March Madness Record Book

1981 Class AA Boys Summary

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Quincy (Sr.)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Wheaton (Central) 65, LaGrange (Lyons) 61
Effingham (H.S.) 77, East St. Louis (Sr.) 61
Quincy (Sr.) 72, Kankakee (Westview) 44
Antioch 35, Palatine (H.S.) 34
Winnetka (New Trier East) 61, Evanston (Twp.) 58
Chicago (Westinghouse) 79, Chicago (Marshall) 66
Maywood (Proviso East) 69, Chicago (Marist) 67
Moline (H.S.) 70, Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) 68
Quarterfinals
Wheaton (Central) 38, Effingham (H.S.) 33
Quincy (Sr.) 75, Antioch 50
Chicago (Westinghouse) 62, Winnetka (New Trier East) 60
Maywood (Proviso East) 74, Moline (H.S.) 62
Semifinals
Quincy (Sr.) 65, Wheaton (Central) 34
Maywood (Proviso East) 72, Chicago (Westinghouse) 66
Third Place
Chicago (Westinghouse) 53, Wheaton (Central) 47
Final
Quincy (Sr.) 68, Maywood (Proviso East) 39

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Quincy (Sr.)                Jerry Leggett            33-0   2607
2  Maywood (Proviso East)      Glenn Whittenberg        28-5   3177
3  Chicago (Westinghouse)      Frank Lollino           22-12   1817
4  Wheaton (Central)           Don McGee                26-7   1114
   Antioch                     Roger Andrews            23-6   1786
   Effingham (H.S.)            Jim Maxedon              27-4    890
   Moline (H.S.)               Don "Whitey" Verstraete  22-9   3146
   Winnetka (New Trier East)   John Schneiter           21-8   3040
   Chicago (Marist)            Paul Swanson             25-5   3800
   Chicago (Marshall)          Luther Bedford           28-3   2166
   Chillicothe (Illinois Valle Hugh Friday              24-6    875
   East St. Louis (Sr.)        Coy Nunn                13-11   3654
   Evanston (Twp.)             Herb Williams            22-7   3790
   Kankakee (Westview)         Vern Sloan               24-6    886
   LaGrange (Lyons)            Ron Nikcevich            24-6   4058
   Palatine (H.S.)             Ed Molitor               21-9   2537

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Wayne Montgomery, Chicago (Westinghouse)        4  33      22  88
Earnest Hubbard, Maywood (Proviso East)         4  35      16  86
Bruce Douglas, Quincy (Sr.)                     4  35       9  79
Melvin Bradley, Chicago (Westinghouse)          4  31      17  79
Dennis Douglas, Quincy (Sr.)                    4  21      14  56
Justyne Monegain, Maywood (Proviso East)        4  22       6  50
Michael Payne, Quincy (Sr.)                     4  22       5  49
Todd Fanning, Wheaton (Central)                 4  18       4  40
Tracy Henderson, Maywood (Proviso East)         4  17       6  40
Torrey Larsen, Wheaton (Central)                4  13      14  40

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Melvin Bradley, Chicago (Westinghouse)       6-1    Jr.    
Bruce Douglas, Quincy (Sr.)                  6-3    So.    
Earnest Hubbard, Maywood (Proviso East)      5-10   Jr.    
Justyne Monegain, Maywood (Proviso East)     6-5    Jr.    
Michael Payne, Quincy (Sr.)                  6-10   Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Quincy (Sr.)                            24-0
 2  Lincoln                                 25-0
 3  Chicago (Simeon)                        24-1
 4  Westchester (St. Joseph)                22-3
 5  Maywood (Proviso East)                  21-4
 6  Chicago (C. Vocational)                 21-4
 7  Rockford (East)                         22-3
 8  Chicago (Collins)                       23-3
 9  East St. Louis (Lincoln)                19-3
10  Aurora (East)                           21-3
11  Carpentersville (Crown)                 23-1
12  Hillside (Proviso West)                 21-4
13  Rock Island (H.S.)                      21-4
14  LaGrange (Lyons)                        20-5
15  Chicago (Marshall)                      23-3
16  Edwardsville (H.S.)                     24-3