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Streator Bulldogs
Location: Streator, Illinois
Coaches	Rob Tyne
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Streator High School is a public high school in Streator, Illinois, between Chicago and Peoria. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series.

History

Streator's quiz bowl program is one of the older programs in Illinois dating back to 1972 predating modern Illinois Scholastic Bowl. Combined with the Streator Rotary, Streator was one of the more active hubs of quiz bowl in the state throughout the 1970's & 1980's, with the team travelling to virtually any tournament that existed at the time under IHSSBCA Hall of Fame coach, Jerry Vandemark.

During the 1990's, Streator peaked as one of the strongest teams in Illinois, placing in the top four in the IHSA State Tournament three consecutive years between 1998-2000. The team also participated in tournaments in the Chicagoland area and at Decatur MacArthur, exposing itself to the best questions and toughest competition available at the time. In 1999, they lost in the IHSA State Semifinal to Decatur MacArthur when the last tossup was a repeat of a question from the year before and the last bonus, which MacArthur needed to sweep, involved finding areas of rectangles given their bases and heights. They lost the 2000 Final in the Masonic tournament to Stevenson on the last question as well. Their top player was Ben Ricca, who was generally considered the top player in Illinois during that era. He formed a question writing company called Illinois Questions along with Tim Holbrook of University (Normal) and David Shalowitz of New Trier that lasted a few years after the three of them played together on Team Illinois at PAC.

Following Vandemark's retirement in 1997, the Bulldogs were coached by various coaches including John Burke, who joined the team after coaching Warrensburg-Latham in 2003. Burke and Streator would remain competitive throughout the 2010's until his retirement in 2013. Burke was inducted into the IHSSBCA Hall of Fame in 2008. Since, the Bulldogs have yet to return to its former success but still remain competitive in local & regional tournaments including the PAWAC Tournament. In 2023, Streator competed in the Academic WorldQuest Tournament hosted by the World Affairs Council of America in Washington, D.C.

Notable Team Accomplishments

IHSA State Tournament: 2000 - 3rd Place (2A), 1999 - 4th Place (2A), 1998 - 4th Place (2A).
Masonic State Tournament: 2000 - 2nd Place, 1998 - 3rd Place, 1996 - 2nd Place
IHSA Sectional titles: 2000 (2A), 1999 (2A), 1998 (2A), 1988, 1986
IHSA Regional titles: 2015 (2A), 2011 (2A)
Interstate-8 Conference Champions: 2017
Peoria Area World Affairs Council Tournament Champions: 2023
IHSSBCA NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2015 - 35th, 2014 - 35th

Individual Awards

IHSSBCA All-Sectional Honorees

2023: Murphy Wilkinson (2A)
2018: Owen Bruneau (2A)
2017: Owen Bruneau, McKelti Goodrich (2A)
2016: Erik Thorson (2A)
2014: Rene Villalobos (2A)
2013: William Darrow (2A)
2012: Anthony Clark, Sarah Meyers (2A)
2009: Garrick Schmitt (2A)
2007: Doug Keppy (2A)
2003: Victor Pal (2A)

Team Illinois

1999: Ben Ricca
1998: Ben Ricca

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-'''Streator''' High School is a public high school in Streator, Illinois, between Chicago and Peoria. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series.
+'''Streator''' High School is a public high school in Streator, Illinois, between Chicago and Peoria. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s (IHSA) State Championship Series.
-The team was one of the most active teams in Illinois during the 1980s under the leadership of Jerry Vandemark, who is a member of the [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]], driving to pretty much every tournament that existed during that time.
+==History==
+Streator's quiz bowl program is one of the older programs in Illinois dating back to 1972 predating modern [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. Combined with the [[Streator Rotary]], Streator was one of the more active hubs of quiz bowl in the state throughout the 1970's & 1980's, with the team travelling to virtually any tournament that existed at the time under [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]] coach, Jerry Vandemark.
-Streator became one of the strongest teams in Illinois during the late 1990s, placing in the top four in the IHSA State Tournament in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The team also participated in tournaments in the Chicagoland Area and at Decatur MacArthur, exposing itself to the best questions and toughest competition available at the time. In 1999, they lost in the IHSA State Semifinal to [[Decatur MacArthur]] when the last tossup was a repeat of a question from the year before and the last bonus, which MacArthur needed to sweep, involved finding areas of rectangles given their bases and heights. They lost the 2000 Final in the [[Masonic tournament]] to Stevenson on the last question as well. Their top player was Ben Ricca, who was generally considered the top player in Illinois during that era. He formed a question writing company called Illinois Questions along with Tim Holbrook of [[University (Normal)]] and David Shalowitz of [[New Trier]] that lasted a few years after the three of them played together on [[Team Illinois]] at [[PAC]].
+During the 1990's, Streator peaked as one of the strongest teams in Illinois, placing in the top four in the IHSA State Tournament three consecutive years between 1998-2000. The team also participated in tournaments in the Chicagoland area and at [[Decatur MacArthur]], exposing itself to the best questions and toughest competition available at the time. In 1999, they lost in the IHSA State Semifinal to [[Decatur MacArthur]] when the last tossup was a repeat of a question from the year before and the last bonus, which MacArthur needed to sweep, involved finding areas of rectangles given their bases and heights. They lost the 2000 Final in the [[Masonic tournament]] to Stevenson on the last question as well. Their top player was Ben Ricca, who was generally considered the top player in Illinois during that era. He formed a question writing company called Illinois Questions along with Tim Holbrook of [[University (Normal)]] and David Shalowitz of [[New Trier]] that lasted a few years after the three of them played together on [[Team Illinois]] at [[PAC]].
+Following Vandemark's retirement in 1997, the Bulldogs were coached by various coaches including John Burke, who joined the team after coaching [[Warrensburg-Latham]] in 2003. Burke and Streator would remain competitive throughout the 2010's until his retirement in 2013. Burke was inducted into the [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]] in 2008. Since, the Bulldogs have yet to return to its former success but still remain competitive in local & regional tournaments including the [[Peoria Area World Affairs Council|PAWAC Tournament]]. In 2023, Streator competed in the Academic WorldQuest Tournament hosted by the World Affairs Council of America in Washington, D.C.
+== Notable Team Accomplishments ==
+*IHSA State Tournament: 2000 - 3rd Place (2A), 1999 - 4th Place (2A), 1998 - 4th Place (2A).
+*Masonic State Tournament: 2000 - 2nd Place, 1998 - 3rd Place, 1996 - 2nd Place
+*IHSA Sectional titles: 2000 (2A), 1999 (2A), 1998 (2A), 1988, 1986
+*IHSA Regional titles: 2015 (2A), 2011 (2A)
+*Interstate-8 Conference Champions: 2017
+*Peoria Area World Affairs Council Tournament Champions: 2023
+*IHSSBCA NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2015 - 35th, 2014 - 35th
+==Individual Awards==
+===IHSSBCA All-Sectional Honorees===
+*2023: Murphy Wilkinson (2A)
+*2018: Owen Bruneau (2A)
+*2017: Owen Bruneau, McKelti Goodrich (2A)
+*2016: Erik Thorson (2A)
+*2014: Rene Villalobos (2A)
+*2013: William Darrow (2A)
+*2012: Anthony Clark, Sarah Meyers (2A)
+*2009: Garrick Schmitt (2A)
+*2007: Doug Keppy (2A)
+*2003: Victor Pal (2A)
+===Team Illinois===
+*1999: Ben Ricca
+*1998: Ben Ricca
-The team is currently coached by John Burke and is active. In 2010-11, they placed in the top four at Orion Varsity, the Centennial [[IHSSBCA Kickoff]], the Centennial [[IHSSBCA Turnabout]], Sterling Frosh/Soph, Streator Rotary, Orion Frosh/Soph, and they won their IHSA Regional. Coach Burke is an outspoken supporter of IHSA format, contradicting the general trend in high school quizbowl. Burke won IHSA State Championships at his previous schools, [[St. Teresa]] and [[Warrensburg-Latham]], and he is a member of the [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]].
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