The preliminaries to the State Gymnastics Meet were held on Friday, March 11, at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park. The three gymnasts from Maine West attending the meet were Larry Scully, who worked the side horse: Ron Sass, on the horizontal high bar and all-around; and Dennis Zick as a tumbler. Scully placed sixth in the side horse competition allowing him to participate in the State meet held Saturday, March 12. Sass took thirtieth on the high bar and twenty‑eighth as all‑around and was eliminated from the State meet, as was Zick, who took nineteenth in tumbling.

Richard Swetman of Proviso East held on to his all‑around and parallel bar championships but came in second in the high bar event.

Bill Rodinella of Evanston, last year's champion on the trampoline, finished sixth; and Leslie Sergeant of Proviso East, last year's co‑champion in tumbling, finished second.

Proviso East won the meet with 55 points, bringing their total number of team victories to three. Maine West finished twenty‑second with one‑half point.

Willowbrook was a close second with 53 points. With only one event left‑tumbling‑Proviso East was in first and Willowbrook in fifth. Willowbrook had three tumblers while Proviso East had only one. All the Wiliowbrook tumblers came through and hit their routines. It was now up to Proviso East's Leslie Sergeant. He did well, took second place in tumbling, and clinched the championship for his team.

STANDINGS
1. Proviso East 55
2. Willowbrook 53
3. Arlington         46 1/2
4. Niles West        36
5. Evanston          33
6. Niles North       24
7. Prospect            19 1/2
8. Barrington         18
9. Maine East         16
10. Glenbard East  14
11. Niles East          13
12. Thornton           10
13. Oak Park             9
14. Wheeling             9
15. Forest View         9
16. York                6 1/2
17. New Trier East   6
18. Proviso West        5
19. Waukegan            4
20. Wheaton Central  3 1/2
21. Lane Tech            1
22. Hinsdale Central  1/2
23. Maine West          1/2