Speech Individual Events Season Summaries
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).
1950-51
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Evanston (Twp.) |
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1 |
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Jeanette Lloyd & Ralph Enstrom |
| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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2 |
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| Rock Island (H.S.) |
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3 |
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| Galesburg (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Barry |
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5 |
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| Elgin (H.S.) |
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6 |
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| Freeport (H.S.) |
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6 |
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| Lincoln |
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6 |
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| Pekin |
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6 |
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| Joliet (Twp.) |
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10 |
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1951-52
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Pekin |
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1 |
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Mary Blackburn |
| Granite City |
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2 |
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| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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3 |
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| Champaign (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| DuQuoin (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Evanston (Twp.) |
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6 |
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| Joliet (Twp.) |
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7 |
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| Rockford (East) |
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7 |
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| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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9 |
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| West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
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9 |
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1952-53
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Harrisburg |
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1 |
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Ivan L. Rehn |
| Urbana (H.S.) |
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2 |
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| Monticello |
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3 |
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| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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4 |
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| Rock Island (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Tolono (Unity) |
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4 |
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| Aurora (West Aurora) |
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7 |
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| Carbondale (H.S.) |
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7 |
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| DuQuoin (H.S.) |
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7 |
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| Mendota |
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7 |
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| Pekin |
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7 |
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| Rockford (West) |
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7 |
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1953-54
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Pekin |
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1 |
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Margaret Crowley |
| Peoria (Woodruff) |
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2 |
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| West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
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3 |
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| Rock Island (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Waukegan (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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6 |
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| Athens |
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7 |
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| Evanston (Twp.) |
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7 |
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| Freeport (H.S.) |
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7 |
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| Byron |
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10 |
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| Champaign (H.S.) |
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10 |
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| Chicago (Morgan Park) |
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10 |
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| Elgin (H.S.) |
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10 |
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1954-55
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Champaign (H.S.) |
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1 |
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Mary Blackburn & Mary L. Luther |
| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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2 |
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| Granite City |
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2 |
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| Freeport (H.S.) |
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4 |
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| Pekin |
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5 |
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| Chicago (Morgan Park) |
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6 |
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| Paris |
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6 |
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| Rockford (East) |
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6 |
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| Roodhouse |
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6 |
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| Jacksonville (H.S.) |
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10 |
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| Peoria (Woodruff) |
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10 |
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| Waukegan (H.S.) |
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10 |
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| West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) |
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10 |
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| White Hall |
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10 |
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1955-56
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| DuQuoin (H.S.) |
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1 |
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Jeanette Lloyd & Ralph Enstrom |
| Peoria (Woodruff) |
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2 |
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| Rock Island (H.S.) |
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3 |
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| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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4 |
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| East Moline (United) |
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5 |
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| East Peoria |
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5 |
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| Elgin (H.S.) |
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5 |
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| Urbana (H.S.) |
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5 |
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| Effingham (H.S.) |
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9 |
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| Hamilton |
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9 |
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| Toledo (Cumberland) |
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9 |
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1956-57
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Arlington Heights (Arlington) |
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1 |
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B.F. Johnston & Paul O. Johnston |
| Rock Island (H.S.) |
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1 |
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| Joliet (Twp.) |
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3 |
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| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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4 |
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| Gibson City |
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4 |
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| Mattoon |
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4 |
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| Pekin |
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4 |
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| Winnetka (New Trier) |
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8 |
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| Auburn |
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9 |
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| Bloomington (H.S.) |
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9 |
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| Clifton (Central) |
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9 |
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| Jacksonville (H.S.) |
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9 |
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| Rockford (East) |
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9 |
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1957-58
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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1 |
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Earl R. Davis |
| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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2 |
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| Mattoon |
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2 |
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| Urbana (H.S.) |
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2 |
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| Granite City |
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5 |
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| Freeport (H.S.) |
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6 |
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| Ashton |
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7 |
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| Pekin |
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7 |
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| Princeton |
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7 |
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Bob Rueter |
| Waukegan (H.S.) |
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7 |
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| West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
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7 |
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| Winnetka (New Trier) |
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7 |
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1958-59
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Calumet City (Thornton Fractional) |
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1 |
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Earl R. Davis & R.J. Phillips |
| DuQuoin (H.S.) |
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2 |
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| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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3 |
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| Maywood (Proviso East) |
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3 |
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| Champaign (H.S.) |
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5 |
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| Elgin (H.S.) |
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5 |
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| Geneseo (Darnall) |
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5 |
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| Manito (Forman) |
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5 |
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| Carthage |
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9 |
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| Freeport (H.S.) |
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9 |
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| Greenville |
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9 |
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| Northbrook (Glenbrook) |
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9 |
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| Staunton |
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9 |
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| Winnetka (New Trier) |
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9 |
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1959-60
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| School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
| Streator (Twp.) |
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1 |
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Donna Peterson |
| Arlington Heights (Arlington) |
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2 |
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| Northbrook (Glenbrook) |
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2 |
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| Peoria (Woodruff) |
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2 |
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| Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) |
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5 |
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| DeKalb |
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5 |
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| Elmwood Park |
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5 |
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| Evergreen Park |
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5 |
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| Geneseo (Darnall) |
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5 |
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| LaGrange (Lyons) |
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5 |
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| Pekin |
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5 |
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