March Madness Record Book

1996 Class A Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 19951997



Carlyle
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Byron 56, Lanark (Eastland) 43
Carrollton 55, Concord (Triopia) 42
Carthage 51, Stronghurst (Southern) 31
Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 55, Hinckley (H.-Big Rock) 49
Pana (H.S.) 65, Clinton 37
Dunlap 69, Normal (University) 66
Seneca 74, Sidell (Jamaica) 65 (2 OT)
Carlyle 95, Fairfield 57
Quarterfinals
Byron 48, Carrollton 36
Carthage 66, Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) 56 (OT)
Dunlap 67, Pana (H.S.) 66 (OT)
Carlyle 76, Seneca 53
Semifinals
Carthage 47, Byron 36
Carlyle 88, Dunlap 50
Third Place
Byron 59, Dunlap 57
Final
Carlyle 86, Carthage 50

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Carlyle                     Angie Gherardini         32-2    439
2  Carthage                    Bill Lapp                28-7    242
3  Byron                       John Nolan               28-5    452
4  Dunlap                      Ron Carrothers           26-8    595
   Carrollton                  Lori Blade               27-5    258
   Elmhurst (Timothy Christian Liz Metcalfe             25-8    365
   Pana (H.S.)                 David Curry              28-5    462
   Seneca                      Rich Anderson            26-3    482
   Clinton                     Angie Martin             24-7    658
   Concord (Triopia)           Steve Eisenhauer         25-5    167
   Fairfield                   Scott Fuhrhop            28-4    583
   Hinckley (H.-Big Rock)      Larry Peppers            25-4    269
   Lanark (Eastland)           Colleen Finn-Henze       25-4    247
   Normal (University)         Michael Sondgeroth       22-8    590
   Sidell (Jamaica)            Dawn Eakle               26-4    158
   Stronghurst (Southern)      Tim Bresnahan            25-3    136

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Courtney Smith, Carlyle                         3  34   0  12  80
Beth Zeone, Dunlap                              3  23   6   8  60
Heather Cassady, Dunlap                         3  19   2  16  56
Leslie Dumstorff, Carlyle                       3  19   0   9  47
Lindsay Fecht, Carthage                         3  13   3  10  39
Amanda Adams, Byron                             3  15   0   8  38
Erin Knuf, Carlyle                              3  15   5   3  38
Jenny Icenogle, Carthage                        3  16   0   3  35
Lynn Pleniewicz, Byron                          3  13   0   6  32
Shanon Pollmann, Carlyle                        3  14   0   3  31
Erica Todd, Byron                               3  12   0   7  31

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Heather Cassady, Dunlap                      5-6    Fr.    
Leslie Dumstorff, Carlyle                    5-10   So.    
Lindsay Fecht, Carthage                      5-8    Jr.    
Erin Knuf, Carlyle                           5-8    So.    
Courtney Smith, Carlyle                      5-9    So.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Breese (Mater Dei)                      
 2  Teutopolis                              
 3  Carlyle                                 
 3  Pana (H.S.)                             
 5  Dunlap                                  
 6  Fairfield                               
 7  Warsaw                                  
 8  Carrollton                              
 9  Hume (Shiloh)                           
10  Sidell (Jamaica)                        
11  Normal (University)                     
12  Carthage                                
13  Rock Island (Alleman)                   
14  Byron                                   
15  Kewanee (Wethersfield)                  
16  Carmi (C.-White County)