2005 IHSA State Championship Tournament

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The 2005 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the nineteenth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the fourteenth season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). For the ninth year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, March 19th.

The tournament was managed by John Rathbun, and equipment furnished by Buzzersystems.com.

Advancement

Teams were assigned to one of eight sectionals within each class. Teams were seeded by the coaches, and teams would then be assigned to one of four Regionals within each Sectional. The winners of the regionals would advance to their respective sectional tournaments, where they would play a three match round robin to determine a winner. The determination of the geographic boundaries of the Sectional was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office.


Tournament Format

Each round was comprised of 30 toss-ups and accompanying bonus questions.

In the State Championship Tournament, teams would be randomly assigned to pools of four, and play a three match round robin. The winners of each pool would advance to the Championship Match, and the runners-up in each pool would advance to play for third place. Ties were broken by head-to-head results or total points scored (in the event of a three way tie)

The top four teams earned trophies and medals for team members, coaches, principals, and activities directors. The trophies were of the design smaller than that of the athletic trophies given out by the IHSA.

Questions

For the fifth year, the questions were written by a group of retired coaches and person from other states.


CLASS A

2005 Class A IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

The Latin School

Runner-Up:

Eureka High School

Third Place

St. Teresa Catholic High School

Fourth Place

Marquette Catholic High School


POOL #1

Eureka swept through their pool with a 3-0 record. St. Teresa went 2-1 to advance to the third place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Eureka 221 St. Teresa 147
Riverdale 180 Nashville 75
2 St. Teresa 167 Nashville 86
Eureka 116 Nashville 111
3 St. Teresa 96 Riverdale 82
Eureka 144 Nashville 51

POOL #2

The Latin School swept through their pool with a 3-0 record. Marquette went 2-1 to advance to the third place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Marquette 267 Marian Central Catholic 110
Latin School 368 Cumberland 32
2 Marquette 181 Cumberland 51
Latin School 243 Marian Central Catholic 117
3 Latin School 214 Marquette 99
Marian Central Catholic 122 Cumberland 59

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
St. Teresa 123 Marquette 100

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Latin School 272 Eureka 43


CLASS AA

2005 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Runner-Up:

Wheaton North High School

Third Place

Auburn High School

Fourth Place

Deerfield High School


POOL #1

Stevenson swept the pool to advance to the Championship Match. Auburn went 2-1 and advance to play for third place.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Stevenson 248 Morton 232
Auburn 314 Bradley-Bourbonnais 277
2 Morton 248 Bradley-Bourbonnais 124
Stevenson 298 Auburn 221
3 Auburn 296 Morton 212
Stevenson 222 Bradley-Bourbonnais 143

POOL #2

Wheaton North swept the pool to advance to the Championship Match. Deerfield went 2-1 and advance to play for third place.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Deerfield 345 Fenwick 204
Wheaton North 248 Carbondale 175
2 Deerfield 275 Carbondale 100
Wheaton North 313 Fenwick 252
3 Wheaton North 186 Deerfield 130
Fenwick 179 Carbondale 140

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Auburn 309 Deerfield 180

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Stevenson 245 Wheaton North 222

Notes

  • The third round Class A match between St. Teresa and Riverdale marked the first time in Tournament history that neither team was able to score 100 points.
  • Stevenson ended the three year reign of Wheaton North, winning their second state title.
  • The surprise non-attendee was MacArthur and their senior star Donald Taylor. There was controversy that erupted when, at the Sectional Tournament hosted by Carbondale, the scoreboard showed MacArthur leading Carbondale by five points going in to the final question. After Carbondale answered incorrectly, Taylor intentionally rang in with the incorrect answer to kill the question, and prevent the possibility of Carbondale sweeping a rebounded bonus. Only after the match was completed was it learned that the scoreboard was in err, and that Carbondale was actually ahead by five points. Carbondale won the final match, and advanced to the State Championship Tournament.