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55 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 |
Three-Time Champions: Mendota, Hinckley-Big Rock, Kaneland
Four-Time Champions: Newark, Seneca
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)
- David Olson/Newark - 134 pts
- PJ Fleck/Kaneland - 112 pts
- Brett Anderson/Newark – 113 pts
- Bret Shumway/Sandwich - 111 pts
- Top 4 Leading Scorers (5 Games)
- Brett Anderson/Newark -130 pts
- James Carroll/Mendota – 124 pts
- Dan O’Leary/Wilmington – 123 pts
- Joe LaShonse/Mendota - 119 pts
- Top 4 Leading Scorers (Single Game)
- Joe LaShonse/Mendota/45pts vs Plano
- Eric Phillips/HBR/44pts vs Sandwich
- James Carroll/Mendota/42pts vs Forreston
- Tommy Luca/G-K/42 pts vs Newark
Tommy Luca/G-K/42 pts vs Ottawa
