Boys Cross Country 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: Ddistrict, Rregional, Ssectional, Usuper-sectional, Qteam qualifier for state finals, PChicago 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 |
Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
DQ |
1 |
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Elmer Nelson |
Paris |
DQ |
2 |
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Des Plaines (Maine) |
DQ |
3 |
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Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
4 |
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Lincoln |
DQ |
5 |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
6 |
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Moline (H.S.) |
DQ |
7 |
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Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) |
DQ |
8 |
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Jim Harris |
Christopher |
DQ |
9 |
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1951-52
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Urbana (H.S.) |
DQ |
1 |
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Gene Armer |
LaGrange (Lyons) |
DQ |
2 |
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Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
3 |
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Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) |
DQ |
4 |
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Dixon (H.S.) |
DQ |
5 |
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Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) |
DQ |
6 |
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Jim Harris |
Christopher |
DQ |
7 |
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Moline (H.S.) |
DQ |
8 |
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Marseilles |
DQ |
9 |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
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1952-53
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
1 |
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Roy Gummerson |
Urbana (H.S.) |
DQ |
2 |
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Evanston (Twp.) |
DQ |
3 |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
DQ |
4 |
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Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
DQ |
5 |
5 |
1 |
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Ralph Steben |
Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
6 |
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Marseilles |
DQ |
7 |
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Dixon (H.S.) |
DQ |
8 |
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Chicago (Austin) |
PQ |
9 |
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Christopher |
DQ |
10 |
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1953-54
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Evanston (Twp.) |
DQ |
1 |
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Emil Schultz |
Toledo (Cumberland) |
DQ |
2 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
3 |
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Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
4 |
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Urbana (H.S.) |
Q |
5 |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
DQ |
6 |
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Maywood (Proviso) |
Q |
7 |
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LaGrange (Lyons) |
DQ |
8 |
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Rockford (East) |
Q |
9 |
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Dixon (H.S.) |
DQ |
10 |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
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Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
DQ |
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Ralph Steben |
Galesburg (H.S.) |
Q |
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Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) |
Q |
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Hurst (H.-Bush) |
Q |
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Madison |
Q |
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Marseilles |
Q |
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Mounds (Douglass) |
DQ |
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Peoria (H.S.) |
Q |
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1954-55
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Maywood (Proviso) |
DQ |
1 |
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Harold Monilaw |
Peoria (Woodruff) |
Q |
2 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
3 |
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Urbana (H.S.) |
Q |
4 |
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Toledo (Cumberland) |
DQ |
5 |
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Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) |
Q |
6 |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
Q |
7 |
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Peoria (H.S.) |
DQ |
8 |
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LaGrange (Lyons) |
DQ |
9 |
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Dixon (H.S.) |
DQ |
10 |
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Buffalo (Tri-City) |
Q |
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Chicago (Dunbar) |
Q |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
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DeKalb |
DQ |
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Dupo |
Q |
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Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) |
Q |
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Herrin (H.S.) |
Q |
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Lincoln |
DQ |
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Mounds (Douglass) |
DQ |
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Ottawa (Twp.) |
Q |
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Keith Clark |
1955-56
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
LaGrange (Lyons) |
Q |
1 |
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Max Armer |
Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
2 |
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Urbana (H.S.) |
DQ |
3 |
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Des Plaines (Maine) |
DQ |
4 |
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Peoria (H.S.) |
DQ |
5 |
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Hinsdale (Twp.) |
DQ |
6 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
7 |
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DeKalb |
DQ |
8 |
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Maywood (Proviso) |
Q |
9 |
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Chicago (Dunbar) |
Q |
10 |
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Dixon (H.S.) |
Q |
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Edwardsville (H.S.) |
Q |
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Eldorado |
DQ |
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Galatia |
Q |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
Q |
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Lincoln |
Q |
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Ottawa (Twp.) |
Q |
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Keith Clark |
Pekin |
DQ |
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Streator (Twp.) |
DQ |
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Toledo (Cumberland) |
Q |
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Winnetka (New Trier) |
Q |
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1956-57
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
LaGrange (Lyons) |
DQ |
1 |
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Max Armer |
Rock Falls |
DQ |
2 |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
3 |
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Maywood (Proviso) |
DQ |
4 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
5 |
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Rockford (East) |
Q |
6 |
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Downers Grove (H.S.) |
Q |
7 |
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Edwardsville (H.S.) |
Q |
7 |
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Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
9 |
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Moline (H.S.) |
Q |
10 |
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Bartonville (Limestone) |
DQ |
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Champaign (H.S.) |
DQ |
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Chicago (Crane) |
Q |
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Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) |
Q |
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Galatia |
DQ |
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John Cherry |
Lincoln |
Q |
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Peoria (H.S.) |
Q |
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St. Charles (H.S.) |
DQ |
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Toledo (Cumberland) |
Q |
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West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
Q |
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1957-58
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Maywood (Proviso) |
DQ |
1 |
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Harold Monilaw |
Edwardsville (H.S.) |
Q |
2 |
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LaGrange (Lyons) |
DQ |
3 |
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Urbana (H.S.) |
Q |
4 |
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Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) |
Q |
5 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
6 |
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Toledo (Cumberland) |
DQ |
7 |
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Moline (H.S.) |
DQ |
8 |
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St. Charles (H.S.) |
DQ |
9 |
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Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
Q |
10 |
5 |
3 |
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Ralph Steben |
Bartonville (Limestone) |
DQ |
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Buffalo (Tri-City) |
Q |
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Centralia (H.S.) |
DQ |
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Chicago (Englewood) |
PQ |
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Chicago (Phillips) |
Q |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
Q |
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Peoria (H.S.) |
DQ |
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Peoria (Manual) |
Q |
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Rockford (East) |
Q |
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West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
Q |
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1958-59
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Alton (Sr.) |
DQ |
1 |
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Neal Schmelzel |
Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) |
DQ |
2 |
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Rockford (East) |
DQ |
3 |
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Chicago (Lane) |
Q |
4 |
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Edwardsville (H.S.) |
Q |
5 |
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Maywood (Proviso East) |
Q |
6 |
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Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
Q |
7 |
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Ralph Steben |
Arlington Heights (Arlington) |
DQ |
8 |
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Kankakee (Sr.) |
DQ |
9 |
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Chicago (Phillips) |
PQ |
10 |
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Bartonville (Limestone) |
DQ |
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Champaign (H.S.) |
Q |
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DeKalb |
Q |
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East Moline (United) |
Q |
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Herrin (H.S.) |
Q |
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Lincoln |
Q |
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Moline (H.S.) |
DQ |
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Streator (Twp.) |
Q |
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Toledo (Cumberland) |
DQ |
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West Frankfort (Frankfort) |
DQ |
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1959-60
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School |
Titles |
Place |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Coach |
Winnetka (New Trier) |
DQ |
1 |
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Ben Almaguer |
Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) |
DQ |
2 |
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Chicago (Lane) |
PQ |
3 |
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Edwardsville (H.S.) |
DQ |
4 |
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Moline (H.S.) |
DQ |
4 |
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Des Plaines (Maine) |
Q |
6 |
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Urbana (H.S.) |
DQ |
7 |
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LaGrange (Lyons) |
Q |
8 |
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Alton (Sr.) |
Q |
9 |
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Champaign (H.S.) |
Q |
10 |
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Carrier Mills |
DQ |
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Chicago (Phillips) |
Q |
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Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) |
Q |
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Bob Rehberg |
DeKalb |
Q |
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Geneseo (Darnall) |
Q |
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Ottawa (Twp.) |
DQ |
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Keith Clark |
Peoria (Richwoods) |
Q |
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Peoria (Woodruff) |
DQ |
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Pinckneyville |
Q |
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Rockford (East) |
DQ |
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