BOYS BASKETBALL
The Hillsdale High School "Pirates" had some nice seasons on the hardwood court. Season records and coaches'
names are needed for nearly every season however. We did locate some scores invloving Hillsdale High School in the IHSA Tournament
on a website titled :
Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores." These scores and the location of that particular year's District or Regional tourney are listed below.
1921-22
Moline District Tournament Coach's
name & record needed
1st Rd lost to Thomson 20-14
1933-34
Rock Island District Tournament Coach's name & record needed
1st
Rd lost to Port Byron 23-22
Port Byron lost in 2nd Rd.
1934-35
Morrison District Semi-finalist Coach's name & record needed
1st Rd Beat Chadwick 25-19
2nd Rd Beat Savanna 17-14
Semi-final Rd lost to Fulton 19-15
Fulton lost to Morrison in title game
1935-36
Moline Regional Semi-finalist Coach's name & record needed
(Hillsdale did not compete in District)
1st
Rd Beat Orion 41-14
Semi-final lost to Moline 27-22
Moline
lost to East-Molne in title game.
1936-37 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1837-38 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1938-39 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1939-40 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1940-41 7 - 20 Orion District Tournament
Coach's name needed
1st Rd Beat Coal Valley 39-18
Semi-final lost to Cambridge 47-13
Cambridge lost to Orion in title game
1941-42 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1942-43 Orion
District Tournament Season
record coach's name needed.
1st
Rd lost to Coal Valley 33-27
Orion beat Coal Valley in title game
1943-44 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1944-45 Erie
District Semi-finalist
Coach's name & record needed
1st
Rd Beat Tampico 30-24
Semi-final lost to Erie 50-30
Erie
beat Coal Valley in title game.
1945-46
Orion District Tournament Coach's
name & record needed
1st
Rd lost to Moline St. Mary 41-39
(Other St. Mary scores unavailable)
1946-47 Erie
District Semi-finalist
Coach's name & record needed
1st
Rd Beat Cordova 47-36
Semi-final lost to Erie 58-30
Erie won District title over Orion
1947-48 Orion
District Semi-finalist
Coach's name & record needed
Semi-final
lost to Orion 40-36
Orion beat Erie for title.
1948-49
Orion District Tournament Coach's
name & record needed
1st
Rd lost to Coal Valley 30-23
Coal Valley lost title game to Alwood
1949-50
Coal Valley District Semi-finalist Coach's name &
record needed
(Team
placed 2nd in 2-Rivers Conf Tourn.)
Semi-final
lost to Coal Valley 54-40
Coal Valley beat Port Byron in title game
1950-51
Hillsdale District Champions! Coach's name
& record needed
Semi-final
Beat Cordova 87-69
Title
Game Beat Coal Valley 49-41
Rock Island Regional Tourney
1st Rd lost to Rock Island Alleman 66-44
Alleman lost in semi-final to Moline
1951-52 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1952-53
Lyndon District Runner-Up Coach's
name & record needed
Semi-final Rd Beat Lyndon 59-58
Title Game lost to Port Byron 41-36
1953-54 Hillsdale
Hosted District Tourney Coach's name & record needed
Hillsdale scores needed
Port Byron beat Lyndon in title game
1954-55 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1955-56
East Moline Regional Tournament Coach's name & record needed
(District
scores unavailable)
**1st Rd lost to Moline 128-51
**Probably the final game as the Hillsdale High School "Pirates". Became part of the Riverdale School District in 1956.
***Right around the construction of the new high school building in nearby Erie, the Erie Cardinal Basketball team may
have had a temporary home in the Hillsdale High School Gymnasium, this is only something that the writer of this page has
heard about. If it is so, Basketball had it's second wind here in Hillsdale.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
For many years, Hillsdale competed in Track and Field in the Two Rivers Conference. One person was quite a star for the
Pirates in the 1930s. Kenneth Nelson participated in different events while a trackster, but really stood
out in the Long Jump, where he recieved State accolades, including a State Championship!
1935-36 Kenneth Nelson Long Jump
2nd Place!
1936-37 Kenneth Nelson Long Jump
State Champion!
FOOTBALL
The football program at Hillsdale High had a short life. Many of the games were competed in a 8-man
team format.
1950 N.R.A. Two Rivers 3rd place (3-2)
Coach's name unavailable
1954* 4 - 3
Coach Bob Hoese
*Thanks to Tom Sikorski
Hillsdale last fielded a football team in 1955.
MEMORIES
From Jerry L. Hahn:
"I attended first through 11 grades at Hillsdale elementary and high schools in Hillsdale. At the end of my junior year
(55-56) we consolidated into Riverdale and attended grade 12 (1st. graduation class)in Port Byron. Looking at the website
info now available for Hillsdale High School I may be able to add some info of interest. As an athletic manager for my three
years at Hillsdale High School I can vouch for the "6 man football" played during that 3 years. I also traveled to all but
a couple of the football and basketball games played by Hillsdale teams during that three years and remember well visiting
the various Two-Rivers Conference schools, most of which are now extinct."
SEEKING MORE INFORMATION
As always we are hopeful a fanatic or history buff of the Hillsdale area will share some information with us regarding
the successes of Hillsdale High School and its students. We especially enjoy photos of the school and better teams.
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