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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 to the state finals).

New Athens

Baseball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1925-26             George Fiedler
1926-27             George Fiedler
1927-28             George Fiedler
1928-29             George Fiedler
1929-30             George Fiedler
1930-31             George Fiedler
1931-32             Arch Pease
1932-33             Arch Pease
1933-34             Arch Pease
1934-35             Arch Pease
1935-36             Arch Pease
1936-37             Loren Anderson
1937-38             Arnold Casey
1938-39             Henry Mitze
1939-40             Henry Mitze
1940-41             Henry Mitze
1941-42             Henry Mitze
1942-43             Robert Horton
1943-44             Robert Horton
1945-46   D         Henry Mitze
1946-47             Alonzo Woods
1947-48   DSQ 2 27 2   Alonzo Woods
1948-49   D         Alonzo Woods
Coach Total 27 2   1 yr   .931
1949-50       10 11   Earl Givens
1950-51       13 9   Earl Givens
1951-52       12 10   Earl Givens
1952-53       10 15   Earl Givens
Coach Total 45 45   4 yr   .500
1953-54       12 10    
Coach Total 12 10   1 yr   .545
1954-55       2 10   Ed Thies
1955-56       5 21   Ed Thies
1956-57   R   16 14   Ed Thies
Coach Total 23 45   3 yr   .338
1957-58       19 9   Bob Leigh
1958-59       23 3 1 Bob Leigh
1959-60   R   15 15 3 Bob Leigh
Coach Total 57 27 4 3 yr   .670
1960-61       21 7   Don Ottness
1961-62       5 19   Don Ottness
1962-63             Don Ottness
1963-64             Don Ottness
1964-65             Don Ottness
1965-66             Don Ottness
Coach Total 26 26   2 yr   .500
1966-67       2 18   Lee Emery
1967-68             Lee Emery
Coach Total 2 18   1 yr   .100
1968-69       6 14   Jim Bush
1969-70             Jim Bush
Coach Total 6 14   1 yr   .300
1970-71       11 22   Duer Schifferdecker & Paul Frierdich
Coach Total 11 22   1 yr   .333
1971-72       6 19   Paul Frierdich
Coach Total 6 19   1 yr   .240
1972-73       9 15   Fred Blumberg
Coach Total 9 15   1 yr   .375
1973-74       13 17   Charlie Schierer
1974-75       28 9   Charlie Schierer
1975-76       30 10   Charlie Schierer
1976-77       33 9   Charlie Schierer
1977-78 A RSQ 2 28 4   Charlie Schierer
Coach Total 132 49   5 yr   .729
1978-79 A RSQ 1 25 2 2 Bob Matzenbacher
1979-80       13 13   Bob Matzenbacher
1980-81 A R   23 15   Bob Matzenbacher
1981-82 A RSQ   25 7   Bob Matzenbacher
1982-83       17 11   Bob Matzenbacher
1983-84       16 13   Bob Matzenbacher
Coach Total 119 61 2 6 yr   .659
1984-85       12 14   Louis Steinkamp
Coach Total 12 14   1 yr   .462
1985-86       10 16 1 Ben Howes
1986-87       16 8   Ben Howes
1987-88       10 14   Ben Howes
1988-89       8 17   Ben Howes
1989-90       10 13   Ben Howes
1990-91       8 17   Ben Howes
1991-92       6 22   Ben Howes
1992-93       14 12   Ben Howes
1993-94       22 6   Ben Howes
1994-95       13 11   Ben Howes
1995-96       21 8   Ben Howes
1996-97       19 7   Ben Howes
1997-98 A R   22 7 1 Ben Howes
1998-99       9 19   Ben Howes
1999-00       11 15   Ben Howes
2000-01       19 12 1 Ben Howes
2001-02       10 11 2 Ben Howes
2002-03       17 11   Ben Howes
Coach Total 245 226 5 18 yr   .520
2003-04       21 10   Bob Matzenbacher
2004-05       15 14   Bob Matzenbacher
2005-06       16 14   Bob Matzenbacher
2006-07             Bob Matzenbacher
Coach Total 52 38   3 yr   .578
2007-08       3 14   Danny Cox & Rich Nofke
Coach Total 3 14   1 yr   .176
2008-09       5 20   Scott Doehring
2009-10       3 20   Scott Doehring
2010-11       9 17   Scott Doehring
Coach Total 17 57   3 yr   .230
2011-12       12 17   Scott Wine
2012-13       14 15   Scott Wine
2013-14 1A RSUQ 4 19 19   Scott Wine
2014-15       14 14   Scott Wine
2016-17       9 17   Scott Wine
2017-18       16 8   Scott Wine
2018-19       16 10   Scott Wine
Coach Total 100 100   7 yr   .500
School Total 904 802 11 63 yr   .526

Boys Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1928-29       0 10   George Fiedler
1929-30             George Fiedler
1930-31             George Fiedler
Coach Total 0 10   1 yr   .000
1931-32       15 6   Arch Pease
1932-33       17 4   Arch Pease
1933-34             Arch Pease
1934-35             Arch Pease
1935-36             Arch Pease
Coach Total 32 10   2 yr   .762
1936-37             Loren Anderson
1937-38             Arnold Casey
1938-39             Henry Mitze
1939-40             Henry Mitze
1940-41             Henry Mitze
1941-42   D   14 10   Henry Mitze
Coach Total 14 10   1 yr   .583
1942-43       16 9   Robert Horton
1943-44       16 8   Robert Horton
Coach Total 32 17   2 yr   .653
1944-45       14 10   E.H. Weingarner
Coach Total 14 10   1 yr   .583
1945-46             Alonzo Woods
1946-47       18 12   Alonzo Woods
1947-48   D   21 6   Alonzo Woods
1948-49   DR   30 2   Alonzo Woods
Coach Total 69 20   3 yr   .775
1949-50       10 16   Earl Givens
1950-51       12 14   Earl Givens
1951-52       14 13   Earl Givens
Coach Total 36 43   3 yr   .456
1952-53       8 16   Don Shriner
1953-54       10 15   Don Shriner
Coach Total 18 31   2 yr   .367
1954-55       16 11   Ed Thies
1955-56       13 13   Ed Thies
1956-57   D   23 4   Ed Thies
Coach Total 52 28   3 yr   .650
1957-58       14 8   Robert Leigh
1958-59       6 17   Robert Leigh
1959-60       10 13   Robert Leigh
Coach Total 30 38   3 yr   .441
1960-61       6 17   Don Otness
1961-62       8 16   Don Otness
1962-63       4 20   Don Otness
1963-64       13 12   Don Otness
1964-65       26 2   Don Otness
1965-66   D   12 14   Don Otness
Coach Total 69 81   6 yr   .460
1966-67       18 7   Lee Emery
1967-68       11 14   Lee Emery
1968-69       21 6   Lee Emery
Coach Total 50 27   3 yr   .649
1969-70       16 10   Gerald Ewald
1970-71       11 15   Gerald Ewald
1971-72       18 9   Gerald Ewald
Coach Total 45 34   3 yr   .570
1972-73       8 17   Steve Keene
Coach Total 8 17   1 yr   .320
1973-74       12 13   Fred Blumberg
1974-75       11 14   Fred Blumberg
1975-76 A R   20 9   Fred Blumberg
1976-77       16 10   Fred Blumberg
1977-78 A R   17 9   Fred Blumberg
1978-79 A R   25 3   Fred Blumberg
1979-80       20 8   Fred Blumberg
1980-81       5 20   Fred Blumberg
1981-82       17 11   Fred Blumberg
1982-83       15 11   Fred Blumberg
1983-84       14 13   Fred Blumberg
Coach Total 172 121   11 yr   .587
1984-85       8 16   Louis Steinkamp
1985-86       14 13   Louis Steinkamp
1986-87       14 13   Louis Steinkamp
1987-88       6 18   Louis Steinkamp
1988-89       5 18   Louis Steinkamp
1989-90       8 18   Louis Steinkamp
1990-91       7 17   Louis Steinkamp
1991-92       5 19   Louis Steinkamp
Coach Total 67 132   8 yr   .337
1992-93       4 22   Jeff Burkett
1993-94       9 16   Jeff Burkett
1994-95       9 16   Jeff Burkett
1995-96       6 20   Jeff Burkett
1996-97       9 16   Jeff Burkett
1997-98       7 20   Jeff Burkett
1998-99       2 24   Jeff Burkett
Coach Total 46 134   7 yr   .256
1999-00       4 21   Vance Porter
2000-01       7 17   Vance Porter
2001-02       4 23   Vance Porter
Coach Total 15 61   3 yr   .197
2002-03       4 23   Erik Hager
2003-04       18 12   Erik Hager
2004-05       11 18   Erik Hager
2005-06       15 14   Erik Hager
2006-07       10 16   Erik Hager
Coach Total 58 83   5 yr   .411
2007-08       13 12   Marc Derwort
2008-09       19 8   Marc Derwort
2009-10       17 10   Marc Derwort
2010-11       10 16   Marc Derwort
2011-12       15 12   Marc Derwort
2012-13       21 8   Marc Derwort
2013-14       13 12   Marc Derwort
2014-15       14 15   Marc Derwort
2015-16       6 20   Marc Derwort
Coach Total 128 113   9 yr   .531
2016-17       7 19   Conrad Widdersheim
2017-18       5 20   Conrad Widdersheim
2018-19       10 17   Conrad Widdersheim
2019-20       12 17   Conrad Widdersheim
2020-21       3 9   Conrad Widdersheim
2021-22       16 16   Conrad Widdersheim
2022-23       16 16   Conrad Widdersheim
2023-24       15 17   Conrad Widdersheim
Coach Total 84 131   8 yr   .391
School Total 1039 1151   85 yr   .474

Boys Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1942-43             Robert Horton
1963-64             Don Ottness
1968-69             Lee Emery
1969-70             Gerald Ewald
1970-71             Gerald Ewald
1971-72             Lanny Shaw
1972-73             Phil Powers
1973-74             Phil Powers
1974-75             Phil Powers
1975-76             Phil Powers
1976-77             Phil Powers
1977-78             Phil Powers
1978-79             Phil Powers
2005-06             Dennis Works
2006-07             Dennis Works
2007-08             Dennis Works
2008-09             Dennis Works
2009-10             Dennis Works
2010-11             Dennis Works
2011-12             Dennis Works
2012-13             Dennis Works
2013-14             Dennis Works
2014-15             Dennis Works
2015-16             Dennis Works

Boys Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1996-97             Tom Germann
1997-98             Tom Germann
1998-99             Tom Germann
1999-00             Tom Germann
2000-01             Bill Knippel
2001-02             Bill Knippel
2002-03             Bill Knippel
2003-04             Bill Knippel
2004-05             Bill Knippel
2005-06             Bill Knippel
2006-07             Josh Wemhoener
2007-08             Josh Wemhoener
2008-09             Josh Wemhoener
2009-10             Josh Wemhoener
2010-11             Josh Wemhoener
2011-12             Josh Wemhoener
2012-13             Josh Wemhoener
2013-14             Josh Wemhoener
2014-15             Josh Wemhoener
2015-16             Conrad Widdersheim

Boys Tennis

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1975-76       7 3   Fred Blumberg
1976-77       13 3   Fred Blumberg
1977-78             Fred Blumberg
Coach Total 20 6   2 yr   .769
1978-79       1 7   Mike Oyler
Coach Total 1 7   1 yr   .125
School Total 21 13   3 yr   .618

Boys Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1961-62             Don Ottness
1962-63             Don Ottness
1970-71             Lanny Shaw
1971-72             Lanny Shaw
1972-73             Phil Powers
1973-74             Phil Powers
1974-75             Phil Powers
1975-76             Phil Powers
2004-05             Dennis Works
2005-06             Dennis Works
2006-07             Dennis Works
2007-08             Jim Rader
2008-09             Jim Rader
2009-10             Jim Rader
2010-11             Jim Rader
2011-12             Dennis Works
2012-13             Dennis Works
2013-14             Dennis Works
2014-15             Dennis Works

Girls Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1997-98       2 17   Lee Schulte
1998-99       3 20   Lee Schulte
1999-00       1 23   Lee Schulte
2000-01       8 14   Lee Schulte
2001-02       6 20   Lee Schulte
Coach Total 20 94   5 yr   .175
2002-03       7 18   Jeff Wahlig
2003-04       5 18   Jeff Wahlig
2004-05       2 22   Jeff Wahlig
Coach Total 14 58   3 yr   .194
2005-06       2 22   Jim Rader
2006-07       5 20   Jim Rader
2007-08       5 17   Jim Rader
2008-09       6 20   Jim Rader
2009-10       5 22   Jim Rader
Coach Total 23 101   5 yr   .185
2010-11       8 16   Heath Kassing
Coach Total 8 16   1 yr   .333
2011-12       6 18   Jill Lannert
2012-13       16 11   Jill Lannert
Coach Total 22 29   2 yr   .431
2013-14 1A R   23 3   Erik Hager & Jill Lannert
Coach Total 23 3   1 yr   .885
2014-15 1A R   27 2   Erik Hager
2015-16       22 6   Erik Hager
2016-17       17 11   Erik Hager
2017-18 1A R   15 13   Erik Hager
2018-19 1A R   15 12   Erik Hager
2019-20       16 10   Erik Hager
2020-21       3 7   Erik Hager
2021-22       11 12   Erik Hager
Coach Total 126 73   8 yr   .633
2022-23       12 14   Tony Meyer
2023-24       3 20   Tony Meyer
Coach Total 15 34   2 yr   .306
School Total 251 408   27 yr   .381

Girls Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2011-12 1A Q         Dennis Works
2012-13             Dennis Works
2013-14             Dennis Works
2014-15             Dennis Works

Girls Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1997-98             Tom Germann
1998-99             Tom Germann
1999-00             Tom Germann
2000-01             Tom Germann
2001-02             Norbert Kassing
2002-03             Norbert Kassing
2003-04             Norbert Kassing
2004-05             Norbert Kassing
2005-06             Bill Knippel
2006-07             Josh Wemhoener
2007-08             Josh Wemhoener
2008-09             Josh Wemhoener
2009-10             Josh Wemhoener
2010-11             Josh Wemhoener
2011-12             Josh Wemhoener
2012-13             Josh Wemhoener
2013-14             Josh Wemhoener
2014-15             Conrad Widdersheim
2015-16             Conrad Widdersheim

Girls Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1975-76             Glenda Jent
2004-05             Dennis Works
2005-06             Dennis Works
2006-07             Dennis Works
2007-08             Jim Rader
2008-09             Jim Rader
2009-10             Jim Rader
2010-11             Jim Rader
2011-12             Dennis Works
2012-13             Dennis Works
2013-14             Dennis Works
2014-15             Dennis Works
2015-16             Dennis Works
2015-16             Dennis Works

Girls Volleyball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1973-74             Glenda Jent
1974-75             Glenda Jent
1975-76       0 14   Glenda Jent
1976-77       7 14   Glenda Jent
1977-78             Glenda Jent
1978-79       10 11   Glenda Jent
1979-80       7 14   Glenda Jent
1980-81       7 14   Glenda Jent
1981-82       14 6   Glenda Jent
Coach Total 45 73   6 yr   .381
1982-83       10 12   Warren Trotter
1983-84       11 13   Warren Trotter
1984-85       12 11   Warren Trotter
1985-86       12 11   Warren Trotter
1986-87       6 19   Warren Trotter
1987-88       5 18   Warren Trotter
1988-89       12 13   Warren Trotter
1989-90       20 6   Warren Trotter
1990-91       16 12   Warren Trotter
1991-92             Warren Trotter
1992-93       5 21   Warren Trotter
1993-94             Warren Trotter
1994-95             Warren Trotter
1995-96             Warren Trotter
1996-97             Warren Trotter
Coach Total 109 136   10 yr   .445
1997-98             Carrie Henken
1998-99             Carrie Henken
1999-00       6 13   Warren Trotter
2000-01             Warren Trotter
2001-02       17 12   Warren Trotter
Coach Total 23 25   2 yr   .479
2002-03             Kim Ratz
2003-04       21 8   Veronica Kirkpatrick
2004-05       14 13   Veronica Kirkpatrick
Coach Total 35 21   2 yr   .625
2005-06       12 17   Kyla Patton
2006-07       19 10   Kyla Patton
2007-08       9 14   Kyla Patton
2008-09       8 20   Kyla Patton
2009-10       8 20   Kyla Patton
2010-11       14 16   Kyla Patton
2011-12       11 14   Kyla Patton
2012-13       18 14   Kyla Patton
2013-14 1A RSUQ 4 28 11   Kyla Patton
2014-15 1A RS   32 6   Kyla Patton
2015-16       27 8   Kyla Patton
2016-17       20 13   Kyla Patton
Coach Total 206 163   12 yr   .558
2017-18       24 11   Molly Works
Coach Total 24 11   1 yr   .686
2018-19       30 6   Sara Dinkelman
2019-20 1A R         Sara Dinkelman
Coach Total 30 6   1 yr   .833
School Total 472 435   34 yr   .520

Music Sweepstakes

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1975-76 C            
2005-06 C            

Softball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1975-76       3 5   Glenda Jent
1976-77       3 11   Glenda Jent
1977-78       1 16   Glenda Jent
1978-79       6 11   Glenda Jent
1979-80       13 10   Glenda Jent
1980-81       12 9   Glenda Jent
1981-82       3 16   Glenda Jent
Coach Total 41 78   7 yr   .345
1982-83       13 10   Tom Germann
1983-84       13 12   Tom Germann
1984-85       12 13   Tom Germann
1985-86       7 14   Tom Germann
1986-87       6 16   Tom Germann
1987-88       5 19   Tom Germann
1988-89       10 15   Tom Germann
1989-90 A R   18 8   Tom Germann
1990-91       11 13   Tom Germann
1991-92       6 21   Tom Germann
1992-93       5 20   Tom Germann
1993-94       8 18   Tom Germann
1994-95       15 8   Tom Germann
1995-96       11 14   Tom Germann
1996-97       8 18   Tom Germann
1997-98       13 11   Tom Germann
1998-99       8 13   Tom Germann
1999-00       11 14   Tom Germann
2000-01       6 19   Tom Germann
Coach Total 186 276   19 yr   .403
2001-02       8 16   Lori Neely
2002-03       13 12   Lori Neely
2003-04       10 15   Lori Neely
Coach Total 31 43   3 yr   .419
2004-05       10 13   Tom Germann
Coach Total 10 13   1 yr   .435
2005-06       4 18   Tom Kohnen
2006-07       9 13   Tom Kohnen
2007-08       9 16   Tom Kohnen
2008-09       6 16   Tom Kohnen
2009-10       10 14   Tom Kohnen
Coach Total 38 77   5 yr   .330
2010-11       3 17   Lori Neely
Coach Total 3 17   1 yr   .150
2011-12       15 10   Lori Selman
Coach Total 15 10   1 yr   .600
2012-13       13 9   Conrad Widdersheim
2013-14 1A RS   20 14   Conrad Widdersheim
2014-15 1A R   22 8   Conrad Widdersheim
2015-16 1A RS   22 7   Conrad Widdersheim
2016-17 1A R   17 13   Conrad Widdersheim
2017-18 1A RS   25 5   Conrad Widdersheim
2018-19       13 12   Conrad Widdersheim
2020-21       5 10   Conrad Widdersheim
2021-22       6 16   Conrad Widdersheim
2022-23       6 18   Conrad Widdersheim
Coach Total 149 112   10 yr   .571
School Total 473 626   47 yr   .430

Team Chess

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2001-02              
2002-03              
2003-04              
2004-05              
2005-06