IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Wrestling

Last updated on November 16, 2009.

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).


 1950-51
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Winnetka (New Trier) | S 1 | | Al Hurley Waukegan (H.S.) | 2 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 3 | | Urbana (H.S.) | 4 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S 5 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 6 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | 6 | | Cecil Sarff Moline (H.S.) | 8 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 9 | | Chicago (Schurz) | 9 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 9 | | Harvey (Thornton) | 9 | | Blue Island | S | | Granite City | S | 14 0 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Rock Island (H.S.) | S | 4 6 | Ken Greene
 1951-52
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Tilden) | 1 | | Bob Hicks Waukegan (H.S.) | S 2 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S 3 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | S 3 | | Granite City | S 5 | 11 0 1 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Blue Island | 6 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | 6 | 3 6 1 | Ken Greene Chicago (Schurz) | 8 | | Danville (H.S.) | 8 | | Moline (H.S.) | S 10 | | Harvey (Thornton) | S | | Urbana (H.S.) | S | |
 1952-53
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Winnetka (New Trier) | S 1 | | Al Hurley Harvey (Thornton) | S 2 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 3 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 4 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 4 | | Moline (H.S.) | 6 | | Urbana (H.S.) | S 7 | | Danville (H.S.) | 7 | | Joliet (Twp.) | 9 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | 9 | | Maywood (Proviso) | S | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S | 6 4 | Ken Greene Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) | S | |
 1953-54
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Harvey (Thornton) | 1 | | Ted Czech Rock Island (H.S.) | S 2 | 7 3 | Ken Greene Chicago (Tilden) | 3 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | S 4 | | Sterling (H.S.) | 5 | 8 7 | Homer Musgrove Winnetka (New Trier) | 6 | | Moline (H.S.) | 7 | | Oak Lawn (Community) | S 8 | 16 2 | George Elias Urbana (H.S.) | 8 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | 10 | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | 10 | | Maywood (Proviso) | 10 | | McHenry | 10 | | Elgin (H.S.) | S | | Granite City | S | 8 2 | Bill "Red" Schmitt LaGrange (Lyons) | S | 11 3 | Max Armer Pekin | S | | Jim Custer
 1954-55
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Harvey (Thornton) | S 1 | | Ted Czech Winnetka (New Trier) | S 2 | | Champaign (H.S.) | S 3 | | Oswego (H.S.) | 4 | 14 2 | Ken Pickerill Arlington Heights (Arlington) | 5 | | Oak Lawn (Community) | S 6 | 16 0 | George Elias Rock Island (H.S.) | S 7 | 12 2 | Ken Greene Chicago (Tilden) | 7 | | Urbana (H.S.) | 9 | | Blue Island | 10 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | 10 | | Elmhurst (York) | S | 13 3 1 | Anthony Stefani Granite City | S | 12 0 | Bill "Red" Schmitt
 1955-56
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Rock Island (H.S.) | S 1 | 5 6 | Bill Smith Maywood (Proviso) | S 2 | | Blue Island | 3 | | Harvey (Thornton) | S 3 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 5 | | Pekin | S 6 | | Jim Custer Winnetka (New Trier) | S 6 | | Burbank (Reavis) | 6 | 20 3 | John Fitzgerald LaGrange (Lyons) | 9 | 14 1 1 | Max Armer Oak Lawn (Community) | 9 | 11 4 | George Elias Elgin (H.S.) | S | | Granite City | S | 14 1 | Bill "Red" Schmitt
 1956-57
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Maywood (Proviso) | S 1 | | Jack Marino Granite City | S 2 | 14 2 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Harvey (Thornton) | S 3 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | 3 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 5 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | S 6 | 6 4 | Bill Smith Oak Lawn (Community) | 7 | | George Elias Sterling (H.S.) | 7 | 9 2 1 | Homer Musgrove Northbrook (Glenbrook) | 9 | | Calumet City (Thornton Fracti | 10 | | Chicago (Tilden) | 10 | | Danville (H.S.) | 10 | | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | S | | Evanston (Twp.) | S | | Pekin | S | | Jim Custer
 1957-58
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Waukegan (H.S.) | D S 1 | | Ott Bay Chicago (Tilden) | 2 | | Burbank (Reavis) | D S 3 | 21 0 | John Fitzgerald Harvey (Thornton) | 4 | | Blue Island | D S 5 | | Granite City | D S 5 | 16 1 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Rock Island (H.S.) | D S 5 | 11 2 | Chet Schultz Pekin | D S 8 | | Jim Custer Oak Lawn (Community) | 9 | 17 1 | George Elias Evanston (Twp.) | 10 | | Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyd | D S | 14 2 1 | Chuck Farina DeKalb | D | 12 1 1 | Don Flavin Maywood (Proviso) | D | | Northbrook (Glenbrook) | D | | Orland Park (Sandburg) | D | | Streator (Twp.) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | | Vandalia | D | 14 1 | Russ Hewitt
 1958-59
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Harvey (Thornton) | S 1 | | Ted Czech Oak Lawn (Community) | D 2 | 5 7 | Vern Whitney Northbrook (Glenbrook) | D 3 | | Waukegan (H.S.) | D S 3 | | Maywood (Proviso East) | D S 5 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 5 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 7 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 8 | | Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) | 9 | | Don Lindell Blue Island | 10 | | Franklin Park (East Leyden) | D S | 14 0 | Chuck Farina Granite City | D S | 15 2 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Moline (H.S.) | D S | | Pekin | D S | | Jim Custer Aurora (West) | D | 10 5 | Bill Wallbaum DeKalb | D | 14 3 | Don Flavin Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | 6 5 1 | Tom Carmody Oswego (H.S.) | D | 14 2 | Ken Pickerill Peoria (Woodruff) | D | | Urbana (H.S.) | D | |
 1959-60
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Franklin Park (East Leyden) | D S 1 | 17 0 | Chuck Farina Pekin | D 2 | | Jim Custer Waukegan (H.S.) | D S 3 | | Harvey (Thornton) | D S 4 | | Evergreen Park | 5 | 14 0 | John George Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D S 6 | 15 1 1 | Bill Vohaska Oak Lawn (Community) | 6 | 6 8 1 | John Swalec Lockport (Twp.) | 8 | | Evanston (Twp.) | 9 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 9 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 9 | | Granite City | D S | 16 1 | Bill "Red" Schmitt Rock Falls | D S | 15 1 | Richard Jenkins Urbana (H.S.) | S | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | Elgin (H.S.) | D | | Galesburg (H.S.) | D | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | 8 3 | Tom Carmody Northbrook (Glenbrook) | D | | Oswego (H.S.) | D | 12 0 1 | Ken Pickerill