Crystal Lake Central High School
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| Motto | Today a reader, Tommorow a leader. |
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| Established | 1924 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Steve Olson |
| Dean | Steve Greiner and Dave Shutters |
| Students | 1430 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 45 W. Franklin Ave, Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States Of America |
| Oversight | Community High School District 155 |
| Colors | Orange and Black |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Newspaper | 'Orange and Black' |
| Website | Crystal Lake Central High School |
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Crystal Lake Central High School, often referred to as "Central" or "CLC," is the first of the three high schools in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States.
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[edit] History
The school's current building was founded in 1924, and was originally known as Crystal Lake Community High School. Before then it was located at what is now Husmann Elementary School across the street. After Crystal Lake South was founded in 1978, Crystal Lake Community High School changed its name to Crystal Lake Central High School. It is the least populated of the four high schools in District 155 of Illinois, with a 2006-2007 year population of less than 1500.
[edit] Athletics
Its mascot is the Tiger, with school colors orange and black. Traditionally, it has been a cross-town rival with CLS, sharing both a football and baseball rivalry. Recently, Prairie Ridge's basketball team has provided competition for CLC's team. Central's Girls Volleyball team are also the defending state champions in class 3A after going 42-0.
The original school was opened in 1884. The building which still houses the school wasn’t created until 1924 and didn’t get it’s first state title until 1946, when Harold Legel won the state discus championship.
The Tigers were a football force in the area before the creation of new schools depleted their player pool. Central was represented in the NFL by John Bock, Bob Franz and Keith Kinderman. One of the greatest stories in Illinois High School basketball has a Crystal Lake connection as well. Fritz Schneider scored 34 points for the Tigers in a 71-68 win of Alden-Hebron in 1952. It was the Giants only loss of a state championship season, despite the school’s enrollment of less than 100. The basketball team again made some history in 1991.
Hosting Woodstock in a hotly contested Fox Valley Conference, no one before or after the game would have believed the story - they had to be there to see it. The game didn’t go into overtime, didn’t have any raucous dunks or multiple superstars, the score was the star. 123-117. The game produced more points in 32 minutes than any NBA game or any listed on The Associated Press' college scorelist that night and was picked by the Northwest Herald No. 1 on the list of memorable games in the McHenry County area for the century.
Ten players scored in double figures, which is a state record.
"When I tell people the score, Woodstock coach Eddie Mickhead said, "they think it was triple overtime.
Baseball coach Jeff Aldridge led the baseball team to a 29-6-1 record in 2003, winning the Fox Valley Conference and the school’s first regional title in over 40 years. That team was led by a trio of stars, pitchers Ted Ratliff and Bobby Steinsdoerfer, and shortstop Adam Varrassi; and took the Tigers to the state quarterfinals.
The boys distance runners at Central have a storied past as well, winning 10 of the last 11 FVC titles. The boys track team has won 18 conference championships and won every year save one (finishing second) from 1982-1997.
Crystal Lake Central High School holds many sports titles.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Mike Myers - pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- David Radford, 2006 - American Idol contestant
- John Bock - offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins[1]
- Mike Felumlee - Drummer for Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio, as well as others.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- Girls Volleyball- Class 3A IHSA State champions (2007) with an undefeated record of 42-0. Crystal Lake was ranked No. 6 on the top 100 teams in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com.[2]
- Chuck Swenson Class of 72, Son of Basketball Coach John Swenson went on to Indiana and was manager for undefeated 76 Indiana Hoosiers and then was assistant coach at Army and Duke with Coach Krzyzewski , later was Head Coach at William & Mary. Swenson later came back to Duke as Coach K Director of Basketball Operations and went on to be an Assistant at Penn State and Michigan. Swenson battled against Barrington's Gary Fencik(Chicago Bears) Zion Benton 's Billy McKinney(Northwestern) and Brian Colbert(Wisconsin).
- Girls Poms- Throughout the past 3 years, Central has taken first in state for every year, and in 2006 Central took home 2 state trophies.
- D.B.A.G of the Year Award: 2008 Winner, Robert Bellish.
[edit] Clubs
| clubs/organizations | duration | sponsor |
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| cheerleading | aug-nov | Ms. Glinski |
| color guard | aug-nov | TBA |
| Debate | Ms. Gonder | |
| Foreign Exchange Program | Mrs. Kelewae | |
| French Club | Mr. Daheerps | |
| Gaming Club | Mr. Hewett | |
| German Club | Mrs. Kelewae | |
| Improv | Mr. Kingston | |
| Ind. Speech Events | Ms. Gonder | |
| Intramural Sports | Mr. Smalley | |
| Jazz Band | Mr. Levin | |
| WYSE | Mr. Hermann | |
| Literary Magazine | TBA | |
| Madrigals | November | Mr. Hubly |
| Mentors | Speaker/Foerster | |
| National Honor Society | Aug-Jun | Mr. O'Brien |
| Pom Pons | Ms. Vermillion | |
| Scholastic Bowl | Mr. Hermann | |
| Science Olympiad | Wilbrandt/Spannagel | |
| Spanish Club | Mr. Huser | |
| Student Council | Mr. Greiner | |
| Student Newspaper | Mr. Legroetta | |
| Thespians/Stage Crew | Mr. Kingston | |
| Tiger Leaders | Gott/Jazwinski | |
| Varsity Club | Mr. Smalley | |
| Web Club | Mr. Szeslawski | |
| Yearbook "Tiger Tales" | Aug-Jun. | Nelson/Welder |
[edit] School Fight Song
(Set to the tune of "Minnesota Rouser")
CL Tigers, Hats off to you,
To your colors true we shall always be,
Firm and strong and loyal are we,
Ra Ra for ol' CL,
Ra Ra Ra Ra,
Ra for CLHS!
[edit] References
- ^ DOLPHINS NEWS October 17, 1996
- ^ Illinois well represented in national Top 100 by Jeff Bartl, ChicagoSports.com, November 29, 2007
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