IHSA

Season Summaries

Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)

Last updated on November 16, 2009.

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). 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).


 Boys Baseball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1988-89 | | 23 9 | Gary Wolf 1989-90 | | 25 10 | Gary Wolf 1990-91 | | 20 17 | Gary Wolf 1991-92 | | 14 16 | Gary Wolf 1992-93 | | 12 20 | Gary Wolf 1993-94 AA | R | 27 11 | Gary Wolf 1993-94 | | 26 12 | Gary Wolf 1994-95 | | 27 11 | Gary Wolf 1995-96 | | 20 18 | Gary Wolf 1996-97 | | 19 17 | Gary Wolf 1997-98 | | 15 20 | Gary Wolf 1998-99 | | 19 17 | Gary Wolf 1999-00 | | 15 20 | Gary Wolf 2000-01 | | 17 17 | Gary Wolf 2001-02 | | 21 14 | Gary Wolf 2002-03 | | 18 18 | Gary Wolf 2003-04 | | 19 18 | Gary Wolf 2004-05 | | 12 21 | Gary Wolf 2005-06 | | 14 16 | Gary Wolf 2006-07 AA | R | 26 10 | Gary Wolf 2006-07 | | 26 10 | Gary Wolf 2007-08 4A | R | 21 6 | Gary Wolf 2008-09 | | 17 15 | Gary Wolf . . . . . 453 343 23 yr .569 SCHOOL TOTAL 453 343 21 yr .569
 Boys Basketball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1925-26 | | 2 9 | Sewell Baker 1926-27 | | 4 13 | Sewell Baker . . . . . 6 22 2 yr .214 1927-28 | | 12 11 | E.W. Hopping . . . . . 12 11 1 yr .522 1928-29 | | 17 8 | Lynn Watson 1929-30 | | 4 16 | Lynn Watson 1930-31 | | 9 11 | Lynn Watson 1931-32 | | 10 14 | Lynn Watson 1932-33 | | 19 4 | Lynn Watson 1933-34 | | 17 7 | Lynn Watson 1934-35 | | 17 5 | Lynn Watson 1935-36 | D | 19 5 | Lynn Watson 1936-37 | | 14 6 | Lynn Watson 1937-38 | | 15 7 | Lynn Watson . . . . . 141 83 10 yr .629 1938-39 | | 12 9 | Sam England 1939-40 | | 13 9 | Sam England 1940-41 | D | 17 6 | Sam England 1941-42 | | 6 12 | Sam England . . . . . 48 36 4 yr .571 1942-43 | | 4 13 | Dale St. John 1943-44 | | 8 12 | Dale St. John 1944-45 | | 16 7 | Dale St. John 1945-46 | | 8 14 | Dale St. John 1946-47 | | 9 12 | Dale St. John . . . . . 45 58 5 yr .437 1947-48 | | 13 7 | George Cox 1948-49 | | 16 7 | George Cox 1949-50 | | 17 6 | George Cox 1950-51 | | 12 10 | George Cox 1951-52 | | 12 13 | George Cox 1952-53 | | 18 7 | George Cox 1953-54 | | 17 7 | George Cox 1954-55 | | 10 13 | George Cox 1955-56 | | 15 8 | George Cox 1956-57 | R | 17 9 | George Cox . . . . . 147 87 10 yr .628 1957-58 | | 11 13 | Lou Granzin As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1958-59 | | 5 18 | Lou Granzin 1959-60 | | 20 3 | Lou Granzin 1960-61 | | 16 6 | Lou Granzin . . . . . 52 40 4 yr .565 1961-62 | | 13 9 | Norm Goodman 1962-63 | | 16 9 | Norm Goodman 1963-64 | | 19 6 | Norm Goodman 1964-65 | RS | 21 6 | Norm Goodman 1965-66 | | 23 2 | Norm Goodman 1966-67 | R | 21 5 | Norm Goodman 1967-68 | | 9 12 | Norm Goodman 1968-69 | | 14 8 | Norm Goodman 1969-70 | | 16 6 | Norm Goodman 1970-71 | | 16 8 | Norm Goodman 1971-72 | | 18 4 | Norm Goodman 1972-73 | | 20 3 | Norm Goodman 1973-74 | | 21 4 | Norm Goodman 1974-75 AA | RS | 28 1 | Norm Goodman 1975-76 | | 25 1 | Norm Goodman 1976-77 | | 24 1 | Norm Goodman 1977-78 AA | R | 27 1 | Norm Goodman 1978-79 | | 22 4 | Norm Goodman 1979-80 AA | R | 17 11 | Norm Goodman 1980-81 | | 12 13 | Norm Goodman As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1981-82 AA | R | 22 5 | Norm Goodman 1982-83 | | 17 9 | Norm Goodman 1983-84 | | 23 2 | Norm Goodman 1984-85 AA | RS | 27 2 | Norm Goodman 1985-86 | | 11 15 | Norm Goodman 1986-87 AA | R | 19 8 | Norm Goodman 1987-88 | | 20 6 | Norm Goodman 1988-89 | | 12 13 | Norm Goodman 1989-90 | | 15 11 | Norm Goodman . . . . . 548 185 29 yr .748 1990-91 | | 9 16 | Joe Tullo 1991-92 | | 10 16 | Joe Tullo . . . . . 19 32 2 yr .373 1992-93 | | 6 21 | Bruce Buhrandt 1993-94 | | 8 18 | Bruce Buhrandt 1994-95 AA | R | 24 4 | Bruce Buhrandt 1995-96 | | 16 10 | Bruce Buhrandt 1996-97 | | 18 9 | Bruce Buhrandt 1997-98 | | 13 14 | Bruce Buhrandt 1998-99 | | 17 11 | Bruce Buhrandt 1999-00 | | 13 14 | Bruce Buhrandt 2000-01 | | 10 17 | Bruce Buhrandt . . . . . 125 118 9 yr .514 2001-02 | | 7 20 | Ken Davis 2002-03 | | 8 17 | Ken Davis 2003-04 | | 13 12 | Ken Davis 2004-05 | | 13 13 | Ken Davis 2005-06 | | 6 19 | Ken Davis 2006-07 | | 14 12 | Ken Davis . . . . . 61 93 6 yr .396 2007-08 | | 4 22 | Bill Heisler 2008-09 | | 12 16 | Bill Heisler . . . . . 16 38 2 yr .296 SCHOOL TOTAL 1220 803 84 yr .603
 Boys Cross Country
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1951-52 | D Q 4 | | 1956-57 | Q | | 1957-58 | Q 5 | | 1996-97 | | 1 5 | Tim Stark 1998-99 | | 2 4 | Tim Stark 1999-00 | | 2 3 1 | Tim Stark 2000-01 | | 4 2 | Tim Stark 2001-02 | | 4 2 | Tim Stark . . . . . 13 16 1 5 yr .450 2004-05 | | 3 3 | Brad Henning 2005-06 | | 3 3 | Brad Henning 2006-07 | | 2 3 | Brad Henning 2007-08 | | 3 3 | Brad Henning . . . . . 11 12 4 yr .478 2008-09 | | 4 1 | Rick Mason . . . . . 4 1 1 yr .800 SCHOOL TOTAL 28 29 1 10 yr .491
 Boys Football
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1974-75 5A | Q | | Jack Leese 1977-78 5A | Q *1 | 13 0 | Jack Leese . . . . . 13 0 1 yr 1.000 1978-79 | | 3 6 | Pete Ventrelli . . . . . 3 6 1 yr .333 As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1978-79 | | 5 4 | Len Janik . . . . . 5 4 1 yr .556 As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1979-80 5A | Q | 6 3 | Pete Ventrelli 1980-81 | | 5 4 | Pete Ventrelli . . . . . 11 7 2 yr .611 As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1994-95 | | 1 8 | Mike DiMatteo . . . . . 1 8 1 yr .111 1995-96 | | 3 6 | George Duffy 1996-97 | | 2 7 | George Duffy . . . . . 5 13 2 yr .278 1997-98 | | 4 5 | George Duffey 1998-99 6A | Q | 9 2 | George Duffey 1999-00 | | 5 4 | George Duffey 2000-01 | | 2 7 | George Duffey 2001-02 | | 2 7 | George Duffey 2001-02 | | | George Duffey . . . . . 22 25 5 yr .468 2002-03 | | 0 9 | Bill Lech 2003-04 | | 3 6 | Bill Lech . . . . . 3 15 2 yr .167 2004-05 | | 3 6 | William Lech . . . . . 3 6 1 yr .333 2004-05 | | 6 21 | Bill Lech . . . . . 6 21 1 yr .222 2005-06 | | 2 7 | Tom Cerasani 2006-07 | | 2 7 | Tom Cerasani 2007-08 8A | Q | 5 5 | Tom Cerasani 2008-09 | | 4 5 | Tom Cerasani . . . . . 13 24 4 yr .351 SCHOOL TOTAL 85 129 19 yr .397
 Boys Golf
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1954-55 | D Q 4 | | 1955-56 | Q 8 | | As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1975-76 AA | D | | 1976-77 AA | D Q | | 1977-78 AA | Q 10 | | As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1979-80 | | 9 0 | Len Janik . . . . . 9 0 1 yr 1.000 1985-86 AA | R | | 1987-88 AA | R | | 1990-91 AA | R | | 1992-93 | | 2 10 | Darl Kriete 1993-94 | | 6 6 | Darl Kriete 1994-95 | | 8 5 | Darl Kriete . . . . . 16 21 3 yr .432 1995-96 | | 5 7 | John Testa 1996-97 | | 3 9 | John Testa 1997-98 | | 9 5 | John Testa 1998-99 | | 9 4 | John Testa 1999-00 | | 13 0 | John Testa 2000-01 | | 7 6 | John Testa 2001-02 | | 6 6 | John Testa 2002-03 | | 3 8 | John Testa 2003-04 | | 9 6 | John Testa 2004-05 | | 9 5 | John Testa . . . . . 73 56 10 yr .566 2005-06 | | 9 5 | Gene Trent 2006-07 | | 9 3 | Gene Trent 2007-08 | | 9 4 | Gene Trent . . . . . 27 12 3 yr .692 2008-09 | | 8 1 | Steve Siekierski . . . . . 8 1 1 yr .889 SCHOOL TOTAL 133 90 18 yr .596
 Boys Gymnastics
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1953-54 | 5 | | 1954-55 | 5 | | 1955-56 | 6 | | 1956-57 | 5 | | 1957-58 | 6 | | As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1958-59 | 5 | | 1959-60 | 5 | | 1960-61 | 4 | | As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1999-00 | S Q 8 | | John Back
 Boys Soccer
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1988-89 | R | 11 7 | Eric Roy 1989-90 | | 9 8 | Eric Roy 1990-91 | | 9 6 | Eric Roy 1991-92 | | 5 9 | Eric Roy 1992-93 | | 9 6 | Eric Roy 1993-94 | | 12 4 | Eric Roy . . . . . 55 40 6 yr .579 1994-95 | R | | 1995-96 | R | | 1998-99 | | 16 6 | Eric Roy . . . . . 16 6 1 yr .727 2003-04 AA | R | | 2004-05 AA | R | 20 6 | Eric Roy . . . . . 20 6 1 yr .769 2005-06 AA | RS | 19 6 1 | Paul Keenan 2006-07 AA | R | 18 3 5 | Paul Keenan . . . . . 37 9 6 2 yr .769 2007-08 | | 9 9 8 | Mark Valintis 2008-09 | | 5 10 2 | Mark Valintis . . . . . 14 19 10 2 yr .442 SCHOOL TOTAL 142 80 16 12 yr .630
 Boys Track and Field
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1946-47 | 8 | |
 Boys Volleyball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1993-94 | | 23 10 | Dave Sebald 1994-95 | | 19 15 | Dave Sebald 1995-96 | | 2 29 | Dave Sebald 1996-97 | | 2 28 | Dave Sebald 1997-98 | | 4 28 | Dave Sebald 1998-99 | | 19 14 | Dave Sebald 1999-00 | | 23 11 | Dave Sebald 2000-01 | | 23 14 | Dave Sebald . . . . . 115 149 8 yr .436 SCHOOL TOTAL 115 149 8 yr .436
 Boys Wrestling
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1949-50 | 8 | | 1954-55 | | 3 12 1 | Chuck Farina 1955-56 | | 4 11 | Chuck Farina 1956-57 | | 9 7 | Chuck Farina 1957-58 | D S | 14 2 1 | Chuck Farina As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1958-59 | D S | 14 0 | Chuck Farina 1959-60 | D S *1 | 17 0 | Chuck Farina 1960-61 | | 7 6 | Chuck Farina 1961-62 | D | 14 5 1 | Chuck Farina 1962-63 | D | 15 1 1 | Chuck Farina 1963-64 | D | 14 1 | Chuck Farina 1964-65 | D S 10 | 13 1 | Chuck Farina 1965-66 | D S 7 | 14 4 | Chuck Farina 1966-67 | D S | 18 0 1 | Chuck Farina 1967-68 | D S 2 | 15 1 1 | Chuck Farina 1968-69 | D S 8 | 14 3 | Chuck Farina 1969-70 | D | 16 1 | Chuck Farina 1970-71 | D S | 17 0 | Chuck Farina 1971-72 | D S 2 | 21 1 | Chuck Farina 1972-73 | D S 7 | 21 0 | Chuck Farina 1973-74 AA | D S 5 | 20 0 | Chuck Farina 1974-75 AA | D S 3 | 21 1 | Chuck Farina 1975-76 AA | D S | 20 0 | Chuck Farina 1976-77 AA | 3 | 20 0 | Chuck Farina 1977-78 AA | S *1 | 20 0 | Chuck Farina 1978-79 AA | D | 18 1 | Chuck Farina 1979-80 AA | D | 19 2 | Chuck Farina 1980-81 | | 15 5 | Chuck Farina As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1981-82 AA | S | 16 2 1 | Chuck Farina 1982-83 AA | R | 18 1 | Chuck Farina 1983-84 AA | R | 17 4 | Chuck Farina 1984-85 AA | RS Q 2 | 24 2 | Chuck Farina 1985-86 AA | RS Q 3 | 23 1 | Chuck Farina 1986-87 | | 17 3 | Chuck Farina 1987-88 | | 24 0 | Chuck Farina 1988-89 AA | R | 26 2 | Chuck Farina 1989-90 | | 18 4 | Chuck Farina . . . . . 596 84 7 36 yr .873 1990-91 AA | R | | 2007-08 AA | R | | 2008-09 3A | R | 17 8 | Jason Potter . . . . . 17 8 1 yr .680 2008-09 | | | Jerry Ruffino SCHOOL TOTAL 613 92 7 37 yr .866
 Competitive Cheerleading
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 2006-07 C | Q | | Laura Chihoski & Kelly Firkus
 Drama
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 2003-04 | Q | |
 Girls Badminton
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1982-83 | S | | 1983-84 | S 6 | | 1988-89 | S | |
 Girls Basketball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1980-81 AA | R | | As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1996-97 AA | R | | 2004-05 | | 3 26 | Tim Stark 2005-06 | | 9 18 | Tim Stark . . . . . 12 44 2 yr .214 SCHOOL TOTAL 12 44 2 yr .214
 Girls Bowling
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1987-88 | Q | | 1988-89 | S Q 7 | | 1989-90 | S Q 6 | | 1990-91 | S Q | | 1991-92 | S Q | | 1992-93 | Q 8 | | 2007-08 | S Q 12 | | Chris Aylward 2008-09 | S Q 12 | | Chris Aylward
 Girls Cross Country
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1992-93 | | 2 4 | Jeff Vail 1993-94 | | 1 5 | Jeff Vail . . . . . 3 9 2 yr .250 1995-96 | | 1 7 | Melissa Furnas 1996-97 | | 1 5 | Melissa Furnas 1997-98 | | 3 5 | Melissa Furnas . . . . . 5 17 3 yr .227 1998-99 | | 3 3 | Kara Lenfestey 1999-00 | | 2 3 1 | Kara Lenfestey 2000-01 | | 3 3 | Kara Lenfestey 2001-02 | | 3 2 | Kara Lenfestey 2004-05 | | 3 3 | Kara Lenfestey . . . . . 14 14 1 5 yr .500 2005-06 | | 3 2 | Emily Schader 2006-07 | | 4 1 | Emily Schader . . . . . 7 3 2 yr .700 2008-09 | | 1 4 | Katie Donlon . . . . . 1 4 1 yr .200 SCHOOL TOTAL 30 47 1 13 yr .391
 Girls Softball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach As Franklin Park (East Leyden) 1980-81 | RS Q | 19 8 | Pat Owen . . . . . 19 8 1 yr .704 As Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 1988-89 AA | R | | 2001-02 AA | R | | 2003-04 AA | R | | SCHOOL TOTAL 19 8 1 yr .704
 Girls Swimming and Diving
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1992-93 | | 9 2 | Paul Brown 1993-94 | | 8 2 | Paul Brown 1994-95 | | 6 1 | Paul Brown 1995-96 | | 8 3 | Paul Brown 1996-97 | | 8 2 2 | Paul Brown 1997-98 | | 8 3 | Paul Brown 1998-99 | | 8 6 | Paul Brown 1999-00 | | 5 1 | Paul Brown . . . . . 60 20 2 8 yr .744 2000-01 | | 3 3 | Chris Cook 2001-02 | | 3 4 | Chris Cook 2002-03 | | 4 5 | Chris Cook 2003-04 | | 1 8 | Chris Cook 2004-05 | | 4 4 | Chris Cook 2005-06 | | 2 4 1 | Chris Cook 2006-07 | | 3 5 | Chris Cook 2007-08 | | 5 3 | Chris Cook 2008-09 | | 3 4 | Chris Cook . . . . . 28 40 1 9 yr .413 SCHOOL TOTAL 88 60 3 17 yr .593
 Girls Tennis
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1992-93 | | 7 5 | Tom Tollick . . . . . 7 5 1 yr .583 1993-94 | | 6 6 | Cam Jackson 1994-95 | | 5 7 | Cam Jackson 1995-96 | | 4 5 | Cam Jackson . . . . . 15 18 3 yr .455 1996-97 | | 0 9 | Robert Almada 1997-98 | | 2 10 | Robert Almada . . . . . 2 19 2 yr .095 1998-99 | | 1 10 | Diane Merkle . . . . . 1 10 1 yr .091 1999-00 | | 2 7 | Bob Smith 2000-01 | | 2 8 | Bob Smith 2001-02 | | 3 10 | Bob Smith 2002-03 | | 4 8 | Bob Smith 2003-04 | | 10 4 | Bob Smith 2004-05 | | 10 3 | Bob Smith 2005-06 | | 5 4 | Bob Smith 2006-07 | | 5 5 | Bob Smith 2007-08 | | 6 7 | Bob Smith 2008-09 | | 4 9 | Bob Smith . . . . . 51 65 10 yr .440 SCHOOL TOTAL 76 117 17 yr .394
 Girls Volleyball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1983-84 AA | R | | 1984-85 AA | R | | 1985-86 AA | R | | 1986-87 AA | R | | 1995-96 AA | R | | 2000-01 AA | R | |
 Group Interpretation
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 2003-04 | Q | |
 Individual Events
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1997-98 | 7 | | David Narter
 Journalism
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 2005-06 | 10 | |
 Scholastic Bowl
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1996-97 AA | S Q 4 | 38 8 | Larry Kappel . . . . . 38 8 1 yr .826 SCHOOL TOTAL 38 8 1 yr .826
 
Northlake (West Leyden)
Defunct school with students now attending Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden).


 Boys Basketball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1959-60 | | 0 1 | Sid Gerenstein 1960-61 | | 0 3 | Sid Gerenstein 1961-62 | | 4 17 | Sid Gerenstein 1962-63 | | 8 14 | Sid Gerenstein . . . . . 12 35 4 yr .255 1963-64 | | 11 13 | Tom Plinke 1964-65 | | 9 12 | Tom Plinke 1965-66 | | 10 12 | Tom Plinke 1966-67 | | 16 8 | Tom Plinke 1967-68 | | 14 11 | Tom Plinke 1968-69 | | 8 13 | Tom Plinke . . . . . 68 69 6 yr .496 1969-70 | | 4 17 | Darl Kriete 1970-71 | | 11 11 | Darl Kriete 1971-72 | | 9 13 | Darl Kriete 1972-73 | | 15 7 | Darl Kriete 1973-74 | | 8 15 | Darl Kriete 1974-75 | | 1 24 | Darl Kriete . . . . . 48 87 6 yr .356 1975-76 | | 6 19 | Dick Schmidt 1976-77 | | 14 11 | Dick Schmidt 1977-78 | | 19 7 | Dick Schmidt 1978-79 | | 11 13 | Dick Schmidt 1979-80 | | 20 6 | Dick Schmidt . . . . . 70 56 5 yr .556 1980-81 | | 11 13 | Bill Babington . . . . . 11 13 1 yr .458 SCHOOL TOTAL 209 260 22 yr .446
 Boys Football
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1978-79 | | 3 6 | Pete Ventrelli 1979-80 | | 6 4 | Pete Ventrelli 1980-81 | | 5 4 | Pete Ventrelli . . . . . 14 14 3 yr .500 SCHOOL TOTAL 14 14 3 yr .500
 Boys Wrestling
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1968-69 | 4 | |
 Chess (Team)
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1975-76 AA | 2 | | Helmar Ehrke
 Girls Volleyball
Season Titles Pl W L T Coach 1975-76 | D | | 1978-79 AA | D | |