March Madness Record Book

1979 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1978 — 1980

New Lenox (Providence Catholic)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  New Lenox (Providence Catho Frank Palmasani          32-1    750
2  Havana                      Bob Gregurich            31-1    457
3  Elmhurst (Timothy Christian Don Greenfield           25-8    364
4  Riverton                    Jim Zimmerman            29-3    405
   Bloomington (Central Cathol John Snyder              23-6    417
   Brimfield                   Don Mathews              29-3    230
   Carrier Mills (C.M.-Stonefo Jeff Richey              24-4    214
   Madison                     Larry Graham             25-5    556
   Decatur (St. Teresa)        Ken Park                 24-4       
   Fairfield                   Bill Garrett             19-9       
   Kewanee (Wethersfield)      Wally Keller             29-1       
   Lena (L.-Winslow)           Jim Cox                  27-3       
   Nashville                   Bob Bogle                28-2       
   Oregon                      Dennis Kessel            26-4       
   Pittsfield                  Dave Bennett             27-3       
   Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            24-5       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Rich Fetter, Riverton                           4  39      14  92
Jeff Heerdt, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)       4  33      23  89
Walter Downing, New Lenox (Providence Cathol    4  29      12  70
Brad Gregurich, Havana                          4  26       6  58
Tracey Trimpe, Havana                           4  24       9  57
Barney Mines, New Lenox (Providence Catholic    4  24       7  55
Roger King, Havana                              4  17      21  55
Kenny Stanley, Madison                          2  24       5  53
Jim Venema, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)        4  16      12  44
Mark Nordman, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)      4  20       2  42
Steve Evans, Carrier Mills (C.M.-Stonefort)     2  15      12  42

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Walter Downing, New Lenox (Providence Cathol 6-8    Fr.    
Rich Fetter, Riverton                        6-8    Jr.    
Brad Gregurich, Havana                       5-11   Jr.    
Barney Mines, New Lenox (Providence Catholic 6-2    Jr.    
Tracey Trimpe, Havana                        6-4    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  New Lenox (Providence Catholic)         24-1
 2  Nashville                               24-1
 3  Havana                                  24-0
 4  Kewanee (Wethersfield)                  24-0
 5  Madison                                 20-4
 6  Lawrenceville                           20-3
 7  Riverton                                20-1
 8  Cairo                                   18-5
 9  Oregon                                  21-3
10  Highland (St. Paul)                     20-4
11  Pittsfield                              22-2
12  Tiskilwa                                23-1
13  New Athens                              24-2
14  Augusta (Southeastern)                  22-3
15  Brimfield                               23-2
16  Bloomington (Central Catholic)          19-6