Bass Fishing Season Summaries Bass Fishing Season Summaries* Last updated at 9:05 am on Sunday, February 23, 2025
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).
| School | Titles | Place | Won | Lost | Tied | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moline (H.S.) | Q | 1 | Tim Albrecht | |||
| Christopher | Q | 2 | Shannon Toigo | |||
| Antioch | QS | 3 | Brad Rubin | |||
| Port Byron (Riverdale) | QS | 4 | ||||
| Highland | Q | 5 | ||||
| Murphysboro | Q | 6 | ||||
| Orland Park (Sandburg) | QS | 7 | ||||
| Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | Q | 8 | ||||
| Carbondale (H.S.) #1 | QS | 9 | ||||
| Minooka | QS | 10 | ||||
| Decatur (St. Teresa) | Q | 11 | ||||
| Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) | Q | 12 | Bret Prairie | |||
| Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) | QS | 13 | ||||
| Aurora (Metea Valley) | QS | 14 | ||||
| Durand | QS | 15 | Danny Hayes & Joel Erickson | |||
| Glasford (Illini Bluffs) | Q | 16 | ||||
| Glenview (Glenbrook South) | QS | 17 | ||||
| Rockton (Hononegah) | Q | 18 | Bill Heller & Sharon Bowman | |||
| Broadlands (Heritage) | Q | 19 | ||||
| Teutopolis | Q | 20 | ||||
| Woodstock (North) | Q | 21 | ||||
| Darien (Hinsdale South) | Q | 22 | Jim Bondi | |||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | Q | 23 | ||||
| Dunlap | Q | 24 | ||||
| Junction (Gallatin County) | Q | 25 | ||||
| Rockford (Guilford) | Q | 26 | ||||
| Varna (Midland) | Q | 27 | ||||
| Naperville (North) | Q | 28 | ||||
| New Lenox (Providence Catholic) | Q | 29 | ||||
| Patoka | QS | 30 | ||||
| Chicago (Taft) #1 | Q | 31 | ||||
| Elmhurst (York) | Q | 32 | ||||
| Normal (Community West) | QS | 33 | ||||
| Peoria (Notre Dame) | QS | 34 | ||||
| Clinton | QS | 35 | Tim Potts | |||
| Downers Grove (North) | QS | 36 | ||||
| Goreville | QS | 37 | ||||
| Vienna | Q | 38 | ||||
| Streamwood | Q | 39 | ||||
| Newark | Q | 40 | Jim Still | |||
| Mt. Zion | QS | 41 | ||||
| Eureka | Q | 42 | Eric Seim | |||
| Macon (Meridian) | Q | 43 | Gregg Meisenhelter | |||
| Okawville | QS | 44 | ||||
| Pittsfield | QS | 45 | ||||
| Carlyle | Q | 46 | ||||
| White Hall (North Greene) | Q | 47 | ||||
| Fox Lake (Grant) | Q | 48 | ||||
| Palos Hills (Stagg) | Q | 49 | ||||
| Winchester | Q | 50 | ||||
| Colfax (Ridgeview) | Q | 51 | ||||
| Coal City | Q | 52 | ||||
| Geneva | QS | 53 | Tom Anderson | |||
| St. Charles (North) | Q | 53 | ||||
| Ashland (A-C Central) | QS | 55 | ||||
| Chicago (Taft) #2 | Q | 55 | ||||
| Carol Stream (Glenbard North) | Q | 57 | ||||
| Carbondale (H.S.) #2 | Q | 58 | ||||
| Huntley | QS | 58 | ||||
| Knoxville | QS | 60 | ||||
| Rochelle | Q | 60 | ||||
| Bethany (Okaw Valley) | Q | 62 | ||||
| Nashville | Q | 63 | ||||
| Pawnee | Q | 63 | ||||
| Alton (Marquette) | QS | 64 | ||||
| Farmington | QS | 64 | ||||
| Fithian (Oakwood) | Q | 64 | ||||
| Flanagan (F.-Cornell) | Q | 64 | Pete Dall & Brian Yoder | |||
| Hillsboro | Q | 64 | ||||
| London Mills (Spoon River Valley) | Q | 64 | ||||
| McHenry | Q | 64 | ||||
| Oregon | Q | 64 | ||||
| Plainfield (South) | Q | 64 | ||||
| Stillman Valley | Q | 64 | ||||
| Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) | QS | 64 |
| School | Titles | Place | Won | Lost | Tied | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet (Catholic Academy) #1 | Q | 1 | Jake Ziesmer | |||
| Antioch | Q | 2 | Brad Rubin | |||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | QS | 3 | Chris Mural | |||
| Aurora (West Aurora) | QS | 4 | William Loftus | |||
| Broadlands (Heritage) | QS | 5 | James Williams | |||
| Carterville | QS | 5 | Jason Crain | |||
| Dunlap | QS | 7 | Rob Beckman | |||
| St. Charles (North) | QS | 8 | Timothy Pinks | |||
| Port Byron (Riverdale) | QS | 9 | Jason Benoit | |||
| Colfax (Ridgeview) | Q | 10 | Greg Maupin | |||
| Tolono (Unity) | Q | 11 | ||||
| LaGrange (Lyons) | Q | 12 | ||||
| Moline (H.S.) | Q | 13 | ||||
| Glenview (Glenbrook South) | Q | 14 | ||||
| Gardner (G.-South Wilmington) | QS | 15 | ||||
| Herrin (H.S.) | QS | 16 | ||||
| Pinckneyville | Q | 16 | ||||
| Knoxville | Q | 18 | ||||
| Campbell Hill (TRICO) | Q | 19 | ||||
| Rockton (Hononegah) | QS | 20 | Bill Heller & Sharon Bowman | |||
| Seneca | Q | 21 | ||||
| Arlington Heights (Hersey) | QS | 22 | ||||
| Rushville (R.-Industry) | Q | 22 | ||||
| Morris | QS | 24 | ||||
| Glasford (Illini Bluffs) | Q | 25 | ||||
| Warsaw | QS | 26 | ||||
| Breese (Central) | Q | 27 | ||||
| Edinburg | QS | 27 | ||||
| Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) | Q | 27 | ||||
| Flora | QS | 30 | ||||
| DeKalb | Q | 31 | ||||
| Neoga | Q | 31 | ||||
| Winnetka (New Trier) | QS | 31 | ||||
| LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) | Q | 34 | ||||
| Olney (Richland County) | Q | 34 | ||||
| Minooka | Q | 36 | ||||
| Deerfield (H.S.) | Q | 37 | ||||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | Q | 38 | ||||
| Naperville (Central) | Q | 39 | ||||
| Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Ashland (A-C Central) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Athens | Q | 40 | ||||
| Athens | Q | 40 | ||||
| Benton | Q | 40 | ||||
| Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Broadlands (Heritage) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Byron | Q | 40 | ||||
| Coal City | Q | 40 | ||||
| Downers Grove (South) | QS | 40 | ||||
| Edwardsville (H.S.) | QS | 40 | ||||
| Goreville | Q | 40 | ||||
| Greenville | Q | 40 | ||||
| Joliet (Catholic Academy) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Lake Villa (Lakes) | QS | 40 | Mike Gedville & Brian Cardarella | |||
| LeRoy | Q | 40 | ||||
| Lexington | Q | 40 | Mike Steffa | |||
| Maroa (M.-Forsyth) | QS | 40 | ||||
| Maroa (M.-Forsyth) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Mt. Vernon (H.S.) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Nashville | QS | 40 | ||||
| New Lenox (Providence Catholic) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Niles (Notre Dame) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Oblong | Q | 40 | ||||
| Port Byron (Riverdale) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Princeville | Q | 40 | ||||
| Rockford (Guilford) | Q | 40 | ||||
| South Beloit | Q | 40 | ||||
| Stanford (Olympia) | QS | 40 | ||||
| Ullin (Century) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Washburn (Lowpoint-W.) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Washburn (Lowpoint-W.) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Winchester | QS | 40 | ||||
| Winchester | Q | 40 | ||||
| Woodstock (North) | Q | 40 | ||||
| Orland Park (Sandburg) | S | |||||
| Varna (Midland) | S |
| School | Titles | Place | Won | Lost | Tied | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teutopolis | Q | 1 | Lance Dasenbrock | |||
| Carlyle | SQ | 2 | Dru Johnson | |||
| Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) | SQ | 3 | Matt Welsch | |||
| Petersburg (PORTA) | Q | 4 | Kerry Trueblood | |||
| Junction (Gallatin County) | Q | 5 | Ryan Wilson | |||
| Carterville | Q | 6 | Kevin Chapman | |||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | Q | 7 | Troy Billingsley | |||
| Minooka | Q | 8 | David Barney | |||
| Christopher | Q | 9 | Shannon Toigo | |||
| Broadlands (Heritage) | Q | 10 | James Williams | |||
| Argenta (A.-Oreana) | Q | Mark Kaufman | ||||
| Argenta (A.-Oreana) | Q | Kurt Michener | ||||
| Athens | Q | Kennan Deane | ||||
| Aurora (Marmion Academy) | Q | Jeff Cali | ||||
| Batavia | SQ | Brian Drendel | ||||
| Benton | Q | Ralph Hamilton | ||||
| Bunker Hill | Q | Ryan Machota | ||||
| Burlington (Central) | Q | Tim Seyller | ||||
| Campbell Hill (Trico) | SQ | Lee Estel | ||||
| Casey (C.-Westfield) | SQ | Dan Douglas | ||||
| Chicago (Brother Rice) | Q | Mike Bowen | ||||
| Coal City | Q | B.J. Widlowski | ||||
| Dakota | Q | David Koelling | ||||
| Dunlap | Q | Rob Beckman | ||||
| El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) | SQ | Jarrin Landrus | ||||
| Elk Grove Village (E.G.) | Q | Matt Snow | ||||
| Elmhurst (York) | SQ | Don Kasper | ||||
| Farmington | Q | Ron Boyer | ||||
| Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) | Q | Bill Sabodor | ||||
| Fulton (H.S.) | Q | Grant Ganzer | ||||
| Hartsburg (H.-Emden) | SQ | Joe Snyder | ||||
| Herrin (H.S.) | Q | Chad Parks | ||||
| Lake Villa (Lakes) | Q | Mike Gedville & Brian Cardarella | ||||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | SQ | Bill Mueller | ||||
| Macon (Meridian) | Q | Dustin Clark | ||||
| Minooka | Q | Dan Harris | ||||
| Mt. Olive | SQ | Bob Wyatt | ||||
| Mt. Zion | SQ | Bruce Nielsen | ||||
| Murphysboro | Q | Chris Clutts | ||||
| Naperville (North) | Q | Kevin Pearson | ||||
| Normal (Community West) | Q | Steve Volz | ||||
| Palos Hills (Stagg) | Q | Jim Sawyer | ||||
| Poplar Grove (North Boone) | Q | Ron Aurand | ||||
| Port Byron (Riverdale) | SQ | Scott Watson | ||||
| Rockton (Hononegah) | Q | Bill Heller & Sharon Bowman | ||||
| Stanford (Olympia) | Q | Jon Wise | ||||
| Streamwood | SQ | Kenton Evans | ||||
| Vienna | SQ | Morgan Bishop | ||||
| White Hall (North Greene) | SQ | Brad Schultz | ||||
| Windsor | Q | Patrick O'Dell | ||||
| Brimfield | S | Jeff Peterson | ||||
| Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) | S | Gerardo Lopez | ||||
| Granville (Putnam County) | S | Joe Gensini | ||||
| Hamilton | S | Kenneth Massey | ||||
| New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) | S | Jeffrey Wolfe | ||||
| Palos Hills (Stagg) | S | Brian Jackson | ||||
| Roanoke (R.-Benson) | S | Andy Blunier | ||||
| Rockford (Jefferson) | S | Teague Dickey | ||||
| Woodlawn | S | Allen Metje |
| School | Titles | Place | Won | Lost | Tied | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton (North) | Q | 1 | Joe Drover | |||
| Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | SQ | 2 | Chris Mural | |||
| Highland | Q | 3 | Jon Rinderer | |||
| Rockton (Hononegah) | Q | 4 | Sharon Bowman | |||
| Newton | Q | 5 | Chris Bradley | |||
| Teutopolis | SQ | 6 | Derrick Gaddis | |||
| Argenta (A.-Oreana) | SQ | 7 | David Sample | |||
| White Hall (North Greene) | Q | 8 | Josh Lawson | |||
| Coal City | Q | 9 | Shane Cuddy | |||
| El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) | SQ | 10 | Jim Bagnell | |||
| Anna (A.-Jonesboro) | Q | Shawn Horn | ||||
| Antioch | SQ | Brad Rubin | ||||
| Athens | SQ | Mikey Gordon | ||||
| Aurora (West Aurora) | Q | William Loftus | ||||
| Bethany (Okaw Valley) | Q | Dave Doty | ||||
| Biggsville (West Central) | Q | Clinton Stimpson | ||||
| Bloomington (Central Catholic) | Q | Jeff Sikora | ||||
| Braidwood (Reed-Custer) | Q | Connie Rutherford | ||||
| Buffalo Grove | Q | Brian Foecking | ||||
| Bunker Hill | Q | Brendan Magruder | ||||
| Campbell Hill (Trico) | Q | Lee Estel | ||||
| Carlyle | Q | Ricky Huge | ||||
| Carthage (Illini West) | SQ | Harold Northup | ||||
| Chicago (Brother Rice) | SQ | Jim Hall | ||||
| Christopher | SQ | Shannon Toigo | ||||
| Clinton | Q | Tim Potts | ||||
| Deerfield (H.S.) | Q | Florin Mitran | ||||
| DeKalb | SQ | Dave Elliott | ||||
| Downers Grove (South) | SQ | Bob Kud | ||||
| Edwardsville (H.S.) | SQ | Rick Skiff | ||||
| Elmhurst (York) | Q | Donald Kasper | ||||
| Fairbury (Prairie Central) | Q | Tyson Stork | ||||
| Farmington | Q | Ron Boyer | ||||
| Fox Lake (Grant) | Q | Dave Blanke | ||||
| Fulton (H.S.) | Q | Grant Ganzer | ||||
| Galatia | SQ | B.J. Pigg | ||||
| Glasford (Illini Bluffs) | Q | Aaron Roberts | ||||
| Golconda (Pope County) | Q | Ryan Fritch | ||||
| Grant Park | SQ | Chris Sluis | ||||
| Hartsburg (H.-Emden) | Q | Joe Snyder | ||||
| Hillsboro | Q | Mike Kershaw | ||||
| Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | Q | Tim Rivest | ||||
| Marion (H.S.) | Q | Connor Brave | ||||
| Minooka | SQ | David Barney | ||||
| Morton | Q | Chuck Hart | ||||
| Mt. Zion | SQ | Neysa Downs | ||||
| Murphysboro | SQ | Terry Homan | ||||
| Naperville (North) | SQ | Anthony Pellegrini | ||||
| Nashville | Q | Jason Alli | ||||
| Niles (Notre Dame) | Q | Mike Paskvan | ||||
| Normal (Calvary Christian Academy) | Q | Luke Zeller | ||||
| Orland Park (Sandburg) | Q | Jim Corcoran | ||||
| Oswego (East) | Q | Phillip Butera | ||||
| Pecatonica | Q | Brett Dunn | ||||
| Pittsfield | SQ | Greg Bonnett | ||||
| Polo | SQ | Ryan Nelson | ||||
| Pontiac | Q | Bryan Nelson | ||||
| Port Byron (Riverdale) | Q | Jason Benoit | ||||
| Princeville | SQ | Tait Sennett | ||||
| Rockford (Guilford) | SQ | Brian Hansas | ||||
| Shelbyville | Q | Greg Harkins | ||||
| Skokie (Niles North) | Q | Joseph Koski | ||||
| St. Charles (North) | Q | Tim Pinks | ||||
| Stanford (Olympia) | SQ | Jon Wise | ||||
| Stillman Valley | Q | Brad Olson | ||||
| Streamwood | SQ | Kenton Evans | ||||
| Tremont | Q | Lou Wicks | ||||
| Vienna | Q | Brian Sampson | ||||
| Warsaw | Q | Dave Hurt | ||||
| Winchester | Q | Ryan Shaw | ||||
| Winnetka (New Trier) | SQ | Stephen Gagliano |
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