Softball Season Summaries

* Last updated at 10:20 am on Sunday, April 14, 2024

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Season summaries include titles won (and the class they were won in), 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). Changes and additions to these records may be made by school personnel through the IHSA Schools Center.

Key to titles: D–district, R–regional, S–sectional, U–super-sectional, Q–team qualifier for state finals, P–Chicago Public League champion (only when an automatic qualifier).

Ullin (Century)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1989-90 A R          
1991-92 A R          
2022-23 1A R         Raegan Hannan

Urbana (H.S.)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1986-87 AA R          
2002-03             Rick Houchens
2003-04             CR Black
2004-05             CR Black
2005-06             CR Black
2006-07             CR Black
2007-08             Angela Wooten
2008-09       8 22   Bradley Lovett
2009-10       7 27   Bradley Lovett
2010-11       13 20   Bradley Lovett
2011-12             Bradley Lovett
Coach Total 28 69   3 yr   .289
2014-15       4 27   Bill Harmon
Coach Total 4 27   1 yr   .129
2020-21 3A R         William Harmon
School Total 32 96   4 yr   .250

Valmeyer

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2020-21 1A R         Gayle McCarthy
2022-23 1A R         Gayle McCarthy

Vandalia

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1979-80       10 5   Terri Gavis
1980-81       11 5   Terri Gavis
1981-82       11 7   Terri Gavis
1982-83       11 4   Terri Gavis
1983-84       8 4   Terri Gavis
Coach Total 51 25   5 yr   .671
1984-85       12 7   John Stout
1985-86       14 10   John Stout
1986-87       14 10   John Stout
1987-88 A R   13 13   John Stout
1988-89       7 12   John Stout
1989-90       11 7   John Stout
1990-91       5 10   John Stout
1991-92       6 10   John Stout
1992-93       6 9   John Stout
1993-94       14 8   John Stout
1994-95       11 8   John Stout
Coach Total 113 104   11 yr   .521
1995-96       15 12   Mike Butler
Coach Total 15 12   1 yr   .556
1996-97       10 17   Cindy Johnson
1997-98       13 15   Cindy Johnson
1998-99       3 14   Cindy Johnson
1999-00       12 18   Cindy Johnson
2000-01       13 12   Cindy Johnson
2001-02       10 8   Cindy Johnson
2002-03       11 11   Cindy Johnson
2003-04       11 16   Cindy Johnson
2004-05       11 14   Cindy Johnson
2005-06       7 17   Cindy Johnson
Coach Total 101 142   10 yr   .416
2006-07       8 15   Jennifer Ades
2007-08       9 12   Jennifer Ades
Coach Total 17 27   2 yr   .386
2008-09       5 16   Brian Buscher
2009-10       6 23   Brian Buscher
2010-11       17 17   Brian Buscher
2011-12       5 27   Brian Buscher
2012-13       4 22   Brian Buscher
2013-14       8 23   Brian Buscher
Coach Total 45 128   6 yr   .260
2014-15       2 26   Jeremy Curll
2015-16       2 27   Jeremy Curll
2016-17       1 30   Jeremy Curll
Coach Total 5 83   3 yr   .057
2017-18             Elizabeth Mills
2018-19             Elizabeth Mills
School Total 347 521   38 yr   .400

Varna (Mid-County)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1983-84       12 3   Bill Scott
Coach Total 12 3   1 yr   .800
1984-85       6 12   John Heggen
Coach Total 6 12   1 yr   .333
1985-86       8 12   Bill Scott
1986-87 A RSQ   21 6   Bill Scott
1987-88 A R   23 6   Bill Scott
Coach Total 52 24   3 yr   .684
1988-89 A RSQ   25 8   Mike Orrison
1989-90       20 5   Mike Orrison
1990-91       23 6   Mike Orrison
1991-92 A R   20 7   Mike Orrison
Coach Total 88 26   4 yr   .772
1992-93       19 9   John Lionberger
1993-94 A R   16 5   John Lionberger
1994-95       18 7   John Lionberger
Coach Total 53 21   3 yr   .716
School Total 211 86   12 yr   .710

Varna (Midland)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1995-96       17 5   John Lionberger
1996-97       17 3   John Lionberger
1997-98       17 2   John Lionberger
Coach Total 51 10   3 yr   .836
1998-99       19 9   Bill Scott
1999-00       20 5   Bill Scott
2000-01       20 7   Bill Scott
2001-02 A R   22 7   Bill Scott
2002-03 A R   25 6   Bill Scott
2003-04 A R   20 7   Bill Scott
2004-05       20 9   Bill Scott
2005-06       19 9   Bill Scott
Coach Total 165 59   8 yr   .737
2008-09 1A R          
2009-10       16 12   Tiffany Danhof
Coach Total 16 12   1 yr   .571
2014-15       8 16   Tom Seibert
2015-16       1 18   Tom Seibert
Coach Total 9 34   2 yr   .209
School Total 241 115   14 yr   .677

Vernon Hills

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2000-01       17 16   Greg Stilling
2001-02       22 10   Greg Stilling
2002-03 AA RS   25 10   Greg Stilling
2003-04       19 13   Greg Stilling
Coach Total 83 49   4 yr   .629
2004-05 AA R   24 11   Paul Weber
2005-06       23 8   Paul Weber
2006-07       21 12   Paul Weber
2007-08 3A R   30 7   Paul Weber
2008-09 3A RS   21 9   Paul Weber
2009-10       17 19   Paul Weber
Coach Total 136 66   6 yr   .673
2010-11 3A R   25 10   Steve Korney
2011-12       22 13   Steve Korney
2012-13 3A R   12 15   Steve Korney
2013-14       7 26   Steve Korney
Coach Total 66 64   4 yr   .508
2014-15       11 20   Jan Pauly
2015-16 3A R   16 20   Jan Pauly
2016-17       16 20   Jan Pauly
2017-18 3A RS   18 19   Jan Pauly
2018-19       16 16   Jan Pauly
2019-20             Jan Pauly
2020-21       17 19   Jan Pauly
2021-22       18 14   Jan Pauly
2022-23 3A R   16 21   Jan Pauly
Coach Total 128 149   8 yr   .462
School Total 413 328   22 yr   .557

Vienna

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1974-75       9 1   Jeanne Clayton
1975-76       21 2   Jeanne Clayton
1976-77       23 2   Jeanne Clayton
Coach Total 53 5   3 yr   .914
1977-78       28 3   Debbie Eubanks
1978-79       21 6   Debbie Eubanks
1979-80       20 2   Debbie Eubanks
Coach Total 69 11   3 yr   .863
1980-81       17 9   Gayle Stookey
1981-82       27 4   Gayle Stookey
1982-83       13 0   Gayle Stookey [partial]
Coach Total 57 13   3 yr   .814
1982-83       15 3   Vanessa Hodge [partial]
Coach Total 15 3   1 yr   .833
1983-84       8 4   Gayle Stookey [partial]
Coach Total 8 4   1 yr   .667
1983-84       16 5   Vanessa Hodge [partial]
1983-84   R   24 9   Vanessa Hodge [combined]
Coach Total 16 5   1 yr   .762
1984-85       25 6   Cindy Sherwood
1985-86       30 6   Cindy Sherwood
1986-87       24 10   Cindy Sherwood
1987-88       24 10   Cindy Sherwood
1988-89 A RSQ   32 4   Cindy Sherwood
1989-90 A R   24 13   Cindy Sherwood
Coach Total 159 49   6 yr   .764
1990-91 A RSQ   33 13   Ross Hill
1991-92 A R   39 7   Ross Hill
1992-93 A R   42 5   Ross Hill
1993-94 A RSQ 4 38 8   Ross Hill
1994-95 A RSQ 3 38 8   Ross Hill
1995-96 A R   35 9   Ross Hill
1996-97 A R   37 7   Ross Hill
1997-98       29 15   Ross Hill
1998-99 A R   38 13   Ross Hill
1999-00       34 10   Ross Hill
2000-01 A R   36 11   Ross Hill
2001-02 A R   34 5   Ross Hill
2002-03 A R   36 5   Ross Hill
2003-04 A R   33 7   Ross Hill
2004-05       30 15   Ross Hill
Coach Total 532 138   15 yr   .794
2005-06 A RS   35 9   Haley Viefhaus
Coach Total 35 9   1 yr   .795
2006-07 A R   36 12   Ross Hill
2007-08       32 13   Ross Hill
2008-09       11 10   Ross Hill
2009-10       18 11   Ross Hill
Coach Total 97 46   4 yr   .678
2010-11       18 8   Marc Palmer
2011-12       21 14   Marc Palmer
2012-13       20 12   Marc Palmer
2013-14       11 18   Marc Palmer
2014-15       10 15   Marc Palmer
2015-16       15 11   Marc Palmer
2016-17       11 14   Marc Palmer
2017-18       4 17   Marc Palmer
2018-19       4 20   Marc Palmer
2019-20       0 0   Marc Palmer
2020-21       6 16   Marc Palmer
2021-22       9 15   Marc Palmer
2022-23       13 15   Marc Palmer
Coach Total 142 175   13 yr   .448
School Total 1183 458   49 yr   .721

Villa Grove

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1994-95 A R          
1998-99 A R          
2004-05 A R          
2018-19 1A RS         Jeana Block
2022-23 1A R         Jeana Block

Villa Park (Willowbrook)

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1980-81       10 9   Larry Langellier
Coach Total 10 9   1 yr   .526
1983-84   R          
1992-93 AA R          
1998-99       6 15   Jim White
2001-02       7 24   Jim White
Coach Total 13 39   2 yr   .250
2020-21             Rachel Karos
2021-22       16 7   Rachel Karos
2022-23             Rachel Karos
Coach Total 16 7   1 yr   .696
School Total 39 55   4 yr   .415

Virden

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1991-92       1 10   Jim Simmons
1992-93       6 10   Jim Simmons
Coach Total 7 20   2 yr   .259
2004-05       4 17   Rob Handy
Coach Total 4 17   1 yr   .190
School Total 11 37   3 yr   .229

Virginia

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1973-74       5 3   Karen McClure
1974-75       7 2   Karen McClure
1975-76       15 3   Karen McClure
1976-77       11 4   Karen McClure
1977-78       6 7   Karen McClure
1978-79       3 7   Karen McClure
1979-80       8 7   Karen McClure
1980-81       13 5   Karen McClure
Coach Total 68 38   8 yr   .642
1981-82       15 6   Linda Brue
1982-83       2 16   Linda Brue
1983-84       4 14   Linda Brue
Coach Total 21 36   3 yr   .368
1984-85       10 12   Karen McClure
1985-86       10 15   Karen McClure
1986-87       10 12   Karen McClure
1987-88       10 8   Karen McClure
Coach Total 40 47   4 yr   .460
2004-05       12 14   Ty Gebhardt
2007-08 1A RS   29 5   Ty Gebhardt
Coach Total 41 19   2 yr   .683
2009-10 1A R          
School Total 170 140   17 yr   .548