March Madness Record Book

1998 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19971999



Chicago (Whitney Young)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Elgin (H.S.) 69, Naperville (North) 58
Chicago (Whitney Young) 67, Chicago (King) 46
Joliet (Twp.) 64, Oak Lawn (Richards) 63
Quincy (Sr.) 72, Peoria (Manual) 52
Galesburg (H.S.) 68, Rockford (Boylan) 63
Centralia 51, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 41
Des Plaines (Maine West) 74, Zion (Z.-Benton) 44
Oak Park (Fenwick) 75, Olympia Fields (Rich Central) 56
Quarterfinals
Chicago (Whitney Young) 68, Elgin (H.S.) 50
Quincy (Sr.) 66, Joliet (Twp.) 53
Galesburg (H.S.) 71, Centralia 56
Des Plaines (Maine West) 76, Oak Park (Fenwick) 64
Semifinals
Chicago (Whitney Young) 62, Quincy (Sr.) 34
Galesburg (H.S.) 73, Des Plaines (Maine West) 70
Third Place
Quincy (Sr.) 66, Des Plaines (Maine West) 63
Final
Chicago (Whitney Young) 61, Galesburg (H.S.) 56

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Whitney Young)     George Stanton           30-1   1959
2  Galesburg (H.S.)            Mike Miller              30-3   1598
3  Quincy (Sr.)                Loren Wallace            27-6   2199
4  Des Plaines (Maine West)    Jim Sullivan             28-5   1871
   Centralia                   Rick Moss                27-6   1258
   Elgin (H.S.)                Jim Harrington           30-2   2538
   Joliet (Twp.)               Bob Koskosky             24-7   4369
   Oak Park (Fenwick)          John Quinn               28-3   1105
   Chicago (King)              Landon "Sonny" Cox       27-5    797
   East St. Louis (Lincoln)    Bennie Lewis             20-7   1197
   Naperville (North)          Mark Lindo               36-3   2640
   Oak Lawn (Richards)         Jack Fitzgerald          28-2   1431
   Olympia Fields (Rich Centra Lee Boyko                22-8   1031
   Peoria (Manual)             Wayne McClain            27-3    986
   Rockford (Boylan)           Steve Goers              30-2   1313
   Zion (Z.-Benton)            Don Kloth                30-2   2038

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Quentin Richardson, Chicago (Whitney Young)     4  34   3  15  86
Joey Range, Galesburg (H.S.)                    4  32   3  14  81
Kevin Frey, Des Plaines (Maine West)            4  26   1  19  72
Luis Rivas, Quincy (Sr.)                        4  30   0  12  72
Rod Thompson, Galesburg (H.S.)                  4  28   8   7  71
J.D. Summers, Quincy (Sr.)                      4  20   5  11  56
Lucas Johnson, Des Plaines (Maine West)         4  17   2  20  56
Dennis Gates, Chicago (Whitney Young)           4  20   7   7  54
Kori Douglas, Quincy (Sr.)                      4  21   1  10  53
Chris Williams, Oak Park (Fenwick)              2  20   2   4  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Kevin Frey, Des Plaines (Maine West)         6-7    Jr.    
Cordell Henry, Chicago (Whitney Young)       5-10   Jr.    
Joey Range, Galesburg (H.S.)                 6-5    Jr.    
Quentin Richardson, Chicago (Whitney Young)  6-6    Jr.    
Rod Thompson, Galesburg (H.S.)               6-6    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (Whitney Young)                 22-1
 2  Peoria (Manual)                         23-2
 3  Galesburg (H.S.)                        24-2
 4  Oak Park (Fenwick)                      23-2
 5  Lincoln                                 22-2
 6  Rockford (Boylan)                       26-1
 7  Moline (H.S.)                           22-2
 8  Elgin (H.S.)                            25-1
 9  Chicago (King)                          24-4
10  Chicago (Farragut)                      20-6
11  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     24-1
12  Oak Lawn (Richards)                     24-1
13  Zion (Z.-Benton)                        26-1
14  Quincy (Sr.)                            20-5
15  Peoria (H.S.)                           18-5
16  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       21-3