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| Opening day, 1964 (courtesy of www.cdop.org) |
The History of Peoria Bergan High School
Peoria (population: 113,000) is located in central Illinois along the Illinois River,
and is deep in history. The community was once the home of the Peoria Indians, who were part of the Algonquin tribe, and were
part of the Illinois Confederacy with the Tamaroa, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, and Cahokia tribes.
French explorers Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette were the
first Europeans to come thru the area in 1673 as the French took over control of the land. That would change in 1765 when
the British gained control after victory over the French in the French & Indian War. However, that would
be short-lived as George Rogers Clark would claim the area for the state of Virginia in 1778.
The community began to take shape and grew as the country would go westward in the 19th century. Peoria
would be incorporated as a town in 1835, then repeat the process as a city ten years later.
Interstate 74 is the major route in the area, with Interstate 474 being a bypass for those who wish to
go around the city. Other routes include US 24 & 150, in addition to Illinois 6, 8, 29, 40, 91, and 116. Rail service
is offered by ten different carriers, including BNSF, Canadian National, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific.
Peoria's history with Roman Catholic education is also important to its history
as nuns from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Louis made the trek to Peoria in 1863. Other
orders would also come to the community, such as the LaSalleans from the Christian Brothers Community,
and have stayed to educate Peoria's youth.
Bergan was formed in 1963 when the Catholic Diocese of Peoria decided to open up a school in
the northern part of the city where the population was growing along with new churches were opening. Under the leadership
of Bishop John B. Franz, Bergan was named for Peoria native and the Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska at the time, Gerald T.
Bergan. The school was a co-ed operation as compared to established schools Academy of Our Lady and Spalding Institute, which were single-gender only.
The following history of the school is recalled by Class of 1984 alum Jeffrey Flexer:
"Originally, Bergan was opened as a school for men and women, but it
was not co-educational. Separate classes were held for men and women in separate wings of the school. Only the
lunch area ("The Commons"), Chapel, Auditorium, and Library were shared during the school day.
The school was run by
the Christian Brothers in the very end of the 1970's. By the time my class started - all the Brother's were gone, we
were told they had
become too "liberal" in their educational style. Fr. Ken Marchelones was the first principal after
the Diocese took over operational management of the school. Robert Cleary, a parapelegic, was named principal for in
1983 and served in that capacity for many years following.
The Benedictine sisters made up part of the staff during
my years. Later the Sister's left and the convent was closed and converted to other use."
Enrollment at Peoria Bergan was 723 in 1980. The school thrived until 1988 when it was decided
that due to declining enrollment (587 that year) to merge Bergan and Academy of Our Lady/Spalding together. The
new school is now known as Notre Dame and uses the Bergan campus as its home base.
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PEORIA BERGAN HS
Year opened: 1963
Year closed: 1988
Now used as: Peoria Notre Dame
High School
School colors: Black & White
School nickname: "Trojans"
School song: "Hey Look Us
Over, We're Bergan High"
sung to "Hey Look Us Over"
Lyrics provided by JEFFREY FLEXER & CATHY SAUER MCQUILLAN
Hey, look us over,
We’re from Bergan High!
They call us the Trojans,
And here’s the reason why:
We’re rough and ready,
Colors Black and White;
And when we meet the enemy
We'll fight with all our might!
And (So,) we'll be loyal to Bergan,
We'll always be true.
Win for Alma Mater, that's the thing to do
We're
a school with class
You can't surpass,
We'll never say die
We're the Trojans of Bergan High!
ATHLETICS
Peoria Bergan was a competitive school, as it was a member of the Mid-State Conference with other Peoria-area schools
such as Woodruff, Central, Manual, Richwoods, Academy of Our Lady/Spalding, Pekin, East Peoria, and Bartonville Limestone
being on the Bergan schedules. The Trojans offered baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track
& field, and wrestling to the boys, and girls could compete in basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, tennis, track
& field, volleyball. There is no record of a swimming team for either boys or girls, and no softball at Bergan according
to the IHSA website ( www.ihsa.org), although we do welcome any information someone might have.
GIRLS TRACK
Let's start with a bang with this notable sport in
Bergan history. Three was a magic number for the
Bergan girls track team. In addition to making its name noteworthy, the Lady Trojans won three state Class A titles
in succession under three different coaches, and having three relays along with three individuals come
home with gold medals for winning their events. Suzy Tuffey won four titles in establishing herself as one
of the best distance runners in state history. She still holds the state records for the 1600 (4:46.5) and 3200 (10:03.0)
as of March 2007. Tuffey also has the third fastest
two-mile time in prep indoor track history at 10:05.15, set in 1985.
1979AA
Individual Medalist
Sandra Geier long jump---6th place
1980A
Tied for 6th in State Coach unknown
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Mahomet-Seymour
36
6
Greenville
18
6 Elmhurst Immaculate Conception
18
6 Peoria Bergan 18
Relay/Individual
Medalists
400-meter relay---3rd place
Sandra Geier 100-meter hurdles---8th place
200-meter hurdles---3rd place
Long Jump---4th place
1981A
STATE CHAMPIONS !!! Coach Luis Rubio
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Peoria Bergan
42
2 New Lenox Providence 36
3
Chicago University
29
4 Chicago Luther South
28
5 Elmwood
24
Relay/Individual Medalists
400-meter relay---STATE CHAMPIONS!! (:49.9)
(Cheryl Geier, Sandy Geier, Diane Joseph, Julie Szidon)
1600-meter relay---STATE CHAMPIONS!! (4:03.9)
(Bary Beyers, Carrie Eggerichs, Karol Heid, Maria Pasquel)
Carrie Eggerichs 400-meter dash---3rd place
Sandra Geier 200-meter dash---4th place
200-meter hurdles---3rd place
Long Jump---4th place
1982A STATE CHAMPIONS!!!
Coach Sr. Diane Francque
District Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Peoria Bergan
49
2 Teutopolis
37
3 Downs Tri-Valley
31
4 New Lenox Providence
30
5 Mt. Olive
28
Relay/Individual Medalists
400-meter relay---4th place
800-meter relay---6th place
1600-meter relay---3rd place
Sandra Geier 200-meter dash---6th place
200-meter hurdles---2nd place
Suzy Tuffey 1600-meter run---2nd place
800-meter run---2nd place
Carrie Eggerichs 400-meter dash---4th place
Joan Murphy 3200-meter run---7th place
1983A
STATE CHAMPIONS Coach Tim Dougherty
Sectional Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Peoria Bergan
51
2 Chicago Luther South 48
3
Teutopolis
42
4 Monticello
20
4 Aurora Rosary
20
Relay/Individual Medalists
800-meter medley relay---STATE CHAMPIONS (1:48.8)
(Carrie Eggerichs, Cheryl Geier,
Jill Mattern, Julie Szidon)
400-meter relay---2nd place
1600-meter relay---6th place
Carrie Eggerichs 400-meter dash---STATE CHAMPION!! (:57.7)
Suzy Tuffey 800-meter dash---STATE CHAMPION!!! (2:14.6)
1600-meter
run---STATE CHAMPION!! (5:06.0)
1984A Seventh in State Coach
Tim Dougherty
Sectional Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Teutopolis
46
7 Peoria Bergan
26
Relay/Individual Medalists
Suzy Tuffey 1600-meter run---STATE CHAMPION!! (4:52.8)
3200-meter run---STATE CHAMPION!! (state-record time 10:03.0)
Jill Mattern 100-meter dash---5th place
Chaille Torrey Long Jump---7th place
1985A
Fifth in State!!!
Coach unknown
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Teutopolis
51
2
Aurora Rosary
35
3
Urbana University
34
4 Cairo
30
5 Peoria Bergan
28
Relay/Individual Medalists
400-meter relay---2nd place (:49.7---:00.1 behind!!)
800-meter relay---4th place (1:45.0)
Jill Mattern 100-meter dash---5th place (:12.6)
200-meter
dash---6th place (:26.5)
Stephanie Stump 1600-meter run---4th place (5:13.3)
800-meter run---8th place (2:21.3)
Chaille Torrey Long Jump---7th place (16’ 8¼”)
1986A
3rd in State!!!
Coach unknown
Sectional Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Chicago Luther South 57
2 Stanford Olympia 36
3 Peoria Bergan 35
4
Madison
34
4 Maple Park
Kaneland 34
Relay/Individual Medalists
3200-meter relay---8th place (10:02.0)
Chaille Torrey Long Jump---STATE CHAMPION!!! (18’ 9¼”)
100-meter hurdles---5th place (:16.01)
Stephanie Stump 1600-meter run---3rd place
800-meter run---4th place (2:23.2)
Jill Mattern 100-meter dash---4th place (:13.17)
200-meter dash---5th place (:26.46)
1987A Sectional Champions
Coach unknown
Relay/Individual Medalists
1600-meter relay---3rd place
Stephanie Stump 1600-meter run---2nd place
1988A Individual
Medalist
Stephanie Stump 1600-meter run---3rd place
INCREDIBLE JOB BY THE LADY TROJAN TRACKSTERS!!!
BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY
Bergan was known as one of the top boys’ cross-country
teams in the state during the 1980’s, gathering two state championships, a second, and a sixth place finish in four
consecutive seasons under coach Mike Sullivan. In addition, six harriers gained all-state honors by placing in the top 25
at the finish line.
1980 STATE
CHAMPIONS!! Coach Mike Sullivan
State Qualifer
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Peoria Bergan
89
2
Princeton
123
3
Elmhurst Immaculate Conception 142
4 Paxton
148
5
Trenton Wesclin
178
State Medalists
Eric Volkert STATE CHAMPION!! (time: 14:46.9)
Dan Ray 15th place (15:27.0)
John Spring 16th place (15:28)
1981 STATE
CHAMPIONS!! Coach Mike Sullivan
State Qualifier
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1
Peoria Bergan
92
2 Trenton
Wesclin
111
3 Prophetstown
161
4 Aurora Marmion
163
5 Petersburg
PORTA
169
State Medalists
Richard Spring 3rd place
(15:04.0)
Dan Ray
4th place (15:10.0)
1982 2ND in STATE!!
Coach Mike Sullivan
Regional Champions
Sectional
Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1
Trenton Wesclin
91
2 Peoria
Bergan
134
3
Streator Woodland
148
4 Elmwood
174
5
Elmhurst Immaculate Conception
204
State Medalist
John Stein
12th place (15:22)
1983 6th in STATE
Coach Mike Sullivan
State Qualifier
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1
Elmwood
62
6 Peoria Bergan
197
State Medalist
John Stein
2nd place
(15:03.0-:00.2 behind
state champion Ron Speletich of Beecher)
BASEBALL
During the 1980’s, the Trojans brought home some
hardware from the ball diamonds of Central Illinois, winning five Class A regionals, two sectionals, and having two appearances
at the state finals in Springfield.
1980 23-14 Elite
8 Finalist Coach Rich Coleman
Regional/Sectional Champions
Class
A State Qualifiers
Lost to Mount Carmel, 3-2, in quarterfinals
1981 22-15-1 Elite
8 Finalist Coach Rich Coleman
Regional/Sectional Champions
Class A State Qualifiers
Lost to Aurora Central Catholic, 5-0, in quarterfinals
1984
Regional Champions coach unknown
1986 22-14
Regional Champions Coach Jerry Rashid
1987
24-12
Coach Jerry Rashid
1988 18-10 Regional
Champions Coach Jerry Rashid
BOYS BASKETBALL
The Trojans had their share of success, including a second-place
finish at the state class A tournament under Rudy Keeling, who would go on to be head coach at the University of Maine.
The best seasons in Bergan history are listed below.
1965-68
Coach Jerry Faye
1968-69 12-11 Coach
Don Mathews
1969-70 19- 8 Coach
Don Mathews
1970-71 17- 9 Coach
Don Mathews
1972-73 26- 2 Regional Champions Coach
Terry Knapp
1973-74 18- 8 Coach
Terry Knapp
1974-75 12-12 Coach
Bob Swigris
1975-77
Coach John Lucas
1977-79
Coach Rudy Keeling
1979-80 23- 9 Class
A State Tourney 2ND Place!! Coach Rudy Keeling
Regional Champs
Sectional Champions
Defeated Sterling Newman 56-55 at Moline Supersectional
Downed Gibson City in quarterfinals 66-55
Beat Madison 57-51 in semIfinals
Lost to Chicago Luther South in championship game, 56-51
Rated 11th in final regular AP Class A Poll
Scott McCabe and Tom Gilles named All-Tournament
1980-81 3-16 Coach
Dan Corken
1981-84 Coach
Tom Eder
1984-85 14-12 Coach
Tom Eder
1985-86 12-16 Coach
Tom Eder
1986-87 10-18 Coach
Jim Carlson
1987-88 14-16 Class A Sweet 16 Qualifers Coach
Jim Carlson
Regional Champs
Sectional Champs
Lost to Lena-Winslow 56-54 at Rock Island Supersectional
Macomb High School Boys Basketball Tourney Highlights
for Bergan HS:
1969 Champion def. East Peoria 59-43
1970 Champion def. East Peoria 55-50
1972 Champion def. Macomb 83-64
1973 Champion def. Monmouth 82-72
All-Tourney
Selections
1969 1st team-Larry Gallway & Tom Howe
2nd team- Mark Kedzior
1970 1st team- Bill Schlicksup (MVP)
1971 2nd team- Steve
McLinden
1972 1st team-Bill Knaub
2nd team- Jim
Carlson, Jeff Ralph
1973 1st team-Jeff Ralph & Bill Ricca
2nd
team- Jim Kelly
Tournament records
Highest Average score by one team, tournament
1972 Peoria
(Bergan) 92.8pts (4 games)
Most points scored
one team, GAME
1972 Peoria (Bergan) 122 vs. Sherrard
Most Field Goal Attempts one team, tournament
1972
Peoria
(Bergan), 319
Most Field Goals made one team, tournament
1972 Peoria (Bergan), 157
Most Free Throws
Made by one team, tournament
1970 Peoria (Bergan), 82
Most Rebounds team, tournament
1973 Peoria (Bergan),
175
Most Rebounds by one team, game
1973 Peoria (Bergan) 61 vs. Macomb.
GIRLS GOLF
In the first year of the girls’ state tournament,
Bergan was represented at the finals by Dotti McLaughlin, who nearly took top medalist honors from Bloomington’s Ann
Atwood.
1975 Individual Medalist
Dotti McLaughlin 2nd place---one stroke behind (177)
GIRLS TENNIS
Bergan was involved in the first IHSA state meet and without
having a singles or doubles entry even finish in the top eight of the state, they still had enough points to finish in the
top 10, tied with two other schools. The Lady Trojans also sent three other teams to state after winning either a district
or sectional championship.
1972-73 Tied for 8th in State
Coach unknown
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Oak Park-River Forest 26
8 Des Plaines Maine West 12
8 Homewood-Flossmoor 12
8 Peoria Bergan
12
1973-74 District Champions
State Qualifiers
1982-83 Sectional Champions Coaches Virginia Hederle & Connie
Alexander
State Qualifiers
1983-84 Sectional Champions
State Qualifiers
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
The Trojans were active on the cinder tracks and competed
with some of the best in the state. In fact, the boys’ team came home with a fourth place finish at the state Class
A meet in 1984, led by event winners Kevin Jakopin and John Stein.
1980A
Individual Medalists
Mike Driscoll 3200 meter run---8th place
Eric Volkert 800 meter run---3rd place
1981A
Individual Medalist
Eric Volkert 1600 meter run---3rd place
1984
4TH IN STATE!!
Coach unknown
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Melrose Park Walther Lutheran 52
2 Cairo
42
3 Farmington East
28
4 Peoria Bergan
25
5 Elgin St. Edward
24
Sullivan
24
Individual Medalists
Kevin Jakopin 400 meter dash---STATE CHAMP!! (:49.89)
John Stein 3200 meter run---STATE CHAMP!!! (9:14.89)
John Stein 1600 meter run---4th place
BOYS SOCCER
Before Peoria Notre Dame was formed and became a perennial
favorite to win a state title, the Bergan program was already laying the cornerstone of a perennial powerhouse into place
which would help Notre Dame get to the position they were in the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
The Trojans went out with a bang in 1987. That season,
Bergan set the IHSA state record for fewest goals allowed in one season at seven. It has since been tied by
Quincy Notre Dame’s 1994 squad. The Trojans also had nine consecutive shutouts during the season, which is tied
for tenth best in a single season on the IHSA list. Mark Alaksiewicz shined in goal that season, allowing seven
goals and recording 14 shutouts.
1978
9- 0 First season
Coach Bill Fulton
1979
12- 6-2
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1980 15- 7-3
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1981 10- 3-3
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1982 15- 8-4 Regional Champions
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1983 Coach
Jerry Crabtree
1984 13- 7-2 Regional Champions
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1985 13- 9
Coach Jerry Crabtree
1986 12- 6-2
Coach Danny Driscoll
1987
18- 2-1
Coach Danny Driscoll
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BOYS GOLF
There were an number of successes in the boys’ golf program at Bergan
as four teams finished with top 10 finishes at the state finals, and eight players placed high on the medalist’s list
for individual honors, including Marty Best & Dan Kaulauski, who finished twice inside the the top 15 .
1967 5TH IN
STATE!!
Coach unknown
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
STATE QUALIFIERS
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Winnetka New Trier East
638
2 Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 645
3 Jacksonville HS
653
Park Ridge Maine South 653
5 Peoria Bergan
660
Individual Medalist
Mike Poulsen Tied
for 4th place at 153 (four strokes back)
1968 3RD
IN STATE!! Coach
unknown
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
STATE QUALIFIERS
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Glenview Glenbrook South 647
2
Rockford Guilford
648
3 Peoria Bergan
651
4 Carterville
652
5 Freeport HS
654
Individual Medalist
Marty Best Tied for 12th place at 160 (seven strokes back)
1969 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS Coach unknown
STATE
QUALIFIER
Individual Medalist
Marty Best Tied for 4th place at 152 (five
strokes back)
1978AA Individual Medalist
Bob Schelly Tied at 11th place at 159 (10 strokes
back)
1980A Individual Medalist
Scott Zarley Finished in 5th place at 157 (eight back)
1983A 5TH IN STATE!!
Coach unknown
STATE QUALIFIER
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Dunlap
644
2
Elgin St. Edward
649
3 Bloomington Central Catholic 676
4 Quincy Notre Dame
677
5 Peoria Bergan 679
Individual
Medalist
Dan
Kazlauski Finished 12th place at 159 (12 strokes back)
1984A 9TH IN STATE
Coach unknown
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
STATE QUALIFiER
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Aledo
660
9
Peoria Bergan
699
Individual Medalist
Dan Kazlauski Took 3rd place at 159 (five strokes off)
1985A Individual Medalist
Chris Neville Tied for 10th place at 162 (five strokes away)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Lady Trojans were able to take on all comers in the Peoria area, and
won a Class A Regional before the school merged with Academy of Our Lady (AOL)/Spalding in 1988 . We are missing the win-loss
record as well as the name of the head coach of this plaque-winner.
1982-83 Class A Regional Champions
Coach unknown
GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY
Bergan’s girls were able to run in the fall with some success, and
kept track athletes busy in preparing for their spring sport. One team came away with a regional title in the school’s
final year of operation. If you know more about this team or program, please contact us.
1987-88 Class A Regional Champions
Coach unknown
FOOTBALL
Peoria Bergan played among all the schools in the city of Peoria in the
MidState 8, holding its own against the rest to prove their worth. The Trojans’ best seasons are listed below.
1963-64
Coach Fran Malpede
1965
Coach Jim Heid
1966 5- 5
Coach Jim Heid
1967 4- 6
Coach Jim Heid
1968 7- 3
Coach Jim Heid
1969
Coach Jim Heid
1970 6- 4
Coach Jim Heid
1971 5- 5 Coach Jim Heid
1972
Coach Jim Heid
1973 7- 3-1 Coach Jim
Heid
1974 Coach Jim Heid
1975
5- 4 Coach Jim Heid
1976
Coach Jim Heid
1977 6- 3
Coach Jim Heid
1978 Coach Jim
Heid
1979
Coach Merv Haycock
1980 7- 2
Coach Merv Haycock
1981-82
Coach Merv Haycock
1983 5- 4
Coach Merv Haycock
1984-85
Coach Merv Haycock
1986 5- 4
Coach Tim Dougherty
1987 5- 4
Coach Tim Dougherty
1988 5- 4
Coach Jim Donahue
Memories from Phil Staab (Class of 1968):
"SEPT
10,1966 AT RICHWOODS STADIUM THE TROJANS WON THEIR FIRST MIDSTATE
9 GAME EVER DEFEATING WOODRUFF 21-14 IN A TOUCH OF CLASS WOODRUFF COACH
VIRGIL BOUCHER GOT ON OUR BUS AND SAID THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY VICTORYS FOR YOU GUYS SAVOR IT FOR NOW AND GET READY FOR
MANY MORE BERGAN WOULD GO 4-6 THAT YEAR THEN IN '67 UNDER COACH JIM HEID WE WERE 7-3 WITH GREAT WINS OVER MANUAL CENTRAL WOODRUFF
LIMESTONE PEKIN DECATUR EISENHOUR & CHAMPAIGN CENTENNIAL OUR HEARTBREAK LOSSES WERE AT EAST PEORIA BY 7 RICHWOODS BY 1 AND OUR FINAL GAME AGAINST SPALDING
IN A DRIVING RAINSTORM BY 7 WE WERE JUST 15 POINTS AWAY FROM AN UNDEFEATED SEASON."
BOYS TENNIS
Bergan did have success on the tennis courts of central Illinois and won
two district titles and placed a pair of teams into the top 10 at the state meet during the mid-1970’s. Unforunately,
we are missing names of coaches and key performers that helped the Trojans have such a high finish. Please let us know if
have this information.
1974-75 Tied
for 9th in State
Coach unknown
District Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Hinsdale Central
26
9 Elmwood Park
10.5
9 Peoria Bergan
10.5
1975-76 Tied for 9th in State
Coach unknown
District Champions
STATE FINAL STANDINGS
1 Hinsdale Central 21
9 Peoria Bergan 9
9 Bloomington HS 9
WRESTLING
Bergan offered a chance for those who wished to grapple during the winter
months. According to the IHSA website (www.ihsa.org), there is no record of any Trojan wrestler that placed at the state meet to medal. The 1973-74 team had the most success
from a winning percentage standpoint, posting a 14-5 record. No other Bergan team finished above .500.
1967-68
Coach James Heid
1968-69
Coach Mike Meismer
1969-71
Coach Rollie Inskeep
1971-74
Coach Bill Beckman
1974-75
Coach Don Euteneuer
1975-80
Coach Charlie Barkman
1980-81
Coach Rich Coleman
1981-88
Coach Paul Bussone
GIRLS SOCCER
The girls also got their kicks on the soccer pitch for Danny Driscoll,
who would wind up as a successful coach at Peoria Notre Dame after Bergan merged with AOL/Spalding. His record with Bergan
and Notre Dame combined for the girls was 184-67-19, with three regional titles, three sectional championships, three supersectional
victories and as many trips to the state finals. He left Notre Dame in 1999.
1988 7-8-1
Coach Danny Driscoll
VOLLEYBALL
Bergan won a district and had several seasons of success under Coach Camargo.
We’d like to find out more about the Lady Trojan volleyball program. If you have anything, please contact us at our
addresses (see below).
1980 11-10 District Champions Coach
C. Camargo
1981 14- 6 Coach
C. Camargo
1982 18- 6 good record!
Coach C. Camargo
1983 19- 8 good record! Coach C. Camargo
1984 13-13 Coach
C. Camargo
1985-88 Coach C. Camargo
BOYS HOCKEY
Information provided by Jeffrey
Flexer:
"In 1983, Bergan and Academy/Spalding
joined forces to create a Boy's Hockey team, coached by Tim Staats. This team did compete against other schools,
but in my time, did not advance beyond the Mid-State conference."
GIRLS SOFTBALL
Bergan High School also participated
in girls softball. Coach Cathy Camargo led the charges in the early 1980s, however team recoreds and
other coach's names are not currently available. SWIMMING *From Peter M. Fitzpatrick: "I
am an alumnus from Bergan from the years 71’ to 75. There was a small swimming
team in 1971, due to requests from several swimmers who had grown up in an era
when children’s swimming teams and meets between 7 or 10 country clubs in the
greater Peoria area were very popular (the sixties). I do not remember the name
of the Christian Brother, (though I can picture his face) who acted as a coach,
but we mainly borrowed the pool at Richwood’s High School, later using the
swimming pool at the Hyatt Lodge where the old Vonachen’s Junction used to be,
though that was not long lived, for practice. We did travel for meets and were
pretty good. I was one of maybe three freshmen, with about 5 or so upperclassmen
also in the team. Our star swimmer, a Junior, I believe, got in trouble for
“smoking” - whatever substance that might have been -I do not know, (this was
the early seventies, remember), but whatever it was, there was a BIG kerfluffle
and he was kicked off the team by our coach.. There was no follow-up the next
year, and since none of the Catholic schools had swimming pools, it never
resumed." THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Bergan entered the state tournament for individual events in speech and had three people come away
with state medals for competiting among the state's best durig the early 1980's.
1980 Kelly Basfield
oratorical declam.---4th place
1982 Maggie Gesselbract & Matt Solomon humorous duet---5th place FINE ARTS PROGRAM Bergan had a very active
Fine Arts program. The school produced a play and a musical every year, had a band and chorus. The Illinois Theatre Festival is the largest,
non-competetive high school theatre festival in the world. It was organized in 1976 by teachers from the Chicago suburbs.
This festival is still going strong as they perform at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois State University
every other January. Bergan High school participated in this festival from 1977-80. MEMORIES **From
Brenda Zamorski: "I had an all girl band played
at lunch time are there any pictures. Marge
student council was the base player Terry on drums me on cords electric We won
battle of bands against other high schools. My all girl band played during lunch time with dimmed lights and
dancing. We won a Battle of the Bands contest. Just can't remember if it was 65/66/67. We played at functions around
town. Trying to track if anyone has a picture of our band." REMEMBER...if you have any information about the history of Bergan High school, please let us know. Items such
as the words to the school song, names of coaches and key athletes, win-loss records, photos, and other memories are
greatly appreciated. You can submit your information by either clicking on this link to the CONTACT US page, or by sending us an email to ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net.. Or we'll be glad to accept your contributions by USPS. Our address is:
Illinois High School Glory Days
6439 North Neva Ave.
Chicago, Il 60631
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