IHSA's March Madness -- 1997 Class A Girls

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1997 Class A Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 1996 — 1998

Carlyle
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Brie Sheathlem, Michelle Donahoo, Summar Knuf, Jessica Robert, Kristin Hustedde, Tara Kell, Heather Hitpas. Back row: Head Coach Angie Gherardini, Erin Knuf, Courtney Smith, Lindsay Macon, Stacey Pollman, Leslie Dumstorff, Assistant Coach Ken Smith.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Warsaw 56, Kewanee (Wethersfield) 52
Marengo 51, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 50
Dunlap 66, Normal (University) 52
Carlyle 60, Carmi (C.-White County) 46
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 51, Stockton 48
Lansing (Illiana Christian) 66, Hoopeston (H. Area) 25
Pittsfield 58, Quincy (Notre Dame) 31
Teutopolis 60, Arthur 42
Quarterfinals
Warsaw 58, Marengo 41
Carlyle 60, Dunlap 50
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 39, Lansing (Illiana Christian) 25
Teutopolis 56, Pittsfield 45
Semifinals
Carlyle 81, Warsaw 53
Teutopolis 36, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 32
Third Place
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 55, Warsaw 45
Final
Carlyle 57, Teutopolis 48

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Carlyle                     Angie Gherardini         33-0    458
2  Teutopolis                  Dennis Koester           27-4    409
3  Sterling (Newman Central Ca Mike Papoccia            32-1    265
4  Warsaw                      Jerry Jerome             26-7    195
   Dunlap                      Ron Carrothers           28-4    619
   Lansing (Illiana Christian) Henry Schenkel           25-5    681
   Marengo                     Ralph Hix                25-5    604
   Pittsfield                  Matt Elledge             25-8    464
   Arthur                      Dale Schuring            28-3    131
   Carmi (C.-White County)     Don Dixon                27-4    515
   Elmhurst (Timothy Christian Liz Metcalfe             28-4    376
   Hoopeston (H. Area)         Jim Matta                27-4    516
   Kewanee (Wethersfield)      Chuck Blake              24-5    233
   Normal (University)         Michael Sondgeroth       24-6    584
   Quincy (Notre Dame)         Jim Mahon               14-16    495
   Stockton                    Terry Korth              29-2    205

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Courtney Smith, Carlyle                         3  26   0  18  70
Ellie Kamps, Warsaw                             3  17  10  14  58
Maria Niebrugge, Teutopolis                     3  24   0   5  53
Leslie Dumstorff, Carlyle                       3  15   0  11  41
Kayla Bloemer, Teutopolis                       3  16   0   5  37
Kylee Bogott, Sterling (Newman Central Catho    3  16   0   4  36
Jennifer Olson, Sterling (Newman Central Cat    3  15   0   2  32
Raegan Terrell, Warsaw                          3  11   5   4  31
Beth Zeone, Dunlap                              1  12   1   3  28
Heidi Hurt, Warsaw                              3  11   0   6  28

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Heather Cassady, Dunlap                      5-6    Jr.    
Leslie Dumstorff, Carlyle                    5-10   Sr.    
Ellie Kamps, Warsaw                          5-9    Sr.    
Maria Niebrugge, Teutopolis                  6-0    Sr.    
Courtney Smith, Carlyle                      5-9    Sr.    
Beth Zeone, Dunlap                           5-9    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Carlyle                                 25-0
 2  Dunlap                                  23-3
 3  Carmi (C.-White County)                 23-2
 4  Teutopolis                              21-3
 5  Fairfield                               27-1
 6  Byron                                   23-2
 7  Okawville                               19-6
 8  Carrollton                              21-4
 9  Olney (H.S.)                            20-7
10  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)      26-0
11  Breese (Mater Dei)                      21-4
12  Cullom (Tri-Point)                      22-1
13  Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)            23-3
14  Breese (Central)                        22-4
15  Warsaw                                  20-5
16  Nokomis                                 24-2

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