IHSA

Season Summaries

Individual Events

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).


 1970-71
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Dolton (Thornridge) | S 1 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | D 2 | | Carbondale | 3 | | Burbank (Reavis) | D S 4 | | Normal (University) | D S 4 | | Bloomington (H.S.) | 5 | | Lansing (Thornton Fractional | D S 6 | | Freeport (H.S.) | D S 7 | | Aurora (West) | 7 | | East Peoria | 7 | | Oak Lawn (Community) | 7 | | Washington | 7 | | Winnetka (New Trier East) | 7 | | Belleville (West) | D S | | Highland Park | D S | | Alexis | D | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | D | | Charleston | D | | DeKalb | D | | Geneseo (Darnall) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Joliet (East) | D | | Metropolis | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Pontiac | D | | Rantoul | D | | Rockford (Boylan) | D | | Skokie (Niles West) | D | | Springfield (Sacred Heart) | D | | Wheaton (Central) | D | |
 1971-72
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Normal (University) | S 1 | | Bloomington (H.S.) | D 2 | | Burbank (Reavis) | D S 3 | | South Holland (Thornwood) | 4 | | Dolton (Thornridge) | 5 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | D S 6 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 6 | | Rantoul | D 6 | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D 6 | | Oak Lawn (Community) | 6 | | Carbondale | D S | | Peoria (H.S.) | D S | | Peoria (Woodruff) | S | | Aurora (West) | D | | Camp Point (Central) | D | | Canton | D | | Clifton (Central) | D | | Des Plaines (Maine West) | D | | Granville (Putnam County) | D | | Highland Park | D | | Joliet (Catholic Academy) | D | | Lansing (Thornton Fractional | D | | Lincoln | D | | Maple Park (Kaneland) | D | | Mattoon | D | | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Wheaton (Central) | D | | Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | D | |
 1972-73
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Normal (University) | D S 1 | | Carol Brandt Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | S 2 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 3 | | South Holland (Thornwood) | D 4 | | Burbank (Reavis) | 5 | | Granite City | 5 | | Tremont | 5 | | Wheaton (North) | 5 | | Lansing (Thornton Fractional | D 9 | | Palatine (Fremd) | 9 | | Belleville (West) | D S | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D S | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D S | | Aurora (West) | D | | Casey | D | | Clifton (Central) | D | | DeKalb | D | | Dundee | D | | Farmington (East) | D | | Joliet (Catholic Academy) | D | | Lincoln | D | | Oak Lawn (Community) | D | | Park Ridge (Maine South) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rantoul | D | | Rock Falls | D | | Roselle (Lake Park) | D | | Sparta | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Wheeling | D | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D | |
 1973-74
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Normal (University) | D S 1 | | Carol Brandt & Frank Torangeau Peoria (Richwoods) | S 2 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | D 3 | | Barry Kautz & Tim Sweeney Burbank (Reavis) | S 4 | | Benton | S 5 | | Deerfield | D 6 | | Chicago (Luther South) | S 7 | | Ottawa (Twp.) | D 7 | | Wheaton (Central) | D 7 | | Bloomington (H.S.) | 7 | | North Chicago | 7 | | Pekin | 7 | | Dundee | S | | Lincoln | D S | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D S | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | D | | Belleville (West) | D | | Blue Island (Eisenhower) | D | | Canton | D | | Carbondale | D | | Casey | D | | Champaign (Central) | D | | Clifton (Central) | D | | DeKalb | D | | Oak Lawn (Community) | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Romeoville (H.S.) | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Wyanet | D | |
 1974-75
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | D 1 | | Cherly Goodwin, Barry Kautz, & Tim Sweeney South Holland (Thornwood) | S 2 | | Nick Bobis & Rick Menozi Highland Park | D 3 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 4 | | Peoria (Richwoods) | D S 5 | | DuQuoin (H.S.) | 5 | | Champaign (Central) | 7 | | Winnetka (New Trier East) | 7 | | Paxton | D S 9 | | Bensenville (Fenton) | 9 | | Park Ridge (Maine East) | 9 | | Watseka | 9 | | Belleville (West) | D S | | Carbondale | S | | Evanston (Twp.) | D S | | Wheaton (Central) | D S | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | D | | Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | D | | Canton | D | | Chicago (Luther South) | D | | Clifton (Central) | D | | Decatur (MacArthur) | D | | Deerfield | D | | Dolton (Thornridge) | D | | Lincoln | D | | Naperville (Central) | D | | Normal (Community) | D | | Palatine (Fremd) | D | | Park Ridge (Maine South) | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (Auburn) | D | | Sparta | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Wheaton (W.-Warrenville) | D | | Yorkville | D | |
 1975-76
School Titles Pl W L T Coach South Holland (Thornwood) | D S 1 | | Nick Bobis, Rick Menozi, & 4 others Chicago (Luther South) | D S 2 | | Joliet (East) | D 2 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 4 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | 4 | | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | 6 | | Carbondale | D S 7 | | Deerfield | 7 | | Oak Lawn (Richards) | 7 | | Normal (University) | D S 10 | | Belleville (West) | D 10 | | Hillside (Proviso West) | D 10 | | Wheaton (Central) | D 10 | | Des Plaines (Maine North) | 10 | | Dundee | 10 | | Normal (Community) | 10 | | Peoria (Richwoods) | 10 | | Skokie (Niles North) | 10 | | Tuscola | 10 | | Arlington Heights (Forest Vie | D S | | Pekin | D S | | Canton | D | | Champaign (Central) | D | | Concord (Triopia) | D | | Decatur (MacArthur) | D | | Dolton (Thornridge) | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | Highland Park | D | | Lincoln | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Naperville (Central) | D | | Niantic (N.-Harristown) | D | | Peotone | D | | Rochelle | D | | Sterling (H.S.) | D | | Woodstock (H.S.) | D | |
 1976-77
School Titles Pl W L T Coach South Holland (Thornwood) | S 1 | | Nick Bobis, Rick Menozi, & 2 more Wheaton (Central) | 2 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | 3 | | Bensenville (Fenton) | 4 | | Highland Park | S 5 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | 6 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 7 | | Peoria (Richwoods) | S 8 | | Deerfield | 8 | | Des Plaines (Maine West) | 8 | | Decatur (MacArthur) | S | | Wheaton (W.-Warrenville) | S | | Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | S | |
 1977-78
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Peoria (H.S.) | 1 | | John Davidson Gurnee (Warren) | 2 | | John Davis, Fred Kattner, & Barbara DalLago Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | 3 | | Barry Kautz, Tom Sweeney, & 3 more Rochelle | 3 | | Clinton Clarke & Christine Mowrey Highland Park | 5 | | Larry Kennedy, Terry Reese, & 4 more Bensenville (Fenton) | 6 | | Oak Forest | 7 | | Normal (University) | 8 | | Pekin | 8 | | Tremont | 8 | |
 1978-79
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Bensenville (Fenton) | 1 | | South Holland (Thornwood) | 2 | | Heyworth | 3 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | 4 | | Bloomington (H.S.) | 5 | | Lincoln | 5 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 5 | | Peoria (Richwoods) | 5 | | Wheaton (Central) | 9 | | Normal (University) | 10 | |
 1979-80
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Normal (Community) | 1 | | Bensenville (Fenton) | 2 | | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | 3 | | Peoria (H.S.) | 4 | | Highland Park | 5 | | Peoria (Woodruff) | 6 | | Belleville (West) | 7 | | Harvey (Thornton) | 7 | | Peoria (Richwoods) | 9 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 | | Pekin | 10 | | Peoria (Manual) | 10 | | Wilmette (Regina Dominican) | 10 | |