IHSA's March Madness -- 1998 Class A Girls

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1998 Class A Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 1997 — 1999

Nokomis
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Assistant Coach Rachelle McDowell, Lora Ruppert, Andrea Probst, Ashlee Keller, Amy Brave, Jessie Hough, Emily Heck, Head Coach Maury Hough. Back row: Rynne Hadley, Crystal Hayes, Bonnie Meiners, Amy Prater, Va’Nicia Waterman, Carrie Eisenbarth, Rachelle Detmers, Jana Spears, Molly McDowell.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Nokomis 61, Warrensburg (W.-Latham) 33
South Holland (Seton Academy) 54, Hampshire 47
Carrollton 70, Pleasant Plains 44
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 61, Stockton 55 (OT)
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 64, Fairfield 57
Mendota 50, Normal (University) 44
Carthage 55, Rock Island (Alleman) 30
Lansing (Illiana Christian) 64, Danville (Schlarman) 45
Quarterfinals
Nokomis 68, South Holland (Seton Academy) 34
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 28, Carrollton 26 (OT)
West Frankfort (Frankfort) 73, Mendota 67
Carthage 69, Lansing (Illiana Christian) 68 (OT)
Semifinals
Nokomis 63, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 47
Carthage 53, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 48
Third Place
Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 63, West Frankfort (Frankfort) 48
Final
Nokomis 70, Carthage 60

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Nokomis                     Maury Hough              33-2    335
2  Carthage                    Bill Lapp                33-2    231
3  Sterling (Newman Central Ca Mike Papoccia            31-2    271
4  West Frankfort (Frankfort)  Matt Hampleman           28-4    630
   Carrollton                  Lori Blade               28-3    252
   Lansing (Illiana Christian) Liz Metcalfe             24-6    700
   Mendota                     Randy Weibel             27-8    645
   South Holland (Seton Academ Laurie Jakubczak         22-9    740
   Danville (Schlarman)        Jim Kelly                25-6    168
   Fairfield                   Scott Fuhrhop            27-5    573
   Hampshire                   Milt Awe                 25-8    380
   Normal (University)         Michael Sondgeroth      21-11    579
   Pleasant Plains             Dave Greer               27-4    323
   Rock Island (Alleman)       Jay Hatch               14-15    589
   Stockton                    Terry Korth              28-2    209
   Warrensburg (W.-Latham)     Mike Snow                26-5    356

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Molly McDowell, Nokomis                         3  32   5  18  87
Brooke Gossett, West Frankfort (Frankfort)      3  22   0   7  51
Alisha Nagel, Carthage                          3  18   1   9  46
Jenny Icenogle, Carthage                        3  20   0   3  43
Tiffiny Sweet, West Frankfort (Frankfort)       3  16   0   7  39
Melissa McLaughlin, Sterling (Newman Central    3  12   6   7  37
Jessie Hough, Nokomis                           3   9   8   6  32
Carrie Eisenbarth, Nokomis                      3  10   0  12  32
Jaci Bice, Mendota                              1   8   4  11  31
Jennifer Olson, Sterling (Newman Central Cat    3  10   0   6  26
Lisa Brinkmann, Lansing (Illiana Christian)     1   9   0   8  26

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Carrie Eisenbarth, Nokomis                   5-9    Jr.    
Brooke Gossett, West Frankfort (Frankfort)   6-2    Sr.    
Jenny Icenogle, Carthage                     6-2    Sr.    
Molly McDowell, Nokomis                      5-9    Jr.    
Alisha Nagel, Carthage                       5-11   Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Carthage                                27-1
 2  Dunlap                                  25-2
 3  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)      25-1
 4  Carrollton                              24-2
 5  Carlyle                                 24-3
 6  Stockton                                25-1
 7  Nokomis                                 25-2
 8  Teutopolis                              20-5
 9  Arthur                                  25-1
10  Okawville                               22-3
11  Toulon (Stark County)                   22-2
12  Breese (Central)                        18-5
13  Byron                                   24-3
14  West Frankfort (Frankfort)              23-2
15  Danville (Schlarman)                    22-5
16  Knoxville                               24-2

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