March Madness Record Book

1999 Class AA Boys Summary

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Westchester (St. Joseph)
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Gurnee (Warren) 61, Park Ridge (Maine South) 31
Lincoln 54, Peoria (Manual) 50
Schaumburg (H.S.) 60, Aurora (East) 54 (OT)
Rock Island (H.S.) 75, Rockford (Boylan) 65
East St. Louis (Sr.) 72, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 58
Westchester (St. Joseph) 49, Dolton (Thornridge) 39
Chicago (King) 59, Chicago (Westinghouse) 39
Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) 70, Downers Grove (North) 65
Quarterfinals
Gurnee (Warren) 59, Lincoln 43
Schaumburg (H.S.) 55, Rock Island (H.S.) 51
Westchester (St. Joseph) 66, East St. Louis (Sr.) 61
Chicago (King) 49, Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) 46 (OT)
Semifinals
Gurnee (Warren) 69, Schaumburg (H.S.) 53
Westchester (St. Joseph) 59, Chicago (King) 40
Third Place
Chicago (King) 67, Schaumburg (H.S.) 58
Final
Westchester (St. Joseph) 61, Gurnee (Warren) 51

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Westchester (St. Joseph)    Gene Pingatore           32-1   1122
2  Gurnee (Warren)             Chuck Ramsey             28-5   2556
3  Chicago (King)              Landon "Sonny" Cox       28-7    686
4  Schaumburg (H.S.)           Bob Williams             28-4   2415
   Country Club Hills (Hillcre Tom Cappel               26-6   1225
   East St. Louis (Sr.)        Bennie Lewis             24-6   1956
   Lincoln                     Neil Alexander           28-4   1060
   Rock Island (H.S.)          Duncan Reid              24-6   1684
   Aurora (East)               Bob Kivisto              20-9   2076
   Chicago (Westinghouse)      Chris Head               30-1   1473
   Dolton (Thornridge)         Michael Flaherty         24-7   1915
   Downers Grove (North)       Steve Joslyn             23-7   2130
   Mt. Vernon (H.S.)           Doug Creel               28-1   1460
   Park Ridge (Maine South)    David Scott              22-8   2081
   Peoria (Manual)             Wayne McClain            26-5    973
   Rockford (Boylan)           Steve Goers              27-4   1344

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Brandon Watkins, Westchester (St. Joseph)       4  24   5  29  82
Leon Smith, Chicago (King)                      4  33   1   8  75
Antoine McDaniel, Schaumburg (H.S.)             4  20   6  16  62
Steve Morgan, Westchester (St. Joseph)          4  22   0  11  55
Jourdain Milot, Gurnee (Warren)                 4  19   2  14  54
Langston Hughes, Gurnee (Warren)                4  14   4  16  48
Mike Brandow, Gurnee (Warren)                   4  15   0  11  41
Darius Miles, 2 schools                         2  17   0   6  40
Brian Cook, Lincoln                             2  13   3   9  38
Steve Schrandt, Schaumburg (H.S.)               4  11   5  10  37
Rickey Higgins, Gurnee (Warren)                 4  11   4  11  37
Stanley Thomas, Chicago (King)                  4  15   0   7  37

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Darius Miles, 2 schools                      6-8    So.    
Jourdain Milot, Gurnee (Warren)              6-2    So.    
Steve Morgan, Westchester (St. Joseph)       6-5    Jr.    
Leon Smith, Chicago (King)                   6-10   Jr.    
Brandon Watkins, Westchester (St. Joseph)    6-0    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Chicago (Westinghouse)                  27-0
 2  Mt. Vernon (H.S.)                       25-0
 3  Peoria (H.S.)                           21-3
 4  Westchester (St. Joseph)                24-1
 5  Peoria (Manual)                         22-4
 6  Rockford (Boylan)                       24-3
 7  Lincoln                                 23-3
 8  Schaumburg (H.S.)                       23-2
 9  Aurora (East)                           16-8
10  Oak Lawn (Richards)                     23-2
11  Chicago (King)                          21-6
12  Maywood (Proviso East)                  17-8
13  Winnetka (New Trier)                    21-4
14  Chicago (Dunbar)                        21-7
15  Harvey (Thornton)                       19-5
16  Chicago (Simeon)                        23-6