IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Basketball

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 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | S Q 1 | 23 4 | Norm Ziebell Urbana (H.S.) | S Q 2 | 22 11 | Lew Stephens Centralia | RS Q 3 | 44 2 | Arthur Trout Canton | RS Q 4 | 27 5 | Willard Larson Athens | S | 26 9 | Dean Carter Carbondale | RS | 18 12 | Frank Bridges Collinsville | S | 23 7 | Allan Metternick Mattoon | RS | 20 5 | Burchard Horton Paris | RS | 31 4 | Ernie Eveland Pittsfield | RS | 24 8 | Greg Sloan Rockford (East) | RS | 18 7 | James Laude Springfield (Feitshans) | RS | 21 9 | Leo Duke Sterling (H.S.) | S | 24 3 | Curt Brandau Streator (Twp.) | RS | 21 10 | Lowell "Pops" Dale Waterman | RS | 29 3 | Joe Hartley Aledo | R | | Aurora (West) | R | 6 15 | Herbert "Hap" Jebens Beardstown | R | | Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | R | | Camp Point | R | | Champaign (H.S.) | R | 26 3 | Harry Combes Clinton | R | | Dallas City | R | | Decatur (H.S.) | R | 19 8 | Gay Kintner Dixon (H.S.) | R | 15 6 | Leonard Sharpe DuQuoin (H.S.) | R | 23 7 | East Peoria | R | | Edwardsville (H.S.) | R | 15 10 | Glenn Smith Flora | R | 26 4 | Frank Hunsaker Freeport (H.S.) | R | 16 9 | Merritt Allen Galatia | R | 19 6 | Ed Ghent Galesburg (H.S.) | R | 14 9 | Gerald Phillips Greenville | R | 20 7 | Harlan van Horn Havana | R | 21 10 | Gordon Wixom Hebron | DR | 29 4 | Ed Willett Homer | DR | | Hoopeston | R | | Indianola | DR | | Joliet (Twp.) | R | 19 4 | Ralph Potter Kewanee (H.S.) | R | 17 8 | Helmut Brockman Lacon | R | | Lanark | R | | Lincoln | R | 13 10 | Roy Anderson Litchfield | R | 22 8 | Maurice Macy Marissa | R | | Maywood (Proviso) | R | 14 8 | Sam Storby Metropolis | R | 27 5 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Moline (H.S.) | R | 16 6 | Roger Potter Mt. Carmel | R | 24 5 | Alva Taylor Mt. Morris | R | | Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 19 10 | Doxie Moore New Berlin | R | 29 2 | John Vernon "J.V." Kirby Normal (Community) | R | | Palestine | DR | 34 1 | Leo Cox Peoria (Manual) | R | 23 8 | Dick Baxter Roodhouse | R | 17 7 | Mason Campbell Roseville | R | | Shelbyville | R | 29 5 | Dave Anderson Sheldon | DR | 27 9 | Kenneth Stephens Spring Valley (Hall) | R | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | R | 19 10 | Stan Changnon Windsor | R | | Winnetka (New Trier) | R | | Wolf Lake | R | | Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | R | 21 5 | Charles Summers Alto Pass | D | | Bellmont | D | | Brighton | D | | Burnt Prairie | D | | Byron | D | | Campbell Hill | D | | Cave-In-Rock | D | | Chambersburg | D | | Coffeen | D | | Crete | D | 10 10 | Morris Carr Cropsey | D | | Cullom | D | | Dunlap | D | | Durand | D | | Earlville | D | 21 4 | Ted Zimmerman Eldred | D | | Elkville | D | | Farmersville | D | | Findlay | D | | Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyd | D | 17 6 | Sam England Golden | D | | Hartsburg | D | 17 9 | Bill Meyer Ipava | D | | Kansas | D | | Kirkland | D | | LaMoille | D | | Maple Park | D | | Maquon | D | | Kenneth Elliott Melvin | D | | Milton | D | | Mineral | D | 29 6 | Oliver Jochums Minier | D | | Mound City | D | | New Baden | D | | New Boston | D | | New Burnside | D | | Okawville | D | | Orion | D | | Palatine (H.S.) | D | | Patoka | D | | Paw Paw | D | 0 0 | H.H. Flancher Plano | D | | Plymouth | D | | Potomac | D | | Raymond | D | | San Jose | D | | Shannon | D | | Sparland | D | | Stronghurst | D | | Toledo | D | | Venice | D | 20 7 | Versailles | D | | Wapella | D | 14 11 | Warrensburg | D | 8 12 | Irl Schuyler Worden | D | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Centralia | RS Q 1 | 34 6 | Arthur Trout Paris | RS Q 2 | 39 1 | Ernie Eveland Freeport (H.S.) | RS Q 3 | 24 5 | Merritt Allen Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | S Q 4 | 22 6 | Norm Ziebell Chicago (Lindblom) | PQ | 17 5 | Maurice Sirwyn Decatur (H.S.) | RS Q | 32 3 | Gay Kintner Dixon (H.S.) | RS Q | 17 5 | Leonard Sharpe Moline (H.S.) | RS Q | 21 5 | Roger Potter Normal (Community) | RS Q | 17 12 | Ralph "Hap" Arends Olney (H.S.) | S Q | 27 5 | Frank Newton Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 23 4 | Harold Hunt Springfield (Cathedral) | RS Q | 27 4 | Jack Fabri Streator (Twp.) | RS Q | 31 2 | Lowell "Pops" Dale Urbana (H.S.) | RS Q | 19 13 | Lew Stephens West Frankfort (Frankfort) | RS Q | 18 6 | Stan Changnon Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | RS Q | 32 3 | Charles Summers Aurora (West) | R | 11 11 | Herbert "Hap" Jebens Beardstown | R | | Benld | R | | Blue Island | R | | Canton | R | 15 12 | Willard Larson Carbondale | R | 21 8 | Frank Bridges Champaign (H.S.) | R | 22 7 | Harry Combes Clinton | R | | Cobden | R | | Collinsville | R | 18 11 | Allan Metternick Crossville | R | | Dundee | R | 19 6 | Eugene de Lacey DuQuoin (H.S.) | R | 19 8 | East St. Louis (Sr.) | R | 3 4 | Jack Nolin Effingham (H.S.) | R | 25 7 | Cevert Lucas Elmhurst (York) | R | 12 4 | Forrest Birks Eureka | R | 26 5 | Clifford Galbreath Flora | R | 18 11 | C.F. "Fuzzy" Hubbell Granville (Hopkins) | R | | Hamilton | R | | Havana | R | 17 6 | Gordon Wixom Homer | R | | Hoopeston | R | | Kewanee (H.S.) | R | 23 4 | Helmut Brockman LaSalle (L.-Peru) | R | 9 14 | Walter Tyler Lawrenceville | R | 18 9 | Lincoln | R | 11 11 | Roy Anderson Maquon | DR | 31 4 | Kenneth Elliott Marion (H.S.) | R | | Mattoon | R | | Metropolis | R | 26 7 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 29 5 | Doxie Moore New Boston | DR | | Pekin | R | 22 10 | Jim Lewis Ramsey | DR | | Rochelle | R | | Rockford (East) | R | 11 1 | James A. Laude Roseville | R | | Savanna | R | 21 6 | W.F. Massey Sheldon | DR | 35 2 | Kenneth Stephens Sycamore | R | | Taylorville | R | 28 5 | Dolph Stanley Virginia | R | | Waukegan (H.S.) | R | 13 8 | R.D. Brown White Hall | R | | Wilmington | R | | Winchester | R | 24 7 | Hunter Chapman Alsey | D | 19 8 | John Robinson Atwood | D | | Byron | D | | Carlyle (St. Mary) | D | | Clayton | D | | Cropsey | D | | Elkville | D | | Enfield | D | | Grand Chain | D | | Grant Park | D | 21 7 | Gilbert Hamann Hartsburg | D | 25 1 | Bill Meyer Hebron | D | 25 7 | Ed Willett Hersman | D | | Hinckley | D | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D | 12 11 | H. Dickinson Lebanon | D | 17 9 | Henry Holt Macon | D | 18 10 | Ike Tomlinson Marion (Crab Orchard) | D | | Medora | D | | Milton | D | | Mineral | D | 30 5 | Oliver Jochums Minier | D | | Mt. Erie | D | | Murrayville | D | | New Athens | D | | Oblong | D | 19 7 | Ick Osborne Odell (St. Paul) | D | | Ogden | D | | Orion | D | | Palatine (H.S.) | D | | Panama | D | | Pawnee | D | | Percy | D | | Plymouth | D | | Prairie City | D | | Redmon | D | | Roanoke | D | | Lawrence Cravens Sadorus | D | | San Jose | D | | Seneca | D | | Shannon | D | | Sparland | D | | St. Charles (H.S.) | D | | St. Francisville | D | | Steward | D | | Strawn | D | | Stronghurst | D | | Tiskilwa | D | | Vergennes | D | | Waltonville | D | | Watson | D | | Weldon | D | | Wellington | D | | Roy Paulson Winnebago | D | | Winslow | D | | Witt | D | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Paris | RS Q 1 | 38 2 | Ernie Eveland Moline (H.S.) | RS Q 2 | 25 4 | Roger Potter Salem | RS Q 3 | 27 7 | Quinn Constanz Elgin (H.S.) | RS Q 4 | 20 5 | John Krafft Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | RS Q | 20 9 | Paul Houghton Canton | RS Q | 25 3 | Willard Larson Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q | 25 6 | Harry Combes Chicago (Kelvyn Park) | PQ | 23 2 | Phil Brownstein Decatur (H.S.) | RS Q | 28 7 | Gay Kintner Joliet (Twp.) | RS Q | 14 11 | Ralph Potter Kewanee (H.S.) | RS Q | 21 5 | Helmut Brockman Pekin | RS Q | 18 12 | Jim Lewis Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 14 8 | Harold Hunt Rockford (West) | RS Q | 16 5 | Ed Willett West Frankfort (Frankfort) | RS Q | 32 5 | Stan Changnon Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | RS Q | 25 5 | Charles Summers Aledo | R | | Aurora (West) | R | 12 9 | Clarence Blubaum Belleville (Twp.) | R | 22 8 | Frank Scott Bloomington (H.S.) | R | 17 10 | Eldon Volk Bluffs | R | 28 5 | Fred Stanton Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | R | 20 6 | Pete Laffey Cissna Park | R | 24 7 | Glen D. Riley Dallas City | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 15 5 | Ned Whitesell Dixon (H.S.) | R | 16 5 | Leonard Sharpe DuQuoin (H.S.) | R | 12 13 | Flora | R | 17 11 | C.F. "Fuzzy" Hubbell Freeport (H.S.) | R | 10 11 | Dave Dupee Galesburg (H.S.) | R | 15 9 | Gerald Phillips Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) | R | | Granville (Hopkins) | R | | Greenville | R | 22 4 | L.G. Baker Hillsboro | R | 17 10 | Joe Fearheiley Lawrenceville | R | 22 6 | Lincoln | R | 13 8 | Roy Anderson Marion (H.S.) | R | | Mattoon | R | | Mendota | R | 14 11 | Lloyd Doenier Monmouth (H.S.) | R | 14 12 | John Sheahan Mt. Carmel | R | 5 14 | Alva Taylor Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 20 8 | Doxie Moore Murphysboro | R | 23 3 | Eddie "Doc" Bencini Normal (Community) | R | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | R | | Paxton | R | | Peoria (Manual) | R | 11 15 | Stu Becker Perry | R | | Rochelle | R | | Roodhouse | R | 21 8 | Mason Campbell Rushville | R | 22 6 | Robert Wixom Savanna | R | 14 10 | W.F. Massey Somonauk | DR | 0 0 | Bill Randles Springfield (H.S.) | R | 15 16 | Mark Peterman Springfield (Lanphier) | R | 17 6 | Rolla Sorrels Sycamore | R | | Taylorville | R | 28 3 | Dolph Stanley Vandalia | R | 16 15 | Vienna | R | 19 4 | Glen Jones Windsor | R | | Winnetka (New Trier) | R | | Allerton | D | | Altona | D | | Antioch | D | | Arrowsmith | D | | Bone Gap | D | | Burlington | D | | Cave-In-Rock | D | | Clifton (Ashkum-C.) | D | | Roy Staggs Divernon | D | | Durand | D | | East Lynn | D | | Eldred | D | | Elvaston | D | | Freeburg | D | | Golden | D | | Grant Park | D | 15 10 | Gilbert Hamann Hammond | D | | Hanover | D | | Hebron | D | 27 3 | Les Harman Jacksonville (Routt) | D | | Kansas | D | | Kirkland | D | | Kirkwood | D | | Leaf River | D | | Lostant | D | | Manlius | D | 20 7 | Vernon Bohles McLean | D | | Minier | D | | Mound City | D | | Nebo | D | | Niantic | D | | Odell (St. Paul) | D | | Ohio | D | | Orion | D | | Patoka | D | | Paw Paw | D | 0 0 | H.H. Flancher Percy | D | | Prairie City | D | | Reno | D | | Roanoke | D | | Lawrence Cravens Roxana | D | 14 8 | Bolin San Jose | D | | Seaton | D | | Shipman | D | | Sidney | D | | Strawn | D | | Table Grove | D | | Tower Hill | D | | Valier | D | | Waltonville | D | | Wapella | D | 16 9 | Watson | D | | Wheaton (H.S.) | D | | Xenia | D | | Yorkville | D | |
 1943-44
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Taylorville | RS Q 1 | 45 0 | Dolph Stanley Elgin (H.S.) | RS Q 2 | 21 4 | John Krafft Chicago (South Shore) | PQ 3 | 23 6 | Tony Maffia Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q 4 | 31 6 | Harry Combes Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | RS Q | 20 8 | Paul Houghton Canton | RS Q | 25 5 | Willard Larson East St. Louis (Sr.) | RS Q | 31 8 | Louis "Pick" Dehner Kankakee (Sr.) | RS Q | 23 11 | Henry Holt Kewanee (H.S.) | RS Q | 24 6 | Helmut Brockman Marseilles | RS Q | 17 9 | Ed Rashke Mt. Carmel | RS Q | 13 12 | Alva Taylor Paris | RS Q | 23 9 | Ernie Eveland Pekin | RS Q | 22 11 | Gordon McKenzie Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 19 7 | Glen Smith Rockford (West) | RS Q | 6 4 | Willson West Frankfort (Frankfort) | RS Q | 23 9 | Harlan Hodges Alpha | R | | Arthur | DR | 29 10 | Smith Aurora (East) | R | | Blue Island | R | | Carrollton | R | 22 5 | Clovis Wallis Carterville | R | | Cissna Park | R | 28 9 | Glen D. Riley Clinton | R | | Collinsville | R | 22 8 | James Placek Dallas City | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 16 6 | Ned Whitesell Decatur (H.S.) | R | 24 8 | Gay Kintner Dixon (H.S.) | R | 15 6 | Leonard Sharpe East Peoria | R | | Effingham (H.S.) | R | 23 13 | Cevert Lucas Fairbury | R | | Flora | R | 20 6 | C.F. "Fuzzy" Hubbell Freeport (H.S.) | R | 19 5 | Joe Spudich Galesburg (H.S.) | R | 20 5 | Gerald Phillips Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) | R | | Gillespie | R | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | R | 22 12 | Mark Dean Lincoln | R | 19 9 | Roy Anderson Lostant | DR | | Marion (H.S.) | R | | Maywood (Proviso) | R | 22 6 | Sam Storby Metropolis | R | 15 15 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Morrison | R | | Mt. Sterling (Brown County) | R | | Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 22 10 | Stan Changnon Perry | R | | Peru (St. Bede) | R | 15 7 | Bron C. Bacevich Pinckneyville | R | 27 4 | Merrill "Duster" Thomas Robinson | R | 33 1 | Harry Sockler Rochelle | R | | Rock Island (H.S.) | R | 15 6 | H.V. "Shorty" Almquist Roseville | R | | Salem | R | 20 6 | Kenny Farrar Springfield (Cathedral) | R | 25 4 | John Hendricks Springfield (Lanphier) | R | 18 6 | Rolla Sorrels Sycamore | R | | Urbana (H.S.) | R | 19 10 | Lew Stephens Vandalia | R | 22 8 | Winnetka (New Trier) | R | | Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | R | 22 10 | Charles Summers Altona | D | | Atkinson | D | 10 10 | Paul Earp Bardolph | D | | Bellmont | D | | Blue Mound | D | 39 12 | Ben Wabuch Bluffs | D | | Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | D | | Browning | D | | Buckley | D | | Lloyd Ault Cabery | D | | Cairo (St. Joseph) | D | | Jimmie Darrow Cave-In-Rock | D | | Easton | D | | Elkhart | D | | Erie | D | | Morton Koser Geneva | D | | Glenarm (Ball) | D | 13 10 | A. E. Roy Granville (Hopkins) | D | | Gridley | D | 23 6 | E. W. Towner Hettick | D | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D | 15 7 | C. Riessen Hurst (H.-Bush) | D | | Indianola | D | | Kinderhook | D | | Kirkland | D | | Lake Zurich (Ela) | D | | Leaf River | D | | Lebanon | D | 12 8 | Arkell Fischer Lee | D | | Mascoutah | D | | Minier | D | | Nauvoo | D | | Nebo | D | | New Windsor | D | | Panama | D | | Patoka | D | | Pearl City | D | | Philo | D | | Potomac | D | | Prairie City | D | | Redmon | D | | Robbs | D | | Scottville | D | 16 9 | Lester Cox Serena | D | | Shannon | D | | Sheldon | D | 19 9 | Kenneth Stephens St. Francisville | D | | Thompsonville | D | | Toledo | D | | Waltonville | D | | Washburn | D | | Waterman | D | | Weldon | D | | Willisville | D | | Witt | D | | Woodstock (St. Mary) | D | | Xenia | D | |
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Decatur (H.S.) | RS Q 1 | 39 2 | Gay Kintner Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q 2 | 34 2 | Harry Combes Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q 3 | 28 5 | Derrick Bush Moline (H.S.) | RS Q 4 | 20 7 | George Senneff Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | RS Q | 21 6 | Jim Vopicka Carbondale | RS Q | 14 19 | O.K. Bowen Chicago (Senn) | PQ | 25 5 | Harry Leighton Collinsville | RS Q | 26 9 | D.K. Darling Elgin (H.S.) | RS Q | 19 4 | John Krafft Flora | RS Q | 16 11 | Bert Dancey Galesburg (H.S.) | RS Q | 24 3 | Gerald Phillips Peoria (H.S.) | RS Q | 22 5 | John Noppenberger Rockford (East) | RS Q | 24 3 | James Laude Somonauk | DRS Q | 31 7 | Bill Randles Springfield (H.S.) | RS Q | 15 10 | Mark Peterman West Frankfort (Frankfort) | RS Q | 33 5 | Harlan Hodges Alpha | R | | Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | R | | Belleville (Twp.) | R | 26 10 | Frank Scott Bloomington (H.S.) | R | 19 8 | Eldon Volk Buckley | R | 28 6 | Lloyd Ault Canton | R | 16 14 | Willard Larson Carrier Mills | R | | Centralia | R | 24 13 | Arthur Trout Coal City | R | 25 4 | Coach Pugh Dallas City | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 17 9 | Ned Whitesell East Peoria | R | | Easton | DR | | Effingham (H.S.) | R | 22 10 | Cevert Lucas Freeport (H.S.) | R | 18 7 | Joe Spudich Jacksonville (Routt) | R | | Joliet (Twp.) | R | 17 10 | A.A. "Fizz" Wills Kankakee (Sr.) | R | 24 5 | Henry Holt Kewanee (H.S.) | R | 13 13 | Helmut Brockman Lincoln | R | 13 14 | Roy Anderson Livingston | R | | Macomb (Western) | R | 23 4 | Jim Schultz Metropolis | R | 24 8 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Milford | R | 17 9 | Louis Shermann Monmouth (H.S.) | R | 18 7 | Floyd Abbott Morrison | R | | Mt. Carmel | R | 13 13 | Verdi Cox Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 16 16 | Stan Changnon Normal (University) | R | | Paris | R | 31 6 | Ernie Eveland Pinckneyville | R | 29 6 | Merrill "Duster" Thomas Princeton | R | 11 21 | Bill Howard Robinson | R | 24 4 | Harry Sockler Rochelle | R | | Skokie (Niles Center) | R | | St. Elmo | R | | Staunton | R | | Sterling (H.S.) | R | 17 4 | Bernard Mitchell Sullivan | R | | Taylorville | R | 29 5 | Dolph Stanley Toluca | R | 27 2 | A.J. Kresl Waterman | DR | | Wheaton (H.S.) | R | | White Hall | R | | Winchester | R | 21 7 | Bill Strickland Allerton | D | | Alto Pass | D | | Altona | D | | Arthur | D | 30 8 | Warner Biggsville | D | | Bluffs | D | | Bonnie | D | | Bowen | D | | Brimfield | D | | Cairo (St. Joseph) | D | | Jimmie Darrow Cave-In-Rock | D | | Cropsey | D | | Cullom | D | | DeLand | D | | Erie | D | | Morton Koser Farmersville | D | | Freeburg | D | | Hettick | D | | Ipava | D | | Kinderhook | D | | Kirkland | D | | Lena | D | | Libertyville | D | | McHenry | D | | Media | D | | Milton | D | | Minier | D | | Mooseheart | D | | New Holland | D | 15 11 | Newman | D | | Niantic | D | | Ohio | D | | Patoka | D | | Peotone | D | 19 7 | Woody Viseur Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | D | 13 2 | Alfred Dudley Roxana | D | 13 12 | Carby Rutland | D | | Sadorus | D | | Scottville | D | 19 5 | Lester Cox Shannon | D | | Sheffield | D | | Sheldon | D | 20 5 | Kenneth Stephens Sibley | D | | St. Francisville | D | | St. Jacob | D | | Steeleville | D | | Steward | D | | Strasburg | D | | Valier | D | | Washburn | D | | Wellington | D | 16 12 | O.W. "Bill" Smith Witt | D | | Xenia | D | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q 1 | 38 1 | Harry Combes Centralia | RS Q 2 | 30 10 | Arthur Trout Dundee | RS Q 3 | 31 3 | Eugene de Lacey Rockford (East) | RS Q 4 | 23 5 | James Laude Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | RS Q | 25 5 | Jackson Kiester Chicago (Tilden) | PQ | 20 7 | William Postl Collinsville | RS Q | 30 10 | Jack Fabri Decatur (H.S.) | RS Q | 26 10 | Gay Kintner Galesburg (H.S.) | RS Q | 20 6 | Gerald Phillips Kewanee (H.S.) | RS Q | 24 5 | Helmut Brockman Marion (H.S.) | RS Q | 27 8 | Virgil "Cuss" Wilson Pana (H.S.) | RS Q | 28 6 | Ewald "Ed" Metzger Pontiac | RS Q | 23 4 | Aubra Williamson Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 21 8 | George Latham Robinson | RS Q | 31 3 | Merle Crosby Springfield (Cathedral) | RS Q | 22 12 | Al Lewis Aledo | R | | Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | R | | Aurora (Marmion Academy) | R | 22 5 | George Ireland Beardstown | R | | Benld | R | | Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | R | 28 4 | Joe Jepson Canton | R | 17 14 | Willard Larson Carterville | R | | Cissna Park | R | 34 3 | Paul Dixon Clinton | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 17 7 | Lawrence Newtson Dixon (H.S.) | R | 11 9 | Leonard Sharpe East Moline (United) | R | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | R | 31 5 | Louis "Pick" Dehner Flora | R | 16 11 | Bert Dancey Freeport (H.S.) | R | 14 9 | Merritt Allen Gibson City | R | | Granville (Hopkins) | R | | Greenville | R | 10 18 | Wesley G. Bovinet Jacksonville (Routt) | R | | Jerseyville (Jersey) | R | 21 5 | Ralph Cavanah Johnston City | R | | LaHarpe | R | | Mattoon | R | | Metropolis | R | 25 6 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Morrison | R | | Mt. Carmel | R | 9 16 | Verdi Cox Mt. Pulaski | R | 19 12 | Carroll Wood Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 26 6 | Stan Changnon Newark | R | | Normal (University) | R | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | R | | Oregon | R | | Paris | R | 32 4 | Ernie Eveland Pekin | R | 21 8 | Gordon McKenzie Peoria (Manual) | R | 19 7 | Ernie Koepping Pinckneyville | R | 23 6 | Merrill "Duster" Thomas Pittsfield | R | 22 10 | Glenn Smith Roseville | R | | San Jose | DR | | Spring Valley (Hall) | R | | Sycamore | R | | Teutopolis | R | 18 11 | J.H. Griffin Vandalia | R | 24 7 | Waukegan (H.S.) | R | 25 4 | Wilbur Allen Allendale | D | | Allerton | D | | Anchor | D | | Atkinson | D | 19 8 | Paul Earp Bellflower | D | | Biggsville | D | | Brimfield | D | | Burlington | D | | Cairo (St. Joseph) | D | | Jimmie Darrow Carlyle (St. Mary) | D | | Cullom | D | | DeLand | D | | Dunlap | D | | Eldred | D | | Elgin (St. Edward) | D | 15 13 | Greg True Elvaston | D | | Freeburg | D | | Golden | D | | Ipava | D | | Kansas | D | | Kinderhook | D | | Kirkland | D | | Libertyville | D | | Livingston | D | | Madison (Dunbar) | D | | McLean | D | | Meredosia | D | | Minier | D | | Mounds (Douglass) | D | | Ohio | D | | Oneida | D | | Opdyke | D | | Orion | D | | Palmyra | D | 13 13 | Parcels Pearl City | D | | Peotone | D | 22 3 | Edward Sonntag Percy | D | | Rankin | D | | Ridgway | D | | Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | D | 13 12 | Alfred Dudley Riverton | D | | Frank Santarelli Roberts | D | | Royalton | D | | Rutland | D | | Shannon | D | | Sheldon | D | 24 6 | Kenneth Stephens Somonauk | D | | Steward | D | | Stewardson | D | | Stonington | D | 31 5 | Harley Culberson Stronghurst | D | | Thompsonville | D | 22 5 | Frank W Kern Troy | D | | Windsor | D | | Witt | D | | Yorkville | D | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Paris | RS Q 1 | 40 2 | Ernie Eveland Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q 2 | 34 4 | Harry Combes Pinckneyville | RS Q 3 | 31 8 | Merrill "Duster" Thomas Pekin | RS Q 4 | 29 5 | Jim Lewis Aurora (East) | RS Q | 22 9 | Cecil May Beardstown | RS Q | 25 4 | L.M. "Nick" Carter Chicago (South Shore) | PQ | 24 3 | Tony Maffia Collinsville | RS Q | 29 5 | Vergil Fletcher Dundee | RS Q | 29 3 | Eugene de Lacey Flora | RS Q | 23 9 | Bert Dancey Galesburg (H.S.) | RS Q | 16 12 | Gerald Phillips Kewanee (H.S.) | RS Q | 28 3 | Helmut Brockman Marseilles | RS Q | 23 6 | John Allen Murphysboro | RS Q | 15 9 | Eddie "Doc" Bencini Rockford (East) | RS Q | 24 2 | James Laude Springfield (H.S.) | RS Q | 22 8 | Mark Peterman Aledo (Roosevelt Military) | R | | Altamont | R | | Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | R | | Canton | R | 14 16 | George Mathis Centralia | R | 32 7 | Arthur Trout Chenoa | R | 22 7 | Feree Clinton | R | | Dallas City | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 15 13 | Lawrence Newtson Decatur (H.S.) | R | 28 9 | Gay Kintner DeKalb | R | | Dupo | R | 29 7 | Mervin Baker Elmhurst (York) | R | 18 6 | Forrest Birks Forrest | R | | Freeport (H.S.) | R | 12 11 | Merritt Allen Fulton (H.S.) | R | 20 11 | E.W. Moseley Gibson City | R | | Granville (Hopkins) | R | | Hoopeston | R | | Jacksonville (Routt) | R | | Joliet (Twp.) | R | 12 14 | A.A. "Fizz" Wills LaSalle (L.-Peru) | R | 9 14 | Earl Rodine Lawrenceville | R | 14 7 | E.V. "Curly" Halt Litchfield | R | 24 8 | Glen Riley Livingston | DR | | Macomb | R | | Marion (H.S.) | R | | Mattoon | R | | Metropolis | R | 26 10 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Mt. Carmel | R | 9 19 | Verdi Cox Mt. Pulaski | R | 25 6 | Carroll Wood Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 25 8 | Stan Changnon Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | R | | Pana (H.S.) | R | 28 6 | Ewald "Ed" Metzger Peoria (Woodruff) | R | | Pittsfield | R | 21 8 | Glenn Smith Quincy (Sr.) | R | 18 12 | George Latham Rochelle | R | | Rock Falls | R | 25 1 | Lloyd Hinders Rock Island (H.S.) | R | 21 7 | Hub Wagner Roodhouse | R | 22 5 | Mason Campbell Springfield (Lanphier) | R | 18 7 | Rolla Sorrels Watseka | R | 21 7 | Leroy Morley Waukegan (H.S.) | R | 25 4 | Wilbur Allen West Frankfort (Frankfort) | R | 11 20 | Harlan Hodges Allendale | D | | Anchor | D | | Arenzville | D | | Armington | D | | Bluford (Webber) | D | | Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | D | | Browning | D | | Cave-In-Rock | D | | Chebanse | D | 24 9 | Raymond H. Page Cowden | D | | DeLand | D | | Des Plaines (St. Mary) | D | | East St. Louis (Lincoln) | D | 8 16 | Ellis Moore Eldred | D | | Erie | D | 20 6 | Morton Koser Fairview | D | | Freeburg | D | 30 4 | Geneva | D | | Golden | D | | Good Hope | D | | Hebron | D | 21 4 | Mort Murphy Hurst (H.-Bush) | D | | Hutsonville | D | 14 13 | Nolan Correll Indianola | D | | Kansas | D | | Kempton | D | | Lake Forest (H.S.) | D | | Lee Center | D | | Long Point | D | | Macon | D | 26 6 | Harold Snyder Mansfield | D | | Maple Park | D | | McClure | D | | Metamora | D | 21 5 | Allen Coon Milton | D | | Mineral | D | 28 4 | Oliver Jochums Minier | D | | Monroe Center | D | | Mounds (Douglass) | D | | Nauvoo | D | | Newark | D | | Odin | D | 30 7 | Don Copple Ohio | D | | Oneida | D | | Oquawka | D | | Palmyra | D | 16 11 | Clary Riverton | D | | Frank Santarelli Roxana | D | 13 9 | Carby San Jose | D | | Shannon | D | | Sheldon | D | 18 9 | Kenneth Stephens Sibley | D | | Steeleville | D | | Valier | D | | Windsor | D | | Winslow | D | | Witt | D | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Pinckneyville | RS Q 1 | 33 1 | Merrill Thomas Rockford (East) | RS Q 2 | 26 4 | James Laude Pekin | RS Q 3 | 30 2 | Jim Lewis LaGrange (Lyons) | RS Q 4 | 25 3 | Greg Sloan Canton | RS Q | 22 8 | George Mathis Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q | 13 15 | Harold Jester Chicago (Marshall) | PQ | 28 2 | Ted Perzanowski Collinsville | RS Q | 27 2 | Vergil Fletcher Harvey (Thornton) | RS Q | 16 8 | Tom Nesbit Hillsboro | RS Q | 21 7 | O.R. Nettleship LaSalle (L.-Peru) | RS Q | 10 17 | Jack Fabri Marion (H.S.) | RS Q | 21 11 | Virgil "Cuss" Wilson Moline (H.S.) | RS Q | 18 11 | Roger Potter Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 21 7 | George Latham Robinson | RS Q | 30 4 | Merle Crosby Springfield (Cathedral) | RS Q | 23 6 | Luke Gleason Aledo | R | | Athens | R | 25 5 | Aurora (Marmion Academy) | R | 14 12 | George Ireland Beardstown | R | | Belleville (Twp.) | R | 16 11 | Frank Scott Byron | R | | Carmi | R | 14 12 | Vaughn Armer Carrollton | R | 22 6 | Bill Jackson Carthage | R | | Centralia | R | 19 9 | Arthur Trout Clinton | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 22 6 | Arnold Ave Decatur (H.S.) | R | 19 7 | Gay Kintner Elgin (H.S.) | R | 15 10 | John Krafft Flora | R | 14 15 | Daryl Robb Forrest | DR | | Freeport (H.S.) | R | 17 9 | Merritt Allen Galesburg (H.S.) | R | 19 8 | Gerald Phillips Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | R | | Hartsburg (H.-Emden) | R | 22 4 | Weldon Ryan Henry | R | 23 3 | Ken Brumm Hoopeston | R | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | R | 20 11 | Bob Kraushaar Kewanee (H.S.) | R | 16 11 | Helmut Brockman Livingston | DR | | Macomb | R | | Mattoon | R | | Metropolis | R | 14 12 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Morrison | R | | Mounds | R | | Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | R | 21 8 | Stan Changnon Murphysboro | R | 22 7 | Eddie "Doc" Bencini Normal (Community) | R | 17 11 | Onarga (Military) | R | 19 9 | Capt. Keith Clark Pana (H.S.) | R | 26 5 | Ewald "Ed" Metzger Paris | R | 28 4 | Ernie Eveland Peoria (H.S.) | R | 13 7 | Charles Barrett Pittsfield | R | 15 8 | Glenn Smith Sterling (H.S.) | R | 13 9 | Gene Hall Streator (Twp.) | R | 15 11 | Ben Westlake Vandalia | R | 21 10 | Waterman | R | | Watseka | R | 21 6 | Don Wene West Frankfort (Frankfort) | R | 14 15 | Bill Brown Winnetka (New Trier) | R | | Alsey | D | | Anchor | D | | Arenzville | D | 29 1 | Atkinson | D | 22 9 | Paul Earp Atwood | D | | Barrington | D | | Benld | D | | Big Rock | D | | Breese (Central) | D | | Browns | D | | Cairo (Sumner) | D | | C.K. Cole Cave-In-Rock | D | | Chebanse | D | 11 14 | Raymond H. Page Clay City | D | 16 10 | Frank Schack DeLand | D | | Des Plaines (St. Mary) | D | | Dongola | D | | Dunlap | D | | Elgin (St. Edward) | D | 22 3 | Greg True Fairview | D | | Geneva | D | | Good Hope | D | | Grafton | D | | Greenview | D | | Hume | D | | Hurst (H.-Bush) | D | | Lee Center | D | | Madison (Dunbar) | D | | Minier | D | | Minooka | D | | Nauvoo (SS. Peter and Paul) | D | | New Athens | D | | New Boston | D | | New Holland | D | 14 13 | Ohio | D | | Oneida | D | | Opdyke | D | | Orion | D | | Pecatonica | D | | Peotone | D | 17 9 | Dick McGrew Potomac | D | | Redmon | D | | Riverton | D | | Frank Santarelli Roxana | D | 20 5 | Edwards Saybrook | D | | Stillman Valley | D | 14 10 | Manus Strasburg | D | | Thomson | D | | Tolono | D | | Toluca | D | 16 11 | Milo B. Watson Tower Hill | D | | Valier | D | | Warrensburg | D | 19 7 | Newton Drummond Willisville (W.-Percy) | D | |
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | RS Q 1 | 30 3 | Stan Changnon Hillsboro | RS Q 2 | 25 7 | Fred Ewald Aurora (West) | RS Q 3 | 22 8 | Joe Axelson Nashville | RS Q 4 | 33 3 | George Havens Champaign (H.S.) | RS Q | 17 12 | Harold Jester Chicago (Tilden) | PQ | 20 9 | William Postl Decatur (H.S.) | RS Q | 21 9 | Gay Kintner Elgin (H.S.) | RS Q | 23 4 | John Krafft Johnston City | RS Q | 26 6 | Wendell Starrick Moline (H.S.) | RS Q | 21 8 | Norm Ziebell Oneida (ROVA) | RS Q | 27 5 | Pogue Ottawa (Twp.) | RS Q | 13 12 | Gil Love Pekin | RS Q | 20 10 | Jim Lewis Pittsfield | RS Q | 21 7 | Glenn Smith Robinson | RS Q | 25 7 | Merle Crosby Rockford (West) | RS Q | 18 8 | Alex Saudargas Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | R | | Athens | R | 19 10 | Brownstown | R | | Buckley | DR | 31 3 | Corliss Norton Carmi | R | 13 12 | Vaughn Armer Centralia | R | 15 12 | Arthur Trout Chambersburg | DR | | Chenoa | R | 28 4 | Feree Clinton | R | | Collinsville | R | 25 3 | Vergil Fletcher Dallas City | R | | Danville (H.S.) | R | 25 3 | Arnold Ave DeKalb | R | 25 3 | George Dertinger DePue | R | | Downers Grove (H.S.) | R | 13 12 | Richard Kucera East St. Louis (Lincoln) | DR | 9 16 | Evanston (Twp.) | R | 17 5 | Roscoe Hampton Farmington | R | 19 6 | Walter Grebe Forrest | R | | Freeport (H.S.) | R | 17 10 | Merritt Allen Harrisburg | R | 18 13 | Ralph Davison Henry | R | 20 7 | Ken Brumm Herrin (H.S.) | R | | Jerseyville (Jersey) | R | 12 13 | E.V. "Curley" Hart Joliet (Twp.) | R | 13 12 | A.A. "Fizz" Wills Kankakee (Sr.) | R | 24 3 | Earl Jones Kewanee (H.S.) | R | 16 10 | Helmut Brockman Mattoon | R | 21 10 | Howard Johnson Metropolis | R | 17 10 | George "Dutch" Schneeman Monmouth (H.S.) | R | 21 6 | Charles Larson Morrison | R | | Mt. Pulaski | R | 10 15 | Carroll Wood New Athens | DR | | New Boston | DR | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | R | 20 3 | Orin Noth Olney (East Richland) | R | 23 5 | Bill Millspaugh Paris | R | 26 5 | Ernie Eveland Peoria (Woodruff) | R | | Potomac | DR | 30 4 | Frank Bohac Quincy (Sr.) | R | 17 11 | George Latham Rochelle | R | | Rushville | R | 23 6 | Robert Wixom Springfield (H.S.) | R | 13 14 | Herb Scheffler Sterling (H.S.) | R | 24 2 | Gene Hall Taylorville | R | 22 5 | Dave Miller Anchor | D | | Atkinson | D | 28 3 | Paul Earp Barrington | D | | Benld | D | | Breese (Central) | D | | Bureau | D | | Carbondale (Attucks) | D | | Cave-In-Rock | D | | Clifton (Ashkum-C.) | D | 14 13 | Ray Temple Cullom | D | | Dunlap | D | | Easton | D | | Eldred | D | | Elgin (St. Edward) | D | 17 3 | Greg True Elizabeth | D | | Farmersville | D | | Good Hope | D | | Goreville | D | | Grant Park | D | 13 9 | Gilbert Hamann Green Valley | D | | Homer | D | | Hurst (H.-Bush) | D | | Indianola | D | | Kirkland | D | | Lebanon | D | 14 13 | Ed Woods Lemont (Fournier) | D | | Livingston | D | | Long Point | D | | Maroa | D | 17 10 | Walter Boyd Minooka | D | | Mooseheart | D | | Nauvoo (SS. Peter and Paul) | D | | Neoga | D | | Redmon | D | | Shannon | D | | St. Francisville | D | | Steward | D | | Strasburg | D | | Valier | D | | Warrensburg | D | 20 8 | Newton Drummond Waterman | D | | Woodhull (AlWood) | D | 18 7 | Dale Sandy
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | RS Q 1 | 33 0 | Stan Changnon Danville (H.S.) | RS Q 2 | 29 2 | Elgin (H.S.) | RS Q 3 | 23 5 | John Krafft Collinsville | RS Q 4 | 25 7 | Vergil Fletcher Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | RS Q | 30 4 | Joe Jepson Chicago (Tilden) | PQ | 27 5 | William Postl Freeport (H.S.) | RS Q | 23 5 | Harry Kinert Johnston City | RS Q | 23 8 | Wendell Starrick Kewanee (H.S.) | RS Q | 14 16 | Helmut Brockman Lawrenceville | RS Q | 17 11 | Joe Fearheiley Monmouth (H.S.) | RS Q | 20 10 | Charles Larson Paris | RS Q | 26 5 | Harry Sortal Peoria (Spalding) | RS Q | 23 5 | John Joseph Goonen Quincy (Sr.) | RS Q | 25 6 | George Latham Sterling (H.S.) | RS Q | 20 9 | Gene Hall Taylorville | RS Q | 23 8 | Dave Miller Aledo | R | | Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | R | | Armstrong | R | | Athens | R | 25 5 | Aurora (West) | R | 25 4 | Joe Axelson Benld | DR | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | R | 20 3 | Jim Vopicka Byron | R | | Canton | R | 13 15 | A.L. Buckner Carmi | R | 13 12 | Ralph Dosher Carthage | R | | Cave-In-Rock | R | | Centralia | R | 21 7 | Arthur Trout Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | R | 17 8 | Dale Love Clinton | R | | Decatur (H.S.) | R | 23 5 | Gay Kintner DePue | R | | Downers Grove (H.S.) | R | 13 12 | Richard Kucera Dupo | R | 26 2 | Mervin Baker East Peoria | R | | Eldorado | R | | Evanston (Twp.) | R | 15 6 | Roscoe Hampton Flora | R | 25 4 | Ralph Hooker Hampshire | R | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | R | 19 10 | John Chapman Jerseyville (Jersey) | R | 17 10 | E.V. "Curley" Hart Lexington | R | 28 3 | Towner Lincoln | R | 19 6 | Paul Johnson Madison (Dunbar) | DR | | Monticello | R | 27 4 | Wally Gregory Morrison | R | | Murphysboro | R | 22 5 | Eddie "Doc" Bencini Odell (St. Paul) | DR | | Oneida (ROVA) | R | 22 6 | Pogue Ottawa (Twp.) | R | 21 6 | Gil Love Rantoul | R | 22 6 | Carlos Van Auron Rock Island (H.S.) | R | 20 9 | Hub Wagner Rockford (East) | R | 15 11 | James A. Laude Rushville | R | 16 12 | Robert Wixom Sparta | R | 15 11 | Horton Springfield (H.S.) | R | 16 10 | Herb Scheffler Vandalia | R | 21 7 | Villa Grove | R | | Wenona | R | | Winchester | R | 18 11 | Elgie Posey Alto Pass | D | | Barrington | D | 21 6 | Benson | D | 27 2 | Bowen | D | | Breese (Central) | D | | Brimfield | D | | Buckley | D | 26 4 | Corliss Norton Cairo (Sumner) | D | | C.K. Cole Carbondale (Attucks) | D | | Carrollton (St. John) | D | | Coal Valley | D | | Coffeen | D | | Columbia | D | 20 10 | Ed Ghent Divernon | D | | East Lynn | D | | Elkhart | D | | Grand Tower | D | | Hebron (Alden-H.) | D | 23 5 | Russ Ahearn Hinckley | D | | Kirkwood | D | | Lena | D | | Lisle (St. Procopius) | D | 9 10 | Milo Harshbarger Long Point | D | | Marion (Crab Orchard) | D | | Maroa | D | 13 12 | Walter Boyd McLean | D | 24 4 | William Ray Meredosia | D | | Metcalf (Young America) | D | | Mineral | D | 16 13 | Oliver Jochums Mooseheart | D | | New Boston | D | | Newman | D | | Pearl City | D | | Peotone | D | 14 9 | J. Earl Smith Riverton | D | 26 1 | Frank Santarelli Rollo | D | | Roxana | D | 14 10 | Ed Atkinson Saybrook | D | | Sheldon | D | 21 8 | Kenneth Stephens Stillman Valley | D | 15 12 | Getschman Stonington | D | 24 7 | Mike Corby Strasburg | D | | Tampico | D | | Windsor | D | |