IHSA's March Madness -- 1977 Class A Boys

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1977 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1976 — 1978

Madison
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Manager John Lake, Manager Rodney Williams, Manager Chris Branch. Back row: Coach Dave Hodges, Sylvester Collins, James Heard, Anthony King, Ken Stanley, Clayton Harris, Lloyd Williams, Randall James, Rodney Davis, Eric Stanley, Lawerence London, Ken Boyd, Rodney Crochrell, Ron Williams, Coach Larry Graham.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Aurora (Central Catholic) 48, Maple Park (Kaneland) 42
Roanoke (R.-Benson) 69, Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) 53
Mt. Pulaski 86, Monticello 59
Crescent City (Crescent-Iroquois) 42, Normal (University) 33
Eldorado 75, Marissa 68
Pleasant Plains 71, Hamilton 60
Madison 72, Robinson 48
Morrison 54, Aledo 53
Quarterfinals
Aurora (Central Catholic) 68, Roanoke (R.-Benson) 59
Mt. Pulaski 72, Crescent City (Crescent-Iroquois) 50
Eldorado 73, Pleasant Plains 57
Madison 65, Morrison 49
Semifinals
Aurora (Central Catholic) 77, Mt. Pulaski 61
Madison 65, Eldorado 61 (OT)
Third Place
Eldorado 76, Mt. Pulaski 72
Final
Madison 71, Aurora (Central Catholic) 55

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Madison                     Larry Graham             29-3    590
2  Aurora (Central Catholic)   Richard Fick            23-10    734
3  Eldorado                    Bob Brown               22-12    487
4  Mt. Pulaski                 Ed Butkovich             28-4    389
   Crescent City (Crescent-Iro Tom Posey                29-2     98
   Morrison                    Ray Gilbert              20-6    631
   Pleasant Plains             Ray Toland               28-3    350
   Roanoke (R.-Benson)         Roger Wiseman           19-12    337
   Aledo                       Craig Kelley             25-5       
   Hamilton                    Bill "Red" Rogers        25-4       
   Maple Park (Kaneland)       George Birket            22-7       
   Marissa                     Lee Schulte              26-4       
   Monticello                  Bob Trimble              22-7       
   Normal (University)         Bob Metcalf             16-14       
   Palos Heights (Chicago Chri Will Slager             18-11       
   Robinson                    Jack Reeder              24-6

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Mike Duff, Eldorado                             4  56  19 131
Eddie Lane, Eldorado                            4  37  18  92
Randall Jones, Madison                          4  41   8  90
Dave Welch, Mt. Pulaski                         4  29  17  75
Jeff Clements, Mt. Pulaski                      4  29   8  66
Rodney Davis, Madison                           4  30   2  62
Greg Peters, Aurora (Central Catholic)          4  22  17  61
Randy Fichtel, Aurora (Central Catholic)        4  14  22  50
Mike Lowe, Mt. Pulaski                          4  23   3  49
Tom Kieckner, Aurora (Central Catholic)         4  18  12  48

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Jeff Clements, Mt. Pulaski                   6-3    Jr.    
Mike Duff, Eldorado                          6-7    Sr.    
Randall Jones, Madison                       6-5    Sr.    
Eddie Lane, Eldorado                         6-4    Jr.    
Jack Sickles, Aurora (Central Catholic)      6-2    Sr.    
Dave Welch, Mt. Pulaski                      6-1    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (St. Michael)                   23-1
 2  Lebanon                                 25-0
 3  Mt. Pulaski                             22-2
 4  Orion                                   23-0
 5  Quincy (Notre Dame)                     18-7
 6  Madison                                 21-3
 7  Blue Mound                              24-0
 8  Mounds (Meridian)                       21-3
 9  Buda (Western)                          21-2
10  Havana                                  21-2
11  Mt. Carroll                             24-0
12  Maple Park (Kaneland)                   19-5
13  Eureka                                  22-2
14  Ottawa (Marquette)                      21-3
15  Elgin (St. Edward)                      19-5
16  Winnebago                               19-4

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