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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).

Downs (Tri-Valley)

Baseball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1989-90       6 6    
Coach Total 6 6   1 yr   .500
1990-91       7 10   Gary Tipsord
1991-92       13 9   Gary Tipsord
2001-02 A R   0 1   Gary Tipsord
Coach Total 20 20   3 yr   .500
2003-04       13 16    
Coach Total 13 16   1 yr   .448
2004-05 A R   18 12   Howard Springer
2005-06 A R   18 10   Howard Springer
2006-07       19 9   Howard Springer
2007-08 1A R   17 14   Howard Springer
2008-09       7 14   Howard Springer
2009-10 1A RSUQ 4 13 16   Howard Springer
2010-11       11 18   Howard Springer
2011-12             Howard Springer
2012-13             Howard Springer
Coach Total 103 93   7 yr   .526
2013-14             Josh Roop
2014-15             Josh Roop
2015-16       23 8   Travis Drury
2016-17 2A R   22 6   Travis Drury
2017-18       21 8   Travis Drury
2018-19       12 16   Travis Drury
2020-21       11 11   Travis Drury
2021-22       10 16 1 Travis Drury
2022-23       18 12   Travis Drury
Coach Total 117 77 1 7 yr   .603
School Total 259 212 1 19 yr   .550

Boys Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1966-67       7 16   Roger Icenogle
1967-68       10 15   Roger Icenogle
1968-69       9 14   Roger Icenogle
Coach Total 26 45   3 yr   .366
1969-70       10 14   Lynn Deason
1971-72       7 15   Lynn Deason
Coach Total 17 29   2 yr   .370
1973-74       15 10   Tom Boward
1974-75       3 20   Tom Boward
1975-76       11 13   Tom Boward
1976-77       14 9   Tom Boward
1977-78       8 16   Tom Boward
Coach Total 51 68   5 yr   .429
1982-83       8 16   Alan Holder
1983-84       15 12   Alan Holder
1984-85       7 18   Alan Holder
Coach Total 30 46   3 yr   .395
1985-86       4 20   Ray Bergles
1986-87       15 9   Ray Bergles
1987-88       18 10   Ray Bergles
1988-89 A RS   20 9   Ray Bergles
1989-90       4 20   Ray Bergles
Coach Total 61 68   5 yr   .473
1990-91       2 24   John Noyes
1991-92       14 14   John Noyes
1992-93       6 19   John Noyes
Coach Total 22 57   3 yr   .278
1993-94       11 11   Dave Sommers
Coach Total 11 11   1 yr   .500
1994-95       7 14   Mark McBride
1995-96       11 17   Mark McBride
1996-97       7 19   Mark McBride
Coach Total 25 50   3 yr   .333
1997-98       23 6   Dave Holliday
1998-99       24 6   Dave Holliday
Coach Total 47 12   2 yr   .797
1999-00 A R   24 7   Tom Hall
2000-01       18 9   Tom Hall
2001-02 A R   21 7   Tom Hall
2002-03       24 7   Tom Hall
2003-04 A RS   31 2   Tom Hall
2004-05       19 12   Tom Hall
Coach Total 137 44   6 yr   .757
2005-06       23 7   Jon Nelson
2006-07       17 13   Jon Nelson
2007-08       19 12   Jon Nelson
2008-09       17 12   Jon Nelson
2009-10       13 15   Jon Nelson
2010-11       16 13   Jon Nelson
2011-12       20 8   Jon Nelson
2012-13       20 8   Jon Nelson
2013-14       13 14   Jon Nelson
2014-15       19 10   Jon Nelson
2015-16       15 13   Jon Nelson
2016-17       11 15   Jon Nelson
Coach Total 203 140   12 yr   .592
School Total 630 570   45 yr   .525

Boys Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1980-81 A Q         Tom Boward
1994-95 A R         Tom Broward
1999-00 A Q         Todd Schneider
2000-01 A Q         Todd Scheider

Boys Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2004-05 A Q         Tim Cox
2018-19 1A RQ         Bryan Corn
2020-21 1A R         Jon Nelson

Boys Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1993-94 A            
2011-12 1A S         Todd Schneider

Football

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2002-03 2A Q   6 4   Brian Knutson
2003-04       3 6   Brian Knutson
Coach Total 9 10   2 yr   .474
2004-05       3 6   Brent Ward
2005-06       5 4   Brent Ward
2006-07       1 8   Brent Ward
Coach Total 9 18   3 yr   .333
2007-08       4 5   Josh Roop
2008-09 2A Q   6 4   Josh Roop
2009-10 2A Q   7 3   Josh Roop
2010-11 1A Q   5 5   Josh Roop
2011-12 2A Q   7 3   Josh Roop
2012-13 2A Q   9 2   Josh Roop
2013-14 1A Q 2 13 1   Josh Roop
2014-15 2A Q   7 3   Josh Roop
2015-16 2A Q 1 14 0   Josh Roop
2016-17 2A Q   10 1   Josh Roop
2017-18 2A Q   9 2   Josh Roop
2018-19 2A Q   7 5   Josh Roop
2019-20       4 5   Josh Roop
2020-21       3 1   Josh Roop
2021-22 2A Q   12 0   Josh Roop
2022-23 2A Q 2 11 3   Josh Roop
2023-24 2A Q   10 1   Josh Roop
Coach Total 138 44   17 yr   .758
School Total 156 72   22 yr   .684

Girls Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1978-79       1 14   Alan Holder
1979-80       15 4   Alan Holder
1980-81       16 7   Alan Holder
1981-82 A R   18 6   Alan Holder
Coach Total 50 31   4 yr   .617
1984-85 A R          
2002-03       17 10   Jamie Ward
Coach Total 17 10   1 yr   .630
2005-06       14 14    
2006-07       18 10    
Coach Total 32 24   2 yr   .571
2007-08       7 8   Todd Schneider
Coach Total 7 8   1 yr   .467
2008-09       15 11   Brad Harmon
Coach Total 15 11   1 yr   .577
School Total 121 84   9 yr   .590

Girls Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1993-94 A RQ         Tom Boward
1994-95 A Q         Tom Boward
2005-06 A Q         Todd Schneider
2006-07 A Q         Todd Schneider
2007-08 1A Q         Todd Schneider
2008-09 1A Q         Todd Schneider
2012-13 1A RQ         Todd Schneider
2013-14 1A Q         Bill Owens

Girls Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2024-25 1A RSQ         Beth Kinsey

Girls Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1980-81 A     14 5   John Pearson
1981-82 A   3 30 5   John Pearson
1996-97 A     22 3   John Pearson
1997-98 A   1       John Pearson
Coach Total 66 13   3 yr   .835
2008-09 1A   3 30 4   Jon Nelson, Todd Schneider, & John Pearson
Coach Total 30 4   1 yr   .882
School Total 96 17   4 yr   .850

Girls Volleyball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1983-84 A R          
1984-85 A R          
1985-86 A R          
1998-99 A R   26 4   Jamie Ward
1999-00 A R   29 4   Jamie Ward
Coach Total 55 8   2 yr   .873
2004-05 A R          
2006-07       6 5   Jeff Huebner
2007-08       22 8   Jeff Huebner
Coach Total 28 13   2 yr   .683
2008-09 1A R          
2009-10 1A RS          
2010-11       16 5   Jeff Huebner
Coach Total 16 5   1 yr   .762
2011-12       24 8   Jamie Ward
2012-13 2A R   29 4   Jamie Ward
2013-14       22 8   Jamie Ward
2014-15 2A R   27 5   Jamie Ward
2015-16       22 8   Jamie Ward
2016-17 2A R   30 3   Jamie Ward
2017-18 2A R   28 6   Jamie Ward
2018-19       22 8   Jamie Ward
2019-20 2A R   35 3   Jamie Ward
Coach Total 239 53   9 yr   .818
2020-21       14 0   Sierra Leinweber
2021-22 2A R   24 9   Sierra Leinweber
Coach Total 38 9   2 yr   .809
2022-23       31 4 1 Donna Dulle
Coach Total 31 4 1 1 yr   .875
School Total 407 92 1 17 yr   .815

Music Sweepstakes

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2000-01 C            
2001-02 C            
2002-03 C            
2003-04 C            
2004-05 C            
2005-06 C            
2006-07 C            
2007-08 C            
2008-09 C   3        
2009-10 C            

Scholastic Bowl

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2011-12 A R          
2012-13 A R          
2013-14 A R          
2017-18 1A R         Bryan Corn
2018-19 1A RSQ         Bryan Corn

Softball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2006-07 A RSUQ   18 6   James Adams
2007-08 1A RSUQ 3 31 4   James Adams
2008-09 1A RSUQ 3 33 6   James Adams
Coach Total 82 16   3 yr   .837
2009-10 1A RS          
2011-12       25 8   Craig Patrick
2012-13       16 4   Craig Patrick
2013-14       23 5   Craig Patrick
2014-15 2A R   21 9   Craig Patrick
2015-16       20 6   Craig Patrick
2016-17       16 8   Craig Patrick
Coach Total 121 40   6 yr   .752
School Total 203 56   9 yr   .784

Ellsworth

Defunct school with students now attending Downs (Tri-Valley).

Boys Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1949-50       12 12   Loren Laub
1950-51       15 7   Loren Laub
1951-52       15 8   Loren Laub
1952-53       14 9   Loren Laub
1953-54   D   21 3   Loren Laub
Coach Total 77 39   5 yr   .664
1954-55   D   19 6   Tom Higgerty
1955-56       20 8   Tom Higgerty
1956-57       10 15   Tom Higgerty
Coach Total 49 29   3 yr   .628
1957-58       12 11   Winfield Bates
Coach Total 12 11   1 yr   .522
1958-59       5 19   Dale Engelhorn
1959-60       3 18   Dale Engelhorn
1960-61   D   11 13   Dale Engelhorn
1961-62   D   10 12   Dale Engelhorn
1962-63       5 16   Dale Engelhorn
Coach Total 34 78   5 yr   .304
1970-71       13 12    
Coach Total 13 12   1 yr   .520
1972-73             Tom Boward
1973-74       15 10   Tom Boward
1974-75       4 19   Tom Boward
1975-76       11 13   Tom Boward
1976-77       14 9   Tom Boward
1977-78       8 16   Tom Boward
1978-79       10 15   Tom Boward
1979-80       6 20   Tom Boward
Coach Total 68 102   7 yr   .400
1980-81       11 13   Ken May
1981-82       0 25   Ken May
Coach Total 11 38   2 yr   .224
1982-83       8 16   Alan Holder
1983-84       15 12   Alan Holder
1984-85       7 18   Alan Holder
Coach Total 30 46   3 yr   .395
School Total 294 355   27 yr   .453