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Woodland High School “Choppers”

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Woodland High School
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“The Woodland Bank”
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Photo Taken in March of 2012

The History of Woodland High School

Woodland (population 319) is located in upper-eastern Illiniois in the east-central portion of Iroquois County. County Road 1400N is the main roadway to and from Woodland. Illinois Route 1 passes about 2 1/2 miles to the east of Woodland.  The Union Pacific Railroad passes through Woodland as well and was likely instrumental in the town’s early growth. Woodland sits about three miles south of Watseka.

The Woodland town history is in need of research. It is likely the townspeople of Woodland began a school system for their children in the late 1800s. A high school was likely in place sometime in the early 1900s. In 1901, the above pictured two story brick school house was built on the north side of Woodland. It served as a two year and then a 3 year high school as well as a grade school until 1943. At that time the high school students went to either Milford or Watseka High school.

The original Woodland HS building has been razed. A newer school building has taken its place and is known as Woodland Elemetary School. Photos of this building are available below. The school serves as a 5th and 6th grade facility as part of the Watseka School District..

Woodland High School Quick Facts

Year opened:                             early 1900s

Year closed:                              1943

Consolidated to:                         Watseka High School

Woodland HS team nickname:    the “Choppers”

Woodland HS team colors:         unavailable

School Fight Song:                    unavailable
Athletics

The Choppers, though probably never more than a two or three-year high school, competed with other high schools in boys basketball. We believe the school competed in baseball, and possibly track, as well. School team colors, fight song, coach’s names, and team records are all items we are looking for.

Basketball

The IHSA website lists the following information regarding the Woodland HS basketball program. Unfortunately, only the coaches names are available.

1937-38            Coach Ben Walrich

1938-40            Coach Lloyd Brown

Extra-Curricular Activities

Did this small school offer other activities for the kids? Were FFA, FHA, GAA, school plays, school dances, chorus, and band also part of the Woodland High School experience?  If you have the answer to these questions, along with other memories you would like to share, read the paragraph below.

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Woodland Elementary School – 2012
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Woodland Elementary School – 2012
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Woodhull High School

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Woodhull High School
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Woodhull, Ill.
Original Woodhull High School Building
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The History of Woodhull High School

Woodhull (population 809) is located along Interstate Highway 74 at the intersection with Il. Route 17.  This places Woodhull in southwestern Henry County approximately 20 miles north and a little east of Galesburg. Mud Creek runs throught the center of town.

The first school was started in Woodhull in 1859, with a newer building replacing it in 1869. A High School was started in 1878, with the first graduating class of WHS commencing in 1879: William Richards, Effie Epperson, Nellie Russell, Ella Neeley and Lizzie Ridenour. The next graduating wouldn’t commence until 1882.

An 1894 fire destroyed the 1869 building, and the school was rebuilt. In 1925 the Woodhull HS building pictured above was completed.

A consolidation effort between nearby Alpha (also on this site) and Woodhull took place in the late 1940s.  Alpha and Woodhull High Schools were deactivated and the “Alwood” School District #225 was formed.  The high school was located in the Woodhull H.S. building until the current Alwood building was built in 1957.

The original school building is still in use as the Alwood Junior High School.  It sits adjacent to the current Alwood High School building.

Woodhull High School Quick Facts

Year opened:           1878

Year closed:            1948

Consolidated to:       Alwood School District (Woodhull)

School nickname:    the “Cardinals”

School colors:          Red & White (?)

School Fight Song:  “Woodhull High!”

Submitted by Dean Bentley

                                Woodhull High! We’re going to be loyal,

                                Woodhull High! We’re going to treat you royal.

                                You’re the school we’re going to stand by,

                                Lead us on to victory.

                   

                                Should we lose just grin and bear it,

                                Wear a smile and we will try to share it,

                                We’re good sports and we’ll have you know it,

                                And we’re for you Woodhull High!
Athletics

Woodhull High School offered boy’s basketball, track and field, baseball, football and even girls basketball for a short time during the turn of the century. There are several accomplishments listed for the Alwood HS kids. If you have any information regarding the athletic program at Woodhull HS please send us a note.

Football

The excellent 1946 season for Woodhull High School was researched and provided to us by our own Tom Sikorski!  The Cardinal grid-iron greats of 1947 followed up the 1946 season with yet another Corn Belt Conference Championship.  The photo below was sent to us fron Kent Nelson who scanned the photo from his father’s 1948 Woodhull HS yearbook. Kent’s dad, Art Nelson, is in the front row (#26) and was an all-conference selection in this, his junior year.

1946  5-0-1  Corn Belt Conference Champs       Coach Elner Lundeen

1947  6-1     Corn Belt Conference Champs       Coach Elner Lundeen

Woodhull HS Football Conf. Champs 1947-48
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Submitted by Kent Nelson

Boys Basketball

The 1940-41 Woodhull team posted a respectable record of 16-11 and were led by the Johnson brothers, George and Junior. George led that team in scoring with 312 points and Junior put up 283 points.  The boys of 1947-48 could also “shoot the rock”.  The Cardinals finished the season with a 16 – 6 record which included winning the Con Belt Conference Championship.  The photo below was submitted by Kent Nelson. Art Nelson (Kent’s father) is pictured in the back row in the center and was named to all-conference team that year as well.

Several scores involving the Woodhull HS Cardinals were located on a website titled “Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores.” These scores are posted below.

1921-22              Macomb District Tournament          Coach’s name & record needed

Unknown what Round, only score listed

Macomb Normal 30, Woodhull 9

1922-23 through 1932-33  Postseason scores, record, and coach’s names needed.

1933-34              Galva District Tournament              Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Galva 21-16

Galva lost to Kewanee in semi-final

Kewanee lost to Cambridge in title game

1934-35              Galva District Tournament              Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Annawan 25-21

Annawan lost to Alpha in 2nd Rd

Alpha lost to Kewanee in title game

1935-36              Galva District Tournament              Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Galva 28-17

Galva lost to Lafayette 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  Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.

1939-40  Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.

1940-41  16-11    Postseason scores needed            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  18-10    Postseason scores needed.           Coach Rex Pruitt

    

1944-45  Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed.

1945-46              Galesburg Regional Tournament    Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Galesburg Corpus Christi 45-36

Corpus Christi lost to Galesburg HS in title game

1946-47              Oneida District Tournament            Coach’s name & record needed

Unknown what Round – only score posted

Oneida 63, Woodhull 40

1947-48  16-6     Corn Belt Conf. Champs               Coach Elner Lundeen

                            Postseason scores needed

1947-48 was the final season for the Woodhull “Cardinals”. Woodhull consolidated with Alpha in the summer of 1948 to form the Alwood School District.

Woodhull HS Basketball Conf. Champs of 1947-48
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The Last Team of Woodhull High School “Cardinals” – Submitted by Kent Nelson

Boys Baseball

The Cardinals competed on the baseball diamond as well. So far we have located only one season record supplied to us b Dean Bentley. If you have any further information to add please contact us via the means below.

1943-44  8-4          Coach Rex Pruitt

     

Extra-Curricular Activities

We know athletics could not have been all of the functions offered at Woodhull High School.  It is probable that chorus, band, dances, clubs, plays, and other extra-curricular activities were offered as well.

Need Your Assistance

Help us document the many successes of Woodhull High School before the memories are lost forever.  Information on the High School, athletic program, town, ect. are all being sought.  We especially enjoy photos of the original school buildings.  If you would like to share any information regarding Woodhull and its high school please complete a Guest Commentary Form.  You may e-mail us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net or you also can write us at:

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Wolf Lake High School “Wolves”

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Wolf Lake High School Building – 2010
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The History of Wolf Lake High School

Wolf Lake (population approximately 400) is nestled in far southern Illinois about 20 miles southwest of Carbondale (as the crow flies) and 3 miles east of the Mississippi River in western Union County.  Scenic Illinois Route 3 runs directly though Wolf Lake.  The Missouri Pacific Railroad line lays parrallel to Route 3.  The town is named after the long and slender body of water known as Wolf Lake which lays to the northeast of the town of Wolf Lake.

A bit of information on the town’s history can be read at http://www.shawneeheartland.com/towns.html.  Wolf Lake probably started an educational process for its children in the late 1800s, possibly the early 1900s. The town’s high school served its children well and by itself through quite likely the late 1940s to mid-1950s.  At some point in this time period Wolf Lake joined forces with its neighbors McClure, Grand Tower, Ware, and East Cape to form what is to this day known as the Shawnee School District.

The high school for the new District was located just south of Wolf Lake and keeps a Wolf Lake address. The fate of the original Wolf Lake high school building is not known. The grade school building (possibly the old HS building) is now used as a private business which utilizes heavy machinery.

Wolf Lake High School Quick Facts

Year opened:                         late 1800s / early 1900s

Year closed:                           late 1940s / mid 1950s

Consolidated to:                    Shawnee School District

Wolf Lake HS nickname:        “Wolves”

Wolf Lake school colors:         unavailable

School Fight Song:                 unavailable

AthleticsWolf Lake High School offered the boys sports of basketball and baseball.  This is evidenced by their Distric titles won in each sport. Football ws also thought to be offered as late as the late 1950s, possibly even later. It is also possible that track & field was also offered.  We are in need of the team nickname, school colors, school fight song, and conference affiliation of Wolf Lake High School.

Boys Basketball

As with nearly all small towns of its day, Wolf Lake High School loved its basketball program.  The team’s had a real nice run in the late 1930s winning three District Championships.  The program followed this with its only Regional Championship in 1941. Before their District Championship run, according to an area newspaper account, Wolf Lake didn’t have a gymnasium prior to the mid-1930s. Unfortunately the team records and coaches names of these and other great Wolf Lake HS roundball teams are not available at this time.

1935-36                District Champions

1937-38                District Champions

1938-39                District Champions

1940-41                Regional Champions

Boys Baseball

The boys of 1941 proved to be a talented group of athletes.  The only District title for baseball was won during the 1940-41 school year. This group doubled their winnings from the basketball season listed above.  Again, the coach’s name and team record are not available.

1940-41                 District Champions

Need Your In-Put

If you have any information regarding Wolf Lake High School, especially a photo to share, please write to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net.  You can reach via real mail at:

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Witt High School “Speedboys/Speedgirls”

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Witt, Illinois

The History of Witt High School

Witt (population 991) is located in northeastern Montgomery County in south-central Illinois. Illinois Route 16 and the Conrail Railroad run side by side on an angle through the center of town. A branch of the East Fork of the Shoal Creek flows through the north side of Witt. For reference sake, Witt is about 40 miles southeast of Springfield. A nice website for information on the town of Witt was provided to us by Jim Miller and is located at the web address of www.wittillinois.com .

Witt has a long and storied history of supporting education in its town. The Witt High School building pictured above served the children of Witt from 1906 (the year it was built) until the closing of the high school in 1997. Witt High School was originally established as a three year high school in 1906 but added a fourth year by 1909, which made the first graduating four-year class from Witt High was the class of 1910. Declining enrollment and finances finally took their toll and Witt HS was deactivated. Upon the high school’s closure, the kids of Witt are now educated as part of the Hillsboro School System.

A nice history of the Witt School system can be found at the web address of http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/witt05/history.htm .

Our good friend Phil Shadid shared with us this sad bit of informatino regarding the Witt School building as see in the Springfield State Journal-Register, March 4, 2010:

“The Hillsboro School District will close Witt Elementary School (the former high school) at the end of the 2010 school year. Budget problems have necessitated the closing of the school, which in 2010 had only 78 students and six teachers.  Those students affected by the closing will attend school at either Coffeen Elementary or Hillsboro Elementary. The Witt school may possibly be offered for sale.”

Witt High School Quick Facts

Year opened:               1906

First graduating class:  1910

Year closed:                1997

School nickname:         Speedboys / Speedgirls

School colors:              Royal Blue & White

School Fight Song:       We’re Loyal To You, Witt High School

(Words unavailable…Sung to University of Illinois Fight song tune –                                                click the play button below-left ) 
Glenn Hobbie
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Chicago Cub – Former “Speedboy” – Class of 1954

Athletics

Witt High School earned its nickname, the “Speedboys”, because of their style of playing boys basketball in the 1920s.  The style paid off and will be written about below.  Witt competed in the Egyptian -Illini Conference and later the Central Illinois Conference.  Witt High School offered baseball, basketball, cross-country, and track for the boys and softball, basketball, cross-country, and volleyball for the girls.

The sports that are written about on the IHSA web site are written about here below.  If you have more information regarding the Witt athletic successes please send us the information via e-mail.

Boys Basketball

The Witt High School Speedboys of 1927-28 were the classic reason for the one-class system. The team brought home a Third Place trophy from the State Tournament!   The Speedboys, led by Coach Joseph Kilpatrick (in his only season at the school), beat Streator High School in the quarter finals before losing to Canton (eventual State Champion) by 2 points.  The Speedboys came back with a win in the third place game over Griggsville (also on this site).  The Speedboys came back the next year (1928-29) under Coach Lawrence Fornecker to make an ElIte Eight appearance before losing to Peoria Central High School.

The Witt High School boys basketball program had many great seasons through 1960. In fact the Speedboys won an additional 12 District titles besides the great seasons listed above.  There were some tough years to follow though as the team did not sport a winning record again until the 1988 season.  The best of the Witt Speedboys bassketball successes are listed below.  Coaches names and team records are posted when available.

1920-21               Montgomery County Tourney (2nd Place)

Championship- Hillsboro 25 Witt 10

1922-23               Montgomery County Tourney (2nd Place)

Championship- Hillsboro 24 Witt 15

1925-26    21 – 6   District Champions                            Coaches name unavailable

Montgomery County Tourney (2nd Place)

Championship- Hillsboro 33 Witt 18

1926-27              Montgomery County Tourney (2nd Place)

Championship- Hillsboro 23 Witt 21

1927-28    37 – 2   DIstrict Champs                                 Coach Joseph Kilpatrick

                           Montgomery County Tourney Champs

                           Beat  Hillsboro 30 – 20

                           Sectional Champs

                           (Beat Collinsville in 2nd Rd. 40-18)

                           Placed Third In The State Tournament

                           Quarter-Finals – Witt  33   –   Streator  31  (O/T)

                           Semi-Finals    –  Witt  17   –   Canton   19  (Canton State Champs)

                           Third Place     –  Witt  40   –   Griggsville 26

1928-29   31 – 6    District Champs                                 Coach Lawrence Fornecker

                           Sectional Champions

                           Elite Eight Finalists

                           Quarter-Final  –   Witt  18  –  Peoria Central  27

1929-30                District Champions

1930-31                District Champions

                            Lost 2nd Rd. Sectional Game to

Collinsville 32 – 23

1938-39                District Champions

                            Regional Champions

Lost to Collinsville in 2nd Rd.

of Sectional 43 – 38

                           

1941-42                District Champions

1943-44                District Champions

1944-45                District Champions

1945-46                District Champions

1946-47                District Champions

1950-51                District Champions

1951-52                District Champions

1952-53                District Champions

1959-60  19 – 7      (good record)

1987-88  16 – 12                                                          Coach Brian Pesko

1989-90  17 – 7      (good record)                                   Coach Brian Pesko

1990-91  14 – 11                                                          Coach Joey Ohnesorge

1994-95  19 – 9      (good record)                                   Coach Tom Kimball

*The teams of 1926, 1928, and 1939 were also champions of the Montgomery County Basketball Tournament. 

*The gymnasium earned a title as a “cracker box” in that the end lines were only 8 inches from the walls requiring the placing of restraining lines in addition to the out-of-bounds lines.

*The 1979-80 team played in 5 overtime games during the season, winning one of them.

Girls Volleyball

The Witt High School Speedgirls volleyball program is the only other sport listed on the IHSA web site which can be researched. The girls had a strong head coach in Pat Powers who served from 1976 – 1988. The best three seasons under Coach Powers leadership are listed below.

1985-86     15 – 9         Coach Pat Powers

1986-87     18 – 7         Coach Pat Powers

1987-88     17 – 7         Coach Pat Powers

Other Sports Information Needed

If you can add any information regarding the cross-country, baseball, softball, and track programs at Witt High School, please drop us an e-mail.

Great Players

*Paul Chervinko, class of 1928 and a player on the Third Place winners, went to great baseball success, even playing for a time with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937-38.

*Glen Hobbie, class of 1954, was a star pitcher and played seven seasons of professional baseball with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, establishing record of 16 – 13 in 1959.

Need More Information

As always, we are anxious to add more information regarding the town and school history of Witt. If you have any information or photos you would like to add to the site you can e-mail them to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net. You can also write to us at:

Illinois HS Glory Days

6439 N. Neva St.

Chicago, Illinois  60631
 


Winola High School “Jets”

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Winola High School
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Home of the Jets! (photo courtesy of Michael Reick)

The History of the Winola High School “Jets”

 

Winola HS Newspaper Photo
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Submitted by Kenneth Brown (left click on photo for larger view)

New Windsor (population 720) is situated on Il. Rt. 17 seven and one-half miles east of US. Rt. 67. If you are unfamiliar with the area, New Windsor is about 23 miles (as the crow flies) south and a little east of the Quad Cities. New Windsor sits on the far east-central edge of Mercer County.  The town hosts an annual rodeo which draws competitors and spectators from all over the midwest.

Viola (population 956) is located in upper western Illinois on Iliniois Route 17 at the intersection of U.S. Route 67. The town sits in the eastern portion of Mercer County. Viola is situated about 20 miles south of the Quad Cities.

Winola High School is the result of a consolidation effort of the towns of Viola and New Windsor.  The consolidation of the two high schools took place before the 1952 school year began. The high school students recieved their education in the HS building in Viola.

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Winola School District enjoyed four decades of many successes before being deactivated in 1988.  As a result of the deactivation the high school students from New Windsor and Viola now attend Sherrard High School in Sherrard. The Winola High School building still rises tall and proud in the town of Viola, though now used for private purposes.

   

Winola High School Quick Facts

Year school opened:       1952

Year “new” gym opened: 1968

Year school closed:        1988

Consolidated to:              Sherrard School District

School Nickname:           Jets

School Colors:                Maroon and White

School Fight Song:         “Go You Winola”

The tune of “Washington and Lee Swing”

Go you WINOLA through that fighting line,

                                     Show that Maroon and White that you are mighty fine,

                                     To trumpet forth your wisdom and your fame,

                                     To fill the air with lots of fight for evermore

                                     We work and strive through all sincerity

                                     To bring to our fair school a victory. 

                                     Fly high, the banners of the Maroon and White,

                                     For we will fight on

                                     To VICTORY!!!!

                                    

Athletics

Very limited information is available on the IHSA web site regarding athletics offered at Winola High School.  Successes were only found in boys basketball, and boys and girls track.  It is probable that football, girl’s volleyball, and girl’s basketball were also offered.  Winola spent several years competing in the old Cornbelt Conference.  The IHSA success of the Winola teams is listed below.  Assistance is being sought regarding the many great Winola teams that did not bring home IHSA hardware.

Winola High School “Jets” Logo
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Bill Mack was a Winola coach then. He went on to coach at Crystal Lake, then North Central College and, after he retired he volunteered as an assistant at Beloit. I imagine his record is available on the website for Hall of Fame coaches. It certainly wasn’t because of his Winola record that he made the Hall of Fame but in his defense we had a lot of injuries.

 

Boys Basketball

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The boys basketball program won a District title in the school’s first year of existence.  We are in need of the team’s record and coach’s name.  In fact, we are searching for all of the school’s team records, coach’s names, and individual accomplishments.

Several scores were located on a website titled “Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores” which involved Winola High School in the IHSA Stae Tournament. The scores we located are listed below.

1952-53              District Champions!                            Coach’s name & record needed

District Scores Unavailable

Aledo Regional Tourney

                          1st Rd Beat Alwood 78-66

                          Semi-final lost to Joy 66-58

Joy won Regional title.

Winola HS First Basketball Team – District Champs
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Front row:  Tom Frakes, Terry Brown, Gordy Miller, Coach Bill King, Tad Yarde, Cletus Moseley, Pete Peterson

Back row:  Garry McNeil, Harry Peterson, Rodney Garret, Roger Birkhead, Jim Myers, Ken Brown.

Winola Cheerleaders 1953
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1953-54              Joy Regional Tourney Runner-up!     Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Joy Regional Tourney Scores

                          1st Rd Beat Alexis 63-46

                          Semi-final Beat Aledo 55-33

                          Title Game lost to Joy 59-51

1954-55              Sherrard Regional Tournament               Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Sherrard Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd Beat Reynolds 55-50

                         Semi-final lost to Aledo 65-44

Aledo lost in title game

1955-56              Aledo Regional Tournament                   Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

 Aledo Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd Beat Alexis 73-44

                         Semi-final lost to Little York 63-60

Little York won Regional title.

1956-57              Sherrard Regional Tournament               Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Sherrard Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd lost to Little York 64-57

Little York lost in semi-final round

1957-58 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed

1958-59              Alexis Regional Tournament                  Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Alexis Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd lost to Rockridge 64-56

Rockridge lost in semi-final round

1959-60              Sherrard Regional Tournament               Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Sherrard Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd score unavailable

Semi-final lost to Sherrard 69-62

Sherrard won Regional title

1960-61              Woodhull Regional Tournament             Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Woodhull Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd lost to Alexis 72-59

Alexis lost in title game

1961-62             Alexis District Tournament                     Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Alwood 69-56

Alwood lost in title game

1962-63             Alexis District Tournament                     Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Monmouth Warren 59-41

Warren lost in semi-final round

1963-64 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed

1964-65            Postseason scores & record needed       Coach Battershell

1965-66            Postseason scores & record needed       Coach Battershell 

       

1966-67 Postseason scores, record, and coach’s name needed

1967-68              Aledo Regional Tournament                   Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

 Aledo Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd Lost to Galva 78-59

Galva won Regional title

1968-69             Alexis District Tournament                     Coach’s name & record needed

1st Rd lost to Monmouth Warren 69-61

Warren won District title

1969-70              Oneida Regional Tournament                 Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

 Oneida Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd Lost to Oneida ROVA 76-60

ROVA lost in title game

1970-71              Sherrard Regional Tournament               Coach’s name & record needed

Winola did not compete in District

Sherrard Regional Tourney Scores

                         1st Rd lost to Galva 71-63

Galva won Regional title

1971-72              Viola Regional Tourney Runner-up!  Coach’s name & record needed

1st year of IHSA two class tournament

1st Rd Beat Rockridge 77-61

                          Semi-final Beat Aledo 75-65

                          Title game lost to Orion 57-52

1975-76   9 – 9                                                               Coach Kennelly

**All other season records, coaches’ names, and postseason scores are needed.                 

Boys Track & Field

Two individuals brought home hardware from the IHSA Boys State Track Meet!

1974-75     Duane Peterson      2 Mile Run       8th Place

1986-87     Mike Goben           Triple Jump       8th Place

Girls Track & Field

Two ladies also earned medals at the IHSA Girls State Track Meet.  Julie Goben earned a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in the high jump in 1983!! Lisa also won two other medals in the high jump, making her a three-time medal winner at the meet.

1981-82     Julie Goben            High Jump      5th Place

1982-83     Julie Goben            High Jump      STATE CHAMPION!!

1983-84     Julie Goben            High Jump      8th Place    

1987-88     Lisa Bisom              Shot Put          7th Place

  

Boys Football

Football Field Dedication Ceremony
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We know the Jets played football. So far this is the extent of the information we have obtained.

Evan Thomas tells us:

“The initial Winola football coach was Leo Traister, who had been at Viola prior to consolidation. He later moved to VIT and Eureka College. Bill Mack, now in the IHSA coaches Hall of Fame, began his career at Winola in 1960. I believe he was there 4 years.”

Winola HS Football Team of 1953
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1964-65                                           Asst. Coach Battershell

1965-66                                           Asst. Coach Battershell

1975-76     0 – 9                               Coach Stubbs

Boys Wrestling

Research by Dean Bentley showed the Winola High School boys competed in wrestling as well. A 1976 Winola High School yearbook revealed the grapplers of this year had a record of 7 – 10. Any other information regarding Winola HS wrestling is welcome.

1975-76      7 – 10                            Coach Wyffels

Girls Volleyball

The 1976 yearbook shows that Winola High School also participated in girls volleyball. In that particular season in fact they were quite good at it!

1975-76     13 – 2                             Coach Nederbrock

Girls Basketball

The Lady Jets competed in basketball as well. We only have the record from the 1975-76 season currently available. Please contact us if you have further informaton to share.

1975-76       2 – 8                             Coach Nederbrock                            

MEMORIES

**From Evan Thomas:

“I grew up in New Windsor and attended Winola High School. Bill King came to New Windsor to coach in 1950 and continued as the Winola coach until the ’70’s I have several yearbooks with records from the late 50’s and 60’s.I will try to uncover some additional information.

The first Winola football coach was Leo Traister who had been at Viola and stayed after the merger. He moved over to VIT and then to Eureka College. The Winola qb, Ron (Butch) McCready, played for him at Eureka. Butch later coached at Roseville and Savannah before moving into administration.

Bill Mack was a Winola coach then. He went on to coach at Crystal Lake, then North Central College and, after he retired he volunteered as an assistant at Beloit. I imagine his record is available on the website for Hall of Fame coaches. It certainly wasn’t because of his Winola record that he made the Hall of Fame but in his defense we had a lot of injuries.

One of my classmates at Winola, Bob Frase, was a letterman fencer at the U of Illinois. He won a Big Ten title and competed in NCAA tourney. I would guess he may be one of a very few Cornbelt grads who ever competed in collegiate fencing.

Also, the “new” high school in New Windsor was designed by Albert Heino, a Chicago architect who was married to my aunt Doris from New Windsor. After Al’s death she moved back to New Windsor and spent a number of years teaching in the Winola system.

It’s been a long time, but there are still great memories of days at Winola.”

**From Gordy L.:

“I love the concept of your site and I think I can be of some help.  Winola HS opened in 1952 (class of ’53 was the first graduating class). The school closed with the graduation of the class of 1988.”

Seeking More Information

We are aware Winola had many more successful seasons than those listed. We are seekng information regaring the teams, players, and coaches who graced the courts and fields of Winola High School.  If you can offer any assistance in documenting this information please complete a . You can also send items to us via e-mail at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net . You may also write to us at:

Illinois HS Glory Days

6439 N. Neva St.

Chicago, Il.  60631    

The photos below were sent courtesy of Michael Reick

Winola Grade School Building
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Winola Loses Tough Game to Aledo – 1953
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Winnetka New Trier East HS “Indians”

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New Trier East High School
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The History of New Trier East High School

Winnetka (population: 12,419) is located along Lake Michigan 16 miles north of downtown Chicago in northern Cook County. Interstate 94 (also known as the Edens Expressway), US 41, Sheridan Road, Green Bay Road, and Hill Road are the major thoroughfares coming thru the area to take people to and from Winnetka, along with the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad. Up to 97 percent of the families whose incomes are based in professional or managerial occupations for companies and corporations that are based primarily in Chicago live in Winnetka.

The community’s beginnings go back to 1836 when a tavern (i.e. hotel/restaurant) was placed in the area by Erastus & Zeruah Patterson to connect Chicago with Fort Howard in Wisconsin near Green Bay. It grew slow but steadily and in 1854, the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad laid tracks on 300 acres west of the lakefront, which was named Winnetka (“beautiful place” in Native American terms) by Sarah Peck. The town was incorporated in 1869 as Charles Peck (Sarah’s husband, who was responsible for building the railroad thru Winnetka along with Walter Gurnee) donated land that would become known as the Village Green, east of today’s business district.

Winnetka made municipal improvements, beginning with a 119-foot tall brick water tower in 1870, then formed its’ own municipal electric plant in 1900. The community formed the Winnetka Caucus in 1915 to let citizens have a say in making the decisions that controlled the future of the community, and it remains in force today.

Educationally, Winnetka began to teach its students as early as 1856 when Sarah Peck organized the first private school. The first public school opened two years later and stayed on the site of today’s Village Green until Charles Peck donated the land to the community in 1869.

The name New Trier comes from the name of the town that most of the early settlers came from, Trier, Germany. The earliest-known high school came in 1890’s when the community had Winnetka High School, which was a member of the Cook County League in athletic competition during the 1895-96 school year only. In 1901, New Trier High School was opened by a Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. William Netstraeter, who served as a pastor of a church in nearby Wilmette and was its mayor for three terms.

The school building itself was designed by Norman Patten. As the school grew, it eventually had to be split into two schools because of overcrowding by 1965. New Trier was at 4,000 students at that point, and became New Trier East while a new campus was built in Northfield that would become New Trier West.

Due to declining enrollments thru the late-1970’s, the schools decided to revert back to being one school in 1981, using the Winnetka campus for sophomores, juniors, and seniors while Northfield had the freshmen. That arrangement changed in 1985 when the entire enrollment could be located in Winnetka, but the school board reopened the Northfield campus in 2001 for the freshmen when the numbers started back upward.

FACTS ABOUT WINNETKA NEW TRIER EAST HIGH SCHOOL

School opened as New Trier:           1901

Year that New Trier East opened:    1965

School closed & reverted back:       1981

School colors:                                Green & Gray

School nickname:                           Indians

School song:                                “Here’s to our Team”
Written by Samuel S. Vernon
Submitted by Bill Stillwell (Class of 61)

                                                                     Lyrics Provided by Robert Norheim

Here’s to our team, they’re the green and the grey.
Here’s to our old New Trier.
Long may her name be cherished for her fame.
Loyal and ever true whatever we can do.
Fighting to win is the green and the grey.
And may she never fail.
Proudly wave the banner for our school.
Rah rah for old New Trier.

Da na na na na yea New Trier.
Da na na na na na yea New Trier.
Rah rah rah team let’s fight,
rah rah rah team let’s fight,
rah rah rah team let’s FIGHT! FIGHT!!!
Heres to our team they’re the green and the grey,
and may she never fail.
Proudly wave the banner for our school.
Rah rah for old New Trier.

ATHLETICS

Like most schools, New Trier East offered many sports, and were successful in them as a member of the Central Suburban League. Football, basketball, baseball, cross-country, golf, swimming & diving, gymnastics, soccer, tennis, track, and wrestling were available for the male students. Girls could compete in badminton, field hockey, soccer, golf, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, and volleyball, although basketball must have been offered because there is no record of any records mentioned by the IHSA or thru an online publication written in 2003 by Mark Braun. If you have any other sports or details to add, please contact us at the address listed below.
BOYS’ SWIMMING & DIVING

 

You cannot mention New Trier East without acknowledging their swimming & diving program, which began in 1913 at New Trier under Chaucey Hyatt. It continued to build under Edgar Jackson (1918-1952), and continues even today in capable hands. The Indians finished at least sixth or better at 15 consecutive state meets under the tutelage of Dave Robertson and Eric Matz to continue the tradition with 10 state champions and numerous prep All-Americans. A great resource of information about the program’s history is available online thru the New Trier school website: http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/athletics/sports/boys_swim/nthistory.htm.

          

1967           3rd in State!!!                Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

                      1   Hinsdale Central                 167

2   Evanston Township             118.5

                      3   Winnetka New Trier East    91.5 

                      4   Dolton Thornridge                  83.5

5   Deerfield                               83

 

                   Relay & Individual Medalists

200 med relay—2nd place

                     400 free relay—STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

                     Rob Jones            100 butterfly—6th place

                     Steve Baumgart    100 breaststroke—3rd place

                     Frank Mutz            400 freestyle—6th place 

             

1968           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

                     1   Hinsdale Central                         191

                     2   Winnetka New Trier East          136  

3   Evanston Township                     127.5

4   Dolton Thornridge                        110

5   Moline HS                                    83

Relay & Individual Medalists

                   200 medley relay—5th place

                   400 freestyle relay—6th place

                   Dan Curran             400 freestyle—6th place

                   Mike Cutler             400 freestyle—3rd place

                   Tim Healy               100 freestyle—3rd place

                   Tim Healy               200 freestyle—3rd place

                   Bill Ploehn             Diving—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                   Chuck Ritzen         100 freestyle—5th place

                   Chuck Ritzen           50 freestyle—5th place

                   Rick Townsend      100 butterfly—4th place

             

1969           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                          208

                      2   Winnetka New Trier East           153  

                      3   Evanston Township                      124

4   Dolton Thornridge                        104

5   Peoria Richwoods                         82

Relay & Individual Medalists

                    200 medley relay—STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

                    400 freestyle relay—5th place

                    Steve Baird              100 freestyle—5th place

                    Steve Baird                50 freestyle—3rd place

                    John Fyfe                 100 breaststroke—3rd place

                    Ray McCullough       100 freestyle—4th place

                    Ray McCullough       200 Individual Medley—STATE CHAMP!!!

                    Gary Oliphant           Diving—5th place

 1970           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                         255

                      2   Winnetka New Trier East          137  

                      3   Dolton Thornridge                       126

4   Rock Island HS                            94

5   Evanston Township                      88

Relay & Individual Medalists

                    200 medley relay—3rd place

                    400 freestyle relay—4th place

                    Peter Agnew              Diving—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                    Mark Anderson           200 freestyle—4th place

                    Mark Anderson           400 freestyle—4th place

                    Steve Baird                100 freestyle—2nd place

                    Steve Baird                  50 freestyle—2nd place

                    Peter Smith               Diving—4th place

              

1971           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                         280

                      2   Winnetka New Trier East         137  

                      3   Evanston Township                    131

4   Peoria Richwoods                      102

5   Dolton Thornridge                        75

 

                    Relay & Individual Medalists

                     200 medley relay—2nd place

                     400 freestyle relay—3rd place

                     Mark Anderson            200 freestyle—4th place

                     Mark Anderson            400 freestyle—4th place

                     Rich Baughman           400 freestyle—5th place

                     Casey Cutler                100 butterfly—4th place

                     Peter Smith                 Diving—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                     Ben Swiggert              100 backstroke—5th place

 

1972           Tied for 3rd in State!!!   Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

1    Hinsdale Central                    213

2    Peoria Richwoods                  115

                      3    Winnetka New Trier East       99  

Evanston Township                  99

5    LaGrange Lyons                      80

             

                   Relay & Individual Medalists

                    200 medley relay—3rd place

                    400 freestyle relay—2nd place

                    Casey Cutler               100 butterfly—5th place

                    Fred Wall                    100 breaststroke—6th place

                    Ed Woodbury              100 freestyle—2nd place

                    Ed Woodbury                50 freestyle—2nd place

 

1973           6th in State                   Coach Dave Robertson

                    State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                     215

6   Winnetka New Trier East       70  

Relay & Individual Medalists

Ted Ahlem                    100 breaststroke—2nd place

                    Keith Kenner                Diving—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                    Jeff McBride                 200 freestyle—5th place

                    Jeff McBride                 400 freestyle—4th place

  

1974           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson 

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

                      1   Hinsdale Central                      239

                      2   Winnetka New Trier East         92  

3   LaGrange Lyons                        82

4   Arlington Heights St. Viator        77

5   Northfield New Trier West           61

Relay & Individual Medalists

200 medley relay—3rd place

                     400 freestyle relay—5th place

                     Ted Ahlem                  100 breaststroke—2nd place

                     Dave Dale                     50 freestyle—4th place

1975           3rd in State!!!                Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

                     State Final Team Standings

                      1   Hinsdale Central                   307

2   Oak Park Fenwick                  86

                      3   Winnetka New Trier East      79  

4   Moline HS                              74

5   Evanston Township                 73

 

                    Relay & Individual Medalists

                     200 medley relay—4th place

                     400 freestyle relay—6th place

                     Bill Brackett                100 backstroke—5th place

                     Tom Porter                  Diving—6th place

             

1976           2nd in State!!!               Coach Dave Robertson

                    District Champions

State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                  225

                      2   Winnetka New Trier East   140  

                      3   Oak Park Fenwick                 97

4   Peoria Richwoods                  57

5   Champaign Central                56

Relay & Individual Medalists

400 freestyle relay—2nd place

                     200 medley relay—3rd place

                     Skip Ashmore               50 freestyle—6th place

                     Bill Brackett                100 backstroke—2nd place

                     Tom Holmberg            100 breaststroke—5th place

                     Julian Mack                100 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                     Julian Mack                  50 freestyle—2nd place

                     Tom Porter                  Diving—5th place

                     Tom Schreiber            100 breaststroke—4th place

             

1977            4th in State!!!              Coach Eric Matz

                     District Champions

                      State Final Team Standings

                      1   Hinsdale Central                  180

2   Oak Park Fenwick               148  

3   St. Charles HS                      98

                      4   Winnetka New Trier East     97  

                      5   Wilmette Loyola                    89

Relay & Individual Medalists

                      200 medley relay—4th place

                      400 freestyle relay—5th place

                      Skip Ashmore               50 freestyle—6th place

                      Julian Mack                 100 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!

1978            4th in State!!!              Coach Eric Matz

                     District Champions

                      State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                 190

2   Oak Park Fenwick              120

3   St. Charles HS                     73

                       4   Winnetka New Trier East    61  

5   Mt. Prospect Prospect          52

 Relay & Individual Medalists

400 freestyle relay—3rd place

                      Jeffrey Porter           100 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                      Jeffrey Porter             50 freestyle—3rd place

             

1979            3rd in State!!!              Coach Eric Matz

                     State Final Team Standings

1   St. Charles HS                     169

2   Hinsdale Central                    88

                      3   Winnetka New Trier East     67  

4   Darien Hinsdale South            59

5   Moline HS                             57

 

                     Relay & Individual Medalists

                      400 freestyle relay—3rd place

                      200 medley relay—4th place

                      Frank Levins            Diving—6th place

                     Joe Nash                   Diving—3rd place

              

1980            7th in State!!!              Coach Eric Matz

                     State Finals Team Standings

1   St. Charles HS                    165

7   Winnetka New Trier East    53  

Relay & Individual Medalists

400 freestyle relay—5th place

                     Tod Folkl                   Diving—5th place

                     Steve Ashmore         200 freestyle—6th place

                     Steve Ashmore         500 freestyle—3rd place

1981            District Champions       Coach Eric Matz

Individual Medalist At State

                     Peter Coxon             100 freestyle—3rd place

                     Peter Coxon               50 freestyle—6th place

New Trier East All-Americans in Swimming & Diving

 

1967  200 Freestyle Relay (Ford, Chuck Ritzen, Gutstadt, Tim Healy)

200 Medley Relay (McCain, Klein, Rob Jones, Gutstadt)

1968  100 Freestyle & 200 Freestyle: Tim Healy

Fancy Diving:  Bill Ploehn

200 Freestyle Relay (Chuck Ritzen, Tim Healy, Wise, Mike Cutler)

1969  100 Butterfly, 200 IM, & 100 Freestyle:  Ray McCullough

100 Freestyle: Steve Baird

200 Freestyle Relay: (Ray McCullough, Steve Baird, Dan Curran, McLaren)

200 Medley Relay: (Petit-Clerc, John Fyfe, Mack, Kauffmann)

1970  Diving: Peter Agnew

50 Freestyle & 100 Freestyle: Steve Baird

200 Freestyle Relay: (Beiersdorf, Gronley, Anderson, Baird)

1971  Diving: Peter Smith

200 Medley Relay: (Ben Swiggett, Fred Wau, Casey Cutler, Ed Woodbury)

400 Freestyle Relay: (Paul Gronley, Ed Woodbury, Casey Cutler, Mark Anderson)

1972  50 Freestyle & 100 Freestyle: Ed Woodbury

200 Medley Relay: (Jay Ritzen, Fredrick Wall, Casey Cutler, Ed Woodbury)

400 Freestyle Relay: (Steve Jones, Steve Inman, Jeff McBride, Casey Cutler)

1973  Diving: Keith Kenner

1976  Diving:  Tom Porter

400 Freestyle Relay (Bruce Bendix, Skip Ashmore, Julian Mack, Dick Ruderman)

200 Medley Relay (Bill Brackett, Dick Ruderman, Tom Holmberg, Paul Shepherd)

1977  100 Freestyle & 200 Freestyle: Julian Mack

Diving:  George Klauke

400 Freestyle Relay (Skip Ashmore, Jeff Porter, John Snyder, Julian Mack)

200 Medley Relay (Patrick McDivitt, John Snyder, Thomas Schreiber, Jeff Porter)

1978  50 Freestyle & 100 Freestyle:  Jeff Porter

400 Freestyle Relay (Josh Moss, William Elliott, David Hartong, Jeff Porter)

1979  Diving: Joe Nash

400 Freestyle Relay (Josh Moss, John Hursting, Charles Cray, David Hartong)

GIRLS’ SWIMMING & DIVING

The girls were just as outstanding as the boys in the pool with a state championship and three second place finishes when the school was open as New Trier East. Betsy Lind won three individual state championships for East in the 50 and 100 freestyle events, while the 200 medley relay took home the gold in consecutive years. It is interesting to note that once East and West merged back together in 1981, New Trier won the next seven state titles!

1975               4th in State!!!                       Coach Eric Matz 

                       District Champions

                        State Final Team Standings

1   Park Ridge Maine South           109

2   Wheaton North                        107

3   Northbrook Glenbrook North       99

                          4   Winnetka New Trier East        94   

                          5   Lake Forest HS                         50

                       Relay & Individual Medalists

                        Relay                           400 freestyle—6th place

 Cindy Allen                  Diving—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                        Ann McDivitt                Diving—2nd place 

                        Joyce Johnson            100 breaststroke—5th place

                        Martha Redding          200 freestyle—6th place 

                        Martha Redding          500 freestyle—4th place 

1976               6th in State                           Coach Eric Matz 

                       State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                      116

6   Winnetka New Trier East         68   

                         

Relay & Individual Medalists

                         Relay                        200 medley–6th place

                         Laurie Guthrie          diving—2nd place

1978               2nd in State!!!                      Coach Eric Matz

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Northbrook Glenbrook North       121

                          2   Winnetka New Trier East        103 

                          3   Hinsdale Central                         95

4   Arlington Heights Arlington          80

5   DeKalb                                      64

                         Relay & Individual Medalists

                          Relay                          200 medley—4th place

                          Relay                          400 freestyle—4th place

                          Mary James                100 butterfly—2nd place

                          Laurie Guthrie            diving—3rd place

                          Anne Ward                 50 freestyle—4th place 

                          Anne Ward                 100 freestyle—6th place

1979(FEB)     STATE CHAMPIONS!!!        Coach Eric Matz

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Winnetka New Trier East     141  

2   Hinsdale Central                    133

3   DeKalb                                   78

4   Arlington Heights Arlington       76

5   Northbrook Glenbrook North     73

                         Relay & Individual Medalists

                          Relay                         200 medley—STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

                          Relay                         400 free relay—2nd place

                          Mary Kelly                 100 breaststroke—STATE CHAMP!!!

                          Mary Kelly                 200 Individual Medley—5th place

                          Betsy Lind                 50 freestyle—2nd place

                          Betsy Lind                 100 butterfly—3rd place

                          Anne Ward                100 freestyle—5th place

                          Jenny McMahon        diving—6th place

1979(NOV)    2nd in State!!!                       Coach Eric Matz 

                     District Champions

                      State Final Team Standings

                       1   Hinsdale Central                        178

                       2   Winnetka New Trier East         157  

3   Joliet West                                 91

4   Wheaton St. Francis                   62

5   St. Charles HS                            45

                        Relay & Individual Medalists

                         Relay                          200 medley relay—STATE CHAMPS!!!

                         Relay                        400 free relay—4th place 

                         Betsy Lind                 50 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                         Betsy Lind                 100 freestyle—2nd place

                         Jane Alexanders       diving—2nd place

                         Anne Madden           500 freestyle—2nd place

                         Mary Kelly                100 breaststroke—3rd place

                         Mary Kelly                200 Individual Medley—6th place

                         Mary James              100 butterfly—4th place

1980              2nd in State!!!                       Coach Eric Matz

                      District Champions

                       State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                    158

                        2   Winnetka New Trier East     155   

3   St. Charles HS                      124

4   Park Ridge Maine South          66

5   Rockford Guilford                     55

                       Relay & Individual Medalists 

                        Relay                         200 med relay—2nd place

                        Relay                         400 free relay—2nd place

                        Betsy Lind                  50 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!
Betsy Lind                  100 freestyle—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                        Tina McCrea              diving—2nd place

                        Mary Kelly                  100 breaststroke—2nd place

                        Beth Bowen               100 breaststroke—3rd place

                        Mary Kelly                  200 Individual Medley—4th place

                        Tana Bowen              100 backstroke—6th place

                        Julie Kelly                  200 freestyle—6th place

GREAT JOB BY THE LADY INDIAN SWIMMERS!!!!
BOYS’ TENNIS

The Indians wielded their rackets to victories and a state championship during the schools’ first year of existence as New Trier East. In all, the school never finished below 5th place at the state meet during the time it was called New Trier East. One note of interest: once New Trier East & West merged back together, they won five of the next seven state titles between 1982-88 for coach John Schneiter.

1967                STATE CHAMPIONS!!!   Coach W. Hughes Davis

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Winnetka New Trier East   15  

                           2   Hinsdale Central                    8

3   Arlington Heights Arlington     7

4   Danville HS                           6

5   Rock Island HS                     5

Oak Park-River Forest           5

State Final Medalists

                        Chris Nielsen              STATE CHAMPION!!!—singles

                        Chip Clements & Andy Crawford    STATE CHAMPIONS!!!—doubles

                        Brian Hewitt & Doug McLaury         3rd in doubles

 

1968                Tied for 5th in State        coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                    9

2   Evanston Township                7

3   Arlington Heights Arlington     6

Rock Island HS                     6

5   Granite City                           5

                                Winnetka New Trier East     5  

Skokie Niles East                  5

State Final Medalists

                          Doug Conant & Brian Hewitt            2nd in doubles

1969                Tied for 2nd in State!!!   coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                          1   Oak Park-River Forest             8

2   Hinsdale Central                     7  

                               Winnetka New Trier East      7  

                          4   Ottawa Township                     6

Rock Island HS                       6

State Final Medalists

Dave Brown & Doug Conant            3rd in doubles

                          Miles Harris & Dick Wolff                 5th in doubles

  

1970                5th in State                      coach unknown

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Evanston Township            12

2   Libertyville                         10

3   Ottawa Township                 9

Oak Park-River Forest         9

5   Deerfield                             7

                               Winnetka New Trier East   7  

State Final Medalists

Andy McDowell & Steve Montross 5th in doubles 

                           Dave Brown                                   5th in singles

1971                Tied for 4th in State           coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Oak Park-River Forest           14

2   Hinsdale Central                   12

3   Highland Park                       10

4   Ottawa Township                    9

                                Winnetka New Trier East      9  

                           

State Final Medalists

Dave Brown & Steve Buerger STATE CHAMPIONS!!!–doubles

    

1972                Tied for 4th in State            coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                  13

2   Oak Park-River Forest          12

3   Highland Park                      11

4   Arlington Heights Arlington    10

                                Winnetka New Trier East   10  

                           

State Final Medalists

Glen Golden & James Ware           5th in doubles

 

1973                Tied for 5th in State         coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                  15

Highland Park                     15

3   Arlington Heights Arlington   11

4   Galesburg HS                       8

                           5   Winnetka New Trier East    7  

Oak Park-River Forest           7

State Final Medalists

                            Mike Lane & Steve Pollack             5th in doubles

 

1974                2nd in State!!                  coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                    24

                           2   Winnetka New Trier East     15.5 

                           3   Deerfield                               12.5

4   Arlington Heights Arlington       9.5

5   Homewood-Flossmoor             9

State Final Medalist

Geoff Tabin                                      4th in singles

  

1975                2nd in State!!!                 coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                     26

                           2   Winnetka New Trier East      17.5 

                           3   Deerfield                                15

4   Arlington Heights Arlington      13.5

5   Aurora West                          13

State Final Medalists

Bob Frei & Bill Kerr                         4th in doubles

                           Mark Schneider                               6th in singles

 

1976                2nd in State!!!                 coach unknown 

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                     21

                           2   Winnetka New Trier East      19.5 

3   Arlington Heights Arlington      17.5

4   Homewood-Flossmoor            17

5   Lake Forest HS                      16.5

                     

                         State Final Medalists

                           Bob Frei                                           3rd in singles

                           Bill Kerr                                            5th in singles

                           Craig Lee & Rick McNerney             7th in doubles

      

1977                4th in State!!!                  coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                       25.5

2   Oak Park-River Forest               18.5

3   Arlington Heights Arlington        17.5

                           4   Winnetka (New Trier East)      17  

5   Highland Park                          16

State Final Medalists

Bob Frei & Craig Lee                      5th in doubles

                          Kerry Hall & Rick McNerney            6th in doubles

1978                4th in State!!!                  coach unknown             

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                   22

2   Aurora West                         21

3   Oak Park-River Forest          19  

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East   18  

                           5   Libertyville                           15

State Final Medalists

Bob Frei                                         5th in singles

                         John DeLong & Neil Golden          4th in doubles  

1979                4th in State!!!                  coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                    24.5

2   Deerfield                               17.5

3   Riverside-Brookfield               16.5

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East     15.5 

5   Bloomington HS                    15

State Final Medalists

John DeLong & Scott Lane            3rd in doubles

 

1980                4th in State!!                                     Coaches Davis & Garden 

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                       18

2   Deerfield                                   17

Barrington                                17

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East        16.5 

                           5   Oak Park-River Forest               16

State Final Medalists

Bob Buerger & Bill Friend             7th in doubles

                          Scott Lane                                     7th in singles       

 

1981                2nd in State!!!                 coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Northbrook Glenbrook North        20.5

                          2   Winnetka New Trier East         20  

3   Aurora West                              18.5

4   Bloomington HS                         17.5

5   Barrington                                 14.5

 

                       State Final Medalists

                        Bob Buerger & Bill Friend    STATE CHAMPIONS—Doubles

                        Tom Frei & John Sheppard  3rd in doubles 

EXCELLENT JOB BY THE INDIAN NETTERS!!!

 

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Consistancy was a key ingridient at New Trier East in almost any sport or activity as the school set its goals high, and the girls’ tennis program was no different. From 1972-79, the Lady Indian netters were among the top five at the state meet seven out of eight times…including 1976, when the school finished second without having a top finisher in either singles or doubles competition.

1972                Tied for 3rd in State!!!         coach unknown           

                        State Final Team Standings

1   Oak Park-River Forest             26

2   Rock Island HS                       21

                          3   Winnetka New Trier East      15 

                               Tinley Park HS                       15

5   Hinsdale Central                     14

Palatine HS                            14  

                          Individual Medalists 

                          Joanne Strom & Elena Cohen    doubles—2nd place

1973                Tied for 4th in State!!!          coach unknown

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                           1   Oak Park-River Forest          17

2   Northfield New Trier West     12

3   Hinsdale Central                  10

4   Lake Forest HS                     9

                                Winnetka New Trier East    9                               

                       Individual Medalists

                       Julie Clark & Kathy Stearns    doubles—STATE CHAMPS!!!  

1974                Tied for 5th in State!!!       coach unknown

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

1   Oak Park-River Forest        19

2   Hinsdale Central                14

3   Rock Island HS                  12

4   Northfield New Trier West     9

5   Aurora West                        8

                               Winnetka New Trier East    8   

                       Individual Medalists

Julie Clark & Stephanie Frei   doubles—5th place               

                        Kathy Stearns                           singles—3rd place

1975               Tied for 10th in State              coach unknown

                        State Final Team Standings

                         1   Oak Park-River Forest          17

10    Elmhurst York                      4

Wheaton-Warrenville             4

Park Forest Rich East           4

                          Winnetka New Trier East    4

                              Oak Lawn Community           4

                         Individual Medalists

                         Stephanie Frei & Betsy Stogin  doubles—5th place

1976                2nd in State!!!                       coach unknown

                        State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                   14

                         2   Winnetka New Trier East      9

Crystal Lake HS                     9

4   Lake Forest HS                      7

5   Arlington Heights Arlington      6

Lincolnshire Stevenson           6

1977                3rd in State!!!                        coach unknown

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                     17.5

2   Crystal Lake HS                     17

                           3   Winnetka New Trier East      11

4   Lake Forest HS                      10.5

5   Arlington Heights Arlington      10

                         Individual Medalists

                          Melanie Harris & Juliet Naft      doubles—3rd place

                          Betsy Stogin & Sally Solberg   doubles—7th place  

1978                4th in State!!!                        coach unknown

                       State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                  19

2   Champaign Central              12.5

3   LaGrange Lyons                  12

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East   11 

5   Barrington                             9.5

                        Individual Medalists

                        Melanie Harris & Juliet Naft        doubles—3rd place

                        Betsy Stogin & Alicia Cannon     doubles—7th place

1979                3rd in State!!!                        coach unknown

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Hinsdale Central                   19.5

2   Lincolnshire Stevenson         15.5

                          3   Winnetka New Trier East    13.5 

                          4   Northfield New Trier West      13

5   Galesburg HS                       12.5

                         Individual Medalists

                          Juliet Naft & Julie Kirby            doubles—2nd place

                          Kim Hatton & Melanie Harris    doubles—3rd place

                          Maeve Quinlan                           singles—7th place

1980                  Individual Medalists

Jenny Nolan & Christine Parr    doubles—5th place      

FOOTBALL

Beginning with legendary coach Walt Aschenbach and continuing to Eugene (Chic) Cichowski, the Indian football program was known in the northern suburbs as a respectable organization that competed in the Suburban League, winning six conference titles and going to the state playoffs three times when the schools was open as New Trier East.

The school contributed two graduates to the college and NFL ranks as Clay Matthews and Mike Kenn wore green and gray in their prep careers before moving up to successful and lengthy careers in the NFL. Both played together in Atlanta in the 1994, which was Kenn’s final season in 17 with the Falcons (a five-time Pro-Bowl selection), and Matthews finished his 19 year career in 1996. Matthews and Kenn were first-round NFL draft picks in 1978 and selected 12th and 13th, respectively, that year.

1966   3-4     First season                         Coach Walt Aschenbach

1967   4-4                                                Coach Heikkinen

1968   3-4-1                                             Coach Heikkinen

1969   3-6                                                Coach Heikkinen

1970   6-2                                                Coach Schillereff

1971   5-3                                                Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1972   6-1-1  Suburban League Champs Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1973   8-0     Suburban League Champs Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1974   2-7                                                Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1975   5-3                                                Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1976 10-2    State 5A Playoff Qualifier    Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

                     Central Suburban League (Shoreline Division) Champions

                      Defeated Arlington Heights St. Viator 34-6 in first round

                       Downed Arlington Heights Hersey in quarterfinals, 18-7

                        Lost to Burbank St. Laurence in semifinals, 21-0

(St. Laurence eventual state champs)                    

1977 6- 3                                                 Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

1978 8- 2    State 5A Playoff Qualifier     Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

                    Central Suburban League (CSL) North Champs

                     Lost to Northbrook Glenbrook South in first round, 35-14

1979 8- 1    CSL North Co-Champs          Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski                

1980 8- 2    State 6A Playoff Qualifier     Coach Eugene (Chic) Cichowski

                    CSL North Champs

                     Lost to Chicago Gordon Tech in first round, 14-0

(Gordon Tech eventual state champs)

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

After leading Stephen Decatur to a state title at a young age, John Schneiter moved on to New Trier and later New Trier East, where he would guide the fortunes of the Indian basketball program to success as the only boys’ basketball coach in school history (like Mel Sheets was at New Trier West). Among those successes were six regional championships, three sectional titles, two trips to the Elite Eight, and an appearance in the state AA championship game. As an all-tournament selection in the 1973 AA series, John Castino would use that a springboard towards a baseball career with the Minnesota Twins.

1966-67   8-12   First season as NT East  Coach John Schneiter

1967-68 13-10                                         Coach John Schneiter

1968-69 17-  8   Regional Champions        Coach John Schneiter

1969-70 13-  8                                         Coach John Schneiter

1970-71 23-  7   Sweet 16 Finalist           Coach John Schneiter

                           Niles West Regional Champions

                           Palatine Sectional Champions

                            Lost to Oak Lawn Community in Evanston Supersectional, 66-54

 

1971-72                                                  Coach John Schneiter

1972-73 22-  5   2nd IN STATE!!!             Coach John Schneiter

                            AA Regional Champions

                            Waukegan AA Sectional Champions

                             Sweet 16 Qualifier

                             Defeated Skokie Niles West in Evanston AA Supersectional, 54-50

                              Elite Eight Finalist

                               Downed Collinsville in quarterfinals, 61-59

                                Beat Aurora West in semifinals, 39-33

Lost to Chicago Hirsch in championship game, 65-51

                           (John Castino and Frank Moran named all-tournament)

1973-74 14-  8   AA Regional Champions  Coach John Schneiter

1974-75 10-13   AA Regional Champions  Coach John Schneiter

1975-76 16-  7                                        Coach John Schneiter

1976-77 15-11                                        Coach John Schneiter

1977-78 15-  8                                        Coach John Schneiter

1978-79 17-  7   AA Regional Champions  Coach John Schneiter

1979-80 18-  6                                        Coach John Schneiter

1980-81 19-  8    AA Elite Eight Finalists Coach John Schneiter

                          AA Regional Champions

                           AA Sectional Champions

                            Sweet 16 Qualifier

                            Beat Evanston in Evanston AA Supersectional, 61-58

                             Lost to Chicago Westinghouse in AA Quarterfinals, 62-60

GIRLS’ TENNIS 

The New Trier East girls were not to be outdone on the tennis courts of suburban Chicagoland, placing in the top five at the state meet six times in seven years and having seven entries (mostly in doubles play) finish fourth or better.

1972                3rd in State!!!                        coach unknown

                         State Final Team Standings

1   Oak Park-River Forest            26

2   Rock Island HS                     21

                          3   Winnetka New Trier East     15

                               Tinley Park HS                      15

5   Hinsdale Central                    14

Palatine HS                          14

                         Individual Medalists

                          Joanne Strom & Elena Cohen    doubles—2nd place

1973                Tied for 4th in State!!!          coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Oak Park-River Forest           17

2   Northfield New Trier West      12

3   Hinsdale Central                   10

4   Lake Forest HS                      9

                                Winnetka New Trier East     9 

                           

                          Individual Medalists

                            Julie Clark & Kathy Stearns    doubles—STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

1974                Tied for 5th in State!!!           coach unknown  

                         District Champions 

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Oak Park-River Forest        19

2   Hinsdale Central                14

3   Rock Island HS                 12

4   Northfield New Trier West     9

5   Aurora West                        8

                                Winnetka New Trier East   8

                           Individual Medalists 

Julie Clark & Stephanie Frei   doubles—5th place

                            Kathy Stearns                           singles—3rd place

1975               Tied for 10th in State              coach unknown

                        State Final Team Standings

                         1   Oak Park-River Forest         17

10   Elmhurst York                      4

Wheaton-Warrenville             4

Park Forest Rich East           4

                              Winnetka New Trier East    4   

                              Oak Lawn Community           4

                         Individual Medalists

                          Stephanie Frei & Betsy Stogin  doubles—5th place

1976                Tied for 2nd in State!!!     coach unknown

                        State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                   14

                         2   Winnetka New Trier East     9 

Crystal Lake HS                    9

4   Lake Forest HS                     7

5   Arlington Heights Arlington     6

Lincolnshire Stevenson          6

1977                3rd in State!!!                        coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                     17.5

2   Crystal Lake HS                     17

                           3   Winnetka New Trier East      11  

4   Lake Forest HS                      10.5

5   Arlington Heights Arlington      10

                          Individual Medalists

                           Melanie Harris & Juliet Naft      doubles—3rd place

                           Betsy Stogin & Sally Solberg   doubles—7th place

1978                4th in State!!!                        coach unknown

                        State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                  19

2   Champaign Central              12.5

3   LaGrange Lyons                  12

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East   11   

                           5   Barrington                             9.5

                        Individual Medalists

                         Melanie Harris & Juliet Naft        doubles—3rd place

                         Betsy Stogin & Alicia Cannon    doubles—7th place

1979                3rd in State!!!                        coach unknown

                        District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                           1   Hinsdale Central                   19.5

2   Lincolnshire Stevenson          15.5

                           3   Winnetka New Trier East    13.5

                           4   Northfield New Trier West      13

5   Galesburg HS                       12.5

                          Individual Medalists

                           Juliet Naft & Julie Kirby            doubles—2nd place

                           Kim Hatton & Melanie Harris    doubles—3rd place

                           Maeve Quinlan                           singles—7th place

1980                  Individual Medalists

Jenny Nolan & Christine Parr    doubles—5th place      

BASEBALL

The Indians grabbed the spring sports spotlight with their play on the diamond, winning three regionals and advancing to the state AA finals once under coach Ron Klein. One Indian wound up playing in the Major Leagues as John Castino enjoyed a six-year career with the Minnesota Twins from 1979-84 (batting .278 in 666 games with 41 homers and 249 RBI, according to BaseballLibrary.com).

1977           AA Regional Champions    Coach unknown

1978           AA Regional Champions    Coach unknown

1980 25- 7  AA FINAL FOUR!!!            Coach Ron Klein

                   AA Regional Champions

                    AA Sectional Champions

                     Beat Joliet Catholic 6-0 in quarterfinals

                     Lost to Bartonville Limestone in semifinals, 7-4  

BOYS’ GOLF

Even after New Trier split into East and West, the Indian golf program was successful as it won three state championships along with a fifth place finish in the schools’ 15-year history. Six individuals also vied for the top medalist honor as representatives of New Trier East.

 

1966                STATE CHAMPIONS!!!         Coach Ray Fearheiley

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1  Winnetka New Trier East         660       

2  Lockport Central                         672

3  Galesburg HS                             673

4  Bloomington Trinity                     680

5  Danville HS                                 687

Peoria Richwoods                       687

 

                          Individual Medalist

                           Dave Gurley tied for fourth (162 score, four strokes behind)

 

1967                STATE CHAMPIONS!!!         Coach Ray Fearheiley

                         District Champions

                          State Final TeamQualifier

                           1  Winnetka New Trier East         638  

2  Glen Ellyn Glenbard West          645

3  Jacksonville HS                         653

Park Ridge Maine South            653

5  Peoria Bergan                           660

                         Individual Medalist

                           Brian Kotzin tied for ninth (157)

 

1969                 Individual Medalist

                         Peter Goldsmith tied for ninth (154)

 

1974                 State Qualifier                      coach unknown

                          District Champions  

            

1977                 AA STATE CHAMPIONS!!!  Coach Clint Carlstrom

                          District Champions

                           State Qualifiers

                           1   Winnetka New Trier East        616  

                           2   Palatine Fremd                         620

3   McHenry                                  625

4   Moline HS                                626

5   Freeport HS                              628

Individual Medalists
Greg Spray took sixth place (151)

                            Mike DeBartolo was ninth (152)

                            Rick Synek tied for 13th (154)         

 

1979                 5th in AA State Finals          coach unknown

                          District Champions

                           Sectional Champions

                            State Final Standings

1    Springfield Griffin                  630

2    Peoria Richwoods                 633

3    Naperville North                    635

4    Champaign Central               639

                             5    Winnetka New Trier East    639  

BADMINTON 

If it had a net and a racket involved, you can tell that New Trier East was good at it, regardless if it was tennis or badminton. In the five years that the school competed in the state meet, it finished in the top four each time, with a first, a second, two thirds, and a fourth, so the New Trier East trophy case was able to feature the fruits of labor from the badminton squad.

1977               3rd in State!!!                       coach unknown 

                       District Champions

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Arlington Heights Arlington       23

2   Oak Lawn Community             19.5

                          3   Winnetka New Trier East      14   

                          4   Northfield New Trier West          9.5

5   Mt. Prospect Prospect              8

Orland Park Sandburg               8

State Medalists

                         Ann Meeker & Ginny Morris         3rd in doubles  

1978               4th in State!!!                       coach unknown  

                       District Champions

                        State Final Team Standings

1   Arlington Heights Arlington       19

2   Park Ridge Maine South          12

3   Deerfield                                 11

                          4   Winnetka New Trier East       10 

                          5   Hinsdale Central                        8

                        State Medalists

                          Sue McGrew & Sally Solberg       5th in doubles 

1979               3rd in State!!!                       coach unknown  

                       District Champions

                        State Final Team Standings

                          1   Arlington Heights Arlington         19

2   Deerfield                                   14.5

                          3   Winnetka New Trier East         10.5 

                          4   Palatine HS                                 9.5

Riverside-Brookfield                      9.5

1980               Tied for 4th in State!!!                             Coach Leola Kennicke

                       State Final Team Standings

1   Arlington Heights Arlington       20

2   Palatine HS                            10

3   Palos Heights Shepard              9.5

4   Oak Forest                               9

                              Winnetka New Trier East        9   

                      State Medalists

                       Martha Berlin & Sarah Hanlon      4th in doubles

                       Weezie Kerr                                  6th in singles

1981               2nd in State!!!                      coach unknown

                       District Champions 

                        State Final Team Standings 

1   Arlington Heights Arlington       17.5

2   Elmhurst York                         13

Winnetka New Trier East      13

4   Deerfield                                 11

5   Oak Park-River Forest              10.5

State Medalists

                      Liz Butler & Sue Campbell            3rd in doubles 

                      Christy Adams                               6th in singles

BOYS’ SOCCER

When the IHSA decided to offer a state championship in soccer in 1972, the Indians set their sights on being one of the finalists. It took seven years, but the Indians got to the finals in 1979 before succumbing to Granite City South.

1972                District Champions          Coach Tony Schinto

1973                District Champions          Coach Tony Schinto

1977 14-2-2     Elite Eight Qualifiers     Coach Tony Schinto

                         Sectional Champions

                          Lost to Granite City South in quarterfinals, 2-1

1979 17-2-4     SECOND IN STATE!!!    Coach Tony Schinto

                         Sectional Champions

                           Elite Eight Qualifiers     

                            Edged Chicago Quigley South in quarterfinals, 2-1

                             Shutout Chicago Bowen 3-0 in semifinals

                              Lost to Granite City South in championship match, 3-1

VOLLEYBALL

When the IHSA held its first-ever volleyball tournament at Eastern Illinois in Jnauary 1975, New Trier East marched downstate and came back with the state championship. To back it up, the Lady Indians also won three district titles in the next five seasons to show the competitive fire that the first state champions had.

1974-75 16-1   STATE CHAMPIONS!!!        Coach Bonnie Beach

                       District Champions

                        Sectional Champions

                         Supersectional Winners

                          Elite Eight Qualifier

                          Beat Rockford West in quarterfinals, 15-10, 9-15, 15-3

                          Downed Red Bud in semifinals, 15-6, 15-8

                          Defeated Park Forest Rich East for title, 15-10, 6-15, 15-3      

1975-76            District Champions                Coach Bonnie Beach 

1976-77            District Champions                Coach Bonnie Beach 

1979-80            District Champions                Coach Bonnie Beach

BOYS’ GYMNASTICS

New Trier East’s boys were competitive in the state gymnastics circles, bringing home several top 10 finishes as a team and four individual state championships, two of them belonging to Ed Howard in the 1967 finals for his all-around performances as well on the horizontal bars.

1967                6th in State                       coach unknown

                         District Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                            1   Evanston Township                 51.5

6   Winnetka New Trier East      29  

Individual Medalists

Ed Howard                 all-around—STATE CHAMPION!!!    

                          Ed Howard                 horizontal bars—-STATE CHAMPION!!!

                          Bob Goldenberg        rings—4th place

1968               Individual Medalists at State

                        Mike Sale                   rings—5th place

                        Chuck Weibel            tumbling—4th place

 

1969                 4th in State                       coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Arlington Heights Arlington      221

2   Hinsdale Central                     182.5

3   Skokie Niles East                    121.5

                           4   Winnetka New Trier East        88.5 

5   Evanston Township                   85.5

 

                         Individual Medalist

                          Bob Roth                    all-around—2nd place

 

 

1970                 District Champions            coach unknown

Individual Medalist at State

                           Bob Roth                    all-around—2nd place

1973                6th in State                       coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Hinsdale Central                        120

6   Winnetka New Trier East          80  

Individual Medalists

Tom Pearson             horizontal bars—-STATE CHAMPION!!!

                            Bruce Beiersdorf       parallel bars—3rd place

1976                Individual Medalist at State

                         Brian Avery                trampoline—2nd place

 

1977                Individual Medalist at State

                         Bill O’Neil                   trampoline—STATE CHAMPION!!!

1980                 5th in State                       coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Addison Trail                            158.19

2   Park Ridge Maine East             156.45

3   Elmhurst York                          152.19

4   Arlington Heights Hersey           146.57

                           5   Winnetka New Trier East        144.73  

Individual Medalist

                         Jon Moretta                horizontal bars—4th place

  

1981                 7th in State                       coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

1   Addison Trail                       162.94

7   Winnetka New Trier East   145.46  

                          

Individual Medalist

                         Jon Moretta                horizontal bars—3rd place

SOFTBALL

In its short history, the softball program at New Trier was a success, getting to the Elite Eight twice, winning four regionals, two sectionals, and taking home a second place finish from the state finals. In all, there were only two losing seasons in school history.

1973   4-0                                                    Coach Bonnie Beach

1974   2-6                                                    Coach Darlene Kluka

1975   4-2                                                    Coach Darlene Kluka

1976   7-4         Regional Champions             Coach Darlene Kluka

1977 15-2         Elite Eight Finalists             Coach Darlene Kluka

                        Regional Champions

                         Sectional Champions

                            Lost to Quincy Senior in quarterfinals, 4-2

1978 18-4         2nd in State!                       Coach Jack Benson

                        Regional Champions

                         Sectional Champions

                          Beat in Joliet West in quarterfinals, 5-4 (8 innings) 

                           Downed Genoa-Kingston in semifinals, 3-2                     

Lost to Quincy Senior in championship game, 10-6

1979 17-5                                                    Coach Jack Benson

1980 19-4         Regional Champions             Coach Jack Benson

1981 6-12                                                    Coach Jack Benson

1982 15-6         Last season                         Coach Jack Benson

FIELD HOCKEY

The sport of field hockey may have had a short run as an IHSA state-sponsored sport, but New Trier East got to state four times in the six years there was a state tournament, The northern suburbs of Chicago were a hotbed for field hockey as New Trier East and New Trier West, along with Deerfield and Lake Forest contended for the state title.

1975               Sectional Champions       Coach Bonnie Beach

                       State Qualifiers

Lost in quarterfinals to Galesburg 2-1 in two overtimes

1978   14-1      Sectional Champions       Coach Margie Ambrose

                       State Qualifers

                        Lost to Deerfield in quarterfinals, 1-0 

1979   14-2      STATE CHAMPIONS!!!     Coach Vera Henneuse

                       Sectional Champions

                        Defeated Edwardsville in quarterfinals, 1-0

                         Downed Schaumberg in semifinals on penalty shots, 4-2

                          Beat Lake Forest HS 4-1 on penalty shots in title game

1980   12-2      Sectional Champions       Coach Marge Julian

                       State Qualifiers

                        Lost to Edwardsville 5-3 in quarterfinals in two penalty shot rounds

BOYS’ TRACK

The Indian thinclads were competitive in the spring on the cinder tracks around the state and finished in the top 10 team standings, along with having a number of athletes come home with medals in individual events.

1966                 Tied for 8th in State       coach unknown

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Evanston Township                      30

 8   Chicago Phillips                            8

                                Winnetka New Trier East            8  

INDIVIDUAL STATE MEDALISTS

John Davis     880-yd run—2nd place

                         Bill Schopf     Shot put—2nd place

1967                 District Champions          coach unknown

RELAY AND INDIVIDUAL STATE MEDALISTS

                                                  880-yd relay—2nd place

                           Bob Winter     2-mile run—3rd place

1968                  INDIVIDUAL STATE MEDALISTS

                           Jim Davis       880-yd run—3rd place

                           Bob Winter    1-mile run—5th place

1969                 District Champions          coach unknown

1971                 INDIVIDUAL STATE MEDALIST

                          Chris Krikland 880-yd run—5th place

1976AA            RELAY STATE MEDALISTS

                          2-mile relay—8th place

1977AA            RELAY STATE MEDALISTS

                          2-mile relay—4th place

GIRLS’ GOLF

For one shining moment, New Trier East stood among the best of the girls’ golfers when the first-ever state tournament was played, including having one of its own finish in the top 10 individual standings and a fourth-place team finish.

1975                4th in State!!!                     coach unknown

                        State Qualifiers

                         State Final Team Standings

1    Waukegan East                  799

2    Rockford Guilford                 808

3    Galesburg HS                     828

                          4    Winnetka New Trier East   830 

                          5    Libertyville                           848

Individual Medalist

 Allison Finney    7th in state (185, nine strokes back)

1976                State Qualifiers                   coach unknown

WRESTLING

New Trier East was competitive on the mats, winning a district title twice and having two state champions out of the five individuals that went to state in their own weight classes.

1967            District Champions           coach unknown

Individual State Medalist

Charles Hammond  145 lbs—6th place

1968            District Champions           coach unknown

1969            Individual State Medalist

                     Bob Mayer               103 lbs—3rd place

1973            Individual State Medalist

                      Ken Stewart            HWT—STATE CHAMPION!!!

1975AA       Individual State Medalist

                      Rick Bickert            185 lbs—STATE CHAMPION!!!

1980AA       Individual State Medalist

                      Jeff Ransom           138lbs—4th place                          

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

There was plenty of success in speech and individual events for those who didn’t find that sports was their cup of tea at New Trier East. A number of students came home with medals and a couple of state championships as well for the Indians. Here’s a rundown:

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

1966           Individual Medalist

                   Ron Fuermann        Comedy—3rd place

1968           3rd in State!!!                         sponsor unknown

                   State Final Team Standings

                    1   Homewood-Flossmoor           15

Dolton Thornridge                  15

                    3   Winnetka New Trier East     11

                    4   Wheeling                                8

5   Harvey Thornton                      6

Arlington Heights Arlington       6

                  Individual Medalists
Roger Wilson          Original Oratory—STATE CHAMPION!!!

                   Steve Caton            Prose—3rd place

                   Steve Caton            Verse—3rd place

 

1971           Tied for 7th in State               sponsor unknown

State Final Team Standings

1   Dolton Thornridge                 26

7   Park Ridge Maine South         8

Winnetka New Trier East     8

                  Individual Medalist

                   Derrick Van Amerongen  Oratorical Declamation—STATE CHAMP!!!

1975           7th in State                            sponsor unknown

                   State Final Team Standings

                    1  Homewood-Flossmoor          21

7   Winnetka New Trier East     8

                        Champaign Central                8

Individual Medalists

                    James Cooney        Extemperaneous Speaking—6th place

                    Della Pollack           Verse—5th place

SPEECH SWEEPSTAKES

1967           Tied for 6th in State             sponsor unknown

District Champions

State Final Team Standings

1   Peoria Richwoods                  21

6   Lansing Thorn. Fract. S.         10

Winnetka New Trier East     10

1968           5th in State!!!                         sponsor unknown

State Final Team Standings

1   Dolton Thornridge                    15

Homewood-Flossmoor             15

3   Evanston Township                  14

Mt. Prospect Prospect             14

5   Winnetka New Trier East       11

1969-70      Tied for 7th in State             sponsor unknown 

State Final Team Standings

1   Dolton Thornridge                 26

7   Park Ridge Maine South         8

Winnetka New Trier East     8

DEBATE

1965-66             2nd in State!!!                    sponsor unknown 

                         Sectional Champions

                          State Final Team Standings

                           1   Park Forest Rich East            8-0

                           2   Winnetka New Trier East 

                           3   Aurora East

4   Homewood-Flossmoor

5   Waukegan HS 

1966-67             STATE CHAMPIONS!!!      sponsor unknown

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Winnetka New Trier East         10-2

2   Park Forest Rich East                  9-3

STATE CHAMPIONS

                          Ross Ungerleider-Rod Peterson

1969-70             2nd in State!!!                    sponsor unknown

                         State Final Team Standings

                          1   Northfield New Trier West           8-0

                          2   Winnetka New Trier East 

                          3   Park Forest Rich East

4   Chicago University

5   Highland Park  

1975-76             5th in State!!!                                 Sponsor Tom McClain
State Final Team Standings

1   Dolton Thornridge

2   Glenview Glenbrook South

3   Wheaton North 

4   Northfield New Trier West  

                          5   Winnetka New Trier East 

1976-77             Tied for 3rd in State!!!                                 Sponsor Tom McClain

                         State Final Team Standings

1   Lake Forest HS

2   Skokie Niles West

3   Wheaton North

                              Winnetka New Trier East 

                         5   Northfield New Trier West

CHESS

We would remissed if we didn’t mention this team of intellectual players. The chess program at New Trier East won a state championship and tied for second at the state meet in back to back seasons during the mid-1970’s.

1974–75            STATE CHAMPIONS!!!  Coach Robert Bosshart

                        State Final Team Standings

                         1   Winnetka New Trier East 

                         2   Northfield New Trier West

1975-76            Tied for 2nd in State!!!  Coach unknown

State Final Team Standings

1   Chicago Lane

2   Winnetka New Trier East  

Northlake West Leyden

Hillside Proviso West

Downers Grove South

What an amazing run as an all-around school!!!

Distinguished Alumni

Adam Baldwin (Class of 1980) – Actor who has had roles in Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard and Independence Day. Read more about Bauer at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Baldwin

 

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New Trier East graduates should be proud of the line of accomplishments that took place in the 16 years that the school was known as New Trier East. Now it’s time to turn things over to the graduates, parents, families and fans of the schools to find out more. We invite your input (stories, facts, photos, words to school song, etc.) about New Trier East, so please send it to us at dr.veeman@gmail.com or by mail to:

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Wing High School “Wildcats”

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Wing, Illinois
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                                          The History of Wing High School

Wing (population approximately 75) is located in upper-eastern Illinois in the southwestern Livingston County area. Wing was established on the Norfolk & Western Railroad line and sits on County Road E 1300 N one-half mile east of Illinois Route 47. This places Wing about 15 miles southeast of Pontiac.

The history of Wing is in need of research. The community appears to be an unincorporated hamlet whose biggest asset is its still-working grain elevator. What appears to be a former school building (pictured above) is located on the far southern edge of town, which had three class rooms with two classes in each room. We believe this served for sure as a 1-8 school and, possibly for a while, offering high school courses.

The first school located in Wing was opened in Pleasant Ridge Township (where the village sits) in 1858, while another school was opened the same year. In March 1949, a favorable vote took place to a school consolidation effort between the towns of Forrest, Strawn, and Wing. This effort became a reality with the creation of the Forrest-Strawn-Wing School District.

The high school and grade school for the new district were located in Forrest. The Wing School served as a grade school for the Forrest-Strawn-Wing School District through 1966. It only served as a K-3 building in its later years before being closed in 1974.

Wing school annexed into Forrest-Strawn-Wing HS in the ’50s, but it’s last use was as a site for World Relief activities for the Apostolic Christian Churches of Forrest and Fairbury in the ’80s and ’90s. It served as a grade school for most of the ’50s thru ’70s. The photo above was taken in January of 2006.

Wing High School Quick Facts

Year opened:                    late 1800’s

Year closed:                      1949

Consolidated to:                Forrest-Strawn-Wing School District

Wing HS nickname:           “Wildcats”

Wing HS team colors:        Blue & White

School Fight Song:            unknown
Athletics

We are unclear if the Wing school offered high school curriculum let alone athletics. If you have this information, please write to us via e-mail so we can include the information on this page.

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There definitely was a school in Wing, Illinois. The efforts of those who made the school possible deserve to have the school be remembered. Please contact us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net if you have any information that you can add to this page. You can also write to us via real mail at:

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Wilmette Maria Immaculata Academy

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Maria Immaculata Academy
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Known today as Mallinckrodt in the Park

The History of Wilmette Maria Immaculata Academy

Wilmette (population: 27,700) is located 14 miles north of downtown Chicago in Cook County along Lake Michigan. The community is among a group of suburbs that are part of an affluent area called the North Shore that serve as bedroom communities to the residents who live there while commuting to Chicago for work.

The community’s name comes from Antoine Ouilmette, who was a French-Canadian fur trader that married Archange, the daughter of Potawatomi Indian chief Sauganash. The trader was instrumental in getting many Native Americans that lived in the area to sign the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829, which they agreed to vacate their lands in present-day Wilmette and Evanston.

Ouilmette was awarded 1,280 acres of that land in the same year that the treaty was signed. He would later sell the land to farmers and developers in 1848, and a pair of communities were formed under the names Gross Point and Wilmette. The latter would be incorporated in 1872, while the former was annexed to Wilmette two years later. On an interesting note, Evanston was nearly annexed to Wilmette in 1894, but the voters said no at the polls by just three votes!

Wilmette can be reached by taking the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad into town, or by traveling along the lake on Sheridan Road, or further inside the city on Ridge, Green Bay, or Wilmette Roads. US 41 and Interstate 94 pass a couple of  miles to the west.
Maria Immaculata Academy was opened in February 1916 by the Sisters of Christian Charity, which had moved their Motherhouse from Wilkes Barre, PA a short time prior to coming to the Midwest. The school’s main purpose was to be an admissions point for those young females who wished to become aspirants or had aspriations to joining the Sisters’ community. The school was small in enrollment (about 45 on average) and a part of the Christian Charity organization, along with the Motherhouse, Mallinckrodt High School, and the novitiate (those who were in the first step of professing their vows to the community). Mallinckrodt College (open from 1918 and became part of Loyola University of Chicago in 1991) was also part of the organization during that time.

According to information found by archives assistant Sr. Anastasia with the Sisters of Christian Charity while researching the school for this website, she reported:

“When our Mother Foundress [Pauline von Mallinckrodt] inaugurated the work of the Congregation of teaching Sisters a century ago, she laid down the following norm in the Constitutions of the Congregation: “…from a thorough religious education flows the temporal and the eternal welfare of the individual and of society.”

In keeping with this norm, the curriculum of Maria Immaculata Academy is arranged to develop the student into the “true Christian” equipped to educate and discipline herself and ready to begin the preparation which will qualify her to form true Christian minds in young Americans. The curriculum is, of necessity, largely college preparatory… specific efforts are made by the teachers…to detect special aptitudes and abilities so as to insure the most effective placing and consequent training of each aspirant. [an aspirant is a girl of high school age desiring to enter religious life.] The program is so arranged that should an aspirant decide to leave at any time, it will be possible for her to continue her studies at any regular high school.

 

Since only such pupils are enrolled in our high school who come for the purpose of preparing for the consecrated life of service in the interests of youth, or better said, for the purpose of discovering whether they have the requisite qualifications for that life, the guidance program is different from that in a regular high school. During the successive stages of their preparation, the aspirants live in the convent under the direction of experienced, well-trained mistresses. These mistresses direct and guide them in becoming emotionally and socially adjusted to their new environment and train them in the ways of the consecrated life which they contemplate embracing after they have graduated from the academy.”
Maria Immaculata thrived at educating teenage girls thru the 1960’s and even shared instructors with Mallinckrodt HS, who were in the same building. Unfortunately, during the later part of the 1960’s, teaching orders started to have fewer girls join the communities, which led to not as many nuns teaching and, as a result, put a strain on many parochial school’s finances by having to hire lay teachers.

Sr. Anastasia stated in conclusion that “…beginning in June, 1968, the aspirancy was “temporarily” suspended. Only two applicants had been received for the aspirancy for September; the total enrollment would be 16 or 17 students. The original plan was to suspend the aspirancy for two years; however, after that period, it was not reopened.”

(Thank you to Sr. Anastasia for her information on this page!)

The building that housed Maria Immaculata Academy still stands today as a condiminum facility for senior citizens called Mallickrodt in the Park.

FACTS ABOUT WILMETTE MARIA IMMACULATA ACADEMY

Year opened:                        1916

Year closed:                         1968

MEMORIES

**From Kathy McNally DeBock:

“The two years I spent as an aspirant with the Sisters were the most beautiful and happy days of my life.  I attended from 1965 through 1967.  The peaceful walk through the apple trees down to the cemetery and stations of the cross is incomparable to any place that I have found to pray in lay life. It was a wonderful life.  Thank you to all the sisters who helped us grow closer to God. I would have loved to have seen the building one more time before the condo conversion.”

**From Gloria Hinojosa:

“The year I attended the aspirancy was probably the most memorable of my life.  I would venture to say it was the most profoundly spiritual year I have ever experienced.  There will never again exist that spirit of community, that special, extraordinary celebration of holidays.  I even remember how we celebrated the passing of a Sister’s life.  And yes,  the  “cemetery and stations of the cross is incomparable to any place that I have found to pray in lay life. It was a wonderful life”  I totally agree.  The experience of living at Maria Immaculata in 1960-61 has been incomparable.  Hard to believe, it closed in 1968.  Guess I would have just made it out of being a postulant.”

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Wilmette Mallinckrodt High School

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Wilmette, IL

                      The History of Wilmette Mallinckrodt High School

Wilmette (population: 27,700) is located 14 miles north of downtown Chicago in Cook County along Lake Michigan. The community is among a group of suburbs that are part of an affluent area called the North Shore that serve as bedroom communities to the residents who live there while commuting to Chicago for work.

The community’s name comes from Antoine Ouilmette, who was a French-Canadian fur trader that married Archange, the daughter of Potawatomi Indian chief Sauganash. The trader was instrumental in getting many Native Americans that lived in the area to sign the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829, which they agreed to vacate their lands in present-day Wilmette and Evanston.

Ouilmette was awarded 1,280 acres of that land in the same year that the treaty was signed. He would later sell the land to farmers and developers in 1848, and a pair of communities were formed under the names Gross Point and Wilmette. The latter would be incorporated in 1872, while the former was annexed to Wilmette two years later. On an interesting note, Evanston was nearly annexed to Wilmette in 1894, but the voters said no at the polls by just three votes!

Wilmette can be reached by taking the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad into town, or by traveling along the lake on Sheridan Road, or further inside the city on Ridge, Green Bay, or Wilmette Roads. US 41 and Interstate 94 pass a couple of  miles to the west.

Mallinckrodt High School was open for business as a centralized girls’ high school in the Archdiocese of Chicago in September 1923 by the Sisters of Christian Charity, which had opened up Maria Immaculata Academy in 1915 in the same location for those girls who were considering or had already decided to join the religious community, which had opened their location in 1915 after moving their motherhouse from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

The name Mallinckrodt comes from the founder of Sisters of Christian Charity, Pauline von Mallinckrodt, who was a daughter of a wealthy member of the German government. Mother Pauline (as she was known) also set up schools, day care centers, and hospice care in Germany before coming to the United States in the 1870’s. There have been steps taken to have her considered for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, and in 1985, she was given the title of Blessed Pauline by Pope John Paul II.

In researching the school, we received the following information from Sr. Anastasia, who serves as the assistant archivist for the Sisters of Christian Charity’s Western Province location in North America at Wilmette (www.sccwilmette.org). This came from a yearly record that was kept on Mallinckrodt High School by the convent.

“Ever since the establishment of Maria Immaculata Convent, the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Christian Charity, at Wilmette, more or less frequent applications have been made for private and class lessons in various subjects. Music lessons, as well as private and class lessons in sewing have been given since the beginning of 1917. In one or the other instance private instruction was given in academic and commercial subjects. However, this arrangement did not prove practicable, and therefore it was discontinued.

 

There is no central Catholic high school for girls between the Immaculata High School on Irving Park Boulevard, Chicago, and the Holy Child High School at Waukegan. St. Scholastica’s Academy and Marywood School at Evanston are boarding schools taking a high tuition, and therefore making it practically necessary for a large percentage of the girls desiring high school education to attend the public high schools.

 

In the spring of 1923 the need for a central Catholic Girls’ High School for the North Shore district began to be emphasized….On the evening of May 10, Monsignor Kelley in company with Rev. F. Siedenburg, SJ, called at the Motherhouse saying he had been delegated by the pastors of the surrounding parishes to ask whether we might be willing to conduct the high school. …Mother Hyacinth had anticipated the situation, and had previously asked and received from Reverend Mother General permission to open a high school in the north wing of the Motherhouse.

 

…it was further decided to open with but two years of the high school course, the third and fourth years to be added in 1924 and 1925 respectively. On June 10 it was published in the churches of the territory involved that instructions from the Chancery ordered the announcement of the opening of Mallinckrodt High School for Girls in September; parents were urged to send their daughters to this school which promised to be the best high school on the North Shore, if not in Chicago.

 

Arrangements were made immediately to accommodate pupils of the I. and II. Year High School as well as of the first year of a two-year Commercial Course.

On the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, September 12, a High Mass marked the opening of the High School…

Number of pupils: 46 pupils registered for regular classes;

17 for Commercial,

5 for II. Year High and

24 for I. Year High

Sewing Department:  47 pupils

Music Department:   16 pupils

The Sewing and Music Departments were opened October 17th. [there was a further note under “Rates” that stated the fee for Sewing (if taken exclusive of the Regular Course), and a further note added: All Regular Students are encouraged to make Sewing an elective. If taken as such there is no additional charge.

UNIFORMS: On November 12, the students wore their uniforms for the first time. The Winter Uniform is a one-piece box plaited [sic] dress made of French navy blue serge, opening at the shoulders, to be slipped on over the head. Round neck and square yoke bound with black silk braid. Inlaid pocket. Belt made of same material as dress, 2 buttons in front. The whole set off prettily with white collar and cuffs edged with tatting. A long black silk tie. The Summer Uniform is an Alice blue with tan collar and cuffs; otherwise similar to winter uniform.

 

Monday, June 15, 1925 witnessed the graduation of twelve Commercial students, the first to leave our school. Since it had been planned that the first public commencement exercises should mark the graduation of the first High School class and entertainment was given in honor of the Commercial graduates.

 

May 27, 1926 witnessed the graduation of the second class of Commercial students to leave The Mallinckrodt. There were twelve graduates.

 

Tuesday, June 14th witnessed the first public commencement exercises of The Mallinckrodt, at which our first fourth year Academic students were graduated. His Eminence, George Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, honored the occasion by being present…

One of the graduates of this first class – Florence Faber – is now known as Sister Pierre Faber. She will be 100 years old in March, 2008, and lives at Sacred Heart Convent, Wilmette.”

Part of a transcript from a meeting states the reason for the closing of Mallinckrodt High School (in 1960): “Since Mallinckrodt High School was originally opened only in response to the request of Cardinal Mundelein to provide a high school for girls in the North Shore area, and since this need no longer exists [Regina Dominican H.S. had been built a half-mile distant from MHS] and since our aspirancy has grown to the extent that school and living conditions on the novitiate side are over-crowded, it was decided definitely to close the day school for girls in a year or two. This will free the Mallinckrodt classrooms for our aspirants and make it possible to expand our Mallinckrodt College facilities.”

The Mallinckrodt building is still intact today and even used as condominums that are called “Mallinckrodt in the Park.”

First graduation program for four-year students
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June, 1927
FACTS ABOUT WILMETTE MALLICKRODT HIGH SCHOOL

Year opened:               1923

Year closed:                1960

School colors:              unknown

School nickname:         unknown

School song:                unknown

CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES

Mallinckrodt offered a well-rounded educational experience for its students. In the first year that it was opened, here’s a look at the weekly schedules:

Courses for I. year were:

Monday                   Tuesday                  Wednesday              Thursday                 Friday

Catechism              Bible history            Church History          Catechism              Bible History

English                   drawing                   Algebra                    Penmanship           Etiquette

Algebra                  Algebra                   ancient history          Algebra                  Algebra

vocal classic           English                    foreign language     English                   English

foreign language   foreign language     gymnastics               foreign language    foreign language

ancient history        ancient history                                         ancient history        ancient history

Foreign languages included Latin, French, German and Spanish

Courses offered for II. Year were:

Monday                   Tuesday                  Wednesday              Thursday                 Friday

Catechism               Bible history             Church History         Catechism              Bible History

Biology                   Geometry                 Biology                    Biology                   Geometry

Geometry                Biology lab.             Geometry                Geometry                Biology-lab

English                    foreign language     English                    English                   foreign language

Vocal                       English                    foreign language    foreign language    English

foreign language                                     gymnastics              drawing

Courses offered for Commercial students were:

Monday                   Tuesday                  Wednesday              Thursday                 Friday

Catechism              Bible history          Church History       Catechism              Bible History

Commercial            stenography         Comm. Arith.         Comm. Arith.          Stenography

Arithmetic              Comm. Arith.         Stenography         Stenography           Comm. Arith.

Stenography          Commercial          Commercial          Correspondence      Commercial

Etiquette                geography            geography            Business English      geography

Business English    Business English   Foreign Lang.       Foreign Lang.          Business Eng.

Foreign Lang.        Foreign Lang.            or typewriting     or typewriting         penmanship

or typewriting          or typewriting     Gymnastics           Bookkeeping            Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping

Students also had their choice of activities to participate in at Mallinckrodt. A look at the school’s 1927 yearbook indicates the following photos: School Basketball team, Senior-Junior Basketball, Sophomore Basketball, Freshmen Basketball, Freshmen Volleyball, Dramatic Club, the Mission Unit, the Music Club, the Glee Club, the “Y” Club [organized among the Seniors for social purposes – dances, playing cards, etc.], and Literary Club.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Mallinckrodt competed in the Catholic High School Girls’ Basketball League from 1927-31, according to Robert Pruter. Along with the likes of Alvernia, Aquinas, Longwood, Loretto High, Loretto Academy, Mercy, St. Catherine (later known as Siena), St. Mary, St. Scholastica, St. Xavier, Visitation, and Evanston Marywood, these schools played each other until the Catholic Youth Organization formed its own girls’ league in 1932.

Sophomore students from Mallinckrodt–1925
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First four-year academic class to graduate from MHS
A BIG THANK YOU….

goes out to Sr. Anastasia from the archives office at the Sisters of Christian Charity’s Western Province office. In finding the following information as well as the images shown on this page, it would have not been possible to tell as much of the story about Mallinckrodt High School.

Now we’ll open things up to you, the general public and graduates of Mallinckrodt High School. If you have more information about the school, or some memories to share about MHS, please contact us at the following addresses:

By e-mail:  ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net

By USPS:  Illinois High School Glory Days

                 6439 North Neva

                 Chicago, IL  60631


Willow Hill High School

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WILLOW HILL SCHOOL BUILDING 1930S COURTESY OF DON MCALLISTER
Willow Hill High School
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Courtesy of George Piersall
Willow Hill Grade School Building 1986
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Courtesy of Rhonda and Treca (Chapman) Swisher

The History of Willow Hill High School

Willow Hill (population 250) is located in southeastern Illinois in the east-central portion of Jasper County.  Illinois Route 49 travels through Willow Hill and connects it to Illinois Route 33 just one mile to the north.  The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad passes by the north side of town.  The Hickory Creek flows through the northeast site of town as well.  The town, also known as the “W.H.”, is located about 30 miles southeast of Effingham.

The history of Willow Hill and its former school system are in need of research. An article found while scanning the Genealogy Trails web address of http://genealogytrails.com/ill/jasper/towns.html had this listing from 1884 for what I believe is the original Willow Hill:

“New Liberty – (Post office Willow Hill), in Willow Hill Township, was laid out August, 1854, and is seven and one-half miles due east of Newton, and is next in size to Saint Marie. It is a lively town, as in the last eighteen months the S., E. & S.E.R.R. and D., O. & O. R.R.R. have been built through the township, cross each other at the north edge of the town, which has given it new life. The town now has three stores keeping a good general stock of merchandise, one drug store, one grocery store, one hardware store, three restaurants, two blacksmith shops, three grain and flour dealers, one stock and grain dealer, two farming implement dealers, one butcher, one shoe maker, one milliner, one hotel, one good flouring mill, one carpenter and undertaker, one house carpenter, one police magistrate, two justices of the peace, a post-office, two depots and express offices, three physicians, and three hundred inhabitants, two churches, and one nice two-story brick schoolhouse. The town has doubled its inhabitants in two years, and they say all they want now is room, and to be let alone and where will they be in two years more?”

So we know that Willow Hill had a school in town in 1884.  We believe that high school classes were offered there by the late 1800s.  Willow Hill School class photos can be viewed at: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/jasper/schoolpix4.html#willowhill

We believe that Willow Hill High School existed at least into the late 1940s, possibly a while longer.  At sopme point Willow Hill residents agreed to close their high school and send the children to nearby Newton to continue their education.  Willow Hill is still host to an elementary school for the Newton school district.

There was recently a reunion for the Willow High School alumni

http://www.robdailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&TM=57827.35.  The fate of the original Willow Hill High School is being sought.

Willow Hill High School Quick Facts

Year opened:                            late 1800s

Year closed:                             late 1940s?

Consolidated to:                        Newton High School

Willow Hill HS team nickname:   unavailable

Willow Hill HS team colors:        unavailable

School Fight Song:                    unavailable
Athletics and Extra-Curriculars

We believe that the Willow Hill High School boys competed in basketball, football, and possibly baseball and track as well.  Other organizations and opportunities such as band, chorus, FFA, FHA, ect., may have been offered as well.  We are in need of several “quick facts” items and any information others would like to share with us.

Football

The photo below is of the WIllow Hill High School football team taken in the 1930s.  Players names and team record are needed.

Willow Hill HS Football Team – 1930s
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Basketball

    

The following basketball scores involving WIllow Hill High School playing in the IHSA State Tournament were located on a website titled “Illinois Postseason High School Basketball Scores.” Team records and coaches’ names are needed.

1921-22                     Olney District Tournament            Coach’s name & record needed.

1st Rd Beat Browns 18-6

                                  2nd Rd Score Needed

Semi-Final lost to Louisville 50-10

Olney beat Louisville in title game.

1922-23 through 1932-33 postseason scores, records, and coaches’ names needed.

1933-34                     Robinson District Tournament      Coach’s name & record needed.

1st Rd lost to Palestine 51-9

Oblong beat Hutsonville in title game

1934-35                     Newton District Tournament         Coach’s name & record needed.

1st Rd lost to Palestine 67-15

Oblong beat Palestine in title game

1935-36                     Casey District Tournament           Coach’s name & record needed.

*1st Rd lost to Charleston Teachers College 41-8

Charleston TC beat Martinsville in title game

*Final score located on this website.

                    

Memories and Information

From Rhonda:

“I live in Willow Hill, and have all my life (all 44 years!). I went to the school building in the picture. There’s a newer one beside it (not ‘new’, just  ‘newer’). I had kindergarten in the one in the photo, 1-4 in the newer one,and 5,6,7 in the one in the photo. Just before I went in the 8th grade they tore it down, which would have been 1978.

The OLD Willow Hill  School building still stands (it’s older than the one in your photo). It’s just down the road from the present school. My grandmother went to it,and if she were alive today,she would be in her 90’s.

A few different families have made a home out of it,but it’s probably not going to last a whole lot longer.

I’ve seen it for years,because it’s right across the road from the church I’ve went to all my life-Salem Missionary Baptist Church.  If you drove right through the middle of town, you would see it.

If you don’t live anywhere near here, I can take some pictures,and e-mail them to you of the old school building. It’s only a block and a half from my house!  I don’t know if it would be better after some of the leaves fall or not,because there are a lot of big trees close to the building.

The link you gave to click for Willow Hill  School photos were ones took in front of the OLD ‘still standing’  school building. I sent those photos to that website. They belonged to my grandmother. She was in each one.”

Seeking More Information

If you have ANY more information regarding the great history of Willow Hill and its educational past please take the time to share it with us. We are especially hopeful to share a photo of the old High School building.  Photos and information can be e-mailed to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net.  You can also write to us at:

Illinois HS Glory Days

6439 N. Neva St.

Chicago, Il.   60631

Catt Country Grade School Near Willow Hill 1925
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Epilogue
This is an overview of the lives of the 14 classmates who graduated from Willow Hill Township High
School in 1934 (SEE PHOTO BELOW).
Sadie Abraham was the first to die. She was 58.
The longest survivor of the Class of 1934 was Elizabeth Larrabee, who died in 2020 at the age of 102.
Garnett Yount lived her whole life in Willow Hill.
Florence Catt once lived in the largest city, Chicago.
Cecil Fear once lived the farthest away in King County, Washington.
Eventually even he moved back to Illinois to live in Carterville.
Gordon Farley, Cecil Fear, and Raymond Ridlen served in World War II.
George Sheahan was the only classmate to be born outside of Jasper County, IL
He was the only one who never married.
Sadie Abraham and Garnett Yount were teachers.
Lilly Shedlebower played guitar and piano.
Marguerite Haywood, Lilly Shedlebower, Elizabeth Larrabee, Lois Harrison, and Florence Catt were
primarily homemakers.
Ralph Biggs built homes.
Wilson Smith owned a business.
Florence Catt, Sadie Abraham, and Garnett Yount had some level college education.
They added 30 children to the world – More than double their number of classmates.
They lived and imparted the life values that they learned in Willow Hill, Illinois
Marguerite Haywood was the prettiest girl in the class.
But I may be biased.
Willow Hill
Township High school
Willow Hill, Illinois


SUBMITTED BY DON MCALLISTER – DON’S MOTHER IS MARGURITE HAYWOOD
WILLOW HILL CLASS OF 1934 50TH REUNION – COURTESY OF DON MCALLISTER
WILLOW HILL TRAIN DEPOT 1930S COURTESY OF DON MCALLISTER
WILLOW HILL HARNESS SHOP 1930S – COURTESY OF DON MCALLISTER
WILLOW HILL WB WILSON HARNESS SHOP 1930S COURTESY OF DON MCALLISTER