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1981 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1980 — 1982

Madison
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Dan Stern, Charles Claggett, Kerwin Stanley, Carvel Claggett, Daryl Baker, Billy Papa. Back row: Manager Chris Sharp, Avery Crawford, Roy Campbell, Mark Madgett, Mark Zarr, Patrick Hatter, Morris Hughes, Shannon Manson, Assistant Coach David Hughes.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Cairo 77, Pinckneyville 42
Granville (Putnam County) 66, Marengo 49
Madison 80, Lawrenceville 56
New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 56, Chicago (Luther South) 46
Pana (H.S.) 46, Atwood (A.-Hammond) 45
Liberty 56, Pittsfield 43
Dunlap 40, Warren 34
Danville (Schlarman) 53, Glasford (Illini Bluffs) 50
Quarterfinals
Cairo 77, Granville (Putnam County) 64
Madison 45, New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 43
Liberty 67, Pana (H.S.) 61
Dunlap 59, Danville (Schlarman) 50
Semifinals
Madison 70, Cairo 51
Dunlap 46, Liberty 45
Third Place
Cairo 81, Liberty 54
Final
Madison 58, Dunlap 47

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Madison                     Larry Graham             30-2    487
2  Dunlap                      John Kimble              28-5    542
3  Cairo                       Bill Chumbler            30-5    351
4  Liberty                     Paul Kreke               27-6    226
   Danville (Schlarman)        Thomas Eder              21-9    309
   Granville (Putnam County)   Dave Mead                27-4    373
   New Lenox (Providence Catho Frank Palmasani          28-3    731
   Pana (H.S.)                 John Blackburn           27-5    572
   Atwood (A.-Hammond)         Tim Burk                 25-4    208
   Chicago (Luther South)      Cliff Doll               22-8    531
   Glasford (Illini Bluffs)    Mike Colston             24-7    389
   Lawrenceville               Ron Felling              28-3    608
   Marengo                     Bill Barry               25-3    700
   Pinckneyville               Dick Corn                29-4    568
   Pittsfield                  Dave Bennett            18-10    554
   Warren                      Sheldon Sabinson         25-6    220

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Anthony Webster, Cairo                          4  34  10  78
Orlandus Hill, Cairo                            4  35   3  73
Morris Hughes, Madison                          4  31  11  73
Dion Neisen, Liberty                            4  26  19  71
Lorenzo Duncan, Cairo                           4  30   3  63
Pat Hatter, Madison                             4  23  14  60
Jeff Owen, Liberty                              4  21  14  56
Bill Seiler, Dunlap                             4  22  10  54
Charles Claggett, Madison                       4  23   5  51
Linn Arbogast, Dunlap                           4  18  13  49

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Walter Downing, New Lenox (Providence Cathol 6-8    Sr.    
Lorenzo Duncan, Cairo                        6-2    Sr.    
Pat Hatter, Madison                          6-3    Sr.    
Morris Hughes, Madison                       6-2    Sr.    
Anthony Webster, Cairo                       6-7    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  New Lenox (Providence Catholic)         23-2
 2  Madison                                 21-2
 3  Lawrenceville                           22-2
 4  Havana                                  23-1
 5  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            22-3
 6  Pinckneyville                           23-3
 7  Cairo                                   22-4
 8  Tiskilwa                                23-1
 9  Quincy (Notre Dame)                     22-2
10  Hoopeston (H.-East Lynn)                23-2
11  Okawville                               23-4
12  Marengo                                 22-2
13  Waverly                                 25-1
14  Chicago (Luther South)                  18-7
15  Bunker Hill                             23-0
16  Ottawa (Marquette)                      21-3

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