Film scans from the 1999 Illinois high school football season seen publicly for the first time ever!
In 1999 I was a recent college graduate, with my degree in photojournalism and I was looking to build my portfolio and create a business around high school football in Illinois. I ran a website called Illinois High School Football Weekly. While some of these images made the site, most sat in a file cabinet with the rest of the film negatives I had from games.
Now, for the first time ever, I’ve scanned in all the games I covered in the 1999 season and put them in galleries for players who most likely have kids playing in high school or college.
Below is a list of all the games I photographed that year, with links directly to the galleries.
- St. Rita vs Mount Carmel, Oct. 9, 1999
- Providence Catholic vs Loyola Academy, Oct. 9, 1999
- Mount Carmel vs Providence Catholic , Oct. 15, 1999
- Geneseo vs Rochelle, Oct. 22, 1999
- Taylorville vs Joliet Catholic, 4A 1st round, Oct. 29, 1999
- Glenbard East vs New Trier, 6A 1st round, Oct. 29, 1999
- Joliet Catholic vs Grant, 4A 2nd round, Nov. 6, 1999
- Morris vs Joliet Catholic, 4A Quarterfinals, Nov. 13, 1999
- Geneseo vs Joliet Catholic, 4A Semi-Final, Nov. 20, 1999
- 4A State Final, Joliet Catholic vs Metamora, Nov. 27, 1999
- 5A State Final, Marian Catholic vs Mount Carmel, Nov. 27, 1999
- 6A State Final, Schaumburg vs Naperville Central, Nov. 27, 1999
Interested in getting digital copies of a whole gallery, reach out to me.
Want to have a little fun?
Check out my Uni-Watch page. It’s full of different high school team jerseys. Some dating back as far as 1995. See if someone from this game represents the team this year.
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