IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Wrestling

Last updated on September 24, 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 Champaign (H.S.) | S 1 | | Foster McCarthy East St. Louis (Sr.) | 2 | 5 2 | Wirt Downing Maywood (Proviso) | S 3 | | Lawrenceville | 4 | | Granite City | S 5 | 9 1 | Lawrence MacAuley Urbana (H.S.) | 6 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 7 | | Geneva | 8 | | Madison | 8 | | Blue Island | 10 | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Maywood (Proviso) | S 1 | | Louis Slimmer Chicago (Tilden) | 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 3 | | Lawrenceville | 3 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | S 5 | 8 0 | Wirt Downing Bowen | 6 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 7 | | Olmstead Urbana (H.S.) | 8 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 9 | 5 1 | Ken Greene Blue Island | 10 | | Stockton | S | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Maywood (Proviso) | S 1 | | Louis Slimmer Champaign (H.S.) | S 2 | | East St. Louis (Sr.) | S 3 | 6 0 | Wirt Downing Urbana (H.S.) | 4 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 5 | 6 2 | Ken Greene Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 6 | | Blue Island | 7 | | Danville (H.S.) | 8 | | Granite City | 8 | 5 2 | Don Kienlen Belleville (Twp.) | 10 | 2 4 | Walter Rauth
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Maywood (Proviso) | S 1 | | Louis Slimmer Chicago (Tilden) | 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 3 | | Granite City | S 4 | 8 0 | Ted Seabrooke Rock Island (H.S.) | 4 | 5 4 | Ken Greene Galesburg (H.S.) | 6 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 7 | | Chicago (Calumet) | 8 | | Joliet (Twp.) | 8 | | Danville (H.S.) | 10 | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Tilden) | 1 | | Robert Hicks Urbana (H.S.) | 2 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S 3 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 4 | 7 3 | Ken Greene Champaign (H.S.) | S 5 | | Pekin | 6 | | Jim Custer Granite City | 7 | 5 0 | Lawrence MacAuley Harvey (Thornton) | 8 | | Chicago (Lane) | 9 | | Chicago (Crane) | 10 | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Rock Island (H.S.) | S 1 | 10 1 | Ken Greene Champaign (H.S.) | S 2 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 3 | | Joliet (Twp.) | 4 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 5 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S 6 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 6 | 13 3 | Max Armer Danville (H.S.) | 8 | | Chicago (Crane) | 9 | | Chicago (Kelly) | 9 | | Urbana (H.S.) | 9 | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Champaign (H.S.) | S 1 | | Roy Swindell Chicago (Tilden) | 2 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | S 2 | | Joliet (Twp.) | S 4 | | Blue Island | 5 | | Chicago (Parker) | 6 | | Danville (H.S.) | 7 | | Quincy (Sr.) | 7 | | Granite City | S 9 | 10 0 | Lawrence MacAuley Maywood (Proviso) | S 10 | | Harvey (Thornton) | 10 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S | 8 3 | Ken Greene
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Champaign (H.S.) | S 1 | | Roy Swindell Winnetka (New Trier) | S 2 | | Chicago (Hirsch) | 3 | | Bernie O'Brien Chicago (Tilden) | 3 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S 5 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 6 | 8 4 1 | Ken Greene Joliet (Twp.) | S 7 | | Blue Island | 7 | | Pekin | 9 | | Jim Custer Urbana (H.S.) | 10 | | Granite City | S | 14 0 | Lawrence MacAuley
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Winnetka (New Trier) | S 1 | | Al Hurley Chicago (Tilden) | 2 | | Moline (H.S.) | S 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 4 | | Pekin | 5 | | Jim Custer Rock Island (H.S.) | 5 | 6 5 | Ken Greene Blue Island | S 7 | | Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyd | 8 | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | 9 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | 9 | 11 2 | Max Armer Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | 9 | | Granite City | S | 7 4 | Vernon Orr Maywood (Proviso) | S | |