March Madness Record Book

1988 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1987 — 1989

East St. Louis (Lincoln)
State Champions

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  East St. Louis (Lincoln)    Bennie Lewis             28-4   1991
2  Chicago (St. Francis de Sal Mike Kaczmarz            29-2    820
3  Peoria (Manual)             Dick Van Scyoc           29-5   1206
4  Rock Island (H.S.)          Duncan Reid              27-6   2018
   Aurora (East)               Scott Martens            28-2   3123
   Chicago (Simeon)            Robert Hambric           26-4   1928
   Chicago Heights (Bloom Trai Gary Meyer              21-10   2092
   Evanston (Twp.)             Mike Hart                25-6   3531
   Centralia                   Bob Bogle               17-13   1314
   Chicago (King)              Landon "Sonny" Cox       25-6   1299
   Gurnee (Warren)             Darrel Bader             24-6   1632
   Jacksonville (H.S.)         Mel Roustio              25-4   1210
   Joliet (Catholic Academy)   Dan McCarthy            15-15   1500
   Palatine (Fremd)            Mo Tharp                 28-2   2685
   Rockford (Boylan)           Steve Goers              26-5   1264
   Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           26-4    680

Top Scorers

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Eric Anderson, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales    4  41   1  24 107
LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis (Lincoln)        4  34   1  25  94
David Booth, Peoria (Manual)                    4  43   0   3  89
Ken Sydnor, Peoria (Manual)                     4  34   1   3  72
Cuonzo Martin, East St. Louis (Lincoln)         4  32   0   4  68
John Barnes, Rock Island (H.S.)                 4  26   6   6  64
Lynn Collins, Peoria (Manual)                   4  17   0  13  47
Vincent Jackson, East St. Louis (Lincoln)       4  21   2   3  47
Lamont Wortham, Rock Island (H.S.)              4  21   0   5  47
Juvon McGarry, Evanston (Twp.)                  2  18   0   9  45
Thomas Wyatt, Aurora (East)                     2  16   0  13  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Eric Anderson, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales 6-9    Jr.    
John Barnes, Rock Island (H.S.)              5-10   Jr.    
David Booth, Peoria (Manual)                 6-5    Jr.    
LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis (Lincoln)     6-10   Jr.    
Cuonzo Martin, East St. Louis (Lincoln)      6-5    Fr.    
Deon Thomas, Chicago (Simeon)                6-9    So.    
Thomas Wyatt, Aurora (East)                  6-5    Fr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Peoria (H.S.)                           24-1
 2  Chicago (St. Francis de Sales)          22-1
 3  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                20-4
 4  Bloomington (H.S.)                      24-1
 5  Chicago (Leo)                           23-2
 6  Aurora (East)                           24-1
 7  Westchester (St. Joseph)                22-3
 8  Chicago (Simeon)                        21-3
 9  Peoria (Manual)                         22-4
10  Summit (Argo)                           23-2
11  Palatine (Fremd)                        23-1
12  Moline (H.S.)                           22-3
13  Rock Island (H.S.)                      21-4
14  Collinsville                            22-2
15  Jacksonville (H.S.)                     22-3
16  Chicago (De La Salle)                   20-4