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1987 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1986 — 1988

East St. Louis (Lincoln)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Lee Arthur Washington, Rodney Chavis, Michael Ash, Terrence Moore, Lawrence Bradford, Mark Chambers, Corey Webb. Back row: Vince Staten, Anthony Smith, Corey Jennings, Bryant Stevenson, James Harris, LaPhonso Ellis, Chris Rodgers, Darnell Baker, Carl Brooks, Coach Bennie Lewis

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Rockford (Boylan) 64, Winnetka (New Trier) 52
Westchester (St. Joseph) 77, Chicago (Leo) 65
Elgin (H.S.) 71, Aurora (East) 66 (OT)
Chicago (King) 93, Chicago (Crane) 66
Oak Forest 62, Evanston (Twp.) 60
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 35, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 26
Peoria (Manual) 67, Rock Island (H.S.) 63
Quincy (Sr.) 43, Lockport (Twp.) 42
Quarterfinals
Westchester (St. Joseph) 85, Rockford (Boylan) 67
Chicago (King) 70, Elgin (H.S.) 58
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 64, Oak Forest 58
Quincy (Sr.) 61, Peoria (Manual) 59 (OT)
Semifinals
Chicago (King) 60, Westchester (St. Joseph) 58
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 55, Quincy (Sr.) 49
Third Place
Westchester (St. Joseph) 72, Quincy (Sr.) 65
Final
East St. Louis (Lincoln) 79, Chicago (King) 62

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  East St. Louis (Lincoln)    Bennie Lewis             28-1   1901
2  Chicago (King)              Landon "Sonny" Cox       28-5   1198
3  Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           28-3    709
4  Quincy (Sr.)                Jerry Leggett            26-7   2336
   Elgin (H.S.)                Jim Harrington           28-3   2792
   Oak Forest                  Denny Denman             28-3   1498
   Peoria (Manual)             Dick Van Scyoc           31-1   1222
   Rockford (Boylan)           Steve Goers              28-4   1355
   Aurora (East)               Scott Martens            25-5   2248
   Chicago (Crane)             Green Smith              24-7   1272
   Chicago (Leo)               Jack Fitzgerald          27-3    504
   Evanston (Twp.)             Mike Hart               16-13   3677
   Lockport (Twp.)             Bob Basarich             27-4   2269
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Lee Emery                24-6   1612
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Duncan Reid              21-7   2049
   Winnetka (New Trier)        Mel Sheets               22-8   3829

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  FT Pts
Marcus Liberty, Chicago (King)                  4  54  35 143
Cliff Scales, Westchester (St. Joseph)          4  38  14  90
Brian Molis, Westchester (St. Joseph)           4  36  12  84
Chris Rodgers, East St. Louis (Lincoln)         4  27  13  67
Larry Loethen, Quincy (Sr.)                     4  25  12  62
Mark Baugh, Elgin (H.S.)                        2  24   9  57
Carl Hayes, Westchester (St. Joseph)            4  17  21  55
James Harris, East St. Louis (Lincoln)          4  25   2  52
LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis (Lincoln)        4  22   5  49
Jason Gay, Quincy (Sr.)                         4  21   2  44
Curtis Stuckey, Peoria (Manual)                 2  13  18  44

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Mark Baugh, Elgin (H.S.)                     6-5    Sr.    
Marcus Liberty, Chicago (King)               6-8    Sr.    
Larry Loethen, Quincy (Sr.)                  6-5    Sr.    
Brian Molis, Westchester (St. Joseph)        6-4    Sr.    
Chris Rodgers, East St. Louis (Lincoln)      6-7    Sr.    
Cliff Scales, Westchester (St. Joseph)       6-2    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Peoria (Manual)                         26-0
 2  Lincoln                                 24-1
 3  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                20-1
 4  Westchester (St. Joseph)                21-2
 5  Oak Forest                              23-2
 6  Chicago (Simeon)                        22-2
 7  Maywood (Proviso East)                  23-2
 8  Chicago (De La Salle)                   22-2
 9  Chicago (Leo)                           23-2
10  Chicago (King)                          21-4
11  Elgin (H.S.)                            23-2
12  Chicago (Robeson)                       23-3
13  Lockport (Twp.)                         22-3
14  Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)                 22-3
15  Olympia Fields (Rich Central)           22-3
16  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       20-5

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