March Madness Record Book

1997 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1996 — 1998

Warsaw
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Spring Valley (Hall) 70, Elgin (St. Edward) 51
Nashville 60, Harrisburg 47
Madison 52, Carmi (C.-White County) 38
Normal (University) 73, Fairbury (Prairie Central) 61
Williamsfield 66, Rock Island (Alleman) 65
Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 69, Kankakee (McNamara) 56
Nokomis 74, Tolono (Unity) 36
Warsaw 68, Pleasant Plains 66 (OT)
Quarterfinals
Spring Valley (Hall) 57, Nashville 55
Normal (University) 68, Madison 60
Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 65, Williamsfield 53
Warsaw 64, Nokomis 51
Semifinals
Spring Valley (Hall) 68, Normal (University) 54
Warsaw 73, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 59
Third Place
Normal (University) 60, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales) 59
Final
Warsaw 92, Spring Valley (Hall) 85 (OT)

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Warsaw                      Jeff Dahl                29-3    195
2  Spring Valley (Hall)        Eric Bryant              27-6    507
3  Normal (University)         Cal Hubbard              30-4    584
4  Chicago (St. Francis de Sal Larry Moore             16-16    520
   Madison                     Albert Collins           25-7    245
   Nashville                   Darin Lee                27-6    579
   Nokomis                     Steve Kimbro             27-5    275
   Williamsfield               Robert Anderson          28-3     94
   Carmi (C.-White County)     Brad Lee                21-10    515
   Elgin (St. Edward)          Kevin Dix                22-9    636
   Fairbury (Prairie Central)  Tom Posey                21-8    600
   Harrisburg                  Randy Smithpeters       21-10    635
   Kankakee (McNamara)         Kurt Weigt              14-15    520
   Pleasant Plains             Paul Kastner             27-3    303
   Rock Island (Alleman)       Larry Schulte            21-9    588
   Tolono (Unity)              Don Akers                22-7    418

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Shawn Jeppson, Spring Valley (Hall)             4  37  10  32 116
Bill Heisler, Warsaw                            4  37  16  24 114
Jeremy Stanton, Normal (University)             4  32   8  27  99
Craig Wear, Warsaw                              4  37   0  11  85
Jerell Parker, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales    4  28   7   5  68
Travis Lewis, Williamsfield                     2  23   2  14  62
Eric Bryant, Spring Valley (Hall)               4  19   4  16  58
Dan Buelt, Warsaw                               4   9   2  37  57
Sean Lampley, Chicago (St. Francis de Sales)    4  18   0  11  47
Seth Hubbard, Normal (University)               4  18   1   7  44

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Bill Heisler, Warsaw                         6-0    Jr.    
Shawn Jeppson, Spring Valley (Hall)          6-2    So.    
Travis Lewis, Williamsfield                  6-0    Jr.    
Jeremy Stanton, Normal (University)          6-1    Jr.    
Craig Wear, Warsaw                           6-6    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Normal (University)                     22-3
 2  Manito (Midwest Central)                23-2
 3  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            20-6
 4  Paxton (P.-Buckley-Loda)                26-0
 5  Rock Island (Alleman)                   17-8
 6  Marengo                                 24-1
 7  Breese (Central)                        21-3
 8  Lisle (Sr.)                             24-1
 9  Shelbyville                             18-6
10  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 21-3
11  Monmouth (Yorkwood)                     24-0
12  Quincy (Notre Dame)                     19-5
13  Warsaw                                  21-3
14  Spring Valley (Hall)                    20-5
15  Pittsfield                              21-5
16  Campbell Hill (Trico)                   23-2