Decatur Lutheran

Unity Christian Lions
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Coaches	vacant
State Championships	2007 IHSA Class A
Program Status	inactive
School Size	108
NAQT Page	link

This article is about the high school in Decatur, Illinois. For other uses, see Lutheran.

Unity Christian High School, formerly known as Lutheran School Association High School, is a private school in Decatur, Illinois. It competes in Class A, the "small school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's State Championship series. The Lions also compete in the Lincoln Prairie Conference. They are former members of the Little Okaw Valley Conference & League of Extraordinary Bowlers

The program was started in 2004. Coached by Ann Ryherd & captained by her son Jonathan, Lutheran quickly became one of the top small schools in Illinois. Remarkably, they would go on to not only win their Sectional but finish 4th at the IHSA State Tournament in 2006, narrowly missing out on the state championship. The Lions would continue their success again the following season this time winning the 2007 IHSA Class A (Small School) Championship in only their third season of competition.

In 2013, the team won its IHSA Sectional for the first time in six years while being coached by Barb Ragle and captained by her son Mark.

Lutheran's state title was the first Decatur-area title since Warrensburg-Latham in 2001 and is the area's most recent to date.

Notable Team Accomplishments

• IHSA State Tournament: 2007 - 1st Place (1A), 2006 - 4th Place (1A)
• IHSA Sectional titles: 2013-A, 2007-1A, 2006-1A
• IHSA Regional titles: 2013-1A, 2009-1A, 2007-1A, 2006-1A
• Masonic State Qualifiers: 2012-A, 2008
• Little Okaw Valley Conference Champions †: 2015

Individual Honors

IHSSBCA All-Sectional Honorees

• 2015: Jillian Jones (1A)
• 2014: Jillian Jones, Veronica Roberts (1A)
• 2012: Mark Ragle (1A)
• 2011: Mark Ragle (1A)
• 2007: Jonathan Ryherd, Sam White (1A)
• 2006: Jonathan Ryherd, Sam White (1A)
• 2005: Jonathan Ryherd, Sam White (1A)

IHSSBCA All-State Honorees

• 2012: Mark Ragle (First Team) Class A
• 2007: Jonathan Ryherd (First Team) Class A
• 2006: Jonathan Ryherd (First Team) Class A
• 2005: Jonathan Ryherd (First Team) Class A

See Also

• 2006 IHSA State Championship Tournament
• 2013 IHSA State Championship Tournament

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