IHSA's March Madness -- 1980 Class A Girls

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1980 Class A Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 1979 — 1981

Benton
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Susie Chaplain, Clydette Barnfield, Michelle Melvin, Lisa Bell, Jessica Webb, Sharon Summers. Second row: Coach Sally Niemeyer, Becky Carney, Karyn Hunsinder, Brenda Gesell, Cheri Nagreski, Tracy Smith, Lynda Sauerhage, Valerie Bauer.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Lemont (H.S.) 70, Elmhurst (Immaculate Conception) 46
Morrison 51, Genoa (G.-Kingston) 47
Benton 41, Metropolis 39
Paxton 43, Monticello 34
London Mills (Spoon River Valley) 55, Stronghurst (Southern) 42
Sidell (Jamaica) 74, Casey 64
Carlinville 60, Greenville 38
Bradford 56, Brimfield 49
Quarterfinals
Lemont (H.S.) 44, Morrison 32
Benton 53, Paxton 50
Sidell (Jamaica) 64, London Mills (Spoon River Valley) 60
Carlinville 46, Bradford 32
Semifinals
Benton 46, Lemont (H.S.) 40
Sidell (Jamaica) 53, Carlinville 37
Third Place
Lemont (H.S.) 62, Carlinville 37
Final
Benton 52, Sidell (Jamaica) 42

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Benton                      Sally Niemeyer           25-6    698
2  Sidell (Jamaica)            Mary Hannig              23-2    240
3  Lemont (H.S.)               William Bozue            23-5    747
4  Carlinville                 Lou Stivers              30-2    577
   Bradford                    Ellie Hanning            19-3    154
   London Mills (Spoon River V Dave Freeman             23-1    294
   Morrison                    Kevin Burns              20-8    515
   Paxton                      George Young             24-5    395
   Brimfield                   Terry Hart                          
   Casey                       Denny Throneburg                    
   Elmhurst (Immaculate Concep Pam Levar                           
   Genoa (G.-Kingston)         Len Peterson                        
   Greenville                  Jim Moore                           
   Metropolis                  Cindy Almendinger                   
   Monticello                  Tom Young                           
   Stronghurst (Southern)      Will Bavery

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Toni Collins, Sidell (Jamaica)                  3  31  12  74
Cheri Nagreski, Benton                          3  32  10  74
Andrea Falter, Carlinville                      3  24  14  62
Brenda Holford, Lemont (H.S.)                   3  19   6  44
Marge Sniegowski, Lemont (H.S.)                 3  17   3  37
Lisa Loop, Sidell (Jamaica)                     3  15   4  34
Angie Lee, Paxton                               1  14   4  32
Lori Brown, Sidell (Jamaica)                    3  12   7  31
Brenda Gesell, Benton                           3  11   8  30
Rita Schulz, Lemont (H.S.)                      3  11   6  28

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Lori Brown, Sidell (Jamaica)                 5-3    Sr.    
Toni Collins, Sidell (Jamaica)               5-11   Jr.    
Andrea Falter, Carlinville                   5-11   Jr.    
Angie Lee, Paxton                            5-6    Sr.    
Cheri Nagreski, Benton                       6-1    Sr.

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