March Madness Record Book

1988 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19871989



Pana (H.S.)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Pana (H.S.) 73, Tuscola 67
Beardstown 55, Pittsfield 51
Forreston 81, Sandwich 63
St. Elmo 54, Teutopolis 53
Lena (L.-Winslow) 54, Peoria (Bergan) 50
Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 60, Kankakee (McNamara) 48
Watseka 76, Stanford (Olympia) 62
Pinckneyville 53, Carmi 43
Quarterfinals
Pana (H.S.) 63, Beardstown 34
St. Elmo 75, Forreston 67
Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 59, Lena (L.-Winslow) 46
Pinckneyville 83, Watseka 64
Semifinals
Pana (H.S.) 61, St. Elmo 51
Pinckneyville 94, Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 72
Third Place
Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 71, St. Elmo 62 (OT)
Final
Pana (H.S.) 62, Pinckneyville 58

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Pana (H.S.)                 Charlie Strasburger      28-3    495
2  Pinckneyville               Dick Corn                32-3    495
3  Melrose Park (Walther Luthe Keith Peterson           31-4    369
4  St. Elmo                    Dan Denton               28-4    177
   Beardstown                  Bob Hembrough            26-5    472
   Forreston                   Bill Dehority            28-3    254
   Lena (L.-Winslow)           Dick Laity               26-4    322
   Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            28-3    382
   Carmi                       Randy Goin               24-7    475
   Kankakee (McNamara)         Jerry Krieg             13-16    621
   Peoria (Bergan)             Jim Carlson             14-16    587
   Pittsfield                  Dave Bennett             27-4    498
   Sandwich                    Chuck Snow               30-1    474
   Stanford (Olympia)          Bill Gaddis              22-9    657
   Teutopolis                  Ken Crawford             24-6    341
   Tuscola                     Kerry Kincaid            27-2    312

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Brian Hill, Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)     4  39   9  16 103
Barry Graskewicz, Pinckneyville                 4  34   7   8  83
Greg Feezel, St. Elmo                           4  30   6  16  82
Tom Funneman, Pana (H.S.)                       4  32  10   4  78
Andrew Amaya, Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran    4  32   0  10  74
Mark Heaton, Pana (H.S.)                        4  23   1  23  70
Kevin Maxey, St. Elmo                           4  17   2  18  54
Dennis Miller, Watseka                          2  20   5   8  53
Gary Tidwell, 2 schools                         4  13   4  22  52
Shay Hagel, Pinckneyville                       4  20   0   9  49

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Andrew Amaya, Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran 6-5    So.    
Greg Feezel, St. Elmo                        6-3    Jr.    
Tom Funneman, Pana (H.S.)                    6-3    Jr.    
Barry Graskewicz, Pinckneyville              6-3    Jr.    
Shay Hagel, Pinckneyville                    6-3    Jr.    
Mark Heaton, Pana (H.S.)                     6-1    Jr.    
Brian Hill, Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)  6-3    Jr.    
Dennis Miller, Watseka                       5-11   Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Pinckneyville                           25-2
 2  Watseka                                 22-2
 3  Sandwich                                22-2
 4  Flanagan                                22-1
 5  Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran)         22-2
 6  Knoxville                               21-2
 7  Chicago (St. Benedict)                  21-4
 8  Herscher                                23-1
 9  Dallas City                             23-1
10  Tuscola                                 23-1
11  Ohio                                    23-1
12  Pittsfield                              22-3
13  Pana (H.S.)                             18-3
14  Jacksonville (Routt)                    23-3
15  Venice                                  18-5
16  Kewanee (Wethersfield)                  22-2