2007 Boys Basketball

2007 Class 8-4A Boys Basketball - Game 8
Springfield Grant   vs.   East Peoria CentralFinal
School
1st2nd3rd4th
2111810
410128
Score
Springfield Grant50
East Peoria Central34
Springfield Grant Scoring Leaders East Peoria Central Scoring Leaders
NoPlayer2FG3FGFT-FTATotal NoPlayer2FG3FGFT-FTATotal
11Phillip Cavil522-318 13Charlie Zimmerman12
13Michael Miller 14Austin May
15Greg Wilson120-28 23Justin Beamer
21Tyrell Bolden48 25Chris Neelly12
23Tives Gardner 30Joe Kelch235-618
25Mark Gilchrese313-412 32Brett Baize
31Vontrez Hunter 33Robbie Rogers36
33Tyler Gill 4Austin Thompson
35Michael Harper 40James Peterson
41Michael Green 42Joey Schartman
43Elan Shuford 43Dylan Sparkman
43Emory Woodson 44Bryson Stewart30-16
51Jesse Guzman 5Justin Taylor
55Kendall Murdock24 51Austin Brown
Team Totals1555-950 Team Totals1035-734
Game Comments: Springfield Grant Starters: 11, 15, 21, 25, 55. East Peoria Central Starters: 13, 25, 30, 33, 44. Grant jumped to a 7-0 lead before East Peoria Central's Joe Kelch scored on a driving layup between two defenders. Kelch, who scored 53 points in two games Saturday, faced a 2-3 zone defense from Grant as the game got under way. Grant later switched to a 1-2-2 press with long-armed Michael Green defending Kelch. getting help from Mark Gilchrese and Phillip Cavil out front on the double team. Grant pushed the lead to 24-4 with 5:30 to go in the second quarter. Grant was never threatened in the second half and led 38-21 with 2:35 to go in the third quarter. East Peoria Central made one final run in the middle of the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to 40-29 but that was as close as the Wildcats could get.
 

8th Grade Class 4A State Tournament
@ Normal Kingsley JHS
2007 8th Grade Class 4A Champion
Springfield Grant
First Round
Victor  Springfield Grant (22-1)
  Markham Prairie-Hills (17-7)
71
46
F
INFO
  Danville North Ridge (20-3)
Victor  East St. Louis Lincoln (24-0)
51
54
F
INFO
  Channahon (20-5)
Victor  East Peoria Central (21-4)
30
39
F
INFO
  Woodridge Jefferson (12-2)
Victor  Bourbonnais UGC (24-1)
34
37
F
(OT)
INFO
Semifinals
Victor  Springfield Grant (23-1)
  East St. Louis Lincoln (25-0)
60
49
F
INFO
Victor  East Peoria Central (22-4)
  Bourbonnais UGC (25-1)
39
31
F
INFO
Third Place
Victor  East St. Louis Lincoln (25-1)
  Bourbonnais UGC (25-2)
34
27
F
INFO
State Championship
Victor  Springfield Grant (24-1)
  East Peoria Central (23-4)
50
34
F
INFO
Final Win/Loss Records
1 Springfield Grant (25-1)
2 East Peoria Central (23-5)
3 East St. Louis Lincoln (26-1)
4 Bourbonnais UGC (25-3)
Markham Prairie-Hills (17-8)
Danville North Ridge (20-4)
Channahon (20-6)
Woodridge Jefferson (12-3)
 
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