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Bradford High School
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History of the Bradford High School "Panthers"
The "Original" Bradford High School
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Bradford is a community of approximately 750 residents located on Illinois Route 40 on the eastern edge of Stark County, approximately 40 miles north of Peoria. 
 
The community was a great supporter of the school system and were avid fans of the Panther sports teams until low enrollment finally took its toll. Bradford High School was deactivated in 2001 with the students given their option of attending nearby Bureau Valley, Henry-Senachwine, or Stark County high schools. The high school building still stands proudly in town. Bradford still supports its own elementary school for grades K-8. The 6-8 grades still compete in sports.
Bradford High School Gymnasium
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Home of the Panthers
Bradford High School "Quick Facts"
 
Team Nickname:           Panthers
School Colors:              Black and Orange
School Closed:             2001
School Building Today:  Vacant
School Gymnasium:      Used for Grade School Home Games 
School Fight Song:        "Let Us Cheer for Bradford High"
 
                                     So let us cheer for Bradford High School
                                     The very best school in the land.
                                     Cheer for the Panthers, let's show some spirit,
                                     No matter if they fall or stand.
    
                                              RAH! RAH!
 
                                     Cheer for our players, they'll never fail us,
                                     They'll fight for all that we hold so dear.
                                     Fight for the black and for the orange,
                                     Let's go all out for Bradford High.
 
Donna Lee provided this bit of information regarding the Bradford HS Fight Song:
 
"This original fight song was written and adapted in 47-48 as the official School Song and served in that capacity until the close of the school. Music was composed by Band Director David Hughes, and the lyrics were written by English teacher, Mary Ida Parr."
 
Distinguished Alumni
 
      A distinguished alumnus of Bradford High School is Dr. Bernard Cahill.  Dr. Cahill was a nationally known recognized pioneer in the field of sports medicine, who founded the Great Plains Sports Medicine Foundation and Clinic in Peoria.  President Reagan appointed him to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 1982.  Having served as a Marine in Korea, Dr. Cahill returned to Bradford, before enrolling in the University of Illinois.  Dr. Cahill founded the Great Plains Sports Medicine Foundation, the oldest sports medicine foundation in the United States. He was a founding member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the American Society of Biomechanics, the Cruciate Society, as well as the International Society of the Knee.  Dr. Cahill chaired a Sports Medicine Symposium on Children and Adolescents in Competitive Sports at the White House during the Reagan Administration. Dr. Bernard Cahill, died  at age 79 in Peoria, on Sept. 6, 2008.

Dr. Cahill was raised on a farm north of Bradford.  In an interview with the Peoria Journal Star (December 19, 1999) he had these recollections:

“…we did not have electric lights until 1947, when I graduated from high school. So it was almost like the history of Lincoln, only we didn't have to do our reading by the fireplace, we had Coleman lanterns that we used…  My brother and I both went to a one-room schoolhouse and had one teacher. As it turns out, I was the smartest kid in my class for eight straight years. It may be because I was the only one in my class…

Dr. Cahill went on to talk about his studies at Bradford High School:

“When I got to high school at Bradford Township High School, there was one teacher I particularly remember. Her name was Miss Sally Van Zan. She had taught my father and my mother in high school, and she taught at Bradford for 50-plus years . . .

“This lady, she would individually interview… the freshmen in high school. She was somewhat dictatorial, and she was a lovely-looking, very handsome woman who always was absolutely meticulously put together every day. She lived by herself all her life. She was from Kentucky. And the grownups just loved her in town . . .She would pound and hammer in a kind, leading way, and shed get the best out of you and would always push you to be better and better and better - and smarter, we called it in those days. About halfway through the freshman year she told me that I'm wasting my life if I don't go to college. . . .”

Dr. Cahill said of his early days in Sports Medicine:

“…there was a real problem with sports medicine… if you talked about sports medicine, you'd have to spend maybe a half hour explaining to whoever asked you about what sports medicine is. And so in Peoria and nationwide, there was a real problem with high school football, that is, a number of severe knee injuries that these kids were sustaining…”

Dr. Cahill became one of the first team doctors to the U.S. Olympic Ski team.  In those days, he stated, they were the only doctors present, most teams did not have doctors on staff.  So athletes of all kinds of countries would come for help with injuries during competition.  He was present at Lake Placid, New York for the 1980 Winter Olympics.    

Dr. Cahill became involved with the Football program at Peoria Richwoods High School and  was instrumental in changing the approach to student athletes.  Prior to his intervention, coaches would often withhold water during late Summer practices, in order to “toughen players up.”  Also, very little conditioning was involved, so when Football  practice started, not long before the season started, players were highly prone to serious injuries.  Prior to his work, terms like “hydration” and “conditioning” as well as the concept of strengthening the knee and the rest of the leg, were virtually unknown. Dr. Cahill was instrumental in proving to the IHSA that Summer conditioning was important, even vital, to prevent injury.  He stated in the Journal Star interview:

“We started a program out of pre-season training, and that was six weeks prior to the date when you could have on pads, and a few more dates prior to when you could be doing hitting contact.  The purpose of it was to strengthen the knee, to increase endurance, to increase agility and overall the health of the knee. Also, it was to pick out those people who had had a previous injury the year before and were never rehabilitated . . .”

The study began in 1968, involving 8 Peoria area high schools.  He stated:

“About July, we would go to schools, and I would personally examine the knees, both knees, of each varsity athlete. In addition to that, we put them on a bicycle to test their endurance. Thirdly, we would get data on any weight-lifting studies that they had done the year before…  As we know now, it was a vast success in decreasing early injuries, decreasing the severity of injuries, if they did occur. By the second year into the second part of the study, the IHSA allowed all of the members of the MidState 9 to participate in this. And then the following year, they opened it statewide, and the following year after that it was nationally adopted . . .”

Great Athletic Teams

Girls Basketball
 
The Panthers enjoyed great success in all sports during their existence. However, as far as the state tournament is concerned the Panther Girls Basketball teams of the 1980's were the cream of the crop. Below are listed the excellent Panther girls' teams and their records according to the IHSA web site (www.ihsa.org): 
 
Coach Ellie Hanning built an incredible basketball program in the 1980's. Her teams won a total of SEVEN Regional Championships, FOUR Sectional Championships, THREE Super-Sectional Championships, and ONE appearance in the IHSA Class 1A State Tournament Finals, falling to eventual State Champion Elgin St. Edward 45-43 in the semi-finals!! 
 
1979-80  19 - 3   IHSA Class 1A Elite Eight Finalist          Coach Ellie Hanning
                         Regional Champions
                         Sectional Champions
                         Super-Sectional Champions
                         Beat Brimfield 56-49
                         Elite 8 Finalist
                         Lost to Carlinville 46-32
                         Carlinville finished 4th
 
1980-81  23 - 3    IHSA Class 1A Sweet Sixteen Finalist  Coach Ellie Hanning
                         Regional Champions
                         Sectional Champions
                         Super-Sectional Finalist
                         Lost to Bloomington Cent. Cath. 40-37
 
1981-82  N.R.A.  Regional Champs                            Coach Ellie Hanning
 
1983-84  22 - 5   IHSA Class 1A Elite Eight Finalist     Coach Ellie Hanning
                         Regional Champions
                         Sectional Champions
                         Super-Sectional Champions
                         Beat Seneca 68-47
                         Elite 8 Finalist
                         Lost to Eldorado 73-43
                         Eldorado Finished 3rd 
                        
1984-85  27 - 3   IHSA Class 1A FOURTH Place Finalist!   Coach Ellie Hanning
                         Regional Champions
                         Sectional Champions
                         Super-Sectional Champions
                         Beat Seneca 53-50
                         Elite 8 Finalist
                         Beat Cambridge 38-32
                         Final Four Finalist
                         Lost to Elgin St. Edward 45-43
                         Elgin St. Edward won State Championship
                         Consolation Game Finalist
                         Lost to Cairo 63-52
 
1985-86  N.R.A.  Regional Champs                              
1989-90  N.R.A.  Regional Champs
 
Panther Boys Basketball
 
You were always in for a great game when you traveled to the Panther gym in Bradford. Boys basketball also enjoyed many great seasons. The best are listed below:
 
1946-47             District runner-up
1949-50   8 - 13                                                           Coach Rex Sherman
1952-53             Blackhawk Conf. Co-Champs
1953-54             Blackhawk Conf. Champs
 
1957-58   4 - 19                                                           Coach Bob Foutes

Team members included:  Efnor, Browning, Bowyer,

                                      DeWeerth, Piper, Dison,

                                      Bucher, Mowbray, Velde,

                                      P. Gingerich, Code

 

1958-59  11 - 13                                                           Coach Bob Foutes

The basketball team of 1958-59 finished with a record of 11-13 overall, and a 9-9 record in the Blackhawk Conference, putting them in 6th place in the conference standings.  Bill Johnston received Special Mention consideration in the all conference balloting.  Brandon Piper was on the Honorable Mention list.  Bill Johnston finished in 5th place on the conference scoring leaders list with an average of 18.5 points per game.

 

1959-60   14 - 12                                                           Coach Larry Odum    

Larry Odum was the new basketball coach.   He was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State.  The Panthers finished the season with a 14-12 record and a fourth place finish in the Blackhawk Conference race.  Brandon Piper was a first team All Conference selection.  Leading scorers for the Panthers were Brandon Piper (20.2 ppg), David Bucher (15.4 ppg), John Gingerich (12.9 ppg), and Pete Gingerich(10.3ppg).

The Panthers reached the Regional Championship in 1959-60, losing to Kewanee 62-51 in the championship game.  During the season the Panthers split games with Galva.  Galva won the first game, 69-64.  The Panthers came back in the second game, winning 83-81.  David Bucher scored 35 points and Brandon Piper, 19 points to lead the Panthers.  Galva had a unanimous All Conference player in Rich Falk.  Falk went on to star at Northwestern University and later with the Boston Celtics of the NBA.

 

1960-61   19 - 8                                                             Coach Larry Odum   

Basketball finished an outstanding season with a record of 19-8.  Brandon Piper was the leading scorer (20.4 ppg).  The Panthers advanced to the Regional Final for the second year in a row, losing to Kewanee by one point.  Members of the team included John Gingerich, Harvey Scott, Joe Mowbray, Pete Gingerich, Dennis Derick, David Bucher, Jim Laurenti and Brandon Piper.

 
1969-70   22 - 5  District Champs                                 Coach Jim Hoover
                         Blackhawk Conf. Co-Champs
 
1972-73   26 - 2  Regional Champs                             Coach Jim Hoover
                         Blackhawk Conf. Champs
 
1975-76   20 - 6  Regional Champs                             Coach Jim Hoover
 
1985-86   N.R.A. Regional Champs
    
1992-93   N.R.A. Regional Champs    
 
Jim Hoover would go on to coach at Dakota and accumulate 300+ wins in his career.
 
 
Panther Football
 
Dating back to the 1910's, the Panthers enjoyed great success on the gridiron. The earliest game of note occured in 1915 when Bradford took a hard loss to Kewanee by the score of 47-0. However, great games have happened since. One great coach in Bradford football history was Rick Odgers. Coach Odgers spent a portion of his career in Bradford as well as two other schools in Illinois. During his tenure, Coach Odgers accumulated 115 wins, good for number 172 all-time in IHSA history!  
 
This football "war story" (and a great one at that!) was shared with us by a former Panther player:
 
"I will never forget our first trip ever to the IHSA (football) playoffs. We had just won our last regular season game in 1981 and someone needed to beat Buda Western for us to get in. We were waiting in the lockerroom to hear how the game turned out when we could hear the thunder of the crowd in the school hallway above running to the lockerroom to give us the good news!
Like many schools, Bradford HS was a wonderful place to go to school. It gave otherwise average (athletes) the opportunity in sports that larger schools may have kept us from (participating in). The high school was the focal point of the community, there was an excitement in the air when teams were doing well.  Though we were the smallest school in the Elite 8 in girls' basketball, we had one of the largest crowds at Assembly Hall! People would park their cars in the endzone early on Friday nights to ensure a prime location for (that night's football) game. It was just definitely a better time and place."
Larry H submitted February 03, 2005
 
One game not to forget in Bradford occured against Manlius in 1994. In that game, Bradford QB Mike Shipley attempted 54 passes, with 13 successful connections to WR Ryan Morris.
 
Below are listed some of the more successful football teams in Bradford history:
 
1933-34     9 - 0                                                           Coach Edgar Morrison
1934-35     7 - 0 - 1  Blackhawk Conf. Co-Champs       Coach Edgar Morrison
1939-40                  Blackhawk Conf. Champions
1941-42                  Blackhawk Conf. Co-Champs  
1954-55     6 - 1       Blackhawk Conf. Co-Champs
 
1957-58     5 - 3       3rd Place in Blackhawk Conf.          Coach Bob Foutes
                                                                                   Asst. Roy Modlinger 

Results

Bradford 32                Tampico 6

Bradford 45                Elmwood 0

Bradford 0                  Toulon 6

Bradford 14                Wyoming 0

Bradford 0                  Princeville 7

Bradford 6                  Galva 12

Bradford 19                Wethersfield 7

Bradford 19                Walnut 7

Members of the Blackhawk Conference were:  Toulon, Princeville, Bradford, Walnut, Galva, Wyoming, Wethersfield, and Elmwood. 

 

Varsity Cheerleaders:  Judy Code, Marilyn Mowbray, Mary Taylor, Jeanette Hanchett

Homecoming King/Queen:  Bill Johnston and Judy Eble

 

1958-59     8 - 0 - 1  Blackhawk Conf. Champions        Coach Bob Foutes
                                                                                   Asst. Roy Modlinger

A total of 38 players reported for practice in 1958, with 10 key members of the 1957 team returning.

 

Blackhawk Conference:  Walnut, Wyoming, Bradford, Princeville, Galva, Elmwood, Toulon, Manlius, Dunlap, and Wethersfield.  Manlius and Dunlap are new members this year.

Results                                                         Final Blackhawk Conference Standings

Bradford  30                Wethersfield 12                           W L T     TP       OP

Bradford  6                  Manlius 6                 Bradford    8--0--1    288      50

Bradford 12                 Princeville 6             Walnut         8--1--0    197       66

Bradford 46                 Dunlap 7                  Princeville    6--3--0    177       58

Bradford 12                 Walnut 0                  Wyoming     6--3--0    212       147

Bradford 47                 Elmwood 6               Galva           5--4--0    198      172

Bradford 48                 Toulon 7                   Manlius        3--5--1    113      131

Bradford 47                 Galva 0                    Elmwood      2--6--1      94      197

Bradford 40                 Wyoming 6              Wethersfield  2--7--0      85      230

                                                                  Dunlap          1--6--2      71      254

                                                                  Toulon          1--7--1      48      178

 

The 1958 Bradford Panthers football team won their first Blackhawk Conference Championship since 1938! 

All Blackhawk Conference Players were: Dan Puffer (unanimous selection), Frank Waldinger (1st team), Dick Stone (1st team), Dick Hanchett (1st team), Bill Johnston (2nd team), Don Dison (Honorable Mention), Don Dietz (Honorable Mention).  

Dan Puffer led the conference in scoring with 19 touchdowns and 11 points after touchdown.

Homecoming Queen / King: Ms. Mary Ann Colgan and Frank Waldinger 

Queen attendants were Mary Ellen Johnston, Sandra Miller and Sandra Shaner.

 

1959-60     7 - 1 - 0  Blackhawk Conference Runner-up     Coach Tom Biddle

                                                                                    Asst. Larry Odum       

A new football coach was hired.  Tom Biddle, a graduate of Illinois College.  His assistant coach was Mr. Larry Odum, also new to Bradford High School in 1959.  The football team finished the season with a final record of 7-1-0, good for second place in the Blackhawk Conference behind Walnut.  Senior Don Dison and Sophomore Gary Foley were named to the 2nd Team All Conference.  Dave Walker received Honorable Mention honors.

 

1959 Blackhawk Conference Standings          1959 Blackhawk Conference Results

                     W-L-T   Pts. For   Pts. Against      Bradford  31  Wethersfield 13

Walnut            8-0-0     246             97               Bradford  33   Manlius         0    

Bradford        7-1-0     143             65                Bradford  20  Princeville      6

Galva              6-2-0     197           100                Bradford 14   Dunlap           7

Wyoming        5-2-1     213            108               Bradford    Walnut         20

Dunlap            5-2-1    166              41                Bradford 12   Elmwood        7

Princeville       4-5-0     133            125                Bradford 19   Toulon           6

Elmwood        2-6-0     122            167                Bradford   7   Galva             6

Toulon            2-6-0      93             180

Wethersfield   1-7-0       84            244

Manlius          0-8-0       33            303

 

Homecoming King/Queen:    David Walker and Eloyce Anderson

Varsity Cheerleaders:  Sandra Foutch, Kay Driscoll, Sharon Reed, and Sandy Shaner

Frosh/Soph Cheerleaders: Sandra Wood, Janie Puffer, Nancy Scott and Sharon Pettit

 
1960-61     5 - 3 - 1                                                            Coach Tom Biddle

                                                                                        Asst. Larry Odum   

Football finished the season with a 5-3-1 record, good for 3rd place in the Blackhawk Conference.

Varsity cheerleaders were: Sandra Shaner, Kay Driscoll, Sharon Reed, and Reva Ellis. 

Football Captains were:      David Bucher and Pat Johnston

Homecoming King/Queen:  Henry Waldinger  / Sharon Reed

Prom King/Queen:             Harvey Scott / Kay Browning

 
1964-65     9 - 0       Blackhawk Conf. Champions       Coach James Hayes
 
For more information on the Blackhawk Conference check out John Ballentine's article on the GREAT CONFERENCES page of this site.

Blackhawk Conference Champs - BHS Panthers 1964
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Courtesy of Harla Tumbleson

The following Panther football teams reached the IHSA 1A playoffs: 
 
1981-82     6 - 3   IHSA Class 1A Sweet 16 Finalist       Coach Rick Odgers
                          Lost to Gridley  20-7
                          Indian Valley West Conf. Champs
 
1983-84     7 - 4   IHSA Class 1A Elite 8 Finalist            Coach Rick Odgers
                          Beat Minonk-Dana-Rutland 23-14
                          Lost to Maroa-Forsyth 27-0
                          Maroa-Forsyth Finished 2nd
                          Indian Valley West Conf. Champs
 
1984-85     8 - 2   IHSA Class 1A Sweet 16 Finalist       Coach Rick Odgers
                          Lost to Walnut 21-0
                          Indian Valley West Conf. Champs
 
1985-86     8 - 3   IHSA Class 1A Sweet 16 Finalist       Coach Rick Odgers
                          Beat Elmwood 28-6
                          Lost to Atkinson 28-21
 
1987-88     9 - 2   IHSA Class 1A Sweet 16 Finalist       Coach John McKenzie
                          Beat Marseilles 22-19
                          Lost to Bloomington Cent. Cath. 35-0
                          BCC Won State Championship
 
1989-90     8 - 3   IHSA Class 1A Playoff Qualifier        Coach John McKenzie 
                          Lost to Alexis 28-0

Bradford Athletic Letter - 1966
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Submitted by Harla Tumbleson

Football Memories:
 
From Harla Tumbleson (Class of 1966):
 
"As a 10-year old, I attended all of the Panther football games during their 1958 Blackhawk Championship season. That team was led by half-back Danny Puffer who often ran so hard he would knock himself and the tacklers out. I distinctively remember him being held up unconscious by other players in the locker room picture of the championship celebration. That team experienced a 6-6 tie with Manlius, a first year conference member from the Little 8, in a game that saw the Red Devils break Panther all-conference fullback, Darryl 'Mutt' Efner's leg. The legend has it that as he was carried off the field, Efner told the team, 'Well boys, there goes your conference title.' Coach Bob Foutes moved left tackle Don 'the Diesel' Dietz to fullback, and he and Puffer lead the Panthers to seven consecutive victories and the title. Walnut was the defending champ and a Blackhawk force in those days, and the Panthers 12-6 home victory over the Blue Raiders, was at the time considered by many to be one of the best high school games in many years. Puffer earned a scholarship to Western Illinois in Macomb, but never made it there, falling from the roof of a garage he was shingling and shattering his knee cap that summer. Coach Foutes moved on after that season, returning to his native Missouri, where he became a school administrator. Don ''the Diesel' Dietz liked fast cars and died in the sixties in a collision with a concrete bridge on old Illinois 88 (now 40) a couple miles north of Bradford. It was one of the few things in his short life that he didn't run over.
 
Bradford was one of the few grade schools in that part of the state that actually had a football program. The Wildcats wore old gold and blue, and we actually wore leather helmets when I played  from 1958-1962. They were not the kind you folded and put into your pocket, but some of the original padded suspension helmets that were made from hardened strips of leather sewed on top of each other. What I would give to have held on to one of those! The Wildcat teams had a tough go of it, because they had to compete with much larger schools. I don't remember what the conference was called, but members included Kewanee (which had three teams), Geneseo, Galva, Wethersfield and Kewanee Visitation, a small catholic school. The big game typically was against Visitation, a school of comparable size, because that was really the only chance we had for a victory. Bradford had a catholic grade school, but we didn't merge for football until high school, which meant that we had to wait a bit for pay back on Galva and Wethersfield, who were in the Blackhawk with us.
 
The 1964 Panther team is considered by many of the old timers to be the best ever, going undefeated and amassing an average of over 350 yards rushing per game behind a punishing wishbone-style attack. Fullback Harla Tumbleson became the first Panther on record rush for over 1,000 yards in the 9-game season; half-backs Ed Foutch and Rob Dunlap went for over 700; and Quarterback Jerry Fuertges over 500. Fuertges went down during game 6 with a knee injury and missed the rest of the season. Dunlap moved under center and Pat Murphy to half-back, and the the Panters marched on. Probably the most remakable aspect of this Panther team was its defense. Led by linebacker Joe Colgan, the '64 Panthers shut out 8 of 9 opponents and yielded but 6 points the entire season, while putting up 269 of their own. This team started to jell late in the 1963 season, outscoring their final 3 opponents by 117-0, and by the time their 13 game winning streak ended in 1965 had 12 shutouts and outscored opponents 405-6. Middle linebacker Colgan was the captain and stalwart of the defense and offensive line (left tackle) and was a unanimous Little All-State selection by the various print media outlets. Five Panthers were first team All-Blackhawk: Colgan, Tumbleson, Foutch, guard Ron Schaad, and end Jim Hickey. Dunlap and Fuertges were on second team and honorable mention respectively. Colgan was one tough hombre, and went to Southern Illinois U on scholarship. He is now a succesful farmer outside of Bradford. Tumbleson played another year for the Panthers, making first team all-Blackhawk and several Little All-State teams, and went on to become team captain and an all-conference Division III player at Luther College in Iowa. Jim Hayes, coached the Panthers for one more year, finishing his four-year tenure at Bradford with a 25-10-1 record, and moved on to coach at Macomb High School. He later moved back to his hometown of Harrisburg, IL where he became a successful businessman. Assistant Coach Ken Hartrich, whom Hayes identified as a key element of the Panther's success, left after the '64 season to become the head coach at Oakwood High School in Fithian, IL. This was well before play-offs, but Larry Wilcoxen, who officiated several state title games, says that this Panther group compared very favorably with small school state championship teams he has seen.
 
The team the '64 Panthers were then compared with and argued over was the 1932 Panther team, which also went undefeated and outscored opponents 313-13. Another connection with this team was the fact that it had two fathers of '64 Panther players on the club. John Hickey, father of all-conference end Jim Hickey, and Lee 'Belzy' Barnes, father of right tackle Michael Barnes, a 1965 all-conference selection. Rob Dunlap's father, Bob, played against the those Panthers as a Toulon Trojan'Belzy' Barnes was a force in those days, coming by his nickname for his bull-like power in carrying the football. He earned a scholarship to Western Illinois, and later became a successful Bradford businessman. His son Michael is currently a judge on the State Appeals Court in Indianapolis, IN.
 
Based upon your research on the 1933 and 1934 Panthers, it looks like Coach Morrison had three consecutive undefeated seasons.
 
We're planning a '64 Panther '45th' reunion, the first, in the Fall of 2009. Let me know if you'd like to drop in."
 
 
Track and Field
 
The following Panther thinclads placed at the IHSA state track meet:
 
1923-24    Blake                 High Jump          3rd Place
1935-36    Hopkins             Javelin                4th Place
1982-83    Janis Reese       800 Meter Run     7th Place
1983-84    Janis Reese       800 Meter Run     2nd Place
1990-91    Troy Waldinger  High Jump          5th Place
 
In addition to individual accomplishments, the Bradford High School boys won a few Stark County High School Track Meets over the years.  The following information regarding this meet was provided to us by John Ballentine:
 
   "The Stark County track/field and declamatory meet was a major event for decades.  It was fiercely fought in order to win that particular year and claim county bragging rights.  Businesses and schools, even the grade schools, were closed early in order to attend the afternoon meet.  Main streets resembled ghost towns because a majority of the county's population was at the contest.
     Records were kept and trophies, plaques, ribbons, etc. were awarded.  Yet, in 1990 the county meet could no longer be held.  Castleton High no longer existed, Toulon and LaFayette Highs were consolidated, and Bradford began co-opting with Tiskilwa to form a track team.  Since Tiskilwa was not part of Stark County, this eliminated Bradford's participation leaving only Toulon-LaFayette and Wyoming as the competitors from the original 5 schools.  Therefore, the meet was permanently discontinued after 1989."
 
Bradford High School boys reigned as champions of this once annual event during the following spring seasons:
 
1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1985, 1988
 
For those of you who are counting, that is 29 Stark County Track Meet Championships won by the Bradford High School boys track program!!
 
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!
 
Contributed by Tom Maupin, Class of 1962.
 
"In 1961, the Boys Track team wom the Blackhawk Conference Track title by defeating Walnut 44 to 40.  While this Panther track team lacked some depth, the participants dominated their particular events.
 
In the conference meet, held at Galva HS, Jim Laurenti won the 100 and 220 yard dash; Dave Bucher, who did not like the 440 yard dash, but "did it for the team" at the request of Coach Tom Biddle, won this event;  Dave also won the high jump and broadjump.  Brandon Piper won the pole vault, Tom Maupin won the 180 low hurdles and Donnie Ferris won the 880 yard dash and one mile event. Jack Plotner contributed in the shot put and discus and Dave Grieve competed in the high hurdles.  Our 440 and 880 yard relay teams placed first with Bucher starting the event followed by Maupin, Johnny Gingerich and anchored by Jim Laurenti
 
There are stronger individual track performances from our alumni but I doubt there were many teams that were as talented as the 1960 Stark County and Blackhawk Champions.  This team also participated in the Delevan Relays and competed agains powerhouses like Springfield Fitchens, Decatur Central and somePeoria schools.  As I recall, Jim Laurenti and Dave Bucher placed high enough in their events to score points for Bradford.  Donnie Ferris and Brandon Piper may also have scored points for the Panthers."
 
Music
 
Along with a great athletics tradition at Bradford High School, it was also a great place to learn about the art of music and they were very successful in having one of the finest music programs in the area. In 1977 and 1978, Bradford won the Class D State Championship at the IHSA Music Sweepstakes. Pep bands and such of this caliber made a Bradford home game a very exciting one.
 
Memories of these championships are provided here by former music director Gary Black:
 
"In 1977 and 1978 we won Class D State Championship for the IHSA Music Sweepstakes,and came up 2nd. in 1979. ( a long story there). Jim Blucker and Gary Black (who is writing this note) were the directors, Jim with band and me with vocal music. In order to do that, we had many kids in the program. Students were required to participate in solo and ensemble contest, and then organizational contest with band, men's and women's choirs as well as concert choir.
We lost by 15 points for the 1979 contest and received 2nd place.  We also recorded a record in 1978 and sold them through the music boosters club who was very active.  They also bought a new Sohmer piano for the choir which is still being used for the Junior High program now.
 
Sports seems to be the thing that people remember the most, but fine arts surely has a place in the life of a school too. I recently (2 years ago) retired from Bradford. When we closed the high school in 2001 because of low enrollments (63 the last year) as you know, a part of Bradford sort of died with that. I taught here for 30 years and most of it was wonderful. The music boosters even hired Stan Kenton to give an evening performance. In the contract it stated that he had to have a grand piano to play on so we carted mine from home and brought it to school.  He was in failing heatlh then and as I believe, and died 6 months later. 
 
I have many fond memories of my career at BHS; a privilege to work with all of the students in our community."
 
Memories & Facts
 
**Donna Dally Lee (Class of 1949) added this information about the Bradford music program:
 
"I was fortunate enough to be a four-year member of Bradford High School Girl's Ensemble who sang at many school functions, as well as meetings and special programs held throughout the community. In 1948, with our band and chorus instructor David Hughes, we, as well as the Girl's Chorus, competed in the IHSA State Music Contest, held at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, Illinois, and were both awarded a First Place medal. The following year, with our instructor Burton Bates, the Girls' Ensemble returned to State Contest and again received a First Place award.
 
Some of my fondest memories occurred while I was a student at BHS and I surely hated to see it close its doors."
 
**Former Bradford School principal Michael Stagliano started his educational career at Bradford High School as well.
 
**From David Bucher (Class of 1961) - David Bucher also assisted with write-ups in the football and basketball sections for the 1957-61 seasons:
 

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