March Madness Record Book

1980 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1979 — 1981

Chicago (Manley)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Manley)            Willie Little            31-1   1500
2  Effingham (H.S.)            Jim Maxedon              30-2    946
3  Aurora (West)               Gordon Kerkman           25-7   2875
4  Lincoln                     Loren Wallace            30-3   1227
   Chicago (De La Salle)       Jerry Tokars             23-7   1119
   Chicago (Gordon Tech)       Bill Ociepka             24-7   2615
   Downers Grove (South)       Bill Pelekoudas          26-5   2938
   Peoria (Richwoods)          Wayne Hammerton          27-2   1882
   Chicago (Collins)           Calvin Moses             26-5   1715
   East St. Louis (Lincoln)    Bennie Lewis             20-4   1466
   Hoffman Estates (Conant)    Dick Redlinger           21-8   2393
   Moline (H.S.)               Don "Whitey" Verstraete 19-11   3289
   Northfield (New Trier West) Mel Sheets               26-4   2079
   Olympia Fields (Rich Centra Ron Brauer               29-1   1615
   Rockford (Jefferson)        Mel Hawbecker           19-11   2276
   Springfield (Southeast)     Larry Garrison           19-8   1619

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Mitch Arnold, Effingham (H.S.)                  4  48      19 115
Russell Cross, Chicago (Manley)                 4  28      17  73
James Malone, Aurora (West)                     4  31       4  66
Tim Anderson, Chicago (Manley)                  4  26      13  65
Uwe Blab, Effingham (H.S.)                      4  25       9  59
Terry Biggs, Lincoln                            4  17      12  46
Kevin Seitzer, Lincoln                          4  22       2  46
Dave Heiss, Aurora (West)                       4  17      10  44
Paul Kendrick, Lincoln                          4  20       3  43
Jeff Fichtel, Aurora (West)                     4  14      13  41

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Tim Anderson, Chicago (Manley)               6-4    Jr.    
Mitch Arnold, Effingham (H.S.)               6-5    Jr.    
Uwe Blab, Effingham (H.S.)                   7-2    So.    
Russell Cross, Chicago (Manley)              6-10   Jr.    
Jeff Fichtel, Aurora (West)                  6-6    Jr.    
Dan Pelekoudas, Downers Grove (South)        6-1    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Maywood (Proviso East)                  24-1
 2  Olympia Fields (Rich Central)           25-0
 3  Chicago (Manley)                        24-1
 4  Lockport (Twp.)                         24-1
 5  Quincy (Sr.)                            21-3
 6  Chicago (St. Patrick)                   24-1
 7  Alton (Sr.)                             21-2
 8  Effingham (H.S.)                        23-1
 9  Aurora (East)                           22-2
10  Chicago (C. Vocational)                 25-1
11  Lincoln                                 24-1
12  Peoria (Richwoods)                      22-1
13  Kankakee (Eastridge)                    23-2
14  Kewanee (H.S.)                          24-1
15  Northfield (New Trier West)             22-3
16  Elmhurst (York)                         21-4