1995 IHSA State Championship Tournament

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The 1995 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the ninth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the fourth season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA).

Advancement

In each class, the state was divided into 16 areas, termed in Illinois as Sectionals. Each sectional hosted a tournament, the winner of which advanced to the State Championship Tournament. The determination of these geographic boundaries was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office.

Tournament Format

Each round was comprised of 30 toss-ups and accompanying bonus questions. The sectional tournaments and State Championship Tournament were all single elimination. Teams were randomly assigned to positions in the bracket without regard for record or performance.

The exception to the single elimination format occurred in the semifinals, where the two semifinal losers played a third place match. 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.

CLASS A

1995 Class A IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Winnebago High School

Runner-Up:

The Latin School

Third Place

Princeton High School

Fourth Place

Gibault Catholic High School

The Class A State Championship Tournament was held at Carlinville High School. This would be the second of three years in which Carlinville would host the Class A tournament, and would be the tournamennt's last home before reuniting with the Class AA tournament in Peoria in 1997.

One Sectional Champion did not attend this tournament. Princeton High School was thus given a bye to the quarterfinals.

Octafinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Fairfield 298 Robinson 138
Brimfield 247 Hillsboro 59
Winnebago 372 Niantic-Harristown 146
Marengo 109 Heritage 50
Latin School 377 University 169
Gibault 257 Aledo 158
Massac County 158 Rossville-Alvin 123

Quarterfinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Princeton 179 Fairfield 147
Winnebago 274 Brimfield 216
Latin School 311 Marengo 23
Gibault 163 Massac County 158

Semifinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Winnebago 221 Princeton 206
Latin School 246 Gibault 122

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Princeton 223 Gibault 149

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Winnebago 272 Latin School 115


CLASS AA

1995 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Richwoods High School

Runner-Up:

New Trier High School

Third Place

Quincy Senior High School

Fourth Place

Maine East High School

The Class AA State Championship Tournament was held at St. Charles High School in St. Charles. This would mark the only time that the tournament would be held in the Chicago area, and the last time the tournament would not be held in Peoria.


Octafinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
MacArthur 364 Hinsdale Central 206
Maine East 312 Hoffman Estates 251
Normal Community 324 Antioch 287
New Trier 409 Oak Forest 159
Quincy 458 Wheaton North 157
Homewood-Flossmoor 412 Plainfield 154
Highland Park 258 Centralia 236
Richwoods 269 Hononegah 162

Quarterfinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
New Trier 270 MacArthur 179
New Trier 262 Normal Community 170
Quincy 317 Homewood-Flossmoor 222
Richwoods 199 Highland Park 119

Semifinals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
New Trier 238 Maine East 121
Richwoods 267 Quincy 225

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Quincy 253 Maine East 212

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Richwoods 221 New Trier 201

Notes

  • Winnebago joined Quincy and IMSA as only the third team to win a second state title. It was also the second for their coach, Karen Niemeier.
  • Latin's second place finish gave them four top-4 finishes in as many tournaments. That streak would end next year, making this the last top four finish for their coach, Rob Grierson. He would retire from coaching after the 1996 tournament.
  • Richwoods won the State Championship Tournament in their first appearance
  • Under rookie head coach David Reinstein, the Trevians had their best finish yet. The next time they would get to the Championship Match would be 2007. New Trier had some chances to win a very evenly played Final, but near the end of the match answered Bathyscape instead of Bathysphere and gave the length of the semimajor axis of an ellipse instead of the major axis.
  • While none of them won the State Championship, the Central Suburban League had a banner tournament, placing three teams (Highland Park, Maine East, & New Trier) in the quarterfinals and two in the top 4. This is the only instance of one conference so dominating in a single tournament.
  • Marengo's 23 points in their quarterfinal game is an all-time record for fewest points scored by any team in the State Championship Tournament.
  • Richwoods would be the last team from outside the Chicago area to claim the Class AA State Title until Auburn in 2008.