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1985 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1984 — 1986

Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: T.J. Civik, Rich Zoller, Nick Miketinac. Middle row: Ed McQuillan, Ed Murray, Melvin McCants, Melvin Johnson, Michael Roland, Derek Boyd. Back row: Head Coach Ed McQuillan, Marc Dobbins, Chris Calloway, Jim Cleland, James Farr, Kevin Maloney, Coach Mike McCord, Coach Paul Rybarczyk.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Springfield (Lanphier) 82, Bolingbrook 74
Chicago (Simeon) 65, Chicago (Carver) 54
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 58, Elgin (H.S.) 42
Rockford (Boylan) 67, Aurora (East) 65
Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 37, Northlake (Leyden) 34
Arlington Heights (Hersey) 71, Mundelein (Carmel) 48
Ottawa (Twp.) 67, Peoria (Richwoods) 65
Cahokia (H.S.) 66, Carbondale 59
Quarterfinals
Springfield (Lanphier) 52, Chicago (Simeon) 48
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 39, Rockford (Boylan) 36
Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 56, Arlington Heights (Hersey) 43
Cahokia (H.S.) 81, Ottawa (Twp.) 66
Semifinals
Springfield (Lanphier) 65, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 54
Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 60, Cahokia (H.S.) 51
Third Place
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 56, Cahokia (H.S.) 46
Final
Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 46, Springfield (Lanphier) 44 (2 OT)

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)        Ed McQuillan             28-4   2020
2  Springfield (Lanphier)      Bob Nika                 29-4   1740
3  Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)     Don Laketa               26-5   2408
4  Cahokia (H.S.)              Ken McBride              28-5   1439
   Arlington Heights (Hersey)  George Zigman            22-7   1870
   Chicago (Simeon)            Robert Hambric           28-2   1848
   Ottawa (Twp.)               Gary Vancil              23-6   1227
   Rockford (Boylan)           Steve Goers              29-3   1350
   Aurora (East)               Al Davis                 26-3   2144
   Bolingbrook                 Robert Mitchell          24-6   1725
   Carbondale                  Doug Woolard             22-6   1153
   Chicago (Carver)            Robert Walters           22-8   1500
   Elgin (H.S.)                Bill Chesbrough         17-12   2689
   Mundelein (Carmel)          Frank Belmont            24-6    670
   Northlake (Leyden)          Norm Goodman             27-2   2944
   Peoria (Richwoods)          Wayne Hammerton          25-5   1446

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Ed Horton, Springfield (Lanphier)               4  39  26 104
James Farr, Chicago (Mt. Carmel)                4  25  21  71
Stan Sillas, Cahokia (H.S.)                     4  28  15  71
Melvin McCants, Chicago (Mt. Carmel)            4  29  12  70
Wali Abdul-Rahim, Springfield (Lanphier)        4  26  10  62
Dick Seidel, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)            4  21  19  61
Tracy Wilson, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)           4  26   8  60
Matt Luster, Cahokia (H.S.)                     4  25   2  52
David Knight, Chicago (Simeon)                  2  14  15  43
Jonell Marks, Cahokia (H.S.)                    4  16   7  39
Scott Miller, Ottawa (Twp.)                     2  15   9  39

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Wali Abdul-Rahim, Springfield (Lanphier)     6-2    Sr.    
James Farr, Chicago (Mt. Carmel)             5-9    Sr.    
Ed Horton, Springfield (Lanphier)            6-8    Sr.    
Melvin McCants, Chicago (Mt. Carmel)         6-8    Sr.    
Dick Seidel, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)         6-5    Jr.    
Stan Sillas, Cahokia (H.S.)                  6-1    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Hillside (Proviso West)                 25-0
 2  Chicago (Simeon)                        23-1
 3  Chicago (King)                          23-2
 4  Country Club Hills (Hillcrest)          24-1
 5  Northlake (Leyden)                      23-1
 6  Peoria (Manual)                         19-3
 7  Chicago (Leo)                           22-3
 8  Springfield (Lanphier)                  22-3
 9  Rockford (Boylan)                       24-2
10  Aurora (East)                           22-2
11  Peoria (Richwoods)                      21-4
12  Rock Island (H.S.)                      19-4
13  Evanston (Twp.)                         22-4
14  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)                    19-4
15  Chicago (Gordon Tech)                   19-4
16  Cahokia (H.S.)                          22-3

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