ATHLETICS
Lee Center High School offered Basketball, and may have offered a track or baseball program for a short time. We would
like to add many more items about the Lee Center High School athletic program including uniform colors and fight song. If
you have a photo of a sports team from LCHS we would like to add that as well. Season records, coaches' names, and other items
are all being sought.
BOYS BASKETBALL
. LCHS won four athletic championships on the state level. All four were in Boys Basketball. Coach's names and
team records are needed. Postseason IHSA basketball scores were found on a website titled "
Illinois Postseason Basketball Scores."
1933-34 Sterling
District Tournament Coach's name
& record needed
1st Rd. Lost to Tampico 54-12
Tampico lost in 2nd Rd.
1934-35 Dixon
District Tournament
Coach's name & record needed
1st Rd. Lost to Ohio 40-9
Ohio lost in 2nd Rd.
1935-36 Walnut
District Tournament Coach's name
& record needed
1st Rd. Lost to Walnut 31-12
Walnut
lost in 2nd Rd.
1936-37 Dixon
Regional Tournament Coach's
name & record needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
1st Rd. - Beat Rock Falls 17-15
Semi-final - lost to Sterling 38-17
Sterling
won Regional title
1937-38
Franklin Grove District Champions! Coach's name & record needed
(early
round scores needed)
Title Game - Beat Byron 39-22
Regional Tournament
(scores needed)
1938-39 Post season scores, records, & coach's name needed.
1939-40
District Champions!
Coach's name & record needed
District scores needed
Regional Tournament
Regional scores needed
1940-41 & 1941-42 Postseason scores, records, & coaches names needed.
1942-43 Sterling
Regional Tournament Coach's name & record
needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Sterling 47-27
Sterling lost in semi-final round
1943-44 Postseason scores, record, and coach's name needed.
1944-45 Franklin
Grove District Tournament Coach's name & record needed
1st Rd. - Beat West Brooklyn 66-18
Semi-final
- Lost to Steward 41-26
1945-46 Franklin
Grove District Tournament Coach's name & record needed
1st Rd. - Lost to West Brooklyn 30-26
West Broklyn lost in semi-final round.
1946-47
Franklin Grove District Champions! Coach Glenn Davenport
Season record needed
District Tourney
Semi-final - Beat West Brooklyn
Title Game - Beat Steward 36-30
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Sterling 47-38
Sterling
lost in semi-final round.
1947-48
Franklin Grove District Champions! Coach Glenn Davenport
Season record needed
District Tourney
Semi-final - Beat Compton 69-24
Title Game - Beat Steward 42-41
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Amboy 65-48
Amboy
lost in semi-final round.
1948-49 Franklin
Grove District Tournament Coach's name & record needed
Team Placed 2nd in District Tourney
Semi-final - Beat Compton 60-43
Title
Game - Lost to Steward 30-26
1949-50 Dixon
Regional Tournament Coach's name &
record needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Rock Falls 74-20
Rock Falls lost in title game
1950-51 Sterling
Regional Tournament Coach's name & record
needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Sterling 94-15
Sterling won Regional Tourney
1951-52 Dixon
Regional Tournament Coach's name &
record needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Amboy 58-43
Amboy lost in semi-final round.
1952-53 Sterling
Regional Tournament Coach's name & record
needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Sterling Newman 68-42
Newman lost in semi-final round.
1953-54 Dixon
Regional Tournament Coach's name &
record needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Dixon 112-51
Dixon lost in title game.
1954-55 Rock
Falls Regional Tournament Coach's name & record needed
Lee Center did not compete in District
Regional Tourney
1st Rd. - Lost to Sterling 72-36
Sterling won Regional title.
1955-56 Postseason scores, record, & coach's name needed.
Lee Center participated in the Green River Valley Conference against foes from the towns of Paw Paw,
Compton,
Kings,
Steward,
Lee, and
Rollo.
Information on two of Lee Center High School's District Championship teams was provided to us by our good
fan, Brian Hoxsey:
"In 1946-47 head coach Glenn Davenport
led the Bulldogs to a district championship. Lee Center defeated Steward 36-30 in the district title game,
and then dropped a 47-38 decision to Sterling in the regionals.
Davenport also led Lee Center
to another District title the next season (1947-48)."
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
It is very likely that other activities were offered at Lee Center High School besides sports. Band, choir, FFA, FHA,
and other clubs and activities were probably a part of the student life at LCHS. Please contact us via the means listed below
if you have information on these and other activities at Lee Center HS.
Noteable Alumni
A.J. Streetor, an alum of the original Academy, ran for Governor of Illinois in 1880 for the Greenback
Party.
