March Madness Record Book

1977 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1976 — 1978

Peoria (H.S.)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Peoria (H.S.)               Bruce Boyle              29-2   1917
2  Springfield (Lanphier)      Bob Nika                 28-5   2134
3  Chicago (De La Salle)       Jerry Tokars             24-7   1166
4  Burbank (St. Laurence)      Chuck Schwarz            29-4   1585
   Barrington                  Gary Cook                27-4   2902
   Chicago (Phillips)          Herb Brown               28-1   2800
   Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          30-1   2800
   Northfield (New Trier West) Mel Sheets               23-6   2484
   Carbondale                  Doug Woolard             23-7       
   Chicago (Gordon Tech)       Dan Chubrilo             25-6       
   Chicago (Weber)             Tom Yore                 20-9       
   Chicago (Westinghouse)      Frank Lollino            29-1       
   Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)     Don Laketa               27-3       
   Kankakee (Eastridge)        Larry Hauser             24-6       
   Lisle (Benet Academy)       Bill Geist               27-4       
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Dean Riley               26-2       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Kevin Boyle, Burbank (St. Laurence)             4  26      24  76
Darryl Allen, Chicago (De La Salle)             4  28      13  69
Shelly Tunson, Springfield (Lanphier)           4  26      14  66
Ray Rhone, Chicago (De La Salle)                4  25      15  65
Percy Neal, Peoria (H.S.)                       4  27       4  58
Gordon Smith, Springfield (Lanphier)            4  23      12  58
Dwayne Banks, Peoria (H.S.)                     4  24       6  54
Mike Watson, Springfield (Lanphier)             4  19      16  54
Dave Skowronski, Chicago (De La Salle)          4  20      14  54
Tony Gower, Peoria (H.S.)                       4  20       6  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Darryl Allen, Chicago (De La Salle)          6-6    Fr.    
Dwayne Banks, Peoria (H.S.)                  6-3    Jr.    
Kevin Boyle, Burbank (St. Laurence)          6-6    So.    
Tony Gower, Peoria (H.S.)                    6-0    So.    
Joel May, Northfield (New Trier West)        6-5    So.    
Ray Rhone, Chicago (De La Salle)             6-2    Jr.    
Shelly Tunson, Springfield (Lanphier)        6-3    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (Phillips)                      23-0
 2  Chicago (Westinghouse)                  25-0
 3  Collinsville                            25-0
 4  LaGrange (Lyons)                        22-1
 5  Franklin Park (East Leyden)             24-0
 6  Buffalo Grove                           24-1
 7  Burbank (St. Laurence)                  23-2
 8  Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)                 23-2
 9  Maywood (Proviso East)                  21-3
10  Peoria (H.S.)                           21-2
11  Ottawa (Twp.)                           21-1
12  Aurora (West)                           19-3
13  River Grove (Holy Cross)                22-3
14  Lockport (Twp.)                         19-4
15  Chicago (Gordon Tech)                   21-4
16  Harvey (Thornton)                       21-4