2005 IHSA State Championship Tournament

The 2005 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the nineteenth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the fourteenth season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). For the ninth year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, March 19th.

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

CLASS A

2005 Class A IHSA State Championship Tournament

State Champion: The Latin School

Runner-Up: Eureka High School

Third Place St. Teresa Catholic High School

Fourth Place Marquette Catholic High School

POOL #1

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

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Eureka	221	St. Teresa	147
	Riverdale	180	Nashville	75
2	St. Teresa	167	Nashville	86
	Eureka	116	Nashville	111
3	St. Teresa	96	Riverdale	82
	Eureka	144	Nashville	51

POOL #2

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

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Marquette	267	Marian Central Catholic	110
	Latin School	368	Cumberland	32
2	Marquette	181	Cumberland	51
	Latin School	243	Marian Central Catholic	117
3	Latin School	214	Marquette	99
	Marian Central Catholic	122	Cumberland	59

Third Place

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
St. Teresa	123	Marquette	100

Finals

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Latin School	272	Eureka	43

CLASS AA

2005 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament

State Champion: Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Runner-Up: Wheaton North High School

Third Place Auburn High School

Fourth Place Deerfield High School

POOL #1

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	248	Morton	232
	Auburn	314	Bradley-Bourbonnais	277
2	Morton	248	Bradley-Bourbonnais	124
	Stevenson	298	Auburn	221
3	Auburn	296	Morton	212
	Stevenson	222	Bradley-Bourbonnais	143

POOL #2

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

Round	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1	Deerfield	345	Fenwick	204
	Wheaton North	248	Carbondale	175
2	Deerfield	275	Carbondale	100
	Wheaton North	313	Fenwick	252
3	Wheaton North	186	Deerfield	130
	Fenwick	179	Carbondale	140

Third Place

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Auburn	309	Deerfield	180

Finals

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
Stevenson	245	Wheaton North	222

Notes

• The third round Class A match between St. Teresa and Riverdale marked the first time in Tournament history that neither team was able to score 100 points.
• Stevenson ended the three year reign of Wheaton North, winning their second state title.
• The surprise non-attendee was MacArthur and their senior star Donald Taylor. There was controversy that erupted when, at the Sectional Tournament hosted by Carbondale, the scoreboard showed MacArthur leading Carbondale by five points going in to the final question. After Carbondale answered incorrectly, Taylor intentionally rang in with the incorrect answer to kill the question, and prevent the possibility of Carbondale sweeping a rebounded bonus. Only after the match was completed was it learned that the scoreboard was in err, and that Carbondale was actually ahead by five points. Carbondale won the final match, and advanced to the State Championship Tournament.

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