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1980 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1979 — 1981

Chicago (Luther South)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Dave Allen, Bob Gray, Pierre Cooper, Tony Martin, Freeman Jackson. Back row: Dennis Lindsey, Paul Marquardt, Ray Nutter, Mike Conley, Chris Boden, Jason Jackson.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Mt. Pulaski 50, Tuscola 43
Okawville 58, Benton 56
Chicago (Luther South) 64, DePue 55
Pittsfield 44, Augusta (Southeastern) 39 (2 OT)
Peoria (Bergan) 56, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 55
Gibson City 56, Normal (University) 53
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 46, Franklin Grove (F. Center) 30
Madison 74, Lawrenceville 68 (OT)
Quarterfinals
Okawville 55, Mt. Pulaski 53
Chicago (Luther South) 61, Pittsfield 38
Peoria (Bergan) 66, Gibson City 55
Madison 47, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 44
Semifinals
Chicago (Luther South) 59, Okawville 57
Peoria (Bergan) 57, Madison 51
Third Place
Okawville 77, Madison 63
Final
Chicago (Luther South) 56, Peoria (Bergan) 51

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Luther South)      Cliff Doll               27-5    520
2  Peoria (Bergan)             Rudy Keeling             23-8    723
3  Okawville                   Dave Luechtefeld         29-5    285
4  Madison                     Larry Graham             27-6    504
   Elmhurst (Timothy Christian Don Greenfield           22-9    364
   Gibson City                 Jack Cowgill             21-9    330
   Mt. Pulaski                 Ed Butkovich             27-4    307
   Pittsfield                  Dave Bennett            20-10    581
   Augusta (Southeastern)      Mike Fray                20-9    167
   Benton                      Rich Herrin              23-7    735
   DePue                       Eric Bryant              27-3    112
   Franklin Grove (F. Center)  Ken Neahring             25-5    160
   Lawrenceville               Ron Felling              27-4    651
   Normal (University)         Frank Chiodo            16-12    545
   Sterling (Newman Central Ca Charley Riney            23-6    318
   Tuscola                     Gene Murray              21-7    378

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Gary Moeller, Okawville                         4  35  23  93
Tony Martin, Chicago (Luther South)             4  32   8  72
Scott McCabe, Peoria (Bergan)                   4  30  11  71
Tom Gilles, Peoria (Bergan)                     4  28   5  61
Pat Hatter, Madison                             4  20  15  55
Kevin Obermeier, Okawville                      4  21   9  51
Pierre Cooper, Chicago (Luther South)           4  16  15  47
Morris Hughes, Madison                          4  17  10  44
Dave Allen, Chicago (Luther South)              4  12  16  40
Jeff Heerdt, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)       2  16   6  38

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Pierre Cooper, Chicago (Luther South)        6-8    Jr.    
Tom Gilles, Peoria (Bergan)                  6-1    Sr.    
Tony Martin, Chicago (Luther South)          6-6    Sr.    
Scott McCabe, Peoria (Bergan)                6-7    Jr.    
Gary Moeller, Okawville                      6-4    Sr.    
Greg Rennegarbe, Okawville                   5-10   So.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Lawrenceville                           22-3
 2  New Lenox (Providence Catholic)         21-4
 3  Madison                                 19-4
 4  Cairo                                   22-4
 5  Chicago (Luther South)                  17-5
 6  Havana                                  22-2
 7  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            20-5
 8  Benton                                  18-5
 9  Monmouth (H.S.)                         22-3
10  Bloomington (Central Catholic)          19-6
11  Peoria (Bergan)                         17-7
12  Franklin                                23-2
13  Norris City (N.C.-Omaha)                21-2
14  Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)            16-8
15  DePue                                   22-2
16  Marengo                                 21-3

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