March Madness Record Book

1984 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1983 — 1985

Chicago (Simeon)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Simeon)            Robert Hambric           30-1   1850
2  Evanston (Twp.)             Herb Williams            32-1   3550
3  Aurora (West)               Gordon Kerkman           31-2   2522
4  Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           25-8    795
   Benton                      Rich Herrin              24-7    725
   Champaign (Centennial)      Coleman Carrodine        26-4   1321
   Harvey (Thornton)           Sam Cameli               27-4   2177
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Duncan Reid              27-4   2261
   Buffalo Grove               Paul Grady               21-9   2230
   Chicago (Robeson)           Robert Collins           26-4   1689
   Chicago (Weber)             Jim Harrington           21-7    800
   Collinsville                Gene Catalpa            15-14   1985
   Joliet (West)               Mike O'Connell          19-11   2228
   Peoria (Manual)             Dick Van Scyoc           28-2   1284
   Rockford (East)             Isaac Johnson            22-7   2022
   St. Charles (H.S.)          Ron Johnson             18-12   2250

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Kenny Battle, Aurora (West)                     4  32      22  86
Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.)              4  33      13  79
Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph)        4  29      18  76
Tony Freeman, Westchester (St. Joseph)          4  27      16  70
Bobby Tribble, Chicago (Simeon)                 4  24      16  64
Randy Norman, Aurora (West)                     4  26       5  57
Tim Bankston, Chicago (Simeon)                  4  22      12  56
Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon)                    4  20      12  52
Bruce Baker, Benton                             2  21       9  51
Roger McClendon, Champaign (Centennial)         2  20       5  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Bruce Baker, Benton                          6-7    Jr.    
Kenny Battle, Aurora (West)                  6-6    Jr.    
Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph)     6-5    Jr.    
Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.)           6-2    Jr.    
Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon)                 6-7    So.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Evanston (Twp.)                         25-0
 2  Peoria (Manual)                         24-1
 3  Aurora (West)                           24-1
 4  Carbondale                              25-0
 5  Chicago (Simeon)                        23-1
 6  Rockford (Boylan)                       25-0
 7  Chicago (Robeson)                       23-3
 8  Franklin Park (East Leyden)             23-1
 9  Harvey (Thornton)                       22-3
10  Peoria (Richwoods)                      22-3
11  Pekin                                   22-3
12  Rock Island (H.S.)                      22-3
13  Galesburg (H.S.)                        20-5
14  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)                    21-4
15  Champaign (Centennial)                  21-3
16  Gurnee (Warren)                         21-4