2004 IHSA State Championship Tournament

The 2004 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the eighteenth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the thirteenth season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). For the eighth year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center on March 20th.

The tournament was managed by John Rathbun, and equipment furnished by Buzzersystems.com.

Advancement

Teams were assigned to one of eight sectionals within each class. Teams were seeded by the coaches, and teams would then be assigned to one of four Regionals within each Sectional. The winners of the regionals would advance to their respective sectional tournaments, where they would play a three match round robin to determine a winner. The determination of the geographic boundaries of the Sectional was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office.

Tournament Format

Each round was comprised of 30 toss-ups and accompanying bonus questions.

In the State Championship Tournament, teams would be randomly assigned to pools of four, and play a three match round robin. The winners of each pool would advance to the Championship Match, and the runners-up in each pool would advance to play for third place. Ties were broken by head-to-head results or total points scored (in the event of a three way tie)

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.

Questions

For the fourth year, the questions were written by a group of retired coaches and person from other states.

CLASS A

2004 Class A IHSA State Championship Tournament

State Champion: The Latin School

Runner-Up: Carterville High School

Third Place Rockridge School

Fourth Place Galena High School

POOL #1

The Latin School swept through their pool with a 3-0 record. Galena went 2-1 to advance to the third place match.

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Galena	173	Riverton	163
	Latin School	384	Bunker Hill	126
2	Galena	170	Bunker Hill	112
	Latin School	278	Riverton	84
3	Latin School	265	Galena	48
	Bunker Hill	111	Riverton	88

POOL #2

Carterville swept through their pool with a 3-0 record. Rockridge went 2-1 to advance to the third place match.

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Carterville	296	Rockridge	205
	Fairfield	218	Illini Bluffs	161
2	Carterville	175	Fairfield	136
	Rockridge	165	Illini Bluffs	134
3	Carterville	152	Illini Bluffs	84
	Rockridge	205	Fairfield	137

Third Place

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Rockridge	160	Galena	102

Finals

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Latin School	172	Carterville	94

CLASS AA

2004 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament

State Champion: Wheaton North High School

Runner-Up: Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Third Place Auburn High School

Fourth Place Fenwick High School

POOL #1

Wheaton North swept the pool easily to advance to the Championship Match. Fenwick went 2-1 and advance to play for third place.

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Wheaton North	362	Deerfield	223
	Fenwick	307	Morton	250
2	Wheaton North	373	Morton	80
	Fenwick	250	Deerfield	237
3	Wheaton North	269	Fenwick	139
	Deerfield	165	Morton	160

POOL #2

Stevenson swept the pool to advance to the Championship Match. Auburn went 2-1 and advance to play for third place.

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Stevenson	283	Auburn	279
	Bradley-Bourbonnais	211	MacArthur	159
2	Stevenson	247	Bradley-Bourbonnais	168
	Auburn	378	MacArthur	100
3	Stevenson	223	MacArthur	113
	Auburn	390	Bradley-Bourbonnais	125

Third Place

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Auburn	290	Fenwick	132

Finals

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Wheaton North	263	Stevenson	84

Notes

• As Wheaton North capped its third consecutive championship (which Stevenson would end next year), The Latin School was winning the first of what would become a streak of three consecutive state titles.
• The Wheaton North championship capped what could be considered the best year by any team in Illinois history. Paul Gauthier was the lone All-State player, and led the Falcons to a 95-1 record.
• The MacArthur Generals were also back in the State Championship Tournament after a five year absence. They were led by their junior phenom Donald Taylor.

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