Year  First Place                Second Place             Third Place            
1944  Chicago Heights (Bloom)    Oregon                   Lockport
1945  Lockport                   Streator                 Chicago Heights (Bloom)
1946  Joliet                     East Moline (United)     LaSalle (L.-Peru)
1947  Abingdon                   Sterling                 Ottawa
1948  Bensenville                LaGrange (Lyons)         Waukegan
1949  Waukegan                   Bensenville              Lockport
1950  Pana                       Lockport                 Canton
1951  Libertyville               DePue                    Rockford (East)
1952  Lockport                   Rockford (East)          Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
1953  Wheaton                    Bensenville              Rushville
1954  Benld                      Wheaton                  Lockport
1955  Riverside (R.-Brookfield)  Benld                    Wheaton
1956  Hampshire                  Elgin                    Benld
1957  Libertyville               Elgin                    Highland
1958  Cicero (Morton)            Dixon                    Highland
1959  DeKalb                     Benld                    Pana
1960  Chicago Heights (Bloom)    Maywood (Proviso)        DeKalb
1961  Pana                       Benld                    Momence
1962  DeKalb                     Alton                    Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
1963  Gillespie                  Moline                   Dixon
1964  Williamsville              Staunton                 Galesburg
1965  Lockport (West)            Manlius                  Galesburg
1966  Watseka                    Carlinville              Hillside (Proviso West)
1967  Watseka                    Elgin (Larkin)           Granite City
1968  Watseka                    Atlanta                  Fithian (Oakwood)
1969  Carlinville                Hillside (Proviso West)  
                                 Watseka                  
1970  Antioch                    Watseka                  Fithian (Oakwood)
1971  Gillespie                  Morton                   Carlinville
1972  Gillespie                  Watseka                  Abingdon
1973  Abingdon                   Rockford (East)          Stanford (Olympia)
1974  Schaumburg                 Stanford (Olympia)       Lemont
1975  Abingdon                   Rockford (East)          Chicago (Lane)