100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament

Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament February 2026 July 2021 The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) celebrated 100 years of the IHSA State Tournament in the 2006–07 season. A list of "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament" was assembled on December 14, 2005.IHSA.org/Archive100 Legends of the Boys Basketball Tournament; ihsa.org; accessed 26 October 2013 Throughout the state, 281 individuals were nominated and were chosen by geographic region and tournament era.http://www.niuhuskies.com/datadump/athletics/mbball/agate05-06/IHSA1-20.html Nominees 2013-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202517/http://www.niuhuskies.com/datadump/athletics/mbball/agate05-06/IHSA1-20.html 2013-10-29 dead The team of 100 Legends was selected by fans throughout the state with online voting.Online Voting Several of the living members of that team made appearances at select games across the state, and signed a "Ball of Fame"Ball of Fame which was subsequently raffled off at the state tournament.IHSA Ball of Fame information; accessed 13 June 2009 The proceeds from the Ball of Fame raffle went to the Illinois School Activities Foundation, which annually awards scholarships to high school students from member schools. Commemorative books and videos were available.Great Teams, Players, and Coaches: Stories About High School Basketball From The State of Illinois By Donald Brown, 2009, pg.135-37 978-1-4389-3718-2Commemorative Book The following list contains the 100 members, their school, community and whether they were a player or coach. Legends NameHigh schoolCityPlayer/CoachJoe Allen Carver High SchoolChicagoPlayerJeff Baker Maine South High SchoolPark RidgePlayerKenny Battle Aurora West High SchoolAuroraPlayerBoyd Batts Thornridge High SchoolDoltonPlayerTed Beach Champaign High SchoolChampaignPlayerDusty Bensko Pleasant Plains High SchoolPleasant PlainsPlayerBrad Bicketthttp://www.bcrnews.com/2007/03/08/bickett-jeppson-to-shine-with-ihsa-legends/asi1llf/doc45ef9fafae06a156210719.txt Brad Bickett Receives Award 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194456/http://www.bcrnews.com/2007/03/08/bickett-jeppson-to-shine-with-ihsa-legends/asi1llf/doc45ef9fafae06a156210719.txt dead Ohio High SchoolBureau Valley High SchoolOhioManliusPlayerCoachDon Blanken Dundee High SchoolDundeePlayerLou Boudreau Thornton Township High SchoolHarveyPlayerJamie Brandon King High SchoolChicagoPlayerJim Brewer Proviso East High SchoolMaywoodPlayerBruce Brothers Quincy High SchoolQuincyPlayerCharlie Brown DuSable High SchoolChicagoPlayerQuinn Buckner Thornridge High SchoolDoltonPlayerChuck Buescher Peoria High SchoolPeoriaCoachJack Burmaster Elgin High SchoolEvanston Township High SchoolElginEvanstonPlayerCoachEd Butkovich Canton High SchoolMt. Pulaski High SchoolCantonMt. PulaskiPlayerCoachTed Caiazza Lyons Township High SchoolLaGrangePlayerAndy CalmesWarrensburg-Latham High SchoolWarrensburg PlayerCliff Cameron Pleasant Plains High SchoolPleasant PlainsCoachFrancis Clementshttps://archive.today/20131028172745/http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=290573 Fran Clements Receives AwardOttawa Township High SchoolOttawaPlayerJeff Clements Mt. Pulaski High SchoolMt. PulaskiPlayerHarry Combes Champaign High SchoolChampaignPlayerLynch Conway Peoria High SchoolPeoriaPlayerDick Corn Benton High SchoolPinckneyville High SchoolBentonPinckneyvillePlayerCoachLandon "Sonny" Cox King High SchoolChicagoCoachBruce Douglas Quincy High SchoolQuincyPlayerWalter Downing Providence Catholic High SchoolNew LenoxPlayerMike Duff Eldorado High SchoolEldoradoPlayerDwight "Dike" Eddleman Centralia High SchoolCentraliaPlayerLaPhonso Ellis Lincoln High SchoolEast St. LouisPlayerMelvin Ely Thornton Township High SchoolHarveyPlayerErnie Eveland Waterman High SchoolParis High SchoolWatermanParisCoachRon Fellinghttp://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 Ron Felling Receives Award 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203058/http://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 dead Lawrenceville High SchoolLawrencevilleCoachMichael Finley Proviso East High SchoolMaywoodPlayerVirgil FletcherVirgil Fletcher Receives AwardCollinsville High SchoolCollinsvilleCoachJim Flynn Illinois High School AssociationBloomingtonAdministratorLarry Graham Madison High SchoolMadisonPlayerBob Grant Pekin High SchoolPekinPlayerLowell Hamilton Providence St. Mel High SchoolChicagoPlayerDawson "Dawdy" Hawkins Peoria High SchoolPekin High SchoolPeoriaPekinCoachBill HeislerBill Heisler Receives Awardhttp://www.goleathernecks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12000&ATCLID=752600 Western Illinois University 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201050/http://www.goleathernecks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12000&ATCLID=752600 dead Warsaw High SchoolWarsawPlayerMax Hooper Mt. Vernon High SchoolMt. VernonPlayerWalt Hoult Chrisman High SchoolChrismanPlayerCal Hubbard University High SchoolNormalPlayerShawn Jeppsonhttp://www.bcrnews.com/2007/03/08/bickett-jeppson-to-shine-with-ihsa-legends/asi1llf/doc45ef9fafae06a156210719.txt Shawn Jeppson Receives Award 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194456/http://www.bcrnews.com/2007/03/08/bickett-jeppson-to-shine-with-ihsa-legends/asi1llf/doc45ef9fafae06a156210719.txt dead Hall High SchoolSpring ValleyPlayerDave Johnsonhttp://www.register-mail.com/stories/120906/SPO_BBOOV61J.GID.shtml Dave Johnson Receives Award 2013-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029231923/http://www.register-mail.com/stories/120906/SPO_BBOOV61J.GID.shtml 2013-10-29 dead ROVA High SchoolOneidaPlayerPaul Judson Hebron High SchoolHebronPlayerPhil Judson Hebron High SchoolHebronPlayerGordon Kerkman Aurora West High SchoolAuroraCoachGay Kintner Decatur High SchoolDecaturCoachTom Kleinschmidt Gordon Tech High SchoolChicagoPlayerJerry Kuemmerle Schlarman High SchoolDanvillePlayerC.J. Kupec Oak Lawn Community High SchoolOak LawnPlayerJerry Leggett Rich Central High SchoolQuincy High SchoolOlympia FieldsQuincyCoachBennie Lewis Lincoln High SchoolSenior High SchoolEast St. LouisCoachMarcus Liberty King High SchoolChicagoPlayerRichard Liitt Rock Island High SchoolRock IslandPlayerJack Lipe Decatur High SchoolThornton High SchoolDecaturHarveyPlayerCoachShaun Livingston Peoria High SchoolPeoriaPlayerPaxton Lumpkin DuSable High SchoolChicagoPlayerCuonzo Martin Lincoln High SchoolEast St. LouisPlayerSergio McClain Manual High SchoolPeoriaPlayerWayne McClain Manual High SchoolPeoriaCoachJohn McDougal Salem High SchoolLutheran High SchoolSalemRockfordPlayerCoachTom Michael Carlyle High SchoolCarlylePlayerFred Miller Pekin High SchoolPekinPlayerDoug Mills Elgin High SchoolJoliet Township High SchoolElginJolietPlayerCoachDale Minick Decatur High SchoolDecaturPlayerJohnny OrrTaylorville High SchoolTaylorvillePlayerMark Pancratz Schaumburg High SchoolSchaumburgPlayerMark Peterman Canton High SchoolSpringfield High SchoolCantonSpringfieldCoachAndy Phillip Granite City High SchoolGranite CityPlayerGene Pingatore St. Joseph High SchoolWestchesterCoachRoger Powell Joliet Central High SchoolJolietPlayerBogie RedmonBogie Redmon Receives AwardCollinsville High SchoolCollinsvillePlayerCarl Richard Richards High SchoolOak LawnPlayerQuentin Richardson Young High SchoolChicagoPlayerDave Robisch Springfield High SchoolSpringfieldPlayerChuck Rolinskihttps://archive.today/20131028172757/http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=470373 Chuck Rolinski Receives AwardToluca High SchoolTolucaPlayerCazzie Russell Carver High SchoolChicagoPlayerHerb Scheffler Springfield High SchoolSpringfieldCoachJon Scheyer Glenbrook North High SchoolNorthbrookPlayerBill Schulz Hebron High SchoolHebronPlayerJay Shidlerhttp://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 Jay Shidler Receives Award 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203058/http://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 dead Lawrenceville High SchoolLawrencevillePlayerJack Sikma St. Anne High SchoolSt. AnnePlayerMarty Simmonshttp://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 Marty Simmons Receives Award 2013-10-28 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203058/http://www.lawdailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=17&ArticleID=3673 dead Lawrenceville High SchoolLawrencevillePlayerDolph Stanley Equality High SchoolMt. Pulaski High SchoolTaylorville High SchoolAuburn High SchoolBoylan Catholic High SchoolKeith High SchoolEqualityMt. PulaskiTaylorvilleRockfordRockfordRockfordCoachLyndon Swanson Watseka High SchoolWatsekaPlayerJohn Thiel Galesburg High SchoolGalesburgCoachIsiah Thomas St. Joseph High SchoolWestchesterPlayerMerrill "Duster" Thomas Pinckneyville High SchoolPinckneyvillePlayerGary Tidwell Pana High SchoolPrairie Central High SchoolPanaFairburyCoachArthur Trout Centralia High SchoolCentraliaCoachDick Van ScyocDick Van Scyoc Receives AwardWashington High SchoolManual High SchoolWashingtonPeoriaCoachBob Van Vooren Moline High SchoolMolinePlayerBrian Vance Rock Falls High SchoolRock FallsPlayerJohn Wessels West High SchoolRockfordPlayerFrank WilliamsFrank Williams Receives Award Manual High SchoolPeoriaPlayerGeorge Wilson Marshall High SchoolChicagoPlayerBob Zerrusen Teutopolis High SchoolTeutopolisPlayer References Category:High school sports in Illinois