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60th Anniversary of the Assembly Hall (Sat. March 4)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Tibbs" data-source="post: 1868849" data-attributes="member: 748856"><p>thank you - I knew I saw them there</p><p></p><p>I went to Chicago Christian in Palos Heights - we were always fairly decent in Class A, and made it to the super sectionals often. Often lost then. But I graduated high school in 1979, and I just always liked to work that Class A tournament and knew alot of those teams. </p><p></p><p>That Lawrenceville team was really good in the mid 1970's (beat us in the semi's on the way to winning back to backs) and then were good again in the early 1980's , with that Marty Simmons who also went to IU and now coaches at EIU. I recall Uwe Blab playing for Effingham Flaming Heart around that time and also going to IU. Knight loved taking those Illinois high school players from east/southern Illinois. I recall Thad Motta playing ball at that same time for some small east central school but he ended up at Butler</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Tibbs, post: 1868849, member: 748856"] thank you - I knew I saw them there I went to Chicago Christian in Palos Heights - we were always fairly decent in Class A, and made it to the super sectionals often. Often lost then. But I graduated high school in 1979, and I just always liked to work that Class A tournament and knew alot of those teams. That Lawrenceville team was really good in the mid 1970's (beat us in the semi's on the way to winning back to backs) and then were good again in the early 1980's , with that Marty Simmons who also went to IU and now coaches at EIU. I recall Uwe Blab playing for Effingham Flaming Heart around that time and also going to IU. Knight loved taking those Illinois high school players from east/southern Illinois. I recall Thad Motta playing ball at that same time for some small east central school but he ended up at Butler [/QUOTE]
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