David Riley Memorial Kickoffs

The David Riley Memorial Kickoffs (formerly the "IHSSBCA Kickoff" is a parallel series of high school tournament held at several sites across the state of Illinois, usually in mid-November. This tournament is the traditional beginning of the Illinois Scholastic Bowl season, although since its inception, several tournaments have taken dates before Kickoff. Starting in 2016, the tournament series was named in memory of David Riley.

For several years, some sites divided teams into "large" and "small" school divisions, however, this division was left strictly to the host, and was quite arbitrary, often putting schools' A and B teams in different divisions. In particular, it did not follow the IHSA Class A (small)/Class AA (large) division system.

Excepting IHSA Regionals and Masonic Sectionals, this tournament is the most-attended (as with the others, when sites are combined) of any high school tournament in Illinois.

For the first few years of the tournament, questions were written by Triad Questions, a company founded by Martin Stroup and two of his friends who played for Illinois in the early 1990s. The questions were in IHSA format and distribution but were significantly more pyramidal than other questions generally used at that time. Several question providers were used over the years, including a few times when the questions were written by Sister John Baricevic. Starting around 2008, the format started changing away from IHSA format.

Illinois hosted a fall tournament in 1995 directed by Martin Stroup. MacArthur defeated Quincy for the Championship, and Latin defeated Niantic-Harristown for Third Place. Stroup had played for Tom Durbin at MacArthur, and they worked together the next year to have IHSSBCA sponsor the tournament when IHSSBCA was formed and Durbin became its first Chair. Ever since the Kickoffs have gone to multiple sites, the central coordinator has been David Riley.

Results

Date	Location	Attendance	Champion	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
19 Oct 1996	UIUC	35	Quincy	Fremd	Woodruff	MacArthur
18 Oct 1997	Loyola Academy	30	New Trier	MacArthur	Wilmington	Moline
21 Nov 1998	Loyola Academy	60	Loyola Academy	IMSA	New Trier	MacArthur
20 Nov 1999	Loyola Academy	42	New Trier	IMSA	Loyola Gold (A)	Stevenson
	Sterling	24	Auburn	Boylan	Byron	Stillman Valley
	PORTA	28	Quincy	St. Teresa	Notre Dame (Peoria)	Warrensburg-Latham
	Fairfield	12	Salem	Fairfield	Robinson	Fairfield B
18 Nov 2000	Loyola Academy Academic Div	16	Wheaton North	Stevenson	Loyola Academy A	Marist
	Scholastic Div.	16	Downers Grove North	Lake Park	Cary-Grove	Notre Dame (Niles)
	Sterling Blue Div.	12	Auburn	Streator	Sterling	Boylan
	Gold Div.	12	LaSalle-Peru	Moline	Winnebago	Stillman Valley
	PORTA Large School Div.	18	Springfield Southeast	MacArthur	Quincy A	Normal Community
	Small School Div.	12	Warrensburg-Latham	Dunlap	Athens	Bloomington Central Catholic
	Fairfield	10	Salem	Robinson	Fairfield	Breese Central
17 Nov 2001	Loyola Academy Academic Div.	18	Downers Grove North	Fremd	New Trier	Homewood-Flossmoor
	Scholastic Div.	18	The Latin School	Lake Forest	St. Ignatius	Notre Dame (Niles) A
	Sterling Gold Div.	16	Streator	Sterling	Galesburg	Moline
	Blue Div.	16	Marian Central Catholic	Coal City	Auburn B	Sterling B
	St. Teresa Scholastic Div.	15	Springfield Southeast	Normal U High	Bradley-Bourbonnais	Quincy
	Academic Div.	15	Bloomington Central Catholic	Sullivan	St. Teresa	Athens
	Fairfield	12	Carterville	Highland	Breese Central	Fairfield
16 Nov 2002	Von Steuben Scholastic Div.	18	Wheaton North	Stevenson	Libertyville	The Latin School
	Academic Div.	24	Downers Grove North	Crystal Lake South	Wheaton Warrenville South	Hoffman Estates
	Sterling Gold Div.	15	Rockridge	Richmond-Burton	Winnebago	Newman Central Catholic
	Blue Div.	15	Stillman Valley	Boylan	Auburn	Moline
	Springfield Scholastic Div.	13	MacArthur	Quincy A	Pleasant Plains	Sullivan
	Academic Div.	14	Bunker Hill	Rossville-Alvin	Quincy B	Riverton
	Fairfield Community College	16	Fairfield	Litchfield A	Carterville	Mt. Carmel (Illinois)
15 Nov 2003	Von Steuben Academic Div.	22	Wheaton North	Marist	New Trier	Bradley-Bourbonnais
	Scholastic Div.	24	Rufus King	St. Ignatius	Von Steuben	Buffalo Grove
	Sterling	24	Auburn	Winnebago	Boylan	Rock Island
	Springfield Scholastic Div.	10	MacArthur	Bunker Hill	Bloomington	Normal Community West
	Academic Div.	15	Pittsfield	Macon Meridian	Riverton	PORTA
	Wayne City	8	Carterville	Fairfield	Edwards County	Robinson
20 Nov 2004	Von Steuben Scholastic Div.	20	New Trier	Stevenson A	Lincoln Way-East	Bradley-Bourbonnais
	Academic Div.	20	Stevenson B	Von Steuben	Loyola Academy	Lisle
	Sterling Div. I	18	Auburn	Bettendorf	Winnebago	IMSA
	Div. II	12	Byron	Morrison	Galva	Rockridge
	Unity	27	MacArthur	Morton	Normal Community West	Macon Meridian
	Wayne City	15	Carbondale	O'Fallon	Carterville	Fairfield
19 Nov 2005	Wheaton North	46	Fenwick	Deerfield	New Trier	Wheaton North
	Sterling Div. I	18	Auburn	Moline	Winnebago	Boylan
	Div. II	16	Morrison	Auburn B	Seneca	Newman Central Catholic
	Bloomington	30	Quincy	Springfield	Morton	Bradley-Bourbonnais
	Wayne City	10	Carbondale	Fairfield	O'Fallon	Charleston
18 Nov 2006	Wheaton North	54	St. Ignatius	Maine South	Wheaton North	Libertyville
	Sterling	24	Auburn	Morrison	Moline	Newman Central Cathollic
	Bloomington	42	Springfield	Bloomington	MacArthur	Bradley-Bourbonnais
	Wayne City	8	O'Fallon	Fairfield	Wayne City	Edwards County
17 Nov 2007	Wheaton North	54	Wheaton North	New Trier	Auburn	Naperville North
17 Nov 2007	Sterling	26	Byron	Bettendorf	Boylan	Winnebago
10 Nov 2007	PORTA	24	Bloomington	PORTA	Mahomet-Seymour	Roanoke-Benson
17 Nov 2007	O'Fallon	20	O'Fallon	Carbondale	Quincy	Charleston
8 Nov 2008	Wheaton North	54	Auburn	Loyola Academy	New Trier	Stevenson
	Sterling	26	LaSalle-Peru	Moline	Bloomington	Boylan
	PORTA	32	Springfield	Warrensburg-Latham	Mahomet-Seymour	New Berlin
	Carbondale	12	Carbondale	Marissa	Charleston	Carterville
21 Nov 2009	Wheaton North	60	Loyola Academy	Auburn	St. Ignatius	Oak Park-River Forest A
14 Nov 2009	Sterling	26	Geneva	Bettendorf	Kaneland	Marian Central Catholic
14 Nov 2009	PORTA	30	Litchfield	Glenwood	Macomb	New Berlin
21 Nov 2009	Greenville	10	Althoff	O'Fallon	Greenville	Gillespie
14 Nov 2009	Carbondale	10	Carbondale	Charleston A	Fairfield	Charleston B
6 Nov 2010	Wheaton North Competitive Div.	24	Auburn	Stevenson	Oak Park-River Forest	IMSA
	Learning Div.	42	St. Viator	Naperville Central	Fenwick	unknown
6 Nov 2010	Sterling	24	Belvidere North A	Guilford	Marian Central Catholic	Byron
13 Nov 2010	Centennial	24	Rolling Meadows	Normal Community	Centennial	Streator
6 Nov 2010	PORTA A Teams Div.	20	Glenwood	Macomb	Richwoods	Quincy
	B Teams Div.	7	Springfield B Litchfield B	unknown	unknown
6 Nov 2010	Greenville	16	Carbondale	Greenville	O'Fallon	Marquette (Alton)
19 Nov 2011	Wheaton North Über-Competitive Div.	18	IMSA	Stevenson A	Loyola Academy A	Auburn A Wheaton Warrenville A
	Standard Div.	64	Lake Zurich	Fenton Kaneland Wheaton North B Stevenson B The Latin School A Naperville North A
	Sterling	24	Belvidere North A	Sycamore	Marian Central Catholic	Boylan
	Centennial	24	Centennial A	Bradley-Bourbonnais A	Mahomet-Seymour A Bloomington Central Catholic A
	PORTA Class AA Div.	8	Macomb	Springfield A	Glenwood A	Glenwood B
	Class A Div.	16	PORTA	Warrensburg-Latham LSA (Decatur)		unknown
	Greenville	16	O'Fallon	Carlinville	Southwestern	Marquette (Alton) A
	Carbondale	6	Carbondale A	Carbondale B	Carterville Johnston City Fairfield
17 Nov 2012	Wheaton North Upper Div.	18	Stevenson A	Wheaton North A	Metea Valley A Wheaton Warrenville South A St. Ignatius A
	Standard Div.	30	Stevenson B	Naperville North	Homewood-Flossmoor A	Carmel
	Loyola Academy Competitive Div.	10	Belvidere North A	Loyola Academy A	IMSA A	Auburn A
	Standard Div.	24	St. Viator A	Fenton A	Wauconda	Auburn C
	Sterling	22	Boylan A	Newman Central Catholic	Stillman Valley A	Moline
	Bloomington	24	Bloomington A	Mahomet-Seymour A	Champaign Central	Bradley-Bourbonnais A
	PORTA	20	Macomb A	Glenwood A	Springfield Macomb B
	Greenville	18	Carlinville	Cumberland	Southwestern A	Marquette Catholic
	Carbondale	9	Carbondale A	Savannah (MO)	Carterville A	Carbondale B
23 Nov 2013	Maine South Upper Div.	16	IMSA A	Stevenson	Auburn
	Standard Div.	30	Carmel A	Loyola A	Loyola B	Latin B
	Homewood-Flossmoor	36	Chicago Lab	Metea Valley	Hinsdale Central	Naperville Central
	Sterling	24	Newman Central Catholic Marian Central Catholic		Belvidere North A Moline
	Centennial	32	Bloomington A	Springfield A	Glenwood A
	Carbondale	7	Carbondale B	Carbondale A
	Greenville	20	Cumberland (IL)	Marquette (Alton)	Southwestern	Mount Vernon
22 Nov 2014	Carbondale	8	Carbondale	Nashville	Carterville	McCracken County
	Champaign Centennial	32	Bloomington	Harrison	Harrison	University Lab (Urbana)
	Fenwick	18	Hinsdale Central	Latin	St. Ignatius	Oak Park-River Forest
	Homewood-Flossmoor	36	Naperville North	Homewood-Flossmoor	Wheaton North	University of Chicago Lab
	Keith Country Day	12	Newman Central Catholic	Belvidere North	Boylan	Keith Country Day
	Macomb	16	Macomb	Dunlap	Moline	Galesburg
	Southwestern	20	Glenwood	Marquette (Alton)	Southwestern	Litchfield
	Stevenson Upper Div.	10	Auburn	Barrington	IMSA	Metea Valley
	Standard Div.	24	Loyola	Lake Zurich	Stevenson B	Saint Viator

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