Athletics
The Farmer City Moore Township High School Farmers won IHSA hardware (
www.ihsa.org) in the boys sports of basketball and track. Limited information is also available on the football teams of FCMHS. What
is listed is the incredible success of the track teams of the late 1890's (not a misprint)! School fight song,
great coaches, team records, as well as conference affilliation are all being sought.
Track & Field
The Farmer City Moore High School boys pulled up the plow and were the terrors of the oval track for the
small schools of the late 1890's. The boys competed hard in the one-class system and hung tough with the likes
of Springfield, Peoria, and Chicago. It wasn't just one good athlete that carried the torch. As you will see, there
were many good athletes that added to the thinclad's success. Two of these athletes, in fact, won the state championship
in their events!!
1892-93 Team Finished SEVENTH in STATE MEET Competition!!
Individual Medalist
Marshall Hall
440 Yard Dash STATE CHAMPION!!
Final Team Standings
1) Peoria HS
42
2) Chicago Lake View HS
31
3) Geneseo HS
13
3) Springfield HS
13
5) Urbana HS
11
6) Chicago Hyde Park HS
7
7) FARMER CITY MOORE
HS 5
8) Champaign HS
4
9) Neoga HS
3
9) Watseka HS
3
1893-94 Team Finished TENTH in STATE MEET Competition!!
Individual Medalist
E. Robinson
50 Yard Dash STATE
CHAMPION!!
Final Team Standings
1) Urbana HS
22
2) Chicago Hyde Park HS 20
2) Peoria HS
20
4) Champaign HS
17
5) Chicago Lake View HS 14
6) Cairo HS 11
6) Mattoon HS
11
8) Chicago Englewood HS 10
8) Yorkville HS 10
10) FARMER CITY MOORE HS
5
1897-98 Team Finished NINTH in STATE MEET Competition!!
Individual Medalists
C. Carter Hamer
Throw 3RD Place
?? Herrick
220 Yard Dash 3RD Place
?? Newland 880
Yard Run 3RD Place
?? Norris
400 Yard Bike Race 3RD Place
Final Team Standings
1) Aurora East HS
36
2) Peoria HS
28
3) Chicago Englewood
HS 19
4) Chicago Hyde Park
HS 13
5) Lewistown HS
11
6) Decatur HS
9
6) Champaign HS
9
8) LaGrange Lyons HS
5
9) Marengo HS
4
10) FARMER CITY MOORE
HS 4
1922-23B Individual Medalist
Relay Team
880 Yard Relay 2ND Place
1925-26 Individual Medalist
?? Lashbrook Discus
5TH Place
1961-62 Individual Medalist
Pat Mullen
440 Yard Dash 2ND Place
Boys' Basketball
Farmer City Moore High School roundballers had some good seasons on the hardwood court as well. Unfortunately,
the coaches' names and better team records of these and other great FCMHS teams are not currently available. Below
are listed the better team accomplishments as listed on the IHSA web site.
1935-36 District Champions
1936-37 District Champions
1947-48 13 - 11
Coach Harry Hall
1948-49 27 - 3
Coach Harry Hall
1949-50 21 - 3 Coach
Bill Brady
1950-51 24 - 3 Lost to Champaign, Normal, & Coach Bill
Brady
LeRoy (Reg. Champ. Game)
1963-64 District Champions
One of the best players to run the hardwood of FCMHS was Tony Cadle. In the 1955-56 season, Cadle
had a scoring average of 26 points, which surely made him the defensive target of most opposing schools. Cadle
scored 757 of the team's points in 27 games.
Football
There is very limited coverage on the IHSA website regarding the history of the Farmer City Moore Township High School
Farmers gridiron prowess. There is only one record of significance listed on the IHSA website. The first season
listed is that of 1946-47. The other notable interest is that of Coach Bud Maynard. Coach Maynard
led the FCMHS boys from 1958 until its consolidation with Mansfield in 1972. He continued at Farmer City-Mansfield
for several years after that.
The following information has been researched and added by Kev Varney. Football was offered at Moore
Township as early as 1917, and had its heyday between 1929-1939. The 1931 team was 8-2, defeating Clinton, Monticello, Paxton,
Lexington, Chenoa, and Leroy, while losing to Normal and Mattoon. The 1970 team was also successful for legendary
coach Marvin (Bud) Maynard, going 8-1 thru a schedule of mostly Sangamon Valley Conference foes. This
was a team that was rated in the pre-season as high as number three statewide in a prep publication for schools having enrollments
of under 500 students.
1970-71 Final Scores
Farmer City 13, Heyworth 0
Farmer City 41, DeLand-Weldon 0
Farmer City
27, Colfax Octavia 14
Farmer City 28, Mahomet-Seymour 6
Farmer City 27, Milford 8
Fairbury-Cropsey 12, Farmer City 0
Farmer City 40, Fisher 0
Farmer City 27, Leroy 6
Farmer City 73, Mansfield 14
The better records and conference championship teams are being sought. Here are
some provided by Tom Sikorski!
1947 6-2
Coach Harry Hall
1948
Coach Harry Hall
1949 7-2
Coach Bill Brady
1950 8-1 Lost to Gibson City in a snow fest
Coach Bill Brady
last game
of season.
1951 5-3-1
1953 5-2-1
1954 4-2-2
Coach Jerry Slack
1955 6-2 Sangamon Valley Conf. Co-Champs Coach Don Sullivan
1958 4-2-2
Coach Bud Maynard
1960 6-2
Coach Bud Maynard
1961 6-3
Coach Bud Maynard
1962 6-3
Coach Bud Maynard
1963 7-2
Coach Bud Maynard
1969 5-2-2
Coach Bud Maynard
1970 8-1 Ranked #3 Pre-Season Coach
Bud Maynard
1958-59 through 1973-74
Coach Bud Maynard
Coach Maynard won 143 football games in his career with Farmer City schools placing him #125 all-time among Illinois
High School Football coaches.
For the 1948-49 season Glen Calhoun made the News-Gazette "All-Area First Team." Calhoun
continued his college career at Purdue University where he was named captain in 1953.
Jim Tague, in the1950 season, made the Chicago Daily News Little All-State First Team and
Dan Morrissey made the "All-Area 2ND Team." Tague would continue his college career at
Illinois State Normal University, earning his position as captain in 1958.
John Thomas was named captain at Illinois State Normal University in 1957 after a fine career at
Farmer City Moore in the early 1950's.
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...about the many accomplishments of Farmer City Moore Township High School please write to us via e-mail at
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