| Athletics
St. Joseph High School has some IHSA hardware from the State basketball tourney as well as the State Track Meet. SJHS competed in baseball and football as well. School team nickname, colors, fight song, records, and coach’s names are all items being sought.
Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team at St. Joseph High School had a couple of real nice seasons. The teams won two District titles and one Regional title in IHSA State Tourney play (www.ihsa.org). Mike Faullin contributed several season records and coaches’ names for the seasons listed below.
1920-21 Champaign County Champions Coach E.W. Mattoon & Coach Clark
Urbana District Tournament
1st Rd lost to Urbana 24-9
Champaign beat Urbana in title game
Champaign lost in Elite 8 Round
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St. Joseph HS Basketball 1920-21 |
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Submitted by Greg Knott |
Pictured in photo above:
Front Row L-R Ralph Dale, Harry Reese, Donald Fritts (Captain), Denhart,Harold Haworth, E. W. Mattoon Coach.
2nd Row L-R Brown, Floyd Cameron, Claude Grimes, Huston, Hampton, Clark Coach
1921-22 through 1931-32 Postseason scores, records, and coaches’ names needed.
1932-33 Urbana District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Ogden 22-18
2nd Rd Beat Urbana University HS 18-13
Semi-final lost to Mahomet 26-16
Mahomet beat Champaign in title game
Mahomet lost in Elite 8 Round
1933-34 Urbana District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Ogden 19-14
2nd Rd lost to Urbana 34-18
Urbana beat Champaign in title game
Urbana lost in Elite 8 Round
1934-35 Westville District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Westville 43-26
Danville beat Sidney in title game
1935-36 Farmer City District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Heyworth 29-27 (O/T)
Farmer CIty beat Penfield in title game
1936-37 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1937-38 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.
1938-39 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Mahomet 46-26
Urbana beat Champaign in title game
1939-40 Fisher Regional Champions Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Leroy 55-30
Semi-final Beat Seymour 30-25
Title Game Beat Champaign 27-19
Champaign Sectional Tournament
1st Rd lost to Hoopeston 42-30
1940-41 Monticello Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Urbana 51-19
Homer beat Urbana in title game
1941-42 Urbana Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Urbana Univ. 40-30
Homer beat Urbana in title game
1942-43 Champaign Regional Tourney Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Champaign 93-18
Champaign beat Urbana Univ. in title game
1943-44 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Champaign 61-29
Champaign beat Sadorus in title game
1944-45 Champaign Regional Tourney Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Urbana Univ. HS 46-21
Champaign beat Urbana in title game
1945-46 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Sadorus 44-25
Champaign beat Fisher in title game
1946-47 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Fisher 78-28
Champaign beat Urbana in title game
1947-48 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Champaign 54-30
Champaign beat Fisher in title game
1948-49 4 – 13 Champaign Regional Tourney Coach Everett Hamilton
1st Rd lost to Fisher 69-37
Champaign beat Monticello in title game
1949-50 Fisher Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Tolono Unity 71-31
Monticello beat Champaign in title game
1950-51 Mansfield District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
Semi-final lost to Deland-Weldon 57-35
Deland-Weldon beat Mansfield in title game
1951-52 12 – 11 Mansfield District Runner-Up Coach Howard Wright
Semi-final Beat Mansfield 62-48
Title Game lost to Deland-Weldon 59-42
1952-53 18 – 8 Mansfield District Runner-Up Coach Howard Wright
Semi-final Beat Bellflower 78-48
Title Game lost to Deland-Weldon 66-48
*Illini Valley Conference 3rd Place
1953-54 Danville Regional Tournament Coach Howard Wright
1st Rd lost to Danville 73-38
Danville beat Westville in title game
1954-55 Westville Regional Tournament Coach Howard Wright
1st Rd Beat Westville 60-56
Semi-final lost to Danville 57-50
Georgetown beat Danville in title game
1955-56 21 – 3 Chrisman District Champions Coach Howard Wright
Semi-final Beat Metcalf Young America 78-63
Title Game Beat Ridge Farm 56-43
Danville Regional Runner-Up
Semi-final Beat Danville 51-39
Title game lost to Westville 63-53
*Illini Valley Conference Champs
1956-57 26 – 4 Westville Regional Tournament Coach Mark Hopkins
1st Rd lost to Chrisman 71-61
Georgetown beat Chrisman in title game
*Illini Valley Conference Champs
1957-58 Homer District Runner-Up Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Ogden 54-47
Semi-final Beat Metcalf Young America 64-56
Title Game lost to Chrisman 64-37
1958-59 Broadlands District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
Semi-final lost to ABL 70-40
ABL beat Ogden in title game
1959-60 Danville Regional Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Danville Schlarman 72-41
Danville Schlarman beat Danville in title game
1960-61 Broadlands District Champs Coach’s name & record needed
Semi-final Beat Ogden 66-57
Title Game Beat ABL 67-55
Danville Regional Tournament
1st Rd Beat Westville 52-48
Semi-final lost to Danville Schlarman 64-51
Schlarman beat Danville in title game
1961-62 Homer District Runner-Up Coach’s name & record needed
Early Round Scores Needed
Title Game lost to ABL 63-52
1962-63 Broadlands District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed
**Semi-final lost to Ogden 45-44 (O/T)
ABL beat Ogden in title game
**Final basketball game for St. Joseph High School. Consolidated with Ogden in the summer of 1963.
Boys Track & Field
Five Male tracksters brought home individual medals from the IHSA State Track Meet. Their accomplishments are listed below.
1906-07 M. Thomas 100 Yard Dash 2ND Place
1923-24B Gerald Hedge 440 Yard Dash 4TH Place
1924-25B Foster McCarty 220 Yard Dash 4TH Place
1926-27 Mark Rush 880 Yard Run 5TH Place
1945-46 Dan Laymon Discus 4TH Place
Football
Our football and conference expert Tom Sikorski provided the following season records for St. Joseph High School’s grid iron teams. Michael Faullin also contributed to this information listed below.
1948 1-6-1 Coach Howard Wright
1949 Coach Howard Wright
1950 Coach Howard Wright
1951 2-6 Coach Howard Wright
1952 6-2 Illini Valley Conference 3rd Place Coach Howard Wright
1954 4-1-1 Illini Valley Conference Champs Coach Howard Wright
1955 5-0-1 Illini Valley Conference Champs Coach Howard Wright
1956 6-2 Coach Mark Hopkins
1960 6-2 2nd place East Central Conference Coach Joel Colbert
1962 7-2 2nd place (tie) East Central Conference Coach Joel Colber
Need More Information
If you have any further information you can add on the history and achievements at St. Joseph High School, especially a photo of the high school building, 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 |
