March Madness Record Book

2001 Class A Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 2000 — 2002



Pinckneyville
State Champions


Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Fairbury (Prairie Central) 58, Mason City (Illini Central) 55
Pinckneyville 59, Harrisburg 44
Westmont 48, Momence 45
Columbia 68, Effingham (St. Anthony) 59 (OT)
Pana (H.S.) 81, Macon (Meridian) 59
Farmington 70, Rock Falls 56
Macomb 48, Pleasant Plains 46
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 60, Huntley 43
Quarterfinals
Pinckneyville 71, Fairbury (Prairie Central) 44
Westmont 67, Columbia 65 (OT)
Pana (H.S.) 66, Farmington 62
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 65, Macomb 51
Semifinals
Pinckneyville 77, Westmont 61
Pana (H.S.) 66, Manlius (Bureau Valley) 59
Third Place
Manlius (Bureau Valley) 70, Westmont 61
Final
Pinckneyville 77, Pana (H.S.) 50

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Pinckneyville               Dick Corn                31-4    499
2  Pana (H.S.)                 Gary Bowker              29-5    409
3  Manlius (Bureau Valley)     Brad Bickett             33-2    430
4  Westmont                    Craig Etheridge          28-5    452
   Columbia                    David Touchette          27-7    487
   Fairbury (Prairie Central)  Tom Posey                23-8    662
   Farmington                  Tom Wierzba              26-7    406
   Macomb                      Sean Taylor              25-6    623
   Effingham (St. Anthony)     Chris Kusnerick          29-5    202
   Harrisburg                  Randy Smithpeters        21-9    598
   Huntley                     Jay Teagle               27-4    512
   Macon (Meridian)            Jason Doty               26-5    335
   Mason City (Illini Central) Jay Genseal              28-4    309
   Momence                     Tom Cirks                24-8    411
   Pleasant Plains             Cliff Cameron            28-5    345
   Rock Falls                  Thom Sigel               25-7    605

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams 

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Pierre Pierce, Westmont                         4  58  13  30 159
Justin Shrake, Pana (H.S.)                      4  37  22  12 108
Tim Bauersachs, Pinckneyville                   4  33   0   9  75
Jake Sinclair, Pana (H.S.)                      4  27   4  14  72
Reuben Slock, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  25  12   5  67
Haven Hicks, Pinckneyville                      4  18  10  12  58
Phil Endress, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  18  11   5  52
John Elliott, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  14   3  16  47
Mike Behrens, Manlius (Bureau Valley)           4  19   0   9  47
Cody Majewski, Pinckneyville                    4  19   3   5  46
Josh Fisher, Pinckneyville                      4  15   0  16  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Tim Bauersachs, Pinckneyville                6-5    Jr.    
Pierre Pierce, Westmont                      6-4    Jr.    
Justin Shrake, Pana (H.S.)                   6-1    So.    
Jake Sinclair, Pana (H.S.)                   6-0    Jr.    
Reuben Slock, Manlius (Bureau Valley)        6-6    Jr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Pleasant Plains                         24-3
 2  Manlius (Bureau Valley)                 25-1
 3  Westmont                                22-3
 4  Abingdon                                23-2
 5  Effingham (St. Anthony)                 25-3
 6  Mason City (Illini Central)             24-2
 7  Lisle (Sr.)                             23-2
 8  Rock Island (Alleman)                   19-6
 9  Cissna Park                             25-1
10  Rock Falls                              21-5
11  Pinckneyville                           23-4
12  Huntley                                 23-2
13  Macomb                                  20-5
13  Robinson                                22-4
15  Chicago (Leo)                           18-5
16  Pana (H.S.)                             24-3