Walt Perrin cuts down the championship nets at the 1968 Illinois High School Association state tournament in Champaign, with a boost from teammate Farrell Jones. Under head coach Jack Burmaster, Evanston swept to the state title with a final record of 30-1, relying on a combination for strong rebounding and in-your-face defense that marked a style of play not seen much previously in the state of Illinois. The rest of the state of Illinois - at least the schools that play basketball - should join in that celebration, too, because that Wildkit team is the one that helped usher in a new era of basketball in one of the nation’s hotbeds of high school hoops. Evanston’s 1968 Illinois High School Association state basketball champions are celebrating the 50th anniversary of that once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment and will be recognized in a ceremony at halftime of Saturday night’s game with Oak Park-River Forest at Beardsley Gymnasium.
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