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Photo by Richard Soseman |
Athletics
As you can see above, Blandinsville High School definitely offered boys basketball. It is probable that baseball and track were also offered. Unfortunately there is no mention of these sports for Blandinsville High on the IHSA website (www.ihsa.org). We are unsure of the school’s mascot, team colors, or school fight song. We are also searching for the records and coaches names of the better BHS hardwood court stars of the past.
Information from our good fan E.W. Chapin:
“During the 1940’s the schools in the Lamoine Valley Conference were, in football, Western High Of Macomb( WIU’s lab school), Blandinsville High, LaHarpe High, Warsaw High, Hamilton High, Industry and Carthage. In basketball add to that list Dallas City, Colchester, and Plymouth. Track consisted of the same ten schools. Not many schools in the area offered baseball. I think the three schools that didn’t offer football maybe offered fall baseball instead.”
Blandinsville coaches of the late 1940s included Jack Krashaurr (possibly mispelled) Former star halfback at WIU who was originally from Warsaw. Harold Slater also coached at Blandinsville and was a former football and basketball player from Bradley by way of Quincy. These coaches may have been preceded by Rosco Scott.
BOYS BASKETBALL
The Blandinsville High School “Rams” had some nice seasons on the hardwood court. Unfortunately season records and coaches’ names of each year are currently not available. Scores from the annual postseason IHSA tournament were located on a website titled “Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores.” Not all Blandinsville scores are listed on this site, however the scores we did locate are listed below.
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Blandinsville Basketball Team – 1932-33 |
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Season Record & Coach’s Name Needed |
1933-34 Macomb District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Macomb Western 34-7
Macomb Western lost in semi-final round
1934-35 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1935-36 Blandinsville District Runner-up! Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Little York 29-10
Semi-final Beat Macomb Western
Title Game lost to Alexis 20-16
1936-37 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1937-38 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1938-39 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1939-40 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1940-41 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1941-42 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1942-43 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1943-44 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1944-45 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1945-46 Blandinsville District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
Blandinsville scores unavailable
Stronghurst beat Bardolph for title
1946-47 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed
1947-48 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed
1948-49 Stronghurst District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Good Hope 66-41
Good Hope beat Terre Haute for title
1948-49 was the final season for Blandinsville High School. BHS became part of the Northwestern School District in the fall of 1949.
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Football Shoes of Dale Hamilton |
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FOOTBALL
The late 1800s and early 1900s saw the tough sport of football played in Blandinsville. Blandinsville High School competed in football and was where the ancestors of Rick Hamilton started what became five generations of Illinois High School football players from the Hamilton family! Above, to the right, and below are pictured a parts of a uniform which was wore by Rick’s grandfather, Dale Willis Hamilton, when he played pro football for a team in Canton, Illinois!!
In the photos below you will see members of the first Hamilton family boys to play football in Illinois. In the 1888 photo on the left is Elmer Hamilton (top row to the far left) and his brother Ed Hamilton (top row, fourth from the left). The photo to the right depicts the Blandinsville team of 1918. Dale Willis Hamilton can be viewed as the second guy from the left on the car.
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Blandinsville High School Football – 1908 |
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Blandinsville HS Football – 1898 |
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Memories
From 1950 alum E.W. Chapin:
“When I was in school one coach handled all three sports; football, basketball, and track. Enrollment when I was at B’ville High was probably less than 100. My graduating class had a total of sixteen students. I won’t attempt to name any “STARS” as I would leave names out that should be on the list. During my time there the athletic progam was not at its best until the later years of Coach Slater, after the consolidation effort had taken place. Track was probably the strongest program in the late 40’s.”
We Need Your Help
Blandinsville High School deserves to be remembered for the many accomplishments achieved by its students, faculty, and townspeople. If you have any information you would like to share on Blandinsville HS please write to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net . You can also write to us via real mail at:
Illinois HS Glory Days
6439 N. Neva St.
Chicago, Il. 60631
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Football Shin Guards of Dale Hamilton |
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Football Helmet of Dale Hamilton |
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Canton Football Team 1915 – 1823 |
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Football Uniform of Dale Hamilton |
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1915 – 1923 Canton Pro Football Team |
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