	4	0.7
Bob Kauppinen	7	1	1-5	3	0.4
East scoring	28	693	518-793	1,904	68.0
Opponents	28	554	300-490	1,408	50.3

Coach: Art Sadtler
Record: Big Eight champions, IHSA Elite Eight
First-Team All-Big Eight: Skip Thoren
First-Team All-Big Eight: Tim Palmquist
Special Mention All-Big Eight: Al Rich
Honorable Mention All-Big Eight: Sam Forrest
Honorable Mention All-Big Eight: Dave Carlson