March Madness Record Book

1976 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1975 — 1977

Mt. Pulaski
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Mt. Pulaski                 Ed Butkovich             29-2    403
2  Oneida (ROVA)               Bob Meredith             28-3    308
3  Lawrenceville               Ron Felling              29-2    741
4  Buda (Western)              Gerald "Chips" Giovanine  31-2    210
   Aurora (Marmion Academy)    Jim Newport              24-6    371
   Bloomington (Central Cathol John Snyder              24-7    379
   Eldorado                    Bob Brown                31-1    473
   Havana                      Bob Gregurich            26-3    403
   Cairo                       Bill Chumbler            25-4       
   Lebanon                     Dennis Korte             26-4       
   Palos Heights (Chicago Chri Will Slager              21-9       
   Pleasant Plains             Ray Toland               27-4       
   Port Byron (Riverdale)      Gordon Kinkead           26-2       
   Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            27-4       
   Westville                   John Hardy               27-3       
   Winnebago                   Mel Hawbecker            26-3       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville                      4  63      31 157
Dave Johnson, Oneida (ROVA)                     4  38      29 105
Jeff Clements, Mt. Pulaski                      4  36      15  87
David Thompson, Mt. Pulaski                     4  29       7  65
Ron Happach, Buda (Western)                     4  25      11  61
Jeff Anderson, Mt. Pulaski                      4  28       3  59
Dave Hartz, Buda (Western)                      4  25       2  52
Mike Duff, Eldorado                             2  21       5  47
Steve Holmes, Oneida (ROVA)                     4  20       2  42
Dave Welch, Mt. Pulaski                         4  14      11  39

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jeff Clements, Mt. Pulaski                   6-3    Fr.    
Mike Duff, Eldorado                          6-7    So.    
Ron Happach, Buda (Western)                  6-6    Jr.    
Steve Holmes, Oneida (ROVA)                  5-11   Jr.    
Dave Johnson, Oneida (ROVA)                  6-8    Jr.    
Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville                   6-1    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Eldorado                                25-0
 2  Lawrenceville                           22-1
 3  Buda (Western)                          24-0
 4  Venice                                  22-1
 5  Gridley                                 22-0
 6  Port Byron (Riverdale)                  22-1
 7  Madison                                 22-2
 8  Cairo                                   20-3
 9  Mt. Pulaski                             20-2
10  Winnebago                               20-2
11  Oneida (ROVA)                           19-2
12  Bloomington (Central Catholic)          18-6
13  Watseka                                 22-3
14  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 17-3
15  Havana                                  22-2
16  Bethany                                 24-0