March Madness Record Book

2000 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1999 — 2001

Pleasant Plains
State Champions
Front row: Michael Cameron. Second row, left to right: Adam Suchy, Andrew Cochran, Joe Albsmeyer, Aaron Sczurko, Jeremy Pinkerton, Tyler Kastner, Bo Gum. Back row: Head Coach Cliff Cameron, Ryan Nelson, Josh Siterlet, Dusty Bensko, Jordan Roth, Jess Durako, Ryan Sunley, Jimmy Skeeters, Asst. Coach Dan Watson.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Nashville 58, Metropolis (Massac County) 49
Teutopolis 57, Okawville 44
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 58, Aurora (A. Christian) 39
Fairbury (Prairie Central) 45, Mason City (Illini Central) 34
Pleasant Plains 71, Pittsfield 54
Kankakee (McNamara) 64, Westmont 53
Riverton 56, Tolono (Unity) 46
Rock Falls 57, Rock Island (Alleman) 51
Quarterfinals
Teutopolis 48, Nashville 41 (OT)
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 69, Fairbury (Prairie Central) 65
Pleasant Plains 66, Kankakee (McNamara) 47
Riverton 52, Rock Falls 49
Semifinals
Teutopolis 60, Manlius (Bureau Valley) 42
Pleasant Plains 78, Riverton 68 (3 OT)
Third Place
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 65, Riverton 62
Final
Pleasant Plains 56, Teutopolis 43

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Pleasant Plains             Cliff Cameron            34-2    354
2  Teutopolis                  Ken Crawford             33-2    455
3  Manlius (Bureau Valley)     Brad Bickett             26-6    425
4  Riverton                    Jeff Koger               29-5    412
   Fairbury (Prairie Central)  Tom Posey                25-6    635
   Kankakee (McNamara)         Kurt Weigt              29-10    525
   Nashville                   Darin Lee               24-10    542
   Rock Falls                  Thom Sigel               25-5    634
   Aurora (A. Christian)       Don Davidson             20-9    222
   Mason City (Illini Central) Jay Genseal              22-9    291
   Metropolis (Massac County)  Joe Hosman               23-7    670
   Okawville                   Dave Leuchtefeld         27-8    245
   Pittsfield                  John Hampton             27-4    449
   Rock Island (Alleman)       Larry Schulte           19-10    561
   Tolono (Unity)              Jarrett Brown            24-6    428
   Westmont                    Craig Etheridge          28-2    438

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Dusty Bensko, Pleasant Plains                   4  30   6  35 101
Clint Cuffle, Riverton                          4  36  10  13  95
Justin Yepsen, Manlius (Bureau Valley)          4  29   0   7  65
Mitch Koester, Teutopolis                       4  18   8  14  58
Andrew Gobczynski, Teutopolis                   4  20   0  15  55
Johnny King, Teutopolis                         4  16   6  16  54
Brian Hartlaub, Riverton                        4  16   4  18  54
Reuben Slock, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  21   4   6  52
Phil Endress, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  14   8   8  44
Ryan Sunley, Pleasant Plains                    4  14   0  14  42

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Dusty Bensko, Pleasant Plains                6-5    Jr.    
Clint Cuffle, Riverton                       6-6    Sr.    
Andrew Gobczynski, Teutopolis                6-7    Sr.    
Mitch Koester, Teutopolis                    5-11   Sr.    
Justin Yepsen, Manlius (Bureau Valley)       6-2    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (Leo)                           23-1
 2  Teutopolis                              26-1
 3  Farmington                              25-2
 4  Westmont                                24-1
 5  Riverton                                23-3
 6  Eureka                                  24-0
 7  Pleasant Plains                         26-2
 7  Rockford (Christian Life)               23-3
 9  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 24-4
10  Rock Falls                              20-4
11  Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)            16-10
12  Abingdon                                22-4
13  Fulton (H.S.)                           24-1
14  Columbia                                26-2
15  Pittsfield                              23-3
16  Okawville                               23-7

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