March Madness Record Book

1975 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1974 — 1976



Venice
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Morrisonville 64, Hume (Shiloh) 59
Venice 59, Carmi 58 (3 OT)
Buda (Western) 51, Lemont (H.S.) 46
Watseka 65, Normal (University) 59
Eldorado 58, Cairo 53
Chatham (Glenwood) 54, Quincy (Catholic Boys) 51 (OT)
Port Byron (Riverdale) 42, Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) 33
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 58, South Beloit 34
Quarterfinals
Venice 47, Morrisonville 41
Watseka 63, Buda (Western) 57
Eldorado 65, Chatham (Glenwood) 60
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 48, Port Byron (Riverdale) 18
Semifinals
Venice 57, Watseka 49
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 52, Eldorado 42
Third Place
Watseka 74, Eldorado 65
Final
Venice 65, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 46

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Venice                      Rich Essington           32-2    170
2  Elmhurst (Timothy Christian Don Greenfield           27-6    350
3  Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            25-8    572
4  Eldorado                    Bob Brown               23-10    475
   Buda (Western)              Gerald "Chips" Giovanine  29-1    205
   Chatham (Glenwood)          Bill Scheffler           25-6    678
   Morrisonville               John Blackburn           25-6    245
   Port Byron (Riverdale)      Gordon Kinkead           26-4    514
   Bushnell (B.-Prairie City)  Jerry Arthur            18-13       
   Cairo                       Bill Chumbler            20-9       
   Carmi                       Harold Poore             21-7       
   Hume (Shiloh)               Dick St. Clair           24-6       
   Lemont (H.S.)               John Jones               26-4       
   Normal (University)         Bob Metcalf             18-11       
   Quincy (Catholic Boys)      Phil Conover             22-9       
   South Beloit                Rease Binger            17-10

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Lyndon Swanson, Watseka                         4  38      19  95
Bruce Vander Schaaf, Elmhurst (Timothy Chris    4  29      16  74
Mike Duff, Eldorado                             4  35       4  74
Reggie Gardner, Venice                          4  27       9  63
Mike Henry, Venice                              4  24       9  57
Jim Allen, Morrisonville                        2  24       6  54
Barry Smith, Eldorado                           4  18      16  52
Tony Ratliff, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)      4  20      11  51
Greg King, Eldorado                             4  18      10  46
Bob Sprowls, Buda (Western)                     2  20       4  44

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Reggie Gardner, Venice                       5-11   So.    
Mike Henry, Venice                           6-6    Jr.    
Greg King, Eldorado                          6-1    Jr.    
Bob Sprowls, Buda (Western)                  6-3    Jr.    
Lyndon Swanson, Watseka                      6-8    Jr.    
Bruce Vander Schaaf, Elmhurst (Timothy Chris 6-4    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)       23-1
 2  Venice                                  23-2
 3  Teutopolis                              21-1
 4  Buda (Western)                          24-0
 5  Nokomis                                 24-0
 6  Metropolis                              23-2
 7  Madison                                 17-5
 8  Vienna                                  20-2
 9  Mt. Morris                              20-2
10  Sparta                                  21-4
11  Quincy (Catholic Boys)                  15-8
12  Mt. Pulaski                             22-1
13  Princeville                             22-2
14  Peru (St. Bede)                         17-6
15  Chicago (University)                    22-0
16  Eldorado                                17-7