March Madness Record Book

1988 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19871989



East St. Louis (Lincoln)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Chicago (Simeon) 66, Chicago (King) 59
Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 67, Westchester (St. Joseph) 58
Chicago Heights (Bloom Trail) 58, Joliet (Catholic Academy) 56
Rock Island (H.S.) 60, Rockford (Boylan) 56
Evanston (Twp.) 66, Gurnee (Warren) 61
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 69, Centralia 41
Peoria (Manual) 86, Jacksonville (H.S.) 66
Aurora (East) 72, Palatine (Fremd) 68 (OT)
Quarterfinals
Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 60, Chicago (Simeon) 57 (OT)
Rock Island (H.S.) 69, Chicago Heights (Bloom Trail) 52
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 80, Evanston (Twp.) 56
Peoria (Manual) 75, Aurora (East) 62
Semifinals
Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 58, Rock Island (H.S.) 56 (OT)
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 67, Peoria (Manual) 50
Third Place
Peoria (Manual) 59, Rock Island (H.S.) 42
Final
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 60, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 52

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

Scoring Totals of All Teams

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