IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Baseball

Last updated on September 3, 2008.

Season summaries include titles won, final place in state, final won-lost record, and head coach for all seasons submitted by the school or gathered from IHSA records. A few titles are missing (complete list of missing titles). Please submit changes or additions for your school by using this form.

Key to titles: Pl–place won, D–district, R–regional, S–sectional, U–super-sectional, Q–team qualifier for state finals, P–Public League champion (only when an automatic qualifier).


 1940-41
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Collinsville | D S Q 1 | 15 4 | L.W. Fletcher Peoria (H.S.) | D S Q 2 | 28 3 | Claude Trimble Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D S Q | 15 3 | George Fencl Bloomington (H.S.) | D S Q | 15 7 | Howard Saar Champaign (H.S.) | D S Q | 14 7 1 | Harry Combes Peoria (Manual) | D S Q | 20 6 | W.S. Becker Springfield (Lanphier) | D S Q | 12 3 | Ted Boyle Streator (Twp.) | D S Q | 19 2 | Louis Magierski Beardstown | D | | Bismarck | D | | Bowen | D | | Buckley | D | | Crescent City | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | DeLand | D | | Dupo | D | | Earlville | D | | Gillespie | D | | Green Valley | D | | Kewanee (H.S.) | D | | Lockport (Twp.) | D | | Ed Flink Marseilles | D | | Melvin | D | | Mooseheart | D | | Newton | D | | Normal (University) | D | | Northbrook (Glenbrook) | D | | Patoka | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Springfield (H.S.) | D | | Herb Scheffler Waukegan (H.S.) | D | | Wolf Lake | D | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D S Q 1 | 18 2 | Frank Foster Streator (Twp.) | D S Q 2 | 15 4 | Louis Magierski Champaign (H.S.) | D S Q | 11 7 | Harry Combes Effingham (H.S.) | D S Q | | Bill Lucas Kewanee (H.S.) | D S Q | | Madison | D S Q | | none Normal (Community) | D S Q | | Bob Neuman Peoria (Manual) | D S Q | 14 2 | W.S. Becker Bismarck | D | | Blue Island | D | | Bluffs | D | | Buckley | D | | Crescent City | D | | Delavan | D | | Dupo | D | | East St. Louis (Central Catho | D | | Eureka | D | | Merlin Adams Fairbury | D | | Farmington | D | | Gorham | D | | Macomb | D | | Marseilles | D | | Maywood (Proviso) | D | | Mt. Pulaski | D | | Nokomis | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Quincy (Notre Dame) | D | | Roanoke | D | | St. Charles (H.S.) | D | | Leonard Diehl Staunton | D | | Toluca | D | | Waukegan (H.S.) | D | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D S Q 1 | 12 1 | George Fencl & G. Larimer East St. Louis (Sr.) | D S Q 2 | | Mike Cullen Bloomington (H.S.) | D S Q | 14 3 | Howard Saar Peoria (H.S.) | D S Q | 14 4 | John Noppenberger Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Buckley | D | | Canton | D | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 6 6 | John Prombo Eureka | D | | Merlin Adams Fairbury | D | | Maywood (Proviso) | D | | Niantic | D | | San Jose | D | | Staunton | D | | Taylorville | D | | Waukegan (H.S.) | D | |
 1943-44
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Maywood (Proviso) | D S Q 1 | | D.B. Appleton East St. Louis (Central Catho | D S Q 2 | | Br. Ed Dunne Chicago (Lane) | PQ | | Percy Moore Chicago (Marshall) | PQ | | Lou Weintraub Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D S Q | 14 2 | John Prombo Peoria (H.S.) | D S Q | | John Noppenberger Peru (St. Bede) | D S Q | | Bron Bacevich Staunton | D S Q | | B.H. Gibbons Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D | 15 2 | George Fencl Bloomington (H.S.) | D | | Buckley | D | | Carbondale | D | | Crescent City | D | | Dupo | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | Gardner | D | | Kewanee (H.S.) | D | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D | | Lovington | D | | Macomb (Western) | D | | Mt. Pulaski | D | | Pekin | D | 9 8 | Jim Lewis San Jose | D | | Springfield (Lanphier) | D | | Taylorville | D | |
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Lane) | PQ 1 | | Percy Moore East St. Louis (Central Catho | D S Q 2 | | Br. Ed Dunne Bloomington (H.S.) | D S Q | | Howard Saar Chicago (Kelly) | PQ | | Sam Fralick Maywood (Proviso) | D S Q | | D.B. Appleton Quincy (Sr.) | D S Q | | Harry F. Bostick Rutland | D S Q | | Springfield (Cathedral) | D S Q | | John Hendricks Benld | D | | Buckley | D | | Chicago (Morgan Park Academy) | D | | Colchester | D | | DeLand | D | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | D | | Gorham | D | | Hammond | D | | Kewanee (H.S.) | D | | Lockport (Twp.) | D | | Ed Flink Madison | D | | Mt. Pulaski | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Pekin | D | 5 11 | Jim Lewis Peoria (Manual) | D | | Peoria (Spalding) | D | | Taylorville | D | | Waukegan (H.S.) | D | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Fenger) | PQ 1 | 13 1 | Harry Dixon Chicago (Kelly) | PQ 2 | 11 3 | Sam Fralick Beardstown | D S Q | 12 4 | Everett Ryan Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D S Q | 17 5 | George Fencl Galesburg (H.S.) | D S Q | 16 4 | Charles Bednar Gorham | D S Q | 17 2 | Tom Dunn Peru (St. Bede) | D S Q | 7 2 | Bob Blaha Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | D S Q | 11 4 | Charles Summers Benld | D | | Blue Island | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | 14 2 | Harry Combes Collinsville | D | | East Peoria | D | | J. Knezovich Herrin (H.S.) | D | | Joliet (Twp.) | D | | Lewistown | D | | Lovington | D | | Marion (H.S.) | D | | Maywood (Proviso) | D | | Mt. Pulaski | D | | New Athens | D | | Normal (University) | D | | Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Taylorville | D | | Zion (Z.-Benton) | D | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Belleville (Twp.) | D S Q 1 | 18 4 | E.G. Gunderson Peoria (Woodruff) | D S Q 2 | 19 3 | Tommy Correll Bloomington (H.S.) | D S Q | | Howard Saar Chicago (Gage Park) | PQ | 13 6 | Paul Stanger Decatur (H.S.) | D S Q | 13 4 | Gay Kintner Edwardsville (H.S.) | D S Q | 15 4 | Joe Lucco LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D S Q | 12 4 | Walter Tyler Summit (Argo) | D S Q | 17 4 | Fred Cook Aviston | D | | Beardstown | D | | Benld | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | 10 6 | Harry Combes Chebanse | D | | Cissna Park | D | | Delavan | D | | Lockport (Twp.) | D | | Ed Flink Lovington | D | | Maywood (Proviso) | D | | McHenry | D | | Okawville | D | | Peoria (Spalding) | D | | Quincy (Notre Dame) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | 9 7 | Boots Aronson Springfield (Cathedral) | D | | Streator (Twp.) | D | 7 8 | Louis Magierski Thebes | D | | Waukegan (H.S.) | D | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | D | | Woodlawn | D | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Granite City | D S Q 1 | 11 7 | Larry McCauley New Athens | D S Q 2 | 18 2 | A.J. Woods Chicago (Kelly) | PQ | 14 3 | Sam Fralick Danville (H.S.) | D S Q | 10 5 | Bill Christy Downers Grove (H.S.) | D S Q | 13 2 | Richard Kucera Peoria (Manual) | D S Q | 21 5 | Lev Wallace Peoria (Spalding) | D S Q | 16 8 | Fr. Sylvester Palacz Skokie (Niles) | D S Q | 20 4 | Jim Phipps Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Bloomington (H.S.) | D | | Charleston | D | 8 4 | Darrell Black DuQuoin (H.S.) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Kankakee (Sr.) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | |
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Belleville (Twp.) | D S Q 1 | 17 6 | Al Budde Des Plaines (Maine) | D S Q 2 | 16 5 | O.K. Wilson Chicago (Austin) | PQ | 19 3 | Charles Sullivan Collinsville | D S Q | 16 3 | B.W. Bierman Normal (University) | D S Q | 18 4 | H. Farnsworth Peoria (Manual) | D S Q | 19 2 | Ed Stonebock Springfield (Lanphier) | D S Q | 19 3 | Ted Boyle Summit (Argo) | D S Q | 17 6 | Tony Pyrz Beason | D | | Chester | D | | Colchester | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Dundee | D | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | D | | East Peoria | D | | T. Pannish Effingham (H.S.) | D | | Galesburg (H.S.) | D | | Kankakee (Sr.) | D | | Livingston | D | | Mattoon | D | | Mt. Olive | D | 10 2 | Harold Voyles New Athens | D | | Pekin | D | 22 4 | Harry Anderson Peru (St. Bede) | D | | Quincy (Notre Dame) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | 12 2 | John Wyeth Shabbona | D | | Taylorville | D | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D | |
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Peoria (Manual) | D S Q 1 | 25 0 | Ed Stonebock LaGrange (Lyons) | D S Q 2 | 15 3 | Lester Glick Bloomington (H.S.) | D S Q | 17 5 | Howard Saar Chicago (Austin) | PQ | 16 4 | Charles Sullivan DuQuoin (H.S.) | D S Q | 17 5 | R.P. Hibbs Elgin (H.S.) | D S Q | 12 5 | Art Roggen Granite City | D S Q | 11 6 | Larry McCauley Springfield (Cathedral) | D S Q | 17 4 | Luke Gleason Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Belvidere (H.S.) | D | 15 3 | Joe Lewis Canton | D | | Charleston | D | 10 4 | Darrell Black Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | D | 7 5 | John Prombo Crystal Lake (H.S.) | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Earlville | D | | Galesburg (H.S.) | D | | Harrisburg | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | LaSalle (L.-Peru) | D | | Livingston | D | | Mulberry Grove | D | 8 8 | Tom Richardson Murphysboro | D | 7 5 | Elmer Ziegler Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | 12 3 | John Wyeth Taylorville | D | | Toluca | D | | Tremont | D | |