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1987 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1986 — 1988

Venice
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Head Coach Clinton Harris, Jr., Assistant Coach Rick Everage. Back row: Orlando Love, Dale Turner, Wilfred Wigfall, Kevin Gardner, Darrell Buie, Daryl Jackson, Jesse Hall, Johnnie Marchbanks, Vincent Harris.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Elgin (St. Edward) 63, Mendota 59
Chrisman 86, Buffalo (Tri-City) 61
Venice 72, Newton 61
Pearl City 56, Cambridge 53
Okawville 36, Carterville 34
Watseka 73, Clinton 60
Ottawa (Marquette) 80, Chicago (Providence-St. Mel) 77 (OT)
Beardstown 59, Auburn 58
Quarterfinals
Chrisman 69, Elgin (St. Edward) 56
Venice 81, Pearl City 33
Okawville 75, Watseka 56
Beardstown 69, Ottawa (Marquette) 61
Semifinals
Venice 53, Chrisman 45
Okawville 49, Beardstown 35
Third Place
Chrisman 57, Beardstown 48
Final
Venice 56, Okawville 54

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Venice                      Clinton Harris           29-3    174
2  Okawville                   Dave Luechtefeld         29-7    234
3  Chrisman                    Roger Beals              27-5    146
4  Beardstown                  Bob Hembrough            29-5    489
   Elgin (St. Edward)          Joe Tullo                25-6    643
   Ottawa (Marquette)          Dave Wultzen             26-5    399
   Pearl City                  Ronald Johnson           30-1    172
   Watseka                     Keith Baldwin            25-5    376
   Auburn                      Jim Bandy                25-6    265
   Buffalo (Tri-City)          Bill Lamkey              26-5    209
   Cambridge                   J.C. Wise                27-2    237
   Carterville                 Tim Bleyer               23-6    430
   Chicago (Providence-St. Mel Bill Ociepka             27-4    416
   Clinton                     Bud Blessing            13-16    565
   Mendota                     Michael Kilmartin        21-9    603
   Newton                      Steve Schulte            21-8    600

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Jesse Hall, Venice                              4  35  17  87
Walt Hoult, Chrisman                            4  36  15  87
Jeff Luechtefeld, Okawville                     4  36   6  78
Matt O'Hara, Beardstown                         4  24  19  67
Doug Dingwerth, Okawville                       4  25  14  64
Terry Morrow, Beardstown                        4  28   3  59
Troy Lunger, Chrisman                           4  24   9  57
Dennis Miller, Watseka                          2  18  17  53
Dale Turner, Venice                             4  21   7  49
Troy Hollingsworth, Chrisman                    4  16  15  47

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Doug Dingwerth, Okawville                    6-2    Sr.    
Jesse Hall, Venice                           6-3    Sr.    
Vincent Harris, Venice                       5-11   Sr.    
Walt Hoult, Chrisman                         6-1    Sr.    
Jeff Luechtefeld, Okawville                  6-5    Sr.    
Dennis Miller, Watseka                       5-11   Jr.    
Terry Morrow, Beardstown                     6-5    Jr.    
Matt O'Hara, Beardstown                      6-7    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            22-3
 2  Venice                                  21-2
 3  Carmi                                   25-0
 4  Martinsville                            23-0
 5  Hamilton                                26-0
 6  Evergreen Park                          24-1
 7  Carlyle                                 23-4
 8  Avon                                    23-1
 9  Flora                                   22-4
10  Cambridge                               22-1
11  Petersburg (PORTA)                      24-2
12  Teutopolis                              20-3
13  Marengo                                 21-3
14  Cairo                                   21-6
15  Beardstown                              22-3
16  Elgin (St. Edward)                      19-5

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