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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).

Forreston

Baseball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1977-78       3 16   Don Carlson
1978-79       11 10 1 Don Carlson
1979-80       15 5 1 Don Carlson
1980-81       15 5 1 Don Carlson
1981-82       11 10   Don Carlson
1982-83       9 8   Don Carlson
1983-84       6 13   Don Carlson
1984-85       9 8   Don Carlson
1985-86       11 8 1 Don Carlson
1986-87       8 8   Don Carlson
1987-88       5 10   Don Carlson
Coach Total 103 101 4 11 yr   .505
1998-99       9 9   John Tessendorf
Coach Total 9 9   1 yr   .500
1999-00       3 22   Lane Schurr
2000-01       9 18   Lane Schurr
2001-02       8 21   Lane Schurr
Coach Total 20 61   3 yr   .247
2002-03       13 15   Denny Diduch
2003-04       17 17   Denny Diduch
2004-05       18 10   Denny Diduch
2005-06       19 9   Denny Diduch
2006-07       12 13   Denny Diduch
2007-08       12 13   Denny Diduch
Coach Total 91 77   6 yr   .542
2008-09       12 21   Kyle Zick
2009-10       16 16   Kyle Zick
2010-11       14 17   Kyle Zick
2011-12       21 15   Kyle Zick
2012-13       12 11   Kyle Zick
2013-14       17 12   Kyle Zick
2014-15 2A R   32 6   Kyle Zick
2015-16       22 10   Kyle Zick
2016-17 1A R   27 4   Kyle Zick
Coach Total 173 112   9 yr   .607
2017-18 1A RS   28 3   Michael McClellan
2018-19 1A R   24 8   Michael McClellan
2020-21       19 4 1 Michael McClellan
2021-22       19 9   Michael McClellan
2022-23       20 13   Michael McClellan
Coach Total 110 37 1 5 yr   .747
2023-24 1A R   24 9 1 Mike McClellan
Coach Total 24 9 1 1 yr   .721
School Total 530 406 6 36 yr   .563

Boys Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1935-36       5 16    
1936-37       5 9    
Coach Total 10 25   2 yr   .286
1937-38             George Manus
1938-39             George Manus
1939-40             Earnest Poe
1940-41       2 22   Earnest Poe
1941-42       3 16   Earnest Poe
Coach Total 5 38   2 yr   .116
1942-43             Charley Sprague
1943-44             Charley Sprague
1944-45       17 6   Charley Sprague
Coach Total 17 6   1 yr   .739
1945-46       13 9   Willard VanNess
1946-47       20 8   Willard VanNess
1947-48       8 15   Willard VanNess
Coach Total 41 32   3 yr   .562
1948-49       0 23   Robert Brinkmeier
1949-50       5 20   Robert Brinkmeier
1950-51       14 12   Robert Brinkmeier
1951-52       22 2   Robert Brinkmeier
1952-53       28 2   Robert Brinkmeier
1953-54       23 7   Robert Brinkmeier
1954-55       20 8   Robert Brinkmeier
1955-56   R   29 2   Robert Brinkmeier
1956-57   R   26 3   Robert Brinkmeier
1957-58   R   30 2   Robert Brinkmeier
1958-59       22 6   Robert Brinkmeier
1959-60       15 13   Robert Brinkmeier
1960-61       13 12   Robert Brinkmeier
1961-62   D   22 6   Robert Brinkmeier
1962-63   D   21 7   Robert Brinkmeier
1963-64   D   21 7   Robert Brinkmeier
1964-65   D   23 4   Robert Brinkmeier
1965-66   D   22 2   Robert Brinkmeier
Coach Total 356 138   18 yr   .721
1966-67       19 8   Rusty Egan
1967-68   D   26 4   Rusty Egan
1968-69       21 5   Rusty Egan
1969-70       19 8   Rusty Egan
Coach Total 85 25   4 yr   .773
1970-71       8 13   Rich Bennett
1971-72       9 14   Rich Bennett
1972-73       13 10   Rich Bennett
Coach Total 30 37   3 yr   .448
1973-74       16 6   Dan Harmon
1974-75       17 7   Dan Harmon
1975-76       15 8   Dan Harmon
1976-77       17 10   Dan Harmon
1977-78       16 11   Dan Harmon
1978-79       20 6   Dan Harmon
Coach Total 101 48   6 yr   .678
1979-80       17 9   Mike Antonacci
1980-81       17 11   Mike Antonacci
1981-82       19 9   Mike Antonacci
Coach Total 53 29   3 yr   .646
1982-83       9 15   Steve Sandholm
1983-84 A R   21 8   Steve Sandholm
Coach Total 30 23   2 yr   .566
1984-85       15 10   Paul Krick
Coach Total 15 10   1 yr   .600
1985-86       8 19   Bill Dehority
1986-87       19 7   Bill Dehority
1987-88 A RSUQ   28 3   Bill Dehority
1988-89       14 12   Bill Dehority
Coach Total 69 41   4 yr   .627
1989-90       10 15   Terry Quilty
1990-91 A R   16 13   Terry Quilty
Coach Total 26 28   2 yr   .481
1991-92       12 14   Mark Hansen
1992-93       15 9   Mark Hansen
1993-94       17 8   Mark Hansen
1994-95 A R   19 10   Mark Hansen
1995-96       13 14   Mark Hansen
1996-97       19 8   Mark Hansen
1997-98       16 12   Mark Hansen
1998-99 A RS   30 2   Mark Hansen
Coach Total 141 77   8 yr   .647
1999-00              
2000-01       25 3   Brett Goff
2001-02       21 7   Brett Goff
Coach Total 46 10   2 yr   .821
2002-03       16 11   Ron Winemiller
2003-04       19 9   Ron WInemiller
Coach Total 35 20   2 yr   .636
2004-05       18 10   Aaron Katzenberger
Coach Total 18 10   1 yr   .643
2005-06 A RS   28 5   Jonathan Schneiderman
2006-07 A R   25 5   Jonathan Schneiderman
2007-08       21 7   Jonathan Schneiderman
2008-09       22 7   Jonathan Schneiderman
2009-10       15 12   Jonathan Schneiderman
2010-11 1A RS   25 6   Jonathan Schneiderman
2011-12 1A R   16 14   Jonathan Schneiderman
2012-13       15 13   Jonathan Schneiderman
2013-14       11 16   Jonathan Schneiderman
Coach Total 178 85   9 yr   .677
2014-15 1A RSUQ 4 26 7   Travis Ross
2015-16       6 20   Travis Ross
2016-17       16 11   Travis Ross
Coach Total 48 38   3 yr   .558
2018-19 1A R   20 9   Jonathan Schneiderman
Coach Total 20 9   1 yr   .690
2019-20       15 17   Justin Shiltz
Coach Total 15 17   1 yr   .469
2020-21       2 8   Jake Groom
2021-22       11 18   Jake Groom
Coach Total 13 26   2 yr   .333
School Total 1352 772   80 yr   .637

Boys Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1970-71             Rich Bennett
1971-72             Rich Bennett
1972-73             Rich Bennett
1973-74             Rich Bennett
1974-75             Rich Bennett
1975-76             Rich Bennett
1976-77             Rich Bennett
1977-78             Rich Bennett
1978-79             Rich Bennett
1979-80             Rich Bennett
1980-81       6 7   Rich Bennett
1981-82             Rich Bennett
1982-83             Rich Bennett
1983-84             Rich Bennett
1984-85 A Q         Rich Bennett
1985-86 A R         Rich Bennett
1986-87 A RQ 3       Rich Bennett
Coach Total 6 7   1 yr   .462
School Total 6 7   1 yr   .462

Boys Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2000-01             Loran VanDeGraff
2001-02             Ron Winemiller
2002-03 A R   9 5   Rich Bennett
2003-04       8 5   Rich Bennett
2004-05       8 9   Rich Bennett
2005-06       6 9   Rich Bennett
2006-07       10 5   Rich Bennett
2007-08       8 11   Rich Bennett
2008-09       10 5   Rich Bennett
2009-10 1A R   16 2   Rich Bennett
2010-11       16 4   Rich Bennett
2011-12       8 9   Rich Bennett
Coach Total 99 64   10 yr   .607
2012-13       10 7   Matt Hanley
2013-14       15 3   Matt Hanley
2014-15       10 4   Matt Hanley
2015-16       7 9   Matt Hanley
2016-17       9 7   Matt Hanley
2017-18       5 11   Matt Hanley
2018-19       3 15   Matt Hanley
2019-20       7 7   Matt Hanley
2020-21       2 12   Matt Hanley
2021-22       2 14   Matt Hanley
2022-23       11 6   Matt Hanley
Coach Total 81 95   11 yr   .460
School Total 180 159   21 yr   .531

Boys Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1970-71             Rich Bennett
1971-72             Rich Bennett
1972-73             Rich Bennett
1973-74             Rich Bennett
1974-75             Rich Bennett
1975-76             Rich Bennett
1976-77             Rich Bennett
1977-78             Rich Bennett
1978-79             Rich Bennett
1979-80 A            
1982-83             Steve Herkert
1983-84             Steve Herkert
1984-85             Steve Herkert
1985-86             Steve Herkert
1986-87             Steve Herkert
1987-88             Steve Herkert
1988-89             Steve Herkert
1989-90 A S         Steve Herkert
1990-91 A S         Steve Herkert
1991-92 A S         Steve Herkert
1992-93             Steve Herkert
1993-94             Steve Herkert
1994-95             Steve Herkert
1995-96             Steve Herkert
1996-97             Steve Herkert
1997-98             Steve Herkert
1998-99             Steve Herkert
1999-00             Steve Herkert
2016-17 1A S 3       Bob Wagner
2016-17             Robert E. Wagner
2017-18 1A            
2018-19 1A S         Bob Wagner
2020-21 1A S         Tony Hardin
2021-22             Tony Hardin
2022-23             Tony Hardin

Football

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1955-56       2 5   Bob Brinkmeier
1956-57       2 5   Bob Brinkmeier
1957-58       5 3   Bob Brinkmeier
1958-59       2 5   Bob Brinkmeier
1959-60       4 4   Bob Brinkmeier
1960-61       3 5   Bob Brinkmeier
Coach Total 18 27   6 yr   .400
1961-62       5 2   Fred Erickson
1962-63       7 0 1 Fred Erickson
Coach Total 12 2 1 2 yr   .833
1963-64       7 1   William "Rusty" Egan
Coach Total 7 1   1 yr   .875
1964-65       5 2   Fred Erickson
1965-66       5 3   Fred Erickson
1966-67       3 5   Fred Erickson
1967-68       2 6   Fred Erickson
1968-69       3 5   Fred Erickson
Coach Total 18 21   5 yr   .462
1969-70       4 4   Ed Brucker
Coach Total 4 4   1 yr   .500
1970-71       4 4   Harry Van Arsdale
1971-72       2 6   Harry Van Arsdale
Coach Total 6 10   2 yr   .375
1972-73       3 5   Ken Ryder
1973-74       5 4   Ken Ryder
1974-75       3 6   Ken Ryder
1975-76 2A Q   8 2   Ken Ryder
1976-77 2A Q   9 2   Ken Ryder
1977-78       5 4   Ken Ryder
1978-79       6 3   Ken Ryder
1979-80 2A Q   8 2   Ken Ryder
1980-81       4 5   Ken Ryder
Coach Total 51 33   9 yr   .607
1981-82       2 7   Don Carlson
1982-83       4 5   Don Carlson
1983-84       5 4   Don Carlson
1984-85       1 8   Don Carlson
1985-86       2 7   Don Carlson
1986-87       4 5   Don Carlson
1987-88 2A Q   7 3   Don Carlson
1988-89 2A Q   11 1   Don Carlson
1989-90       3 6   Don Carlson
1990-91       5 4   Don Carlson
1991-92       4 4   Don Carlson
1992-93       3 6   Don Carlson
1993-94       0 9   Don Carlson
1994-95       2 7   Don Carlson
1995-96       3 6   Don Carlson
1996-97       3 6   Don Carlson
Coach Total 59 88   16 yr   .401
1997-98 1A Q   6 4   Greg Wood
1998-99       6 3   Greg Wood
1999-00 2A Q   7 3   Greg Wood
2000-01 1A Q   9 2   Greg Wood
2001-02 2A Q   10 3   Greg Wood
2002-03 2A Q   6 4   Greg Wood
2003-04 2A Q   8 2   Greg Wood
2004-05 2A Q   7 3   Greg Wood
2005-06 2A Q   5 5   Greg Wood
2006-07 2A Q   9 2   Greg Wood
Coach Total 73 31   10 yr   .702
2007-08 2A Q   9 2   Travis Heinz
Coach Total 9 2   1 yr   .818
2008-09       5 4   Denny Diduch
2009-10       4 5   Denny Diduch
2010-11 1A Q   6 4   Denny Diduch
2011-12 1A Q   10 2   Denny Diduch
2012-13 1A Q   9 3   Denny Diduch
2013-14 1A Q   7 3   Denny Diduch
2014-15 1A Q 1 13 1   Denny Diduch
2015-16 1A Q   8 3   Denny Diduch
2016-17 1A Q 1 14 0   Denny Diduch
Coach Total 76 25   9 yr   .752
2017-18 1A Q   11 2   Dennis Diduch
Coach Total 11 2   1 yr   .846
2018-19 1A Q 1 12 2   Kyle Zick
2019-20 1A Q   8 3   Kyle Zick
2020-21       3 2   Kyle Zick
Coach Total 23 7   3 yr   .767
2021-22 1A Q   8 3   Keynon Janicke
2022-23 1A Q   8 5   Keynon Janicke
2023-24 1A Q   8 3   Keynon Janicke
2024-25       2 7   Keynon Janicke
Coach Total 26 18   4 yr   .591
School Total 393 271 1 70 yr   .591

Girls Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1976-77       0 8   Karen Benson
Coach Total 0 8   1 yr   .000
1977-78       5 6   Val Kradle
Coach Total 5 6   1 yr   .455
1978-79       11 5   Rich Bennett
1979-80       16 4   Rich Bennett
1980-81 A RSUQ   21 3   Rich Bennett
1981-82       14 6   Rich Bennett
1982-83       20 4   Rich Bennett
1983-84 A R   23 3   Rich Bennett
1984-85       14 10   Rich Bennett
1985-86       16 9   Rich Bennett
1986-87       14 10   Rich Bennett
1987-88       12 14   Rich Bennett
1988-89       12 14   Rich Bennett
1989-90       17 8   Rich Bennett
1990-91 A R   21 5   Rich Bennett
1991-92       19 7   Rich Bennett
1992-93       15 11   Rich Bennett
1993-94 A R   25 5   Rich Bennett
1994-95       13 15   Rich Bennett
1995-96 A R   23 6   Rich Bennett
Coach Total 306 139   18 yr   .688
1996-97       13 14   Robbie Vieaux
1997-98       16 11   Robbie Vieaux
1998-99       7 19   Robbie Vieaux
1999-00       12 14   Robbie Vieaux
2000-01       20 7   Robbie Vieaux
Coach Total 68 65   5 yr   .511
2001-02 A R   15 14   Mike Schiffman
Coach Total 15 14   1 yr   .517
2002-03 A R   16 13   Mike Huenefeld
Coach Total 16 13   1 yr   .552
2003-04       21 5   Nicole Brinker
2004-05       12 14   Nicole Brinker
2005-06 A RS   25 8   Nicole Brinker
2006-07 A RS   33 2   Nicole Brinker
2007-08       24 7   Nicole Brinker
2008-09       10 10   Nicole Brinker
2009-10       20 9   Nicole Brinker
2010-11       21 8   Nicole Brinker
Coach Total 166 63   8 yr   .725
2011-12       20 9   Tim Bukoski
2012-13       20 10   Tim Bukoski
2013-14       16 14   Tim Bukoski
2014-15       9 20   Tim Bukoski
2015-16             Tim Bukoski
Coach Total 65 53   4 yr   .551
2016-17       13 16   Butch Rosecke
Coach Total 13 16   1 yr   .448
2017-18       16 13   Brian Rahn
2018-19       10 16   Brian Rahn
2019-20       18 15   Brian Rahn
2020-21       4 10   Brian Rahn
2021-22       7 22   Brian Rahn
2022-23       17 17   Brian Rahn
Coach Total 72 93   6 yr   .436
School Total 726 470   46 yr   .607

Girls Cross Country

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1980-81       11 0   Rich Bennett
Coach Total 11 0   1 yr   1.000
School Total 11 0   1 yr   1.000

Girls Golf

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2004-05             Rich Bennett
2005-06             Rich Bennett
2006-07             Rich Bennett
2007-08             Rich Bennett
2008-09             Rich Bennett
2009-10             Rich Bennett
2010-11             Rich Bennett
2011-12             Rich Bennett
2012-13             Matt Hanley
2013-14             Matt Hanley
2014-15             Matt Hanley
2015-16             Matt Hanley
2016-17             Matt Hanley
2017-18             Matt Hanley
2018-19             Matt Hanley
2019-20             Matt Hanley
2020-21             Matt Hanley
2021-22             Matt Hanley
2022-23             Matt Hanley

Girls Track & Field

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1976-77       15 5 1 Karen Benson
1977-78       18 14 1 Karen Benson
1978-79             Karen Benson
1979-80             Karen Benson
1980-81       3 4   Karen Benson
1982-83             Karen Benson
1983-84             Karen Benson
1984-85             Karen Benson
1985-86             Karen Benson
1986-87             Karen Benson
1987-88             Karen Benson
Coach Total 36 23 2 3 yr   .607
1988-89 A S          
1989-90 A S          
1990-91             Karen Benson
1991-92             Karen Benson
1992-93 A S          
1993-94 A S          
1994-95 A S 2        
1995-96 A S 3       Karen Benson
1996-97             Karen Benson
1998-99             Lori Wellington
1999-00             Robert E. Wagner
2000-01             Robert E. Wagner
2001-02             Robert E. Wagner
2002-03             Robert E. Wagner
2003-04             Robert E. Wagner
2004-05             Robert E. Wagner
2005-06             Robert E. Wagner
2006-07             Robert E. Wagner
2007-08             Robert E. Wagner
2008-09             Robert E. Wagner
2009-10             Robert E. Wagner
2010-11              
2013-14             Terry Jenkins
2014-15             Terry Jenkins
2015-16             Terry Jenkins
2016-17             Terry Jenkins
2017-18             Terry Jenkins
2018-19             Terry Jenkins
2019-20             Terry Jenkins
2020-21             Terry Jenkins
2021-22             Terry Jenkins
2022-23             Terry Jenkins
School Total 36 23 2 3 yr   .590

Girls Volleyball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1980-81       11 8   Karen Benson
Coach Total 11 8   1 yr   .579
2000-01 A R          
2004-05 A R          
2007-08 2A R          
2010-11       26 9   Sam Rogers
Coach Total 26 9   1 yr   .743
2011-12 1A R   28 8 1 Lori Wellington
2012-13       23 12   Lori Wellington
2013-14       22 12 1 Lori Wellington
2014-15       14 22 1 Lori Wellington
Coach Total 87 54 3 4 yr   .615
2015-16       13 19 1 Shannon Williams
2016-17       13 23 1 Shannon Williams
2017-18       24 12   Shannon Williams
2018-19 2A R   29 8   Shannon Williams
2019-20       26 10 1 Shannon Williams
2020-21       6 2   Shannon Williams
2021-22       18 13 1 Shannon Williams
2022-23       26 10 1 Shannon Williams
Coach Total 155 97 5 8 yr   .613
School Total 279 168 8 14 yr   .619

Music Sweepstakes

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1983-84 C            
1984-85 C            
1985-86 C            
1987-88 C   3        
1990-91 C   3        
1991-92 C   3        
1992-93 C   1        
1994-95 C            
1999-00 C   1        
2000-01 C   1        
2001-02 C   1        
2002-03 C   1        
2003-04 C   1        
2004-05 C   1        
2005-06 C   1        
2006-07 C   1        
2007-08 B            
2008-09 C   2        
2009-10 C   1        
2010-11 C   1        
2011-12 C   1        
2012-13 C   1        
2013-14 C            
2014-15 C            
2015-16 C            
2016-17 C            
2018-19 C   3        
2019-20 C            

Softball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
2007-08       5 20   Paul Everding
2008-09       18 14   Paul Everding
2009-10 1A RS   25 14   Paul Everding
Coach Total 48 48   3 yr   .500
2010-11 2A R   26 9   Charles Born
2011-12             Charles Born
Coach Total 26 9   1 yr   .743
2012-13       13 11   Michael Reagan
Coach Total 13 11   1 yr   .542
2013-14             Terry Pierce
2014-15             Jim Kann
2015-16             Tim Bukoski
2016-17       12 14   Larry Ingram
Coach Total 12 14   1 yr   .462
2017-18       15 12   Kim Snider
2018-19 1A R   17 10   Kim Snider
2019-20             Kim Snider
2020-21       16 2   Kim Snider
2021-22 1A RSUQ 3 23 5   Kim Snider
Coach Total 71 29   4 yr   .710
2022-23 1A R         Paul Waitkoss
School Total 170 111   10 yr   .605

Leaf River

Defunct school with students now attending Forreston.

Boys Basketball

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1942-43   D          
1943-44   D          
1960-61   D          
1984-85       4 19   Paul Tobin
Coach Total 4 19   1 yr   .174
School Total 4 19   1 yr   .174

Music Sweepstakes

Season Class Titles Place Won Lost Tied Coach
1972-73 D            
1973-74 D   3        
1974-75 D   1        
1975-76 D   1        
1976-77 C            
1977-78 C            
1978-79 D            
1980-81 D