Buzz Haeger Illinois District High School Quartet Championship

Buzz was a lifetime member of the Barbershop Harmony Society and an International Quartet Champion with The Four Renegades. His dedication to the perpetuation of quartetting was unending. He wanted to encourage young men to try quartetting as early as possible. The High School Quartet display trophy was also donated by Buzz.

When is it awarded?

It will be presented after the Saturday night quartet finals.

(In the event that there are no high school quartets competing, the award will not be presented.)

Who presents it?

The Youth In Harmony Chairman makes the presentation.

What criteria are used?

The Illinois District High School Quartet Champion is the High School Quartet which, through its competition, receives the highest total score of competing high school quartets.

How is the information obtained?

The Contest Administrator(CA) receives the scores for each competitor from the judging panel. The CA enters the scores into the Society Scoring Program. When all scores have been entered, the program sorts the scores and determines placement for each eligible competitor. The OSS (Official Scoring Summary) is then printed.

What is the physical award?

Typically, one plaque awarded for the school and each member of the quartet receives a medal. There is also a large trophy, used for display purposes only, that will have the quartet’s name and date of championship engraved on it.

Year	Convention	Quartet Type	Award Winner	School	Members
2025	Fall	Mixed	Unaccompanied Minors	Mt. Zion High School	Alaina Becker (T), Grace Gherardini (L), Colton Petrick (Br), Rene Reatherford (Bs)
2023	Fall	Mixed	Senioritis	Mt. Zion High School	Kolbi Allen, Ellie Fritzsche, Alex Current, Daniel Soares
2022	Fall	Mixed	Premium Blend	Mt. Zion High School	Kolbi Allen, Allison Bradford, Isaiah Johnson, Daniel Soares
2022	Fall	Boys	Class Act	Mt. Zion High School	Alex Current, Gabe Johnson, Mason Jones, Aidan Seitz
2021	Fall	Mixed	Order in the Chord	Mt. Zion High School	Tatum Stein, Anna Schmidt, Alex Current, Brandon Kondritz
2021	Fall	Boys	Class Act	Mt. Zion High School	Alex Current, Tryston Larson, Mason Jones, Aidan Seitz
2019	Fall	Girls	Treble Tones	Mt. Zion High School	Cambell Lanier, Sydni Mulligan, Mikkenzi Edwards, Tessa Perry
2019	Fall	Boys	Chord-On-Blues	Mt. Zion High School	Bennett Hailstone, Austin Kitchens, Nathan Matthews, Brandon Kondritz
2018	Fall	Boys	Two Point Tag	Morton High School	Caleb Sauder, Keaton Weber, Dylan Rusnak, Kalawan Aberle
2017	Spring	Girls	Stirrin Up Treble	Mt. Zion High School	Margo Lanier, Zoe Mendenall, Abby Bowrey, Ally Hotwick
2017	Spring	Boys	4 Cylinder	Mt. Zion High School	Gage Poulos, Tanner Keller, Matt Wrigley, Brandon Schmidt
2016	Spring	Boys	Mixed Nuts	Mt. Zion High School	Gage Poulos, Sam Mulligan, Matt Wrigley, Brandon Schmidt
2015	Spring	Boys	Four Men, One Voice	Barrington High School	M. Lenz, A. Velleuer, J. Velleuer, S. Jonske
2014	Spring	Boys	T.B.A.	Dunlap High School	Nathanael Anderson, Zach Moser, Vince Florendo, Alex Scranton
2013	Spring	Boys	Dew and the Crew	Huntley High School	Dylan Ladd, Andrew Rewerts, Tyler Darnell, Austin Wise
2012	Spring	Boys	The Sharp Set	Huntley High School	Christian Aldridge, Brody Burkart, Zach Polentini, Chris O'Meara
2011	Spring	Boys	After Shave	Barrington High School	Connor Keich, Roby Kipferi, Ryan Fish, Austin Gerali
2010	Spring	Boys	Four of a Kind	Barrington High School	Hunter Thompson, Roby Kipferi, Alex Behrens, John Theirer
2009	Spring	Boys	Measure 87	Mt. Zion High School	Landon Getz, Seth Durbin, Luke Jackson, Zach Yarborough
2008	Spring	Boys	Measure 87	Mt. Zion High School	Landon Getz, Seth Durbin, Luke Jackson, Zach Yarborough
2007	Spring	Boys	Interchangeable Parts	Mt. Zion High School	Ben Dombroski, Seth Durbin, Luke Jackson, Laife Fulk
2006	Spring	Boys	Young Guns	Glenbard West High School	Eric Swanson, Jeff Minkus, Josh Adams, Lee Nickelson
2005	Spring	Boys	Treble Makers	Barrington High School	Mike Jorgensen, Josh Council, Adam Sauer, David Wendler
2004	Spring	Boys	Euphoria	Decatur Eisenhower/Central A&M High Schools	Skylar Adamson, Jonathan Speagle, Cory Hosler, Elliot Robinson
2003	Spring	Boys	Twisted Mississippi	Barrington High School	Jamie Akerstrom, Dan Halberg, Jon Sestak, Steven Smith
2002	Spring	Boys	NaCl	Elk Grove High School	Mike Krzankowski, Dan Cook, Brad Thorstenson, Paul Corona
2001	Spring	Boys	M.A.S.S. Confusion	Chatham-Glenwood High School	Zac Forbes, Nic Forbes, Randy Ely, Brian Rickerd
2000	Spring	Boys	3 Pips & a Squeak	Chatham-Glenwood Jr./Sr. High School	Keith Hembrough, Randy Ely, Kellen Fant, Jesse Crouch
1999	Spring	Boys	Bored Of Education	Mt. Zion High School	Brandon Durbin, Pat Horath, Andy Nunn, Ryan Wuellner
1998	Spring	Boys	Missing 55	Chatham-Glenwood High School	David Niesler, Justin Morgan, Aaron Silcock, Matt Wade
1997	Spring	Boys	Senator Sound	Springfield High School	Kelly Trier, Leonard Stillwell, Kenneth Raqua, Luke Taylor