IHSA

Season Summaries

Speech Sweepstakes

Last updated on April 25, 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 Freeport (H.S.) | 1 | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | 2 | | Lincoln | 3 | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Freeport (H.S.) | 1 | | Granite City | 2 | | Mary Blackburn Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | 3 | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | 4 | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Granite City | S 1 | | Mary Blackburn DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 2 | | Freeport (H.S.) | S 3 | | Aurora (West) | S | | DeKalb | S | | Fithian (Oakwood) | S | | Lincoln | S | | Macomb | S | | Milford | S | | New Berlin | S | |
 1943-44
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | S 1 | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 2 | | Granite City | S 2 | | Mary Blackburn Freeport (H.S.) | 4 | | DeKalb | 5 | | Pekin | S 6 | | Champaign (H.S.) | 6 | | Paris | 8 | | Milford | S 9 | | Blue Island | 9 | | East Moline (United) | S | | Elgin (H.S.) | S | | Hoopeston | S | | Macomb | S | | Rockford (East) | S | |
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Granite City | S 1 | | Mary Blackburn DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | 3 | | East Moline (United) | S 4 | | Freeport (H.S.) | S 5 | | Chicago (Academy of Our Lady) | 6 | | Dwight | S 7 | | Geneseo (Darnall) | 7 | | Elgin (H.S.) | S 9 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 | | Mendota | 10 | | Aurora (West) | S | | Hoopeston | S | | Paris | S | | Pekin | S | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Elgin (H.S.) | S 1 | | Champaign (H.S.) | 2 | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 2 | | Tremont | 2 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 2 | | Freeport (H.S.) | 6 | | Granite City | 6 | | Mary Blackburn Downers Grove (H.S.) | 8 | | Roodhouse | 8 | | Aurora (West) | S 10 | | Henning | 10 | | East Moline (United) | S | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | S | | Paris | S | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 1 | | Champaign (H.S.) | 2 | | Freeport (H.S.) | S 3 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 4 | | Rockford (West) | 4 | | Paris | S 6 | | Rockford (East) | 6 | | Granite City | 8 | | Mary Blackburn Charleston (Eastern) | 9 | | Elgin (H.S.) | 9 | | Geneseo (Darnall) | S | | Morton | S | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 1 | | Charleston (Eastern) | 2 | | East Moline (United) | 3 | | Kewanee (H.S.) | 3 | | Elgin (H.S.) | 5 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 5 | | Peoria (Woodruff) | S 7 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 8 | | Eureka | 8 | | Geneseo (Darnall) | 8 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 8 | | Aurora (West) | S | | Paris | S | | Rockford (East) | S | |
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Freeport (H.S.) | S 1 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 2 | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | S 3 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 4 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 5 | | Granite City | 5 | | Mary Blackburn Rockford (West) | 5 | | Rockford (East) | 8 | | Elgin (H.S.) | 9 | | Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | 10 | | Geneseo (Darnall) | 10 | | Aurora (West) | S | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | S | |
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Freeport (H.S.) | S 1 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 3 | | Elgin (H.S.) | 4 | | Granite City | 5 | | Mary Blackburn Peoria (Woodruff) | S 6 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 6 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 8 | | Robinson | 8 | | West Frankfort (Frankfort) | 8 | | Chicago (Phillips) | S | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | S | | Joliet (Twp.) | S | |