TriCounty Ron Smith (Olympia) guided his baseball charges to a Class A state title in June, capping a 38-1 season. A Minier resident, Smith is in his 4th year as head coach at the school which on the same day claimed the girls softball title.
| 1967 Coach of the Year Dawdy Hawkins Dawdy Hawkins' 1966-67 Pekin Chinks win their second IHSA state boys basketball tournament in four years. Led by junior Fred Miller and Barry Moran, the Chinks beat Carbondale High School 75-59 to finish the year 31-2. |  |