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Wendell Phillips Academy is the city's first public league team to win a state football title. The same Sunday, the girl went to the police station to inform them of the facts. Wrestling has accounted for two state team titles and 37 individual titles. 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. It was needed so they could get past that loss, because they were really hurt.. With the win, the Wolverines qualify for the Prep Bowl, the annual matchup between the Chicago Public League and the Chicago CatholicLeague. They also won the Prep Bowl in 1951 and 1952. Tonight, we celebrate them as the pride of Bronzeville and all of Chicago. Then fate dealt him a winning hand. Trey Pierce is heading to one of the nations premier college football programs after signing his letter of intent with Michigan on Wednesday. Why the Bulldogs were great: They dominated the state for two seasons with two largely different groups in 1988 and 1989. In football, there are three divisions: the Illini (Red) Conference, the Chicago (Blue) Conference and the Intra-City (Green) Conference. Parker won the 1938 and `39 state titles; Senn won in 1940, `42 and `43. 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. The figure includes a newly agreed upon payment from the county of $13.5 million along with the $15 million a federal jury awarded Bryants widow, Vanessa Bryant, at a trial in August. Simeons Chau Smith (6) runs the ball for a touchdown against Morgan Park. Undefeated champions only. The Public League still is turning out big names like Terry Cummings, Mark Aguirre, Eddie Johnson and Tim Hardaway but, with an occasional exception, the stars that the Public League turns out are basketball players. 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. Other stars included QB Mark Benson (Northwestern), DT Gavin Pearlman (Illinois) and RB Pat Milz, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards. 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. Wendell Phillips Academy, the landmark Bronzeville high school that boasts Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke as alumni, can now claim the first state title by a public league football team. All-inclusive participation-based program focused on skill development, sportsmanship, and intraschool competition for fifth through eighth graders. But since so many great teams that did not lose failed to make the list, it simply doesn't seem right to include a team that did. 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 next day, 4,188 watched the Bears play the Cleveland Rams at Wrigley Field. Fenger football team won Chicago prep bowls titles four times; 1937-38, 1939-40, 1944-45, 1953-54. In addition, the advent of the Chicago Conference Championship game in 2004 has given the second division an opportunity to earn at least one piece of hardware before being seeded into the Prep Bowl tournament. Their closest wins were 27-7 over Thornridge and Joliet. One of Crews touchdowns runs was the game-winner with 2 minutes, 30 seconds remaining. 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.. 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. Since then, Hyde Park, Phillips, Lane, Senn, Tilden, Harlan, South Shore, and Morgan Park have earned the gold medal at the state championships. 2. Three other schools from this League have since gone to other leagues around the area: University High, which plays in the Independent League, Lyons Township High of LaGrange and Oak Park High, both of which now play in the West Suburban Conference. When he started chugging and had space, he was a locomotive.. Calvin Davis currently holds this position. 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. He knew, however, that it wouldnt let him not sit out the rest of the game. CPL sanctioning of baseball goes back to the spring of 1914, and it entered the state tournament when that was formed in 1940. 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. John Holecek is leaving Loyola. In baseball, various divisions are notated by the names of famous major league baseball players, with the highest competition division being the Jackie Robinson conference. Carter was charged with reckless driving and racing, both misdemeanors, by the Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) Police Department in relation to the death of Georgia football player Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroy in January. Smith who retired that year. The most city basketball championships for boys is a dead heat as Crane and Marshall each have 11 Shields. However, an unofficial online source is the CPS fan store. LB Mark Zavagnin played at Notre Dame, and QB Mark Strimel played at Purdue. All Guides; 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. In a Catholic League playoff game against Loyola, Marek couldn't play, but Sherwin Hunt filled in with 200 yards in a 26-8 win. 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. Schweighardt had 94 receptions for 1,572 yards and 26 TDs, with McGoey adding 60, 1,274 and 21. George Halas, Dick Butkus, Johnny Kerr, Ralph Metcalfe, Phil Cavarretta, Sweetwater Clifton, Bill DeCorrevont and Chick Evans first tasted victory in Chicago. Playoff victory margin: 20.2 (Clemente 42-8, Palatine 13-0, Naperville Central 28-8, Downers Grove South 24-10, Marist 26-6). Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Text is available under the Creative Commons . 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. 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. Taft, which started the season 0-5, came into the game having won six of its last seven, including wins over Lane and Phillips, two teams it had lost to during conference play. They won the championship game Friday night, and they're still celebrating. Davis, who has 25 years of teaching, coaching, and administrative experience in the Chicago Public Schools took over in 2003 after being selected by CEO Arne Duncan to replace Dr. J.W. CPL sanctioning of basketball dates back to 1913, when the CPL was formed. WR/DB John Newton was one of three players to start for both teams. On the city level, football has been long dominated by schools south of Madison Avenue, but north side powers like Lane and Schurz have also hoisted The Shield as league titleholders. 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The school with about 500 students won a state-record 64 consecutive games, with seven undefeated seasons in a row from 1966-72. Sometimes it depends on who ends up with the ball last. RB Mike Mentz and QB Mike Budde led the offense, with LBs Rory Steinbach and Matt Eggert and DBs Mark Reiter and Gannon leading the defense. In the year before the IHSA playoffs began, they outscored opponents 369-49, with the offense averaging 6.5 yards per play and the defense allowing 1.9. Among the stadiums used to stage the city championship were the Chicago Coliseum, International Amphitheater, the UIC Pavilion, and recently the United Center. Swimming titles in Illinois used to be owned by Lane Tech. This is the second straight year that the Bronzeville neighborhood team has fought for the 4A title, losing last year. Chris Gruber added 1,130 rushing yards for the 2000 team, which outscored its opponents 541-202, including 201-77 in playoffs and 311-86 in the first half. In the first 15 years of the Public league's history a full plethora of sports were offered. You dont want to deal with shootouts, Culbreath said. Congratulations to Coach Troy McAllister and his team on not only a perfect season, but on securing a spot in Illinois' sports history.". This game definitely has united the school with the community and is a bragging right for the city. They finished No. 2015Bogan 47, Simeon, 42. Why the Saukees were great: Taking a team this talented and putting it in 1970s rural western Illinois turned out to be quite unfair. They routed eventual 5A champion Joliet Catholic 41-14 in a Week 9 showdown before outscoring their 6A competition 233-85 in the playoffs. The last state title earned by the CPL was 1973 (Hubbard); since then, the closest the league has come to a state championship was Simeon's 4th-place finish in 1998. Playoff victory margin: 23.2 points (Lake Park 28-18, Barrington 30-7, Homewood-Flossmoor 48-21, Andrew 48-22, Addison Trail 52-22). This year, they had a perfect season, winning every game. Why the Tigers were great: They possessed possibly the greatest offense the state has ever seen, led by QB Jon Beutjer (Iowa, Illinois) and WRs Jon Schweighardt (Northwestern) and Eric McGoey (Illinois). The 1911 team outscored its opponents 331-12 with eight shutouts in 10 games.
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