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1976 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1975 — 1977

Mt. Pulaski
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Bob Behle, Gary Helton, Danny Durchholz, Pat Przykopanski, Brad Gibbs, Scott Moore. Second row: Assistant Coach James Copper, Assistant Coach Joe Zimmerman, Gayle Cyrulik, David Welch, David Thompson, John Olson, Jeff Anderson, Jeff Clements, Head Coach Ed Butkovich.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Oneida (ROVA) 58, Port Byron (Riverdale) 52
Bloomington (Central Catholic) 58, Watseka 57
Aurora (Marmion Academy) 71, Winnebago 61
Lawrenceville 59, Lebanon 50
Havana 64, Pleasant Plains 59
Buda (Western) 48, Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) 46
Eldorado 71, Cairo 56
Mt. Pulaski 67, Westville 65
Quarterfinals
Oneida (ROVA) 49, Bloomington (Central Catholic) 46
Lawrenceville 66, Aurora (Marmion Academy) 61
Buda (Western) 64, Havana 54
Mt. Pulaski 76, Eldorado 66
Semifinals
Oneida (ROVA) 77, Lawrenceville 70
Mt. Pulaski 74, Buda (Western) 56
Third Place
Lawrenceville 65, Buda (Western) 57
Final
Mt. Pulaski 59, Oneida (ROVA) 58

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  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    So.    
Mike Duff, Eldorado                          6-7    Jr.    
Ron Happach, Buda (Western)                  6-6    Sr.    
Steve Holmes, Oneida (ROVA)                  5-11   Sr.    
Dave Johnson, Oneida (ROVA)                  6-8    Sr.    
Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville                   6-1    Sr.

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

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