March Madness Record Book

2002 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 2001 — 2003



Pleasant Plains
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Herrin (H.S.) 49, Pinckneyville 39
Farmington 57, Rock Falls 53
Tolono (Unity) 70, Warrensburg (W.-Latham) 54
Robinson 47, Trenton (Wesclin) 31
Bloomington (Central Catholic) 59, Cissna Park 55
Pleasant Plains 75, Macomb 59
Chicago (Providence-St. Mel) 46, Chicago (Hales Franciscan) 34
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 48, Yorkville 47
Quarterfinals
Herrin (H.S.) 60, Farmington 52
Tolono (Unity) 64, Robinson 57 (OT)
Pleasant Plains 60, Bloomington (Central Catholic) 53 (OT)
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 60, Chicago (Providence-St. Mel) 53
Semifinals
Herrin (H.S.) 52, Tolono (Unity) 45
Pleasant Plains 65, Manlius (Bureau Valley) 36
Third Place
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 64, Tolono (Unity) 55
Final
Pleasant Plains 50, Herrin (H.S.) 47 (OT)

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Pleasant Plains             Cliff Cameron            32-3    379
2  Herrin (H.S.)               Mike Mooneyham           26-8    667
3  Manlius (Bureau Valley)     Brad Bickett             31-4    450
4  Tolono (Unity)              Lance Freeman            25-8    445
   Bloomington (Central Cathol Kevin Brown             15-16    318
   Chicago (Providence-St. Mel Timothy Ervin           16-12    335
   Farmington                  Tom Wierzba              28-5    395
   Robinson                    Gus Gillespie            29-3    605
   Chicago (Hales Franciscan)  Michael Taylor          21-11    692
   Cissna Park                 Kevin Long               28-5    135
   Macomb                      Sean Taylor              25-7    621
   Pinckneyville               Dick Corn               13-20    482
   Rock Falls                  Chris Kusnerick          21-9    639
   Trenton (Wesclin)           Brent Brede             19-16    371
   Warrensburg (W.-Latham)     Vic Binkley              24-8    358
   Yorkville                   Jerry Farber             24-7    738

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Tyler Smith, Tolono (Unity)                     4  27   8  18  80
Mike Gavic, Herrin (H.S.)                       4  26   0  13  65
Phil Endress, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  21   8  14  64
Joey Albsmeyer, Pleasant Plains                 4  17  11  10  55
Jordan Roth, Pleasant Plains                    4  18   0  17  53
Adam Gutshall, Manlius (Bureau Valley)          4  18   0  17  53
Josh Harden, Tolono (Unity)                     4  11   5  25  52
John Edmison, Pleasant Plains                   4  19   1  10  49
Brian Algee, Herrin (H.S.)                      4  20   1   7  48
Stanley Gaines, Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)    2  18   2   7  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Joey Albsmeyer, Pleasant Plains              5-10   Jr.    
Brian Algee, Herrin (H.S.)                   6-9    Jr.    
Phil Endress, Manlius (Bureau Valley)        6-3    Jr.    
Mike Gavic, Herrin (H.S.)                    6-3    So.    
Jordan Roth, Pleasant Plains                 6-7    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Lewistown                               25-2
 2  Freeburg                                26-0
 3  Robinson                                25-2
 4  Pleasant Plains                         24-3
 5  Lisle (Sr.)                             22-3
 6  Manlius (Bureau Valley)                 24-3
 7  Macomb                                  20-5
 8  Farmington                              23-4
 9  Cairo                                   26-3
10  Cissna Park                             24-3
11  Pana (H.S.)                             22-4
12  Rockford (Christian Life)               24-4
13  Mt. Carroll                             23-1
14  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 20-4
15  Grayville                               27-1
16  Quincy (Notre Dame)                     22-5