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56 Years of History

YEAR
CHAMPION
RUNNER-UP
1963
​Wauconda
Streator-Woodland
1964
Hiawatha
Newark
1965
Newark
​Hinckley-Big Rock
1966
Hinckley-Big Rock
Lisle
1967
Mazon-Ver-Kins
Plano
1968
Hinckley-Big Rock
Plano
1969
​Burlington Central
Plano
1970
​Montini
Plano
1971
Shabbona
Plano
1972
Oswego
Wilmington
1973
Minooka
Lisle
1974
Marmion
Plano
1975
Marmion
Minooka
1976
Minooka
Serena
1977
Gardner-S. Wilmington
Streator-Woodland
1978
Dwight
Somonauk
1979
Shabbona
Waubonsie Valley
1980
Dwight
​Plano
1981
Somonauk
Reddick
1982
​Newark
Winnebago
1983
Sandwich
Dwight
1984
Marquette
Newark
1985
Newark
Marquette
1986
Mendota
Marquette
1987
Sandwich
Newark
1988
Kaneland
Princeton
1989
Mendota
Yorkville
1990
Princeton
​Kaneland
1991
Yorkville
Sandwich
1992
Newark
​Coal City
1993
Marquette
​Mendota
1994
Kaneland
​Mendota
1995
Mendota
Kaneland
1996
Hinckley-Big Rock
Byron
1997
Spring Valley Hall
Mendota
1998
Coal City
Sandwich
1999
Bryon
​Yorkville
2000
Bureau Valley
​Yorkville
2001
Bureau Valley
Yorkville
2002
Coal City
Yorkville
2003
Yorkville
Spring Valley Hall
2004
Seneca
Bureau Valley
2005
Seneca
Serena
2006
Seneca
Genoa-Kingston
2007
Spring Valley Hall
Seneca
2008
Seneca
​Putnam County
2009
Kaneland
Rockford Christian
2010
Rockford Christian
Newark
2011
Belvidere
Yorkville
2012
Ottawa
Belvidere
2013
Ottawa
Morris
2014
Dixon
Mendota
2015
LaSalle-Peru
Dixon
2016
Ottawa
Newark
2017
Burlington Central
Peoria Notre Dame
2018
Peoria Notre Dame
Ottawa
Three-Time Champions: Mendota, Hinckley-Big Rock, Kaneland, Ottawa
Four-Time Champions: Newark, Seneca

Point Records

  • Highest Score in Championship Game: Oswego (1972) - 96 points vs Wilmington
  • Highest Score by a Team in a Single Game: Newark (1982) - 117 Points vs Serena
  • Widest Margin in a Championship Game: (51) - 1966 Hinckley-Big Rock (86) vs Plainfield (35)
  • Top 4 Leading Scorers (4 Games)
    1. ​David Olson/Newark - 134 pts
    2. PJ Fleck/Kaneland - 112 pts
    3. Brett Anderson/Newark – 113 pts
    4. Bret Shumway/Sandwich - 111 pts
  • ​Top 4 Leading Scorers (5 Games)
    1. ​Brett Anderson/Newark  -130 pts
    2. James Carroll/Mendota – 124 pts
    3. Dan O’Leary/Wilmington – 123 pts
    4. Joe LaShonse/Mendota - 119 pts
  • ​Top 4 Leading Scorers (Single Game)
    1. ​Joe LaShonse/Mendota/45pts vs Plano 
    2. Eric Phillips/HBR/44pts vs Sandwich
    3. James Carroll/Mendota/42pts vs Forreston
    4. Tommy Luca/G-K/42 pts vs Newark
      Tommy Luca/G-K/42 pts vs Ottawa