| 1979 |
| Participants:
Bushnell-Prairie City, Camp Point Central,
Canton, Carthage, Chicago St. Benedict, East
Peoria, Jacksonville, Kewanee, Macomb, Monmouth,
Pittsfield, Princeton, Quincy Notre Dame,
Rockridge, Sherrard and Southeastern. |
Championship:
Kewanee 87, Macomb 59
Third place: Monmouth 82,
Chicago St. Benedict 72
Consolation: Princeton 71, QND
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| All-Tournament
Team: Pat Blhom, Princeton; Greg
Engstrom, Kewanee; Kent Hammond, Monmouth; Greg
Havlin, Jacksonville; Greg Jackson, Kewanee;
Scott Kalis, Chicago St. Benedict; Scott Kuffel,
Kewanee; Rocky Owens, Macomb; Steve Skinner,
Monmouth; Jeff Thorman, Macomb. |
| MVP:
Rocky Owens, Macomb |
| Notes:
Kewanee’s Gerald Harland scored 34 points in
the title game against Macomb and ended with 84
points in 4 tourney games (21 ppg) but did not
make the all-tournament team. Pittsfield, in the 1980
Class A state basketball tournament, defeated
Southeastern 44-39 in 2 overtimes at the WIU
Super-sectional. In their first round game at
Champaign, Pittsfield was defeated by Chicago
Luther South 61-38.
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