March Madness Record Book

1984 Class AA Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 19831985



Chicago (Simeon)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Benton 60, Collinsville 52
Evanston (Twp.) 71, Buffalo Grove 67
Westchester (St. Joseph) 60, St. Charles (H.S.) 50
Harvey (Thornton) 63, Chicago (Weber) 42
Champaign (Centennial) 66, Joliet (West) 59
Aurora (West) 69, Rockford (East) 56
Rock Island (H.S.) 51, Peoria (Manual) 49
Chicago (Simeon) 44, Chicago (Robeson) 42
Quarterfinals
Evanston (Twp.) 65, Benton 63 (OT)
Westchester (St. Joseph) 52, Harvey (Thornton) 50
Aurora (West) 73, Champaign (Centennial) 44
Chicago (Simeon) 48, Rock Island (H.S.) 44
Semifinals
Evanston (Twp.) 58, Westchester (St. Joseph) 56
Chicago (Simeon) 67, Aurora (West) 58
Third Place
Aurora (West) 55, Westchester (St. Joseph) 54
Final
Chicago (Simeon) 53, Evanston (Twp.) 47

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Chicago (Simeon)            Robert Hambric           30-1   1850
2  Evanston (Twp.)             Herb Williams            32-1   3550
3  Aurora (West)               Gordon Kerkman           31-2   2522
4  Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           25-8    795
   Benton                      Rich Herrin              24-7    725
   Champaign (Centennial)      Coleman Carrodine        26-4   1321
   Harvey (Thornton)           Sam Cameli               27-4   2177
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Duncan Reid              27-4   2261
   Buffalo Grove               Paul Grady               21-9   2230
   Chicago (Robeson)           Robert Collins           26-4   1689
   Chicago (Weber)             Jim Harrington           21-7    800
   Collinsville                Gene Catalpa            15-14   1985
   Joliet (West)               Mike O'Connell          19-11   2228
   Peoria (Manual)             Dick Van Scyoc           28-2   1284
   Rockford (East)             Isaac Johnson            22-7   2022
   St. Charles (H.S.)          Ron Johnson             18-12   2250

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Kenny Battle, Aurora (West)                     4  32      22  86
Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.)              4  33      13  79
Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph)        4  29      18  76
Tony Freeman, Westchester (St. Joseph)          4  27      16  70
Bobby Tribble, Chicago (Simeon)                 4  24      16  64
Randy Norman, Aurora (West)                     4  26       5  57
Tim Bankston, Chicago (Simeon)                  4  22      12  56
Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon)                    4  20      12  52
Bruce Baker, Benton                             2  21       9  51
Roger McClendon, Champaign (Centennial)         2  20       5  45

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Bruce Baker, Benton                          6-7    Jr.    
Kenny Battle, Aurora (West)                  6-6    Jr.    
Chris Funchess, Westchester (St. Joseph)     6-5    Jr.    
Everette Stephens, Evanston (Twp.)           6-2    Jr.    
Ben Wilson, Chicago (Simeon)                 6-7    So.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Evanston (Twp.)                         25-0
 2  Peoria (Manual)                         24-1
 3  Aurora (West)                           24-1
 4  Carbondale                              25-0
 5  Chicago (Simeon)                        23-1
 6  Rockford (Boylan)                       25-0
 7  Chicago (Robeson)                       23-3
 8  Franklin Park (East Leyden)             23-1
 9  Harvey (Thornton)                       22-3
10  Peoria (Richwoods)                      22-3
11  Pekin                                   22-3
12  Rock Island (H.S.)                      22-3
13  Galesburg (H.S.)                        20-5
14  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)                    21-4
15  Champaign (Centennial)                  21-3
16  Gurnee (Warren)                         21-4