March Madness Record Book

1978 Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 1977 — 1979

Joliet (West)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Mattoon 80, Chatsworth 73
Dundee 73, Skokie (Niles West) 70
Lincoln 59, Bartonville (Limestone) 51
Crystal Lake (H.S.) 62, Wheaton (W.-Warrenville) 46
Belleville (West) 50, Eldorado 46
Moline (H.S.) 78, Annawan 74 (OT)
Joliet (West) 51, Harvey (Thornton) 44
Chicago (Marshall) 49, Chicago (Orr) 20
Quarterfinals
Mattoon 65, Dundee 61
Lincoln 66, Crystal Lake (H.S.) 65
Moline (H.S.) 51, Belleville (West) 38
Joliet (West) 64, Chicago (Marshall) 46
Semifinals
Lincoln 67, Mattoon 48
Joliet (West) 60, Moline (H.S.) 40
Third Place
Moline (H.S.) 60, Mattoon 59
Final
Joliet (West) 64, Lincoln 48

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Joliet (West)               Jo Streit                29-2   2228
2  Lincoln                     Don Fults                24-3   1310
3  Moline (H.S.)               Dick Matter              18-4   3601
4  Mattoon                     Dwight Perry             20-3   1587
   Belleville (West)           Larry Betz               15-9   3074
   Chicago (Marshall)          Dorothy Gaters           29-1   1650
   Crystal Lake (H.S.)         Linda Brady              20-5   2411
   Dundee                      Paul Judson              27-3   1291
   Annawan                     Clarence "Pete" Hughes   16-3       
   Bartonville (Limestone)     John Gross               25-4       
   Chatsworth                  Gary McCool              18-1       
   Chicago (Orr)               Delores Harris           20-2       
   Eldorado                    Wendy Kmucha             17-5       
   Harvey (Thornton)           Dee Mann                 26-4       
   Skokie (Niles West)         Arlene Mulder            24-3       
   Wheaton (W.-Warrenville)    Rosanna Hart             21-4

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Cathy Boswell, Joliet (West)                    3  27      13  67
Barb Verderber, Lincoln                         3  25       8  58
Nancy Saegesser, Mattoon                        3  25       5  55
Jan Bowers, Lincoln                             3  25       1  51
Mickey Barnes, Joliet (West)                    3  19       9  47
Linda Nuxoll, Mattoon                           3  16      12  44
Tracy Eckert, Moline (H.S.)                     3  19       4  42
Debbie Rogiers, Moline (H.S.)                   3  18       2  38
Elaine Holpuch, Joliet (West)                   3  17       3  37
Sally Rasche, Moline (H.S.)                     3  15       2  32

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Cathy Boswell, Joliet (West)                 5-9    Fr.    
Jan Bowers, Lincoln                          5-6    So.    
Tracy Eckert, Moline (H.S.)                  5-7    Jr.    
Elaine Holpuch, Joliet (West)                6-2    Jr.    
Barb Verderber, Lincoln                      5-10   So.

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