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'''Bradley-Bourbonnais''' Community High School is a public high school between Chicago and Champaign. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series.
 
'''Bradley-Bourbonnais''' Community High School is a public high school between Chicago and Champaign. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series.
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The team was very competitive for many years under the leadership of Gene Kruse, a member of the [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]]. It finished 2nd in the IHSA State Tournament in 1992 and 1994. One of its top players from that era, Greg Lindsay, played for [[Illinois]], tried to write a Quiz Bowl article for Playboy, and is rumored to have beaten IBM's Watson at Jeopardy!
 
The team was very competitive for many years under the leadership of Gene Kruse, a member of the [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]]. It finished 2nd in the IHSA State Tournament in 1992 and 1994. One of its top players from that era, Greg Lindsay, played for [[Illinois]], tried to write a Quiz Bowl article for Playboy, and is rumored to have beaten IBM's Watson at Jeopardy!
  
The team is still very active and has won IHSA Sectional Titles under Barb Amster in 2004, 2005, and 2010 and enters many invitational tournaments every year.
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The team remained very active under Coach Barb Amster and won IHSA Sectional Titles in 2004, 2005, and 2010.
  
 
[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:Illinois high school teams]]
 
[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:Illinois high school teams]]

Revision as of 07:20, 26 November 2014

Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilermakers
Bradleybourbonnaisboilermakers.JPG
Location:
Bradley, Illinois
Coaches Jeanne Capriotti
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

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

The team was very competitive for many years under the leadership of Gene Kruse, a member of the IHSSBCA Hall of Fame. It finished 2nd in the IHSA State Tournament in 1992 and 1994. One of its top players from that era, Greg Lindsay, played for Illinois, tried to write a Quiz Bowl article for Playboy, and is rumored to have beaten IBM's Watson at Jeopardy!

The team remained very active under Coach Barb Amster and won IHSA Sectional Titles in 2004, 2005, and 2010.