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| Courtesy of Gerry Halpin |
The History of Chadwick High School
Chadwick (population 505) is located in northwestern Illinois in Carroll County. The town sits quietly along Il. Rt. 40 approximately 24 miles northwest of Sterling. Chadwick was platted in 1886 as a stop along the Chicago, Burlington, & Northern Railroad line. The name was likely named after an official who worked for the railroad line at that time. A post office was established in Chadwick in 1886. (Place Names of Illinois by Edward Callary).
The first school building built in Chadwick occured in 1859. In 1885, a four-room high school was built with the first graduates were Charles and Grace Stevens and Clayton Colcard in 1896.
A new high school building was erected in 1915. An addition was made to this building in 1921. In 1956 another addition was made to the school building with the new addition becoming the high school while the 1921 building served as the K-8 facility. Janet (Miller) Wiersema (CHS Class of 1986) tells us it was in 1989 that Chadwick High School was closed. The Chadwick School District consolidated with nearby Milledgeville High School.
The high school building in Chadwick is now used as a middle school.
More information is being sought regarding Chadwick and its school system.
Chadwick High School Quick Facts
Year opened: late 1800s
Year closed: 1989
School nickname: the “Silver Streaks”
School colors: Red, Black, and Silver
School Fight Song: “We’re Loyal to You Chadwick High”
Sung to the University of Illinois Fight Song Tune
(Submitted by Janet (Miller) Wiersema CHS Class of 1986)
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Athletics
Make no mistake about it, the kids from Chadwick could play ball, and not just basketball. Read this resume’:
Boy’s Basketball
The boy’s from Chadwick High School have a very long and storied history on the basketball court. CHS won a total of 10 District Championships, 3 Regional Championships, and 1 Sectional Championship (which also gave them their only Sweet Sixteen appearance). Not bad for such a small community. Chadwick may have participated in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference in it’s later years. We are seeking the season records and coach’s names from the better teams in Chadwick High School history. The titles found on the IHSA web site (www.ihsa.org) are listed below.
1931-32 Savanna District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed.
1st Rd lost to Hanover 32-15
Savanna beat Fulton in title game.
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1932-33 Savanna District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed.
1st Rd Beat Galena 41-13
2nd Rd lost to Thomson 17-16
Savanna beat Hanover in title game.
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1933-34 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
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1934-35 Morrison District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed.
1st Rd lost to Hillsdale 25-19
Morrison beat Fulton in title game.
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1935-36 Savanna Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed.
1st Rd Beat Elizabeth 20-16
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 41-22
Fulton beat Hanover in title game.
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1936-37 Savanna Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed.
1st Rd lost to Fulton 44-14
Fulton beat Mt. Carroll in title game.
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1937-38 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
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1938-39 15 – 6 Elizabeth District Champions Coach Paul Unzicker
1st Rd Beat Scales Mound 32-14
Semi-Final Beat Hanover 34-22
Title Game Beat Thomson 29-22
Savanna Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Mt. Carroll 26-22
Fulton Beat Savanna in title game.
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1939-40 14 – 8 Shannon District Champions Coach Paul Unzicker.
1st Rd Beat Forreston 36-21
Semi-final Beat Shannon 41-29.
Title Game Beat Thomson 34-24
Mt. Carroll Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Mt. Carroll 24-21
Mt. Carroll beat Morrison in title game.
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1940-41 Elizabeth District Runner-Up Coach Paul Unziker
1st Rd Beat Hanover 44-22
Semi-Final Beat Thompson 32-27
Title game lost to Shannon 25-24
Top 2 From District Tournament Advanced to Regional
Mt. Carroll Regional Tournament
1st Rd. lost to Mt. Carroll 16-14
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1941-42 13 – 11 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach’s name & record needed.
Semi-Final Beat Milledgeville 21-19.
Title Game lost to Shannon 28-25
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1942-43 Shannon District Tournament Coach Robert Geldmacher
1st Rd Beat Elizabeth 52-38
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 33-29
Hanover beat Shannon in title game.
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1943-44 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach’s name & record needed
Early Rd Scores Needed.
Title Game lost to Shannon 67-14
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1944-45 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach’s name & record needed.
Semi-Final Beat Elizabeth 53-22
Title Game lost to Shannon 44-16
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1945-46 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach Glen Eikleberry
Semi-Final Beat Hanover 44-27
Title Game lost to Shannon 34-27
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1946-47 5 – 14 Pearl City District Tournament Coach Glen Eikleberry
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 74-41
Shannon beat Pearl City title game.
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1947-48 Pearl City District Tournament Coach Leroy Morning.
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 64 – 36
Shannon beat Pearl City in title game.
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1948-49 8 – 15 Shannon District Tournament Coach Leroy Morning.
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 48-39
Thomson beat Shannon in title game.
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1949-50 6 – 16 Shannon District Tournament Coach Leroy Morning
Semi-Final lost to Pearl City
Pearl City beat Shannon in title game
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1950-51 6 – 15 Thomson District Tournament Coach Leroy Morning.
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 48-46 (O/T)
Thomson beat Shannon in title game.
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1951-52 10 – 13 Pearl City District Tournament Coach Leroy Morning.
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 52-42
Pearl City beat Shannon in title game.
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1952-53 Thomson District Runner-Up Coach Francis Thomas.
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 66-61
Title Game lost to Shannon 73-68
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1953-54 10 – 12 Pearl City District Runner-Up Coach Don Braucher
Semi-Final Beat Pearl City.
Title Game lost to Shannon 81-62
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1954-55 23 – 4 Shannon District Tournament Coach Dan Braucher
Semi-Final lost to Pearl City
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1955-56 25 – 3 Thomson District Champions Coach Roy Colbert
Semi-Final Beat Pearl City 18-9
Title Game Beat Thomson 76-68
Lanark Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Lanark 76-67
Fulton beat Milledgeville in title game.
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1956-57 10 – 13 Chadwick District Champions Coach Ray Colbert.
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 72-71
Title Game Beat Shannon 57-55
Morrison Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Morrison 67-39
Fulton beat Morrison in title game
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1957-58 15 – 10 Chadwick District Champions Coach Roy Colbert.
Semi-Final Beat Pearl City 77-40
Title Game Beat Shannon 71-55
Fulton Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Mt. Carroll 67-65
Fulton beat Morrison in title game.
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1958-59 16 – 9 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach Roy Colbert.
Semi-Final Beat Pearl City 61-59
Title Game lost to Shannon 65-59.
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1959-60 22 – 4 Chadwick District Champions Coach Ken Naffziger.
Semi-Final Beat Pearl City 68-53
Title Game Beat Shannon 65-59 (O/T)
Milledgeville Regional Tournament
1st Rd Beat Mt. Carroll 67-57
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 72-63
Savanna beat Fulton in title game
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1960-61 18 – 6 Shannon District Tourney Runner-Up Coach Ken Naffziger
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 79-42.
Title Game lost to Shannon 61-58
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1961-62 24 – 4 Chadwick District Champions Coach Frank Stotts.
Semi-Final Beat Lyndon 133-56
Title Game Beat Shannon 72-46
Prophetstown Regional Tournament
1st Rd Beat Savanna 59-58
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 73-71
Prophetstown beat Fulton in title game
***On February 28, 1962 in an IHSA District Tournament game against Lyndon, Chadwick won by the score of 133-36, a 97-point margin of victory! In the first quarter alone, the Streaks scored 44 points.
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1962-63 14 – 12 Lyndon District Champions Coach Frank Stotts for 1/2 season / Coach Weston Weber for 1/2 season .
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 70-48
Title Game Beat Shannon 72-45
Morrison Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Lanark 67-62
Mt. Carroll beat Prophetstown in title game.
1963-64 12 – 12 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach Weston Weber
1st Rd Beat Thomson 81-58
Title Game lost to Shannon 54-47
1964-65 Thomson District Runner-Up Coach Weston Weber
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 74-65 (O/T)
Title Game lost to Shannon 77-61
1965-66 Shannon District Runner-Up Coach Roger Pardun
Semi-Final Beat Shannon 56-45
Title Game lost to Thomson 58-44
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1966-67 18 – 8 Thomson District Champions Coach Roger Pardon
Semi-Final Beat Lyndon 80-67
Title Game Beat Shannon 72-53
Morrison Regional Tournament
1st Rd Beat Savanna 64-56
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 91-46
Morrison beat Fulton in title game.
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1967-68 18 – 6 Lyndon District Champions Coach Jim Franey
Semi-Final Beat Tampico 78-57
Title Game Beat Lyndon 62-58
Savanna Regional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Savanna 73-61
Morrison beat Fulton in title game
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1968-69 N.R.A. Tampico District Runner-Up Coach Jim Franey
Semi-Final Beat Thomson 61-58
Title Game lost to Lyndon 78-55
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1969-70 9 – 12 Thomson District Tournament Coach Jim Franey
Semi-Final lost to Shannon 80-55
Shannon beat Thomson in title game.
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1970-71 15 – 9 Shannon District Tournament Coach Jim Franey
Semi-Final lost to Milledgeville 63-46
Thomson beat Milledgeville in title game.
(Final season for IHSA District Tournaments. Two-class system began in 1971-72.)
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1971-72 13 – 12 Morrison Regional Runner-up Coach Jim Franey
1st Rd Beat Savanna 60-54
Semi-Final Beat Morrison 61-57
Title game lost to Thomson 86-73
**Thomson would place 4th in the IHSA Class ‘A’ State Tournament.
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1972-73 15 – 11 Fulton Regional Runner-Up Coach Jim Franey
1st Rd Beat Mt. Carroll 89-63
Semi-Final Beat Morrison 70-69 (2 O/Ts)
Title Game lost to Fulton 74-55
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1973-74 11 – 13 Morrison Regional Tournament Coach Darry Andrew
1st Rd lost to Morrison 87-57
Fulton beat Morrison in title game.
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1974-75 8 – 14 Fulton Regional Tournament Coach Norm Coatney
1st Rd lost to Morrison 65-66
Fulton Beat Morrison in title game
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1975-76 19 – 7 Morrison Regional Tournament Coach Norm Coatney
1st Rd Beat Mt. Carroll 77-70 (3 O/Ts)
Semi-Final lost to Milledgeville 56-52
Morrison beat Milledgeville in title game.
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1976-77 18 – 9 Fulton Regional Tournament Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Milledgeville 75-68
Semi-Final lost to Mt. Carroll 64-56
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1977-78 17 – 8 Morrison Regional Tournament Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Milledgeville 56-46
Semi-Final lost to Morrison 55-48
Morrison beat Mt. Carroll in title game.
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1978-79 19 – 6 Savanna Regional Tournament Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Thomson 79-57
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 67-65
Fulton beat Mt. Carroll in title game.
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1979-80 22 – 4 Fulton Regional Runner-Up Coach Jack Fritz
Semi-Final Beat Savanna 42-41
Title Game lost to Fulton 51-45
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1980-81 27 – 2 Morrison Regional Champions Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Walnut 57-49
Semi-Final Beat Milledgeville 58-28
Title Game Beat Morrison 59-42
Pearl City Sectional Tournament
Semi-Final Beat Freeport Aquin 42-38
CHADWICK (42): R. Schave 18, Ja. Hippen 16, S. Schave 4, Rahn 2, Je. Hippen 2.
AQUIN (38): Diemer 13, Richter 12, Gastel 5, Blackbourn 4, Chang 4.
Title Game lost to Warren 53-51
WARREN (53): Edler 18, Borsdorf 12, Davis 8, Thompson 8, Reynolds 4, Neff 3.
CHADWICK (51): Ja. Hippen 21, S. Schave 14, Je. Hippen 10, Rahn 4, R. Schave 2.
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1981-82 28 – 2 Sterling Regional Champions Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Fulton 62-44
Semi-Final Beat Sterling Newman 52-46
Title Game Beat Morrison 60-59
Pearl City Sectional Champions
Semi-Final Beat Elizabeth 42-36
CHADWICK (42): Ottens 16, Rahn 8, Goeckboerner 6, Schave 6, Hippen 6.
ELIZABETH (36): S. Ertmer 12, Fitzpatrick 11, Potter 4, D. Ertmer 4, Spoerl 2, Wand 2, Schuman 1.
Title Game Beat Aquin 75-74
CHADWICK (75): Hippen 37, Rahn 17, Ottens 13, Schave 4, Goeckboerner 2.
AQUIN (74): C. Jenkins 21, Blackbourn 20, Diemer 13, B. Jenkins 8, Wagner 7.
Super-Sectional Game – Sweet Sixteen Appearance
Lost to *Monmouth 86-61
*Monmouth Finished as IHSA State Runner-Up to Lawrenceville.
From the IHSA State Class ‘A’ Tournament program of 1982, courtesy of Mark Jurenga:
“Twin towers Jeff Hippen and Mike Ottens, a pair of 6-5 standouts, lead tiny Chadwick. The Silver Streaks boast an enrollment of 87 students, smallest in the field. Hippen, a senior, and Ottens, a junior, lead an attack that does quite well from the inside. Hippen’s brother, Jack, helped the Streaks to the sectional finals last year. Jack is currently playing at Wisconsin. Coach Jack Fritz, in his sixth year, has never had a Chadwick team win fewer than 17 games. The Silver Streaks, champions of the Upstate Illini Conference, lost their fifth game of the year to Savana and have been on a roll ever since.”
Some Facts:
During the 1982 season, coach Fritz was in his 6th year at Chadwick with a record of 131-30. They lost in the 1982 Rock Island Super-Sectional to Monmouth 86-61 and finished the year 28-2. In that Super-Sectional game, Hippens scored 24 points and had 7 rebounds, while Ottens put in 16 with 9 boards. In the final AP regular season poll, Chadwick was ranked #13 in Class A.
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1982-83 24 – 4 Fulton Regional Tournament Coach Jack Fritz
1st Rd Beat Sterling Newman 64-57
Semi-Final lost to Morrison 59-48
Morrison beat Fulton in title game.
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1983-84 20 – 6 Morrison Regional Tournament Coach Rick Weber
1st Rd Beat Milledgeville 48-27
Semi-Final lost to Fulton 47-36
Fulton beat Morrison in title game.
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1984-85 17 – 11 Sterling Newman Regional Tournament Coach Bob Prusator, Jr.
1st Rd Beat Milledgeville 68-56
Semi-Final lost to Sterling Newman 84-65
Sterling Newman beat Morrison in title game.
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1985-86 21 – 7 Savanna Regional Runner-Up Coach Bob Prusator, Jr.
1st Rd Beat Milledgeville 56-41
Semi-Final Beat Morrison 55-41
Title Game lost to Sterling Newman 62-49
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1986-87 18 – 10 Sterling Newman Regional Tournament Coach Bob Prusator, Jr.
1st Rd Beat Savanna 64-30
Semi-Final lost to Morrison 58-55
Morrison beat Sterling Newman in title game.
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1987-88 23 – 6 Milledgeville Regional Champions Coach Bob Prusator, Jr.
Semi-Final Beat Fulton Unity Christian 57-36
Title Game Beat Thomson 62-53
Pearl City Sectional Runner-Up
Semi-Final Beat Annawan 36-35
CHADWICK (36): Fjelstad 19, J. Hartman 9, M. Hartman 4, Danhoff 2, McAuliff 2.
ANNAWAN (35): Densen 17, Celus 10, Tuice 3, Rakestraw 3, Jagers 1, Lane 1.
Title Game lost to Lena-Winslow 48-45
LENA-WINSLOW (48): Julius 26, Schumacher 7, Morrison 5, Bonnet 4, Franz 2, Hoppe 2, Broge 2.
CHADWICK (45): Fjelstad 17, Danhoff 16, J. Hartman 4, McAuliffe 3, Ottens 3, M. Hartman 2.
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1988-89 5 – 22 Fulton Regional Tournament Coach Tom Digmann
**1st Rd lost to Milledgeville
Morrison beat Sterling Newman in title game.
**Final varsity boys basketball game for the Chadwick “Silver Streaks.” Consolidated with Milledgeville in the summer of 1989.
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Boy’s Baseball
Proving their athletes were well-rounded the Streaks also won 4 Regional titles in baseball:
1978-79 15 – 7 Regional Champions Coach Jack Fritz
1979-80 17 – 9 Regional Champions Coach Jack Fritz
1982-83 N.R.A. Regional Champions Coach Jack Fritz
1983-84 18 – 4 Regional Champions Coach Gary Franke
One of the best baseball players to take the mound for the Streaks was Bruce Scheidegger. In 1976, Scheidegger won 17 games and threw for 133.1 innings for the Streaks. He coached at Tonica, Prophetstown, Dixon and Sterling and is now Athletics Director and Girls Basketball coach at Sterling.
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The Lady “Streaks”
Not to be outdone, the Lady Streaks of Chadwick High School brought home some IHSA hardware of their own winning Regional Titles in Softball and Volleyball. Their successes are listed below.
Girl’s Volleyball
1984-85 18 – 7 Regional Champions Coach Bob Prusator
Girl’s Softball
1984-85 15 – 1 Regional Champions Coach Bob Prusator
1985-86 15 – 2 Regional Champions Coach Bob Prusator
Seeking More Information
If you have any further information you can provide or corrections that need to be made regarding Chadwick High School please complete a School Submission Form or a Guest Commentary Form. We are especially seeking a photo of the high school building. You may also write us at:
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Post Office:
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