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Mansfield High School Building - 2008
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Photo Taken by Kev Varney

The History of Mansfield High School
 
Mansfield (population 949) is located in eastern Illinois in far northern Piatt County. The town is located on U.S. Route 150 about 11 miles northwest of Champaign. Interstate Highway 74 passes just north of Mansfield as well. Lake Mansfield and the Madden Creek lay to the north of town as well. The Conrail Railroad parallels US Route 150 while the Norfolk & Western Railroad intersects with the Conrail and runs north and south though town.
 
A history of the town and its educational past is needed. It is believed the high school in Mansfield was started in the late 1800's. The following history information regarding Mansfield High School was provided to us by Patricia (Shores) Amdor (MHS Class of 1963):
 
"Originally, all the students who graduated from the one-room country grade schools came into Mansfield for high school.  At that time, the high school was a big two-story building.  Later, when all the one room schools closed, that building became the grade school and the building you see in the pictures was built for a high school.  The first class to graduate from the new building was the class of 1940."
 
It was in the spring of 1971 that the two towns of Mansfield and Farmer City agreed to consolidate their educational efforts.  The new district was named the Farmer City-Mansfield School District. The high school for the new district was located in Farmer City. The Mansfield High School building was used as the FC-M Grade School. Since that time, Farmer City-Mansfield has since taken in Bellflower and become Blue Ridge High School. The Mansfield HS building is now Blue Ridge Junior High. 
 
Mansfield High School Quick Facts
 
Year opened:                  late 1800's
Year closed:                   1971
Consolidated to:              Farmer City-Mansfield High School
Mansfield HS nickname:  the "Cardinals"
School colors:                 Red & White
School Fight Song:         "Mansfield Loyalty"
                                                   Click the "play" button below left and sing along!
 
                                     We're loyal to you, Mansfield High,
                                     We're red and we're white, Mansfield High,
                                     We'll back you to stand,
                                     'gainst the best in the land,
                                     For we know that you can, Mansfield High!!
 
                                     So go down that (court / field), Mansfield High
                                     And bring up the score, Mansfield High.
                                     Our team is the greatest team,
                                     So come on and let's all scream
                                     For we want a victory Mansfield High!!
 
                                        Special thanks to DONNA (WOLF) ROBERTS for providing the fight song!

Mansfield Football Field
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Athletics
 
Mansfield High School definitely competed in the boys' sport of basketball.  Football was also offered, as it is also probable that the sports of baseball and track were also offered. The Mansfield High School Cardinals competed in the Sangamon Valley Conference beginning with the 1958 school year. Many items are missing from the history of Mansfield High School athletics. If you have any of this information, please contact us via e-mail.
 
Boys Basketball
 
The Mansfield High School boys basketball program won three District titles. The first was in 1926 (www.ihsa.org)!  This leaves Mansfield High with a long history of great teams and great athletes. Team records and coaches' names of these many great teams are not available.
 
1925-26              DIstrict Champions
                          Piatt Co. Tourney Champions
1946-47              District Champions
1957-58              District Champions                           Coach Paul Seaman
 
Football
 
Coach Paul Seaman started the Mansfield Cardinals football program in the fall of 1956.  By 1959 he had the program in top condition, co-champions of the Sangamon Valley Conference. Read more of Caoch Seaman's memories below.
 
1956-57    1 - 8                                                         Coach Paul Seaman
1957-58                                                                   Coach Paul Seaman
1958-59                                                                   Coach Paul Seaman
1959-60    8 - 1  Sangamon Valley Conf. Champs    Coach Paul Seaman
 
MEMORIES
 
**From Coach Paul Seaman: 
 
"I was basketball and track coach at Mansfield High starting the year 1953. My first basketball team was made up of: Bill Backert, Don McGee, Larry Houser, Gene Gillispie, and Bob Hardy. They were all seniors that season with maybe the exception of Bob. The 54-55 team was made up of John Houser, George Howe, Sam Beazly, Dean Curry, Dwight Rosenberry, and others. Then I spent the 1955-56 season coaching at Taylorville High School.
In the spring of l956 C. J. Little, the then principal, met me at the reginal tournament at Decatur Kinter Gym and told me that the Mansfield High School board wished for me to come back and start a football program, and I accepted the offer.
 
In the fall of 56 I started the football program. The team was made up of these players that I can remember: Lloyd Jones, Dave Jones, Don Wack, Dave Fisher, Barry Nixon, Billy Joe Decker, Fred Amdor, Steve Amdor, Larry Collins, Jack Holderer, Bobby Plunk, George Howe, Dennis Zech, Steve Van Gorder, Brenton Beazly, Dave Truitt, Jack Holderer, Bobby Crook, Bob Wolf, Steve Gilbert, David Eagan, Dick Manuel, and Kenny Canny.   These are names and people that my 85 year old memory has retained. These young men had never played football and had to start from scratch. That first year we won one game, we beat Fisher, but each year we got progressively better and in the 1959 season we were Sangamon Valley Co-champs with Mahomet.  We went 8 wins against one loss.
 
The 1958-1959 basketball team was outstanding. We won the District championship, and took second to Arcola in the Monticello Holiday tournament. We lost in overtime to Monticello in the regional tournament at Urbana.The members of that team were: Barry Nixon, Lloyd Jones, Dave Truitt, Brenton Beazly, Dennis Zech, Steve Van Gorder, Bobby Crook, and Dick Manuel
 
My last year coaching at Mansfield was the 1959-60 season. During that time of l953-1960 the board of education was made up of such fine people as Clayton Howe, Bobby Plunk, Williard Curry, Clark Dixon, C. Leslie James, and Chalmer Cox. It was people like this that made my coaching years at Mansfield leave me with found memories.
 
I coached in following years at Urbana, and then at Champaign High School and retired after 20 years of coaching from Downers Grove North High School. I hope this information might be of some help, and I apologize to anyone I might have left out."
 
If You Have ANY Information To Share
 
Mansfield High School was a school that was supported many ancestors of Mansfield and the surrounding countryside. There are many great stories to tell and details to share. If you have this information please write to us at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net . You may also write to us at:
 
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