March Madness Record Book

1978 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1977 — 1979

Lockport (Central)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Collinsville 79, Olney (East Richland) 58
Northfield (New Trier West) 77, Chicago (Gordon Tech) 63
Ottawa (Twp.) 52, Peoria (H.S.) 45
Lockport (Central) 59, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 48
Westchester (St. Joseph) 71, Barrington 59
Chicago (Westinghouse) 71, Chicago (Manley) 68
Danville (H.S.) 65, Lincoln 59 (OT)
Rockford (East) 70, Lisle (Benet Academy) 55
Quarterfinals
Collinsville 71, Northfield (New Trier West) 56
Lockport (Central) 49, Ottawa (Twp.) 43
Westchester (St. Joseph) 63, Chicago (Westinghouse) 60
Rockford (East) 61, Danville (H.S.) 48
Semifinals
Lockport (Central) 55, Collinsville 53
Westchester (St. Joseph) 60, Rockford (East) 56
Third Place
Collinsville 96, Rockford (East) 65
Final
Lockport (Central) 64, Westchester (St. Joseph) 47

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Lockport (Central)          Bob Basarich             33-0   2541
2  Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           31-2   1330
3  Collinsville                Vergil Fletcher          28-3   2828
4  Rockford (East)             Isaac Johnson           21-10   2601
   Chicago (Westinghouse)      Frank Lollino            23-6   2000
   Danville (H.S.)             Gene Gourley            14-15   2625
   Northfield (New Trier West) Mel Sheets               27-3   2300
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Dean Riley               24-5   1802
   Barrington                  Gary Cook                24-4       
   Chicago (Gordon Tech)       Dan Chubrilo             22-8       
   Chicago (Manley)            Willie Little            27-4       
   Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp. Wes Mason                23-7       
   Lincoln                     Loren Wallace            28-2       
   Lisle (Benet Academy)       Bill Geist               27-1       
   Olney (East Richland)       Ron Herrin               21-7       
   Peoria (H.S.)               Bruce Boyle             17-11

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Isiah Thomas, Westchester (St. Joseph)          4  38      17  93
John Griffin, 2 schools                         4  32      27  91
Kevin Stallings, Collinsville                   4  35      17  87
John Belobraydic, Collinsville                  4  35      15  85
Scott Parzych, Lockport (Central)               4  31      15  77
Steve Ray, Collinsville                         4  25       8  58
Mark Aguirre, Chicago (Westinghouse)            2  20      18  58
Ray Clark, Westchester (St. Joseph)             4  17      21  55
Van Erickson, Rockford (East)                   4  17      12  46
George Johnson, Westchester (St. Joseph)        4  18       9  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Mark Aguirre, Chicago (Westinghouse)         6-7    Jr.    
Ray Clark, Westchester (St. Joseph)          5-10   Jr.    
Scott Parzych, Lockport (Central)            6-7    Jr.    
Kevin Stallings, Collinsville                6-5    Jr.    
Isiah Thomas, Westchester (St. Joseph)       6-0    So.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Lockport (Twp.)                         25-0
 2  Burbank (St. Laurence)                  25-0
 3  Chicago (Phillips)                      25-1
 4  Harvey (Thornton)                       24-1
 5  Collinsville                            21-2
 6  Westchester (St. Joseph)                24-1
 7  Chicago (King)                          24-0
 7  East St. Louis (Sr.)                    22-3
 9  Franklin Park (East Leyden)             24-0
10  Lisle (Benet Academy)                   24-0
11  Lincoln                                 24-1
12  Oak Forest                              24-1
13  St. Charles (H.S.)                      22-3
14  Maywood (Proviso East)                  20-4
15  North Chicago                           21-3
16  Aurora (East)                           19-5

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