It could have been really easy for Simeon to hang its head and trudge along after it lost to Crete-Monee on November 5th in the IHSA State Playoffs. Ralph Metcalfe, who later devoted his life to public service as a member of Congress, had perhaps the greatest high school career of any Chicago runner. Between 1972 and 2002, the CPL had enjoyed status as sending its city champion to the Illinois State Finals in numerous other sports, including soccer, wrestling and softball. The season is all wrapped up. Why the Redhawks were great: Senior RB Ryan Clifford had perhaps the state's best individual season ever, rushing 301 times for 2,673 yards and 44 TDs. Why the Celtics were great: Routed undefeated Richards 41-0 for their seventh state title, holding the Bulldogs to 76 total yards with DB Matt Gannon nabbing three interceptions. After the game, Lenti still going strong in 2017 with 374 wins and 11 state titles and counting in his 34th season said: "I told the kids it was (a matchup of) two of the greatest traditions in state football history, and it was an opportunity for them to be remembered as one of the greatest teams at Mount Carmel. So, with those criteria in mind, here they are: the 32 best high school football teams in Illinois history, listed chronologically. Simeon was demolished 49-0. It took all four quarters, all the way down to the last second, but theyre built for this. Playoff victory margin: 31.8 points (Prosser 61-0, McHenry 42-23, Richards 49-20, Rock Island 39-0, Joliet Catholic 17-6). RBs Bob Hanlon and Robert Kelly went on to play for Notre Dame's 1943 national champions. On Saturday September 10, the Chicago Public League (CPL) and the Chicago Bears will kick off the second season of High School Girls Flag Football in the state of Illinois. After coming up short in the Chicago Public League (CPL) championship game earlier this month, the Kenwood Academy Lady Broncos beat the Simeon Lady Wolverines in a blowout 105-34 game for the IHSA Class 4A regional title. They finished No. However, an unofficial online source is the CPS fan store. The All-Public League football team was selected by a committee of Public League coaches and administrators. Prior to 1972, the Lane boys' swim team enjoyed nine state titles in the 1930s and 1940s, the earliest domination of any sport by any CPL team. The Red division is considered the highest level of competition citywide, while the Blue features programs just starting or not quite as talented. Wrestling has accounted for two state team titles and 37 individual titles. Mather ended the city's state championship drought by winning the title in the fall of 2011. The Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday that it selected ISUs Hancock Stadium to host the state football finals for the next five years. Why the Bulldogs were great: They dominated the state for two seasons with two largely different groups in 1988 and 1989. They cruised all season until the final, when they needed two touchdowns in the final three minutes to overcome Sacred Heart-Griffin. CPL sanctioning of basketball dates back to 1913, when the CPL was formed. Jason Statham, Hugh Grant and Aubrey Plaza star in an inconsequential serving of empty cinematic calories. He won the 100 and 220 titles three straight years for Tilden. Most noteworthy was Schurz`s Terry McCann, who won the 1952 state title at 112 and went on to the University of Iowa to win two NCAA. Wolverines coach Dante Culbreath was disappointed in his offensive lines performance against Prairie Ridge. Playoff victory margin: 30.2 points (Sandburg 43-6, Wheaton South 29-18, Larkin 42-6, Glenbard East 49-7, Schaumburg 56-31). What started with 22 teams in Chicago Public Schools as the Chicago Public League Girls Flag Football in 2021 has grown to 66 CPS teams. Named national champion by the National Sports News Service. Why the Saukees were great: Taking a team this talented and putting it in 1970s rural western Illinois turned out to be quite unfair. Parker and Senn earned boys' state tennis titles during the 1930s and 1940s. John Holecek is leaving Loyola. The National Weather Service is tracking a storm that could bring a decent accumulation of snow. Future NFL All-Pro lineman Eric Steinbach played for the 1995-97 champs and set a state record with 26 sacks his final year. Likewise, Providence uses all its fingers to count its state championships and Joliet Catholic and Mount Carmel have to use some of their toes. Heres where things stand after all of the action. They beat Tilden 46-13 in front of 95,000 fans at Soldier Field to win the Prep Bowl on Nov. 29, 1941, eight days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Chicago public schools fielded competitive teams in almost all sports. Jones College Prep in 2012 and Lane in 1963 earned the only state cross country titles; Englewood earned runner-up status in 1955. Things have changed. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Phillips Academy High School football team made history Friday night with a 51-7 victory that made them state football champions. Why the Flyers were great: They were named national champs by USA Today and the National Sports News Service, the last team from Illinois to earn that title a fitting honor for perhaps the state's all-time best team. South 28-0, Barrington 31-7, Normal 34-15). Coincidentally, the schools' two head coaches, Simeon's Daunte . Please review the sports below to find additional IHSA / CPS program information. Why the Griffins were great: After dominating an independent schedule of teams that went a combined 91-60, they ran through a gauntlet of top programs in the playoffs in the school's fifth year. 2015Bogan 47, Simeon, 42. 1 on the state all-time list with a 11.6 100 meters and is second on the list with a 23.9 in the 200. Their 1970 team that didn't allow a point all season earns the right to be called the best of the bunch. There wasn`t anywhere to go in sports.''. They beat Curie in the city playoffs last week and on Friday Simeon knocked off arch-rival Morgan Park 30-16 in the Public League championship game at Gately Stadium. Division I players included Byrne (Indiana), OL Larry Smith (Michigan State), OL Joe Kosiak (Nebraska, Drake) and All-State QB Jim Klutcharch (Purdue), and assistant George Perles was the head coach at Michigan State from 1983-94. They didn't win by fewer than 20 points until the final, when they won their second straight 7A title and seventh overall. After suffering a narrow season opening loss to Glenbard North (21-18) on August 27, and the loss of a quarterback due to injury sustained during the match, the Broncos are turning their luck around. Playoff victory margin: 32.4 (Hirsch 61-8, Bremen 51-10, Providence 20-6, Rockford West 28-8, Peoria Central 40-6). All Guides; CPS SCORE! A school holding one of these trophies is recognized as having beaten a very large field of competitors for the city title. 17 February 2023 Take Five with Principal Rashad Talley at Phillips High School Principal Talley wanted to become a school leader because of his desire to make an impact on a larger scale, as well as encouragement he received from mentors who told him that he had leadership potential. Jardine went 51-6 in five years at Fenwick and later was the head coach at Wisconsin from 1970-77. They capped their undefeated season with a title in the inaugural state playoffs, and they also went undefeated the three seasons before. And that focus has also paid off with academics. As early as 1927, the CPL football champion met the CCL champion at Soldier Field for the city title. But thats when the Wolverines defense showed up finally stopping the Taft offense on the Eagles next two possessions, forcing the upstart squad to turn the ball over on downs both times. Honorable mentions are below. One of the more powerful teams from this time was the 1950 Chicago Mount Carmel outfit. Why the Mustangs were great: The small but sturdy team was coached by Buckley, a former Marine and three-sport star at Harvard. He also played free safety during the playoffs and had two interceptions in the semifinals and another in the final against Addison Trail while throwing four and three TDs in those games. Calvin Davis currently holds this position. They defeated Englewood 111-0 in 1911 and Evanston 101-0 in 1912. They also won the Prep Bowl in 1951 and 1952. Playoff victory margin: 25.8 points (West Aurora 31-0, Stevenson 49-0, Homewood-Flossmoor 34-28, Palatine 24-22, Marist 41-0). Strimel threw and ran for a TD in the state final. On the second and third Simeon touchdowns, he accounted for all but six of the 120 yards. Their 46-0 rout of Brother Rice in the Class 6A championship concluded a three-year run in which the Flyers went 40-0 with three 6A titles. Tilden`s Bill Weick, who returned to his alma mater to coach for many years before moving to Mt. Then fate dealt him a winning hand. Ranked No. The states top high school football coach is moving on after 17 years. Their other stars included RB Larry Snoddy, QB Butch Mech, FB Mark Callanan,DE Ray Jakubiak, LB JenkinsDavis and linemen Clarence Kennedy, William Murphy, Rick Jones and Joe Banasiak. Goro passed for 3,171 yards with 38 TDs, and Perez rushed for 1,145 and 22. David Rosengard currently serves as the Executive Director of Sports Administration for Chicago Public Schools. They beat Curie in the city playoffs last week and on Friday Simeon knocked off arch-rival Morgan Park 30-16 in the Public League . QB Cory Paus (UCLA) passed for 2,180 yards and 24 TDs. 21 in USA Today's national rankings. He rushed for 539 yards and 12 TDs as a sophomore in 1999, 2,073 and 29 in 2000 and 2,340 and 37 in 2001. The elementary school sports program which offers 17 sports for girls and boys in grades five through eight for 500 schools was developed in the late 1990s by the league as a way to close the athletic gap between the CPL and its parochial counterpart, the Chicago Catholic League/Girls Catholic Athletic Conference. We knew they were going to to run the ball, but we had to step up and stop it.. He knew, however, that it wouldnt let him not sit out the rest of the game. Morgan Parks Noah Malone (5) gets ready for a play against Simeon. For decades, its baseball teams have frequently represented the league at the state tournament. 7 in USA Today's national rankings. The suburban schools joined by University High formed the Suburban League (Chicago area). Playoff victory margin: 23.0 (Willowbrook 22-0, East St. Louis 48-12, Richards 28-0, Buffalo Grove 15-9). The Wildcats win marks the first time a Chicago Public League school has ever won the Illinois High School Association's state championship game for football. (Sorry, Roaring Twenties.). In 2009 they ran through 8A undefeated again and finished ranked No. He also caught an eight-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jacquez Woodland. They finished No. Why the Caravan were great: Mount Carmel capped its undefeated season with a 17-6 win over Joliet Catholic in the 5A title game, holding the Hilltoppers to 183 yards, all on the ground. Simeons Chau Smith (6) is forced out of bounds by Morgan Parks Deshun Britten (3). It was the largest margin of victory in a title game in state history. The teams played an unneeded bottom of the ninth so players could get in more work. Playoff victory margin: 10.0 points (Bogan 24-7, Marist 7-0, Homewood-Flossmoor 13-12, St. Rita 18-7, East St. Louis 21-7). The earliest known state track championship for a Chicago school dates to 1895 with Englewood. This was Kenwood's first trip to the City Championship and first City Title in school history. A crowd of 12,000 filled the International Amphitheatre to see Phillips' Darius Clemons outplay Westinghouse's Mark Aguirre, Eddie Johnson and Skip Dillard in a duel of unbeaten teams that were ranked 1-2 in the state . So dynasties like the four-peats from Joliet Catholic (1975-78), Mount Carmel (1988-91) and Providence (1994-97) get one team on the list as do repeat powerhouses such as Maine South 2008-09 and Richards 1988-89. Kids were learning skills they would use after high school. The team averaged 10.7 per rushing attempt, with four backs averaging 100 or more yards per game behind a huge offensive line led by Keith Bruns, Joe Pieper and Gary Stajduhar. The most notable high-school competition in Chicago was the Prep Bowl, which began in 1927 and pitted the Public League football champion against the Catholic League champion annually in Soldier Field . The league has had its share of state titles, with Lane, Fenger, Schurz and Hubbard taking their place atop the podium. U. of C.'s mens tennis adjusts to new team as defending champs Isi Frank Ativie, sports writer Updated Feb 16, 2023 0 In 2022, the league has expanded from 22 teams to 50, and has incorporated teams from Rockford and the Western Suburbs as the league vies to become a sanctioned IHSA sport. The same Sunday, the girl went to the police station to inform them of the facts. They beat Vocational 42-7 in the Prep Bowl behind 231 yards and four TDs from RB John Byrne in front of 81,270 fans at Soldier Field, capping a season in which they outscored opponents 348-60. Why the Knights were great: They showed New Lenox was more than just Providence, running up a point differential of 519-184 against a stacked schedule of 14 teams that combined to go 90-62. After coming out of halftime with a 27-26 lead, the Eagles tried an onside kick to start the half and recovered it at the Simeon 46-yard line. George Halas, Dick Butkus, Johnny Kerr, Ralph Metcalfe, Phil Cavarretta, Sweetwater Clifton, Bill DeCorrevont and Chick Evans first tasted victory in Chicago. For more than a century, Chicago Catholic League football has bordered on being legendary. Most recently, CPS wrestling has gained notoriety with Bowen racking up regional titles. Championship Game Team Information Box Scores & Play-by-Play; 2021-22: standings & scores: qualifiers: 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A: 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A : 1A: 1 2 2A: 1 2 3A: 1 2 4A: 1 2 With the win, the Wolverines qualify for the Prep Bowl, the annual matchup between the Chicago Public League and the Chicago Catholic League. Under the direction of Coach Terry Brennan, who would soon jump to the head job at Notre Dame, the Caravan swept to an 11-0-0 record that included both the Catholic League and city championships. 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Playoff victory margin: 30.6 points (Rich East 60-6, Champaign Centennial 43-6, Kankakee 46-6, Richards 17-0, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 22-17). championships and the 1960 Olympic gold medal at 125.5 pounds. McHugh, Carey and FB Dan Shannon were named All-Americans, and OL Ted Cachey would be a captain at Michigan. There are many websites and other sources to get school apparel. 4. Beginning with the Great Migration coming in the 1920s, a number of schools became predominantly African American, notably Phillips (started as South Division), DuSable (started as New Phillips), Dunbar, Forrestville (now King), Carver; and later into the second half of the 20th century with Julian, Simeon, Curie, Orr, and Kennedy. State Championship Games Class 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A: Friday, November 25, 2022 Site: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana | Directions | Parking Tickets: $15 per day at gate Digitial Ticket: $15 plus TicketMaster Fee | Order Here Why the Bison were great: After losing to all-time great East St. Louis teams in the semifinals the previous two seasons, the Bison defense took it out on the state's biggest class in 1986. Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement after the win: "Before today, no Chicago Public Schools football team had ever won a state title. East St. Louis' 1985 champs probably would win a poll as the state's greatest team. 3. Morgan Park scored on a 29-yard touchdown run by Napoleon Willliams and a 21-yard touchdown run by Deshun Britten. Some coordinators handle multiple sports: one example is Mickey Pruitt, a graduate of Robeson and former member of the Chicago Bears. QB Bart Macomber was a future All-American for Zuppke at Illinois. RB Russ Calabrese and Mike Mannott each rushed for more than 1,000 yards. Go @ChiPubSchools ! Wendell Phillips Academy is the city's first public league team to win a state football title. The Wildcats beat Altoff Catholic High School. Chronology; Champions and Runners-Up; Playoff Scores, by Year . They finished No. The basketball ranks have enjoyed the most success at the state tournament of any sport sanctioned by CPS. Elzy, who had offers from nearly 30 FBS colleges, committed to Illinois on Saturday at the All-American Game in San Antonio. Hes at a different level. Why the Falcons were great: The Falcons had many great teams under Rexilius, and stars including QBs Chuck Long and Kent Graham, but this was his most dominant squad. Marek left as the Badgers' all-time rushing leader, and Lick was a starter for six seasons with the Bears. They finished No. Beutjer passed for a national-record 60 TDs with 3,946 yards and a 210.7 rating. It was really just my offensive line, he said. Chicago Prep Bowl, an annual football game between the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League; Minnesota Prep Bowl, the high school football championship in Minnesota This page was last edited on 12 November 2020, at 12:13 (UTC). The IHSA state finals may be on the move for the next five years. They really pushed it to the second level to allow me to be able to hit the holes and go for a lot of yards.. Fenger football team won Chicago prep bowls titles four times; 1937-38, 1939-40, 1944-45, 1953-54. Success in the state playoffs for the Public League has been fleeting at times, but since elementary football came on board in the late 1990s, the league has seen considerable progress in competing with outside competition. You dont want to deal with shootouts, Culbreath said. The Chicago Public League is PROUD to offer 19 sports to our high school student-athletes. The championship trophy of the CPL is noted by "The Shield". By submitting your email to receive this newsletter, you agree to our. With the exception of soccer, football, girls basketball and baseball, each sport in the CPL has two distinct playing divisions: Red and Blue. There's no question who is the top team in the girls' ranks: Marshall, with 23 championships - the most by a single sports team (boys or girls) in league history. RB Rich Shutt had 1,566 yards and 17 TDs on 161 carries, and DE Nick Bisgrove 18 sacks. Simeons Jacquez Woodland (1) rolls out with the ball during the game against Morgan Park. They finished No. Why the Tigers were great: Before TV, high school football drew huge crowds. Future Bear TE Emery Moorehead helped pick up the slack with RB Kevin Keith. They outscored their playoff opponents 199-70 and blitzed a talented Thornton team for 558 yards in the final to return to glory after falling in the 6A final the previous two years. Toby Willis of Morgan Park won the 155-pound title in 1988 and is the last Public League champion. Why the Hawks were great: They won the first of their three straight 8A titles behind QB Charlie Goro, the Tribune's 2008 player of the year, and RB Matt Perez, who earned the honor in 2009. Wendell Phillips Academy is the city's first public league team to win a state football title. Championship Saturday, Feb. 12 . Schweighardt had 94 receptions for 1,572 yards and 26 TDs, with McGoey adding 60, 1,274 and 21. The Intra-City Conference championship is the only title that that division can attain, having no opportunity to vie for the Varsity or State championships. Probably. East St. Louis destroyed the Wolves 57-7 to win its tenth state championship. TV&Showbiz. At the height of its popularity in the late 1930s, the bowl drew more than 100,000 fans. There was a time before spring and summer basketball leagues, meat-market recruiting camps and the age of specialization. The next year's team extended the Bulldogs' win streak to 28 behind QB John Rutkowski. The school sport teams are stylized as the Titans. Leonard, the winningest coach in state history, has won more than 400 games and after the Cyclones 44-20 win against Providence, he will retire with six state championships. Fans of small- and medium-sized schools especially Bishop McNamara, Driscoll, Montini, Geneseo, Metamora, Rochester and Phillips' historic 2015 squad have a right to be upset at their teams' absence here, but their best squads just did not play the level of competition that make comparisons to the teams represented here possible. They topped 40 points 11 times and allowed seven or fewer points nine times. 10 February 2023 Since 2004, it is now made of black marble with gold trimming and plated with a silver sculpture of the sport the trophy was earned in. 16 nationally. 15 in USA Todays national rankings. Next fall, Amundsen will move up to the highest level of Public League football when it debuts in the newly reconfigured Red North. It happens. The Tars are No. Football Football Conference Schedules, Standings & Results Order Official IHSA State Final Photos from VIP! Jackson won the state title in the 100-yard dash three years in a row and was selected 11th overall out of Western Illinois by the Redskins in the 1962 NFL draft. While basketball continues to carry on the tradition started by the great Du Sable and Marshall teams of the `50s, football started to decline when Butkus left town. Its an amazing feeling, senior lineman Khalyl Warren said. 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They will face St. Laurence, a 28-0 winner against De La Salle, in the Prep Bowl next Friday. In the final two of those seasons, East outscored its opponents 526-93. Since 1983, only three schools have made it to the state semifinals: Morgan Park (2005), Hubbard (2000, 2006) and Simeon (2014). 42 W. Madison StreetChicago, IL 60602773-553-1000, Chicago Public Schools Office of Sports Administration, 2651 W. Washington BoulevardChicago, IL 60612773-534-0700 | sportsad@cps.edu, Elementary Sports Registration Hard Copy (ENG / SPAN), Elementary CPS Concussion Information Form, High School Girls Flag Football Initiative, Prep Bowl: Catholic League vs. Public League, IHSA High School Transgender Student-Athlete Policy. They didn't allow a point in the first quarter all season while outscoring their opponents 387-37. 11 in USA Today's. BG allowed only 489 rushing yards all season, an average of 35 per game, behind DT Jon Gustafsson (Illinois), a 6-foot-5, 260-pound monster from Sweden, and LB Jim Wagner (UCLA), a fellow All-Stater. In the first 15 years of the Public league's history a full plethora of sports were offered. They outscored their opponents 614-160, including 208-49 in playoffs, and finished No. Similarly, a recent run of dominant Class 6A champions from Prairie Ridge, Nazareth, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin and Cary-Grove were too hard to differentiate from each other to include one over the others. He went on to play football at Michigan State. They finished No. Until 2004, the trophy was made of wood with either a gold or silver plate notating champion or runner-up finish. Why the Huskies were great: Coached by Zuppke, who went on to coach Illinois, in 1910-12 and then in 1913 by Glenn Thistlewaite, who later coached at Northwestern and Wisconsin, Oak Park won four mythical national titles in 1910-13 while playing in Boston, Toledo and Portland, Ore., going undefeated in 1911-12. WR/DB John Newton was one of three players to start for both teams. Simeons Chau Smith (6) and Jelen Lee (4) hold off Morgan Parks Camron Fulton (1). 2 St. Laurence 14-6 in front of 23,000 at Soldier Field. Junior QB Owen Daniels passed for 1,477 yards and 14 TDs before going on to a productive career as an NFL tight end. The Eagles werent the only ones with a stout running attack, however. 16 in USA Today's national rankings and beat the nucleus of Naperville Central's 1999 greats 56-42 in Week 6 and 40-26 in the quarterfinals. Since then, Hyde Park, Phillips, Lane, Senn, Tilden, Harlan, South Shore, and Morgan Park have earned the gold medal at the state championships. . Are there champions that lost a game or two that deserve to make the list? In all, Marques Easley has more than 30 Power Five offers, including 11 from the SEC and 10 from the Big Ten. 2014Curie 69, Young 66 4 OT, (later forfeited) 2013Young 60, Morgan Park 56, OT. Bill DeCorrevont was the team's star, scoring 35 touchdowns in 10 games. The best thing for us was that we had a week off, Simeon football coach Dante Culbreath said. Wendell Phillips Academy is the city's first public league team to win a state football title. Prairie Ridge knocked the Wolverines out of the state playoffs two weeks. The 1911 team outscored its opponents 331-12 with eight shutouts in 10 games. One of Crews touchdowns runs was the game-winner with 2 minutes, 30 seconds remaining. Tilden, coached by Hall-of-Famer Bob Hicks, won the 1946 and 1952 state titles. Loyola players listen as head coach John Holecek addresses the team after a 41-0 win over Marist in the 2015 Class 8A championship. Morgan Parks Napoleon Williams (9) runs for a touchdown against Simeon. The late Alvin Scott [19] is the second winningest H.S. Eight of the ten girls' titles also belong to Marshall, thanks to the state's all-time winningest coach in the sport, Dorothy Gaters, who at last count was near 830 wins for her career after winning the state championship in class 3A in 2008 along with the Whitney Young girls team who won the class 4A state title in the first year of the class expansion from 2 classes to 4. ''When I was in school, the big thing was learning a trade,'' said Kerr, who went on to star at Illinois and in the NBA before becoming the Bulls`, first coach. Patrick Mahoney was talking to schools anywhere from NCAA Division I to Division III, where he could double as an offensive lineman and long snapper. They outscored their opponents 265-128. Quarterback Quayvon Skanes did it all with 141 yards on the ground and four touchdowns. 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