Last year I set a goal for myself to attend contests in at least ten different varsity sports. I had to count a girls indoor track meet in order to get to ten, but I barely made it. (At least it was a conference meet.) This year I only made it to eight. (Pout.)
Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Girls Bowling Boys Football Boys Soccer Girls Softball Boys Volleyball Girls Volleyball
Note: Schools that are listed in color in the tables below are identified for winning an IHSA State Championship in their respective sport. I have had the privilege of watching five eventual state champions this year: Naperville Central's 14-0 Class 6A Football Champions, Downers Grove South's 36-5 Class AA Girls Volleyball Champions, the 2000 Class AA Boys Basketball Champions, the 32-1 Blackhawks of West Aurora, the Boys Volleyball Champions from Sandburg, who finished 40-1, and the final champion of the year, the 2000 Class AA Softball State Champions, the 35-2 Steelwomen of Joliet.
Dual Meets
Date Sport Location Winning School Losing School Score
27 August 1999 Boys Football Lockport (East) Naperville Central Lockport 44-21
08 September 1999 Girls Volleyball Downers Grove South Downers Grove South Lockport 15-2, 15-11
17 September 1999 Boys Football Wheaton-Warrenville South Naperville Central Wheaton-Warrenville South 28-13
24 September 1999 Boys Football Lockport (East) Lincoln-Way Lockport 30-6
05 October 1999 Boys Soccer Naperville North Naperville Central Naperville North 1-0
15 October 1999 Boys Football Naperville North Naperville Central Naperville North 34-19
29 October 1999 Boys Football Naperville North Downers Grove North Naperville North 40-37
04 November 1999 Girls Volleyball Glenbard East Downers Grove South Naperville North 15-7, 15-8
13 November 1999 Boys Football Glenbard East Glenbard East Downers Grove North 14-6
22 November 1999 Girls Bowling Morton (Forest Lanes) Lemont Morton 2493-2479
24 November 1999 Boys Basketball Lemont Romeoville Plainfield 66-58
24 November 1999 Boys Basketball Lemont Lockport Lemont 62-34
02 December 1999 Girls Bowling Morris (Echo Lanes) Morris Lemont 2916-2452
04 December 1999 Girls Basketball Lockport (East) Naperville North Lockport 56-44
06 December 1999 Girls Bowling Lemont (Lemont Lanes) Lemont Richards 2747-2374
28 December 1999 Boys Basketball Lemont Neuqua Valley Morris 56-52
28 December 1999 Boys Basketball Lemont Westmont Lisle 57-52
04 February 2000 Boys Basketball Lemont Lemont IMSA 67-28
25 February 2000 Boys Basketball Naperville Central West Aurora Naperville Central 51-47
30 March 2000 Girls Softball Streamwood Naperville North Streamwood 5-0
30 March 2000 Girls Softball Streamwood Naperville North Streamwood 16-0 (5)
01 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Hinsdale South Naperville North 2-1
03 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville North Andrew 5-1
05 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville North Joliet Catholic 2-1
06 April 2000 Girls Softball Waubonsie Valley Waubonsie Valley Naperville North 3-1
10 April 2000 Girls Softball St. Charles Naperville North St. Charles 7-5
11 April 2000 Girls Softball Glenbard South Glenbard South Naperville North 1-0
12 April 2000 Girls Softball Benet Academy Naperville North Benet 9-2
15 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Hinsdale Central Naperville North 6-4
15 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville North Hinsdale Central 3-2
18 April 2000 Girls Softball Wheaton-Warrenville South Wheaton-Warrenville South Naperville North 7-2
25 April 2000 Girls Softball West Aurora Naperville North West Aurora 4-2
26 April 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Glenbard North Naperville North 5-0
28 April 2000 Girls Softball Glenbard East Naperville North Glenbard East 7-6
02 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville North Wheaton North 6-0
03 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Wheaton-Warrenville South Naperville North 14-3
04 May 2000 Girls Softball West Chicago West Chicago Naperville North 4-1
05 May 2000 Girls Softball Wheaton North Naperville North Wheaton North 1-0
06 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville Central Naperville North 6-3
08 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North West Chicago Naperville North 3-0
10 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North West Aurora Naperville North 0-1
12 May 2000 Girls Softball Glenbard North Glenbard North Naperville North 0-1 (9)
13 May 2000 Girls Softball Glenbard West Naperville North Glenbard West 3-0
13 May 2000 Girls Softball Glenbard West Naperville North Glenbard West 2-0
15 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville North Glenbard East 2-0
17 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville Central Naperville North Naperville Central 8-7 (12)
20 May 2000 Girls Softball Rosary Naperville North Rosary 12-1 (5)
20 May 2000 Girls Softball Neuqua Valley Neuqua Valley Naperville North 4-2 (11)
20 May 2000 Girls Softball Stone City Naperville North Belleville East 12-7
23 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Joliet Naperville North 9-0
25 May 2000 Girls Softball Wheaton-Warrenville South Wheaton-Warrenville South Naperville North 1-0
27 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville Central Glenbard West 5-0
27 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North West Chicago Wheaton-Warrenville South 4-3 (15)
29 May 2000 Girls Softball Naperville North Naperville Central West Chicago 2-1
02 June 2000 Boys Volleyball Hoffman Estates Stevenson St. Rita 15-9, 15-6
02 June 2000 Boys Volleyball Hoffman Estates Lyons Township Glenbrook South 15-6, 15-13
02 June 2000 Boys Volleyball Hoffman Estates Sandburg Wheaton North 13-15, 15-5, 15-8
02 June 2000 Boys Volleyball Hoffman Estates Evanston Naperville North 15-10, 16-14
Multi-School Tournaments
Date Sport Location Competing Schools
27 November 1999 Girls Bowling Plainfield (Pioneer Lanes) Bremen, Crete-Monee, Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South, East Aurora, Eisenhower, Fenton, Hinsdale South, Lemont, Minooka, Mooseheart, Morris, Oswego, Peotone, Plainfield, Reavis, Rich Central, Rich East, Richards, Streamwood, Sycamore, Thornton Fractional North, West Aurora, Willowbrook
11 December 1999 Girls Bowling Morris (Echo Lanes) Crete-Monee, Conant, Dixon, Evergreen Park, Fenton, Galesburg, Hinsdale South, Kewanee, Lake Park, Lemont, Lockport, Minooka, Morris, Morris JV, Oswego, Palatine, Plainfield, Prospect, Reavis, Rich East, Rich South, Rock Island, Sterling, Sycamore, Taylorville, Thornton Fractional South, United Township, West Aurora
18 December 1999 Girls Bowling Lockport (Strike N Spare II) Bartlett, Conant, Lemont, Lincoln-Way, Lockport, Morgan Park, Morris, Oswego, Plainfield, Reavis, Rich East, Richards, Rockford East, Schaumburg, Thornton Fractional North, Thornton Fractional South
05 February 2000 Girls Bowling Hinsdale South (Willowbrook Lanes) Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South, Evergreen Park, Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, Lemont, Lincoln-Way, Lisle, Lockport, Morton, Reavis, Richards