Class A Winner

Year	Illinois State Tournament Champion	City	Tournament Champion	City	Place Held
1954	Milton Apel	Chicago			Peoria
1955	Robert Flood	Evanston			Peoria
1956	R L Fortman	Springfield			West Frankfort
1957	John Howe, Jr.	Chicago			Danville
1958	Clayton Beebe	Peoria			Peoria
1959	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Peoria
1960	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Bloomington
1961	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Bloomington
1962	John T Howe	Chicago			Peoria
1963	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Champaign
1964	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Champaign
1965	Clayton Beebe	Peoria			Peoria
1966	Clayton Beebe	Peoria			Champaign
1967	Bill Leatherwood	Chicago			Joliet
1968	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Peoria
1969	Andy Beno	Joliet	Kelly Donaho	Texico	Peoria
1970	Paul Tschappat	Mt. Vernon			Peoria
1971	Bobby Martin	Peoria			Decatur
1972	Bobby Martin	Peoria			Pekin
1973	Bobby Martin	Peoria			Pekin
1974	Bill Leatherwood	Chicago			Pekin
1975	Bill Leatherwood & Richard Fortman Tied	Chicago & Springfield			Decatur
1976	Bill Leatherwood	Chicago			Peoria
1977	Richard Fortman	Springfield			Mt. Vernon
1978	Richard Fortman	Springfield			Pekin
1979	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Decatur
1980	Richard Good	Decatur			Alton
1981	Clayton Beebe	Peoria			Pekin
1982	Kelly Donoho	Texico			Alton
1983	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Peoria
1984	Selwyn Funk	Danville			Alton
1985	Bobby Martin	Peoria			Alton
1986	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Alton
1987	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Alton
1988	Selwyn Funk & Richard Good Tie HP	Danville & Decatur			Alton
1989	Billy Marshall	Peoria			Alton
1990	Laverne Dibble	Rockford			Pekin
1991	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Alton
1992	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Alton
1993	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford			Alton

Some information is not available.  Louis Van Deven, Sec. & Treas from 1976 to 1993.
The IL State Tournament became an open tournament in 1985.  The IL State Winner is shown first with the Tournament Winner in the 4^th column.
Continue on page 2,  Illinois State Checker Tournament, Class A.  Gene Ellison, Sec and Treas (ISCA) from 1993 to 2011.
Illinois State Checker Association (ISCA) elected President, Ramon Dionisio, V-Pres, Howard Hoover, and Roger Doll as the Secretary / Treasurer in April 2012

Year	Illinois State Tournament Champion	City	Tournament Champion	City	Place Held
1994	Wayne Huber	East Peoria	Jerry Childers	Tuckerman, AR	Mt. Vernon
1995	Billy Marshall	Washington	Wm Stewart	Paragould, AR	Mt. Vernon
1996	Billy Marshall	Washington	Don West	Mayfield, KY	Mt. Vernon
1997	Dale Heath	Rockford	Alex Moiseyev	Cranberry Township, PA	Mt. Vernon
1998	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford	Wm C Stewart	Paragould, AR	Mt. Vernon
1999	LaVerne Dibble	Rockford	Laverne Dibble	Rockford, IL	Mt. Vernon
2000	John Grisley	Marion, IL	Gene Lindsay	Morristown, TN	Marion, IL
2001	John Grisley	Marion, IL	Michael Holmes	New Albany, IN	Marion, IL
2002	Don Verble	Jonesboro, IL	Larry Keen	Halls, TN	Marion, IL
2003	D. L. Fogle	Rock Island	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2004	Cody Short	Marion, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2005	Nathan Gogo	Oak Park, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2006	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2007	John Grisley	Marion, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2008	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Richard Beckwith	Willoughby, OH	Marion, IL
2009	Ramon Dionisio	Darien, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2010	Ramon Dionisio	Darien, IL	Larry Keen	Halls, TN	Marion, IL
2011	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2012	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Michael Holmes	Louisville, KY	Marion, IL
2013	Bryce Morville	Dalton City, IL	Richard Beckwith	Willoughby, OH	Marion, IL
2014	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2015	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Don West	Mayfield, KY	Marion, IL
2016	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Don West	Mayfield, KY	Marion, IL
2017	Ramon Dionisio	Darien, IL	Don West	Mayfield, KY	Marion, IL
2018	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Alex Moiseyev	Dublin, OH	Marion, IL
2019	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Alex Holmes	Clarksville, IN	Marion, IL
2020	Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Tournament	Cancelled
2021	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Vadym Lapin & Tetiana Zaitseva co-champions	Boynton, FL Boynton, FL	Marion, IL
2022	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Gene Ellison	Norris City, IL	Marion, IL
2023	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Marion, IL

Class B Winners

Year	Illinois State Champion	City	Tournament winner	City	Place Held
1954	Dale Brown				Peoria
1955	Lloyd Patterson				Peoria
1956	Irwin Mayer				West Frankfort
1957	R S Murdock				Danville
1958	Robert Huston				Peoria
1959	Ed Mullin				Peoria
1960	Dale Brown				Bloomington
1961	M E Dereus				Bloomington
1962	W L Marts				Peoria
1963	Earl Traver				Champaign
1964	Dale Brown				Champaign
1965	Wm White				Peoria
1966	Roy Moss	Benton			Champaign
1967	Dale Heath	Rockford			Joliet
1968	Wendell Savage				Peoria
1969	Kelly Donoho	Texico			Peoria
1970	Wayne Huber	Peoria			Peoria
1971	Billy Reed				Decatur
1972	Bill Leatherwood				Pekin
1973	Carl Lind				Pekin
1974	Deal Heath	Rockford			Pekin
1975	Wendell Savage				Decatur
1976	Bill Marshall	Washington			Peoria
1977	Leo Saunderson				Mt. Vernon
1978	Dale Brown				Pekin
1979	Wendell Savage				Decatur
1980	Wayne Huber	East Peoria			Alton
1981	Lee Boozer	Centralia			Pekin
1982	Leo Woodburn				Alton
1983	Claude Gould Tie HP over Lee Boozer	Pana			Peoria
1984	Willie Belts	Roxana	Willie Belt	Roxana, IL	Alton
1985	Ken Hendrickson	Decatur	Ken Hendrickson	Decatur	Alton
1986	Richard Beckwith	Decatur	Richard Beckwith	Decatur	Alton
1987	Lee Boozer	Centralia	Lee Boozer	Centralia, IL	Alton
1988	Dale Heath	Rockford	Dale Heath	Rockford, IL	Alton
1989	Louis Van Devon	Carrollton	Louis Van Devon	Carrollton, IL	Alton
1990	Willie Belts	Roxana	Willie Belts	Roxana, IL	Pekin
1991	Dale Heath	Rockford	Floyd Wilson	Washington, MO	Alton
1992	Lee Boozer	Centralia	Lee Boozer	Centralia, IL	Alton
1993	Kelly Donoho	Texico	Floyd Wilson	Washington, MO	Alton

Some information is not available. Louis Van Deven served as Sec. & Treas from 1976 to 1993.
The Illinois State Tournament became an open tournament in 1985. The IL State Winner is shown first with the Tournament Winner in the 4^th column.
Continue on page 2, Illinois State Checker Tournament, Class B. Gene Ellison, Sec and Treas (ISCA) from 1993 to 2011.
Illinois State Checker Association (ISCA) elected President, Ramon Dionisio, V-Pres, Howard Hoover, and Roger Doll as the Secretary / Treasurer in April 2012

Year	Illinois State Champion	City	Tournament winner	City	Place Held
1994	Gary Ellison	Eldorado	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Mt. Vernon
1995	Gary Ellis	Keenes	Gary Ellis	Keenes, IL	Mt. Vernon
1996	Ken Hendrickson	Decatur	LeRoy Wilder	St. Charles, MO	Mt. Vernon
1997	Gary Ellison	Eldorado	Gary Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Mt. Vernon
1998	Claude Gould	Pana	Claude Gould	Pana, IL	Mt. Vernon
1999	Kenneth Ellison	Eldorado	Kenneth Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Mt. Vernon
2000	Claude Gould	Pana	Ted Meriwether	LaCenter, KY	Marion, IL
2001	John Acker	Urbana	John Acker	Urbana, IL	Marion, IL
2002	Cody Short	Marion	Cody Short	Marion, IL	Marion, IL
2003	Kenneth Ellison	Eldorado	Alan Millhone	Belpre, OH	Marion, IL
2004	Morris Pettijohn	Lincoln	Morris Pettijohn	Lincoln, IL	Marion, IL
2005	Byron Polanco	West Chicago	Gayle Helterbrand	Cabool, MO	Marion, IL
2006	Earl Kennell	Roanoke,  IL	Ken Christian	Watertown, TN	Marion, IL
2007	Kenneth Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Kenneth Ellison	Eldorado, IL	Marion, IL
2008	Howard Hoover	Odin, IL	Jerry Askins	Monticello, KY	Marion, IL
2009	Howard Hoover	Odin, IL	Ken Christian	Watertown, TN	Marion, IL
2010	Earl Kennell	Roanoke, IL	Flavious Burgess	Fancy Farm, KY	Marion, IL
2011	Earl Kennell	Roanoke, IL	Alex Holmes	Sellersburg, IN	Marion, IL
2012	Bryce Morville	Dalton City, IL	Bryce Morville	Dalton City, IL	Marion, IL
2013	Earl Kennell	Roanoke, IL	Carson Gullet	Rush, KY	Marion, IL
2014	Earl Kennell	Roanoke, IL	Flavious Burgess	Fancy Farm, KY	Marion, IL
2015	Dex Frederick	Eldorado, IL	Ted Williamson & Harvey Powell Co-Champs	Kenova, WV Hendersonville, TN	Marion, IL
2016	Roger Doll	O'Fallon, IL	Ken Christian	Watertown, TN	Marion, IL
2017	Roger Doll	O'Fallon, IL	Bobby Rice	Columbia, KY	Marion, IL
2018	Sue DeVoy	Marion, IL	Sue DeVoy	Marion, IL	Marion, IL
2019	Earl Kennell	Roanoke, IL	Ken Christian	Watertown, TN	Marion, IL
2020	Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Tournament	Cancelled
2021	Roger Doll	O'Fallon, IL	George Stallsworth	Saint Joseph, MO	Marion, IL
2022	Boone Wooden	Shawneetown, IL	Boone Wooden	Shawneetown, IL	Marion, IL
2023	Kevin Garner	Hazel Dell, IL	Kevin Garner	Hazel Dell, IL	Marion, IL

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