Barry High School competed in the boys sports of basketball, track, baseball, and possibly football.  The girls competed in basketball, volleyball, track, and possibly softball.  We are in need of the Barry High School team uniform colors, school fight song, coach's names, and season records of the many great Barry teams that graced the high school's fields and courts. 

 

 

The most well-covered sport on the IHSA website (www.ihsa.org) for the Tigers and Tigerettes is the sport of boys basketball.  Several nice season records were attained.  In the very early years the Tigers made a trip to the ELITE 8 finals before bowing out of the state tournament.  The records and coach's names of the teams listed on the IHSA website are reprinted below.

 

                             Lost to Peoria HS 50 - 15

                             Peoria HS Placed 3rd 

                            

1960-61  12 - 12                                                      Coach Ralph Ginn

1961-62    9 - 15                                                      Coach Bob Moore
1962-63    8 - 13                                                      Coach Bob Moore
1963-64  10 - 14                                                      Coach Wayne Jenkins
1964-65  14 - 10                                                      Coach Bill Hellyer
1965-66  12 - 12                                                      Coach Bill Hellyer
1966-67  15 - 10                                                      Coach Bill Hellyer
1967-68  10 - 12                                                      Coach Gerald Smith

1969-70  11 - 12                                                      Coach Mike Fray
1970-71  21 - 5     Nice Season!                               Coach Mike Fray
1971-72  18 - 8                                                        Coach Mike Fray
1972-73  17 - 8                                                        Coach Mike Fray
1973-74  24 - 3     Nice Season!                                Coach Mike Fray
1974-75  12 - 13                                                      Coach Wayne Lueders
1975-76    9 - 19                                                      Coach Wayne Lueders
1976-77    6 - 19                                                      Coach Wayne Lueders
1977-78  15 - 11                                                      Coach Wayne Lueders
1978-79  19 - 6                                                        Coach Wayne Lueders
1979-80  16 - 10                                                      Coach Bill Jacquot
1980-81    9 - 15                                                      Coach Bill Jacquot
1981-82    8 - 16                                                      Coach Bill Jacquot
1982-83  18 - 8                                                        Coach Bill Jacquot
1983-84    9 - 16                                                      Coach Bill Jacquot
1984-85    2 - 22                                                      Coach Jim Hembree
1985-86  11 - 13                                                      Coach Jim Hembree
1986-87  15 - 10                                                      Coach Jim Hembree
1987-88  11 - 14                                                      Coach Jim Hembree
1988-89  15 - 10                                                      Coach Jim Hembree
1989-90  18 - 10                                                      Coach Jim Hembree

1990-91                                                                  Coach Wayne Lueders
1991-92                                                                  Coach Wayne Lueders
1992-93                                                                  Coach Tim Rhoades
1993-94                                                                  Coach Mike Smith
1994-95                                                                  Coach Mike Smith
1995-96                                                                  Coach Carl Carlson
1996-97                                                                  Coach Carl Carlson
1997-98    18 - 10                                                    Coach Carl Carlson

1998-99    22 - 6                                                      Coach Todd Plattner

1997-98                                                                  Coach Todd Plattner
1998-99                                                                  Coach Todd Plattner
1999-00                                                                  Coach Todd Plattner
2000-01    6 - 22                                                      Coach Don Patterson
2004-05  23 - 6     Nice Season!                                Coach Todd Plattner
2005-06  27 - 5     Regional Champions!!                Coach Todd Plattner

 

*Hall of Fame Coach Bill Homer spent some time in Barry. Coach Homer ended his career in 1997 with 718 wins, good for 10th All-Time in IHSA Boys Basketball history!!

 

*Coach Mike Fray ended his career at Augusta Southeastern after amassing 305 wins in his career.

 

*Brian Kendall (Class of 1983), holds several scoring records for the boys basketball program, including most points in a career - 1362.

 

*Thank you to Matt Knepper (Class of 1999) for contributing to this portion of the BHS page.

 

 

Only three years of coverage is available on the Tigerettes basketball exploits.  One of those seasons had a real nice season record. If you have any further information on the Barry High School girls athletic program, please contact us so we can add it to this page.

 

1997-98                                Coach Terry Schoppenhorst

1998-99                                Coach Terry Schoppenhorst

2001-02    12 - 13                  Coach Tj Hoover
2002-03    19 - 11                  Coach Tj Hoover
2003-04      8 - 19                  Coach Tj Hoover

 

**From Michelle Brown Garrett (Class of 1998):

 

"Girls basketball started with my Senior year in 1997.  After several years of trying to get in through! We fought pretty hard and finally got it the year I graduated. We had 7 players on the team, so no one got any down time! :) Coach was Terry Schoppenhorst and I believe he coached for 2 years. We had 3 Seniors on the team and the rest were underclassmen...Feels good to know I was on the first Barry High School girls basketball team! Thanks for letting me share!"

 

The Barry HS banner was carried proudly by one individual at the State Meet level in Barry's storied history.  A gentleman by the last name of Herr placed SECOND in the pole vault under the one-class system in 1936!! 

 

1935-36       Herr       Pole Vault       2ND Place

 

 

The IHSA also offers competitions that are not athletically related.  One of these competitions is the Indvidual Events competition.  Barry High School excelled in at least two years while competing in this state-wide event.  A student named Frances Wheelan placed in the top of the "serious" category in 1950 and 1951, being crowned STATE CHAMPION in the later year!!.  Frances' effort earned Barry a top-ten team finish both years!  

 

 

 

1)  Freeport (H.S.)                  14  
2)  Elgin (H.S.)                        9  
3)  Rock Island (H.S.)              7  
4)  Evanston (Twp.)                  6  
4)  West Frankfort (Frankfort)    6  
6)  Peoria (Woodruff)                5  
6)  Onarga                              5  
6)  Chicago (Phillips)               5  
9)  Harrisburg                         4    
9)  BARRY                             4

 

 

 

 

1)  Evanston (Twp.)           14  
2)  LaGrange (Lyons)         10  
3)  Rock Island (H.S.)          9  
4)  Galesburg (H.S.)            8  
5)  BARRY                         5  
6)  Elgin (H.S.)                    5  
6)  Freeport (H.S.)               5  
6)  Lincoln                          5  
6)  Pekin                            5  
10)  Joliet (Twp.)                 4  

 

 

The Tigers did compete in baseball as well.  Season records and coaches names are needed.  We do have this tidbit on an individual who excelled at Barry High School in baskeball:

 

*Kevin Kendall (Class of 1986) - Holds several stolen base records for the baseball team. In 1986, he set the record for most stolen bases in one season with 55.