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1972 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1971 — 1973

Dolton (Thornridge)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Ernie Dunn, Quinn Buckner, Boyd Batts, Greg Rose, Mike Bonczyk. Second row: Head Coach Ron Ferguson, Ken Rose, Fred Knutsen, Joe King, Sidney Lewis Keith Hutchinson, Nee Gatlin, Bill Redman, Dave Anderson, Assistant Coach Dave Lezeau.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Dolton (Thornridge) 74, Lockport (Central) 46
Collinsville 78, Mascoutah 69
Evanston (Twp.) 62, North Chicago 60
Peoria (Manual) 61, Rock Island (Alleman) 51
Hinsdale (Central) 66, LaGrange (Lyons) 59
Aurora (East) 93, Hoffman Estates (Conant) 53
Chicago (Crane) 75, Chicago (Marshall) 63
Quincy (Sr.) 76, Kankakee (Eastridge) 70
Quarterfinals
Dolton (Thornridge) 95, Collinsville 66
Peoria (Manual) 82, Evanston (Twp.) 53
Aurora (East) 83, Hinsdale (Central) 81
Quincy (Sr.) 87, Chicago (Crane) 71
Semifinals
Dolton (Thornridge) 71, Peoria (Manual) 52
Quincy (Sr.) 107, Aurora (East) 96
Third Place
Aurora (East) 74, Peoria (Manual) 66
Final
Dolton (Thornridge) 104, Quincy (Sr.) 69

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Dolton (Thornridge)         Ron Ferguson             33-0   4000
2  Quincy (Sr.)                Sherrill Hanks           28-5   2100
3  Aurora (East)               Ernie Kivisto            28-4   2069
4  Peoria (Manual)             Dick Van Scyoc           26-8   1572
   Chicago (Crane)             Dan Davis                27-6   2500
   Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher         20-10   3000
   Evanston (Twp.)             Jack Burmaster           17-9   5150
   Hinsdale (Central)          Ken Johnson              26-2   2450
   Chicago (Marshall)          Harvey Hartenstein      18-13       
   Hoffman Estates (Conant)    Dick Redlinger           19-7       
   Kankakee (Eastridge)        Joe Gubbins              24-5       
   LaGrange (Lyons)            Ron Nikcevich            22-5       
   Lockport (Central)          Bob Basarich             23-4       
   Mascoutah                   Roger Thouvenin          28-2       
   North Chicago               Larry Hanzel             26-2       
   Rock Island (Alleman)       Don Morris               23-5

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Greg Smith, Aurora (East)                       4  47  18 112
Larry Moore, Quincy (Sr.)                       4  44  22 110
Boyd Batts, Dolton (Thornridge)                 4  41  21 103
Mike Davis, Peoria (Manual)                     4  39  12  90
Greg Rose, Dolton (Thornridge)                  4  43   1  87
Quinn Buckner, Dolton (Thornridge)              4  30  16  76
Don Sorenson, Quincy (Sr.)                      4  20  21  61
Jeff Hollis, Aurora (East)                      4  25   9  59
Dave Ideran, Aurora (East)                      4  24  11  59
Paul Maras, Peoria (Manual)                     4  25   7  57

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Boyd Batts, Dolton (Thornridge)              6-7    Sr.    
Quinn Buckner, Dolton (Thornridge)           6-3    Sr.    
Jim Flynn, Hinsdale (Central)                6-2    Sr.    
Paul Maras, Peoria (Manual)                  6-5    Sr.    
Larry Moore, Quincy (Sr.)                    5-11   Sr.    
Greg Smith, Aurora (East)                    6-6    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Dolton (Thornridge)                     25-0
 2  LaSalle (L.-Peru)                       24-1
 3  Hinsdale (Central)                      21-1
 4  Lincoln                                 23-2
 5  Park Ridge (Maine South)                20-1
 6  North Chicago                           22-1
 7  Waukegan (H.S.)                         19-3
 8  Quincy (Sr.)                            21-4
 9  Rock Island (Alleman)                   19-4
10  Lockport (Twp.)                         19-3
11  Aurora (East)                           21-3
12  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                19-3
13  Aurora (West)                           20-3
14  Moline (H.S.)                           17-4
15  Peoria (Manual)                         19-6
16  Kankakee (Eastridge)                    20-4

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