Boys' Basketball
The Saybrook-Arrowsmith Comanches had many successful seasons on the hardwood court as well. The school
won one District and one Regional Championship. However, they enjoyed many seasons which brought more winds than
losses. The best of the SAHS seasons are listed below.
1952-53 13 - 13 School's First Season
Coach Russell McKeon
1953-54 17 - 10
Coach Russell McKeon
1955-56 16 - 12
Coach Marvin Schlosser
1956-57 19 - 6
Coach Marvin Schlosser
1957-58 20 - 7 Coach
Marvin Schlosser
1964-65 16 - 9
Coach Don Sobotta
1967-68 14 - 10 Coach
Robert Berg
1968-69 19 - 7 Coach
Bill Winn
1969-70 21 - 8 District Champions
Coach Henry Bonner
1974-75 13 - 11 Coach
Henry Bonner
1975-76 15 - 11 Coach
Henry Bonner
1977-78 22 - 4 McLean Co. Tourney Champs
Coach Gerry Thornton
1978-79 25 - 3 Regional Champions Coach
Gerry Thornton
1979-80 24 - 2
Coach Gerry Thornton
1981-82 18 - 7
Coach Charles Hall
1982-83 19 - 6 McLean Co. Tourney Champs
Coach Charles Hall
1983-84 18 - 8
Coach Charles Hall
1988-89
Coach Allen Beck
Girls' Basketball
The Lady Comanches equalled the boys in IHSA tournament hardware. The program won two Regional
titles during their existence, and brought home other trophies as well to show for their successes.
1975-76
Coach Betty Gardner
1976-77
Coach Betty Gardner
1977-78
Coach Betty Gardner
1979-80 16-7 Regional Champions
Normal U-High Round-Robin Tourney Champs
1980-81 19-4 Regional Champions
Coach Clifton Gibbons
McLean Co. Tourney Champs
Beat Lexington 61 to 41
Won Regional Tournament 66 to 46
Boys' Baseball
The boys' baseball team of 1958-59 won a Regional championship as well. Team record
and coach's name of this and other great baseball teams in SAHS history are not currently available.
1958-59
Regional Champions
Girls' Volleyball
The Lady Comanche netters had but one coach in their entire time as a program. Coach
Betty Gardner lead the Comanche girls volleyball team from its inception in 1973-74 to its end in 1988-89. The
best of her seasons at SAHS are listed below.
1974-75 7 - 2
Coach Betty Gardner
1975-76 7 - 3
Coach Betty Gardner
1976-77 7 - 7
Coach Betty Gardner
1977-78 7 - 6 Coach
Betty Gardner
Boys' Track & Field
One Comanche thinclad brought home a medal from the IHSA State Track Meet. His excellent accomplishment
is listed below.
1978-79 J.C. Zimmerman
100 Yard Dash 8TH Place
Activities: Theatre
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. Saybrook-Arrowsmith participated
in this festival in 1980.
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