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1979 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1978 — 1980

New Lenox (Providence Catholic)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Manager Eddie Blackmon, Hank Shelton, Paul Druhan, Ed Loughran, Jim Robinson. Back row: Assistant Coach Jack McCarthy, Manager Tom Grotowsky, Trennis Curry, Tom Carruthers, Steve Cherveny, Walter Downing, Chuck Thomas, Tony Frye, Barney Mines, Head Coach Frank Palmasani.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Madison 98, Fairfield 82
Havana 65, Pittsfield 55
Carrier Mills (C.M.-Stonefort) 50, Nashville 48
Riverton 61, Decatur (St. Teresa) 47
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 64, Oregon 48
Brimfield 53, Lena (L.-Winslow) 52
Bloomington (Central Catholic) 68, Watseka 63
New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 50, Kewanee (Wethersfield) 34
Quarterfinals
Havana 75, Madison 66
Riverton 67, Carrier Mills (C.M.-Stonefort) 52
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 74, Brimfield 43
New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 67, Bloomington (Central Catholic) 51
Semifinals
Havana 42, Riverton 35
New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 33, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 21
Third Place
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 42, Riverton 40 (2 OT)
Final
New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 46, Havana 33

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  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
Roger King, Havana                              4  17  21  55
Barney Mines, New Lenox (Providence Catholic    4  24   7  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    So.    
Rich Fetter, Riverton                        6-8    Sr.    
Brad Gregurich, Havana                       5-11   Sr.    
Barney Mines, New Lenox (Providence Catholic 6-2    Sr.    
Tracey Trimpe, Havana                        6-4    Sr.

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

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