March Madness Record Book

1998 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19971999



Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Nauvoo (N.-Colusa) 59, Ashland (A-C Central) 56
Chrisman 50, Rochester 37
Nashville 51, Harrisburg 31
Farmington 66, Rock Falls 62
Spring Valley (Hall) 70, Marengo 42
Teutopolis 61, Farina (South Central) 40
Normal (University) 64, Armstrong 55
Chicago (Leo) 66, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 55
Quarterfinals
Nauvoo (N.-Colusa) 59, Chrisman 52
Farmington 57, Nashville 54
Spring Valley (Hall) 52, Teutopolis 44
Chicago (Leo) 64, Normal (University) 59 (OT)
Semifinals
Nauvoo (N.-Colusa) 48, Farmington 47
Spring Valley (Hall) 56, Chicago (Leo) 46
Third Place
Farmington 55, Chicago (Leo) 45
Final
Nauvoo (N.-Colusa) 45, Spring Valley (Hall) 39

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)          Reno Pinkston            32-3    136
2  Spring Valley (Hall)        Eric Bryant              32-1    495
3  Farmington                  Tom Wierzba              33-1    465
4  Chicago (Leo)               Mike Manderino           26-8    724
   Chrisman                    Dave Chandler           22-10    131
   Nashville                   Darin Lee                30-2    581
   Normal (University)         Cal Hubbard              25-8    579
   Teutopolis                  Ken Crawford             27-4    415
   Armstrong                   Bill Mulvaney            26-6    204
   Ashland (A-C Central)       Rod Grimsley             30-1    160
   Chicago (St. Francis de Sal Larry Moore              20-8    410
   Farina (South Central)      Gary Shirley             28-4    314
   Harrisburg                  Randy Smithpeters        25-6    635
   Marengo                     Roger Cannon             27-3    610
   Rochester                   Jim Egan                 26-6    535
   Rock Falls                  Thom Sigel               23-8    676

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Seth Nelson, Farmington                         4  23   5  20  71
Shawn Jeppson, Spring Valley (Hall)             4  27   5   7  66
Ryan Anderes, Spring Valley (Hall)              4  24  11   1  60
J.R. Jackson, Chicago (Leo)                     4  21   9   8  59
David Griffiths, Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)             4  17  11  11  56
Tom Clardy, Farmington                          4  17  15   6  55
Andre Brown, Chicago (Leo)                      4  22   0   8  52
Joe Wilson, Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)                  4  17   7   8  49
Scott Coykendall, Farmington                    4  20   0   7  47
Emmett Reidner, Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)              4  17   0  12  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Ryan Anderes, Spring Valley (Hall)           6-1    Jr.    
David Griffiths, Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)          5-10   Jr.    
Shawn Jeppson, Spring Valley (Hall)          6-2    Jr.    
Seth Nelson, Farmington                      6-0    So.    
Joe Wilson, Nauvoo (N.-Colusa)               6-5    So.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Spring Valley (Hall)                    25-0
 2  Farmington                              26-0
 3  Nashville                               25-1
 4  Ashland (A-C Central)                   26-0
 5  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            23-4
 6  Normal (University)                     20-7
 7  Chicago (Leo)                           19-6
 8  Breese (Mater Dei)                      22-6
 9  Marengo                                 23-2
10  Kewanee (H.S.)                          21-5
11  Chicago (St. Francis de Sales)          16-7
12  Burlington (Central)                    22-3
13  Quincy (Notre Dame)                     21-5
14  Rock Falls                              19-7
15  Rockford (Christian Life)               25-1
16  Fairbury (Prairie Central)              20-4