From the December 1899 edition of the Bloomington High School AEgis:
Bloomington Wins The State Championship
Thanksgiving Day - Rockford 6 - Bloomington 6
On Thanksgiving Day, 1899, Bloomington High School's football team travelled to Rockford, Illinois to decide the State Championship. It was quite unusual for a high school team to go more than sixty miles for a game, but Rockford felt so certain that the Purple and Gold would be vanquished by the Maroon and Black, that they guaranteed the expenses of our team to meet them on the Rockford grounds on Thanksgiving Day. Bloomington accepted.
After Bloomington tied the score at 6, an ensuing punt was fumbled by Rockford deep in Bloomington territory. It is unclear who recovered the fumble as "the players were crowed upon by outsiders who wanted Rockford to have the ball."
The crowd seemed determined to settle their way or to continue the wrangle. The police tried in vain to clear the field and thus permit the officials to make a decision and the time-keeper was compelled to close the game. The score stood 6-6 with less than twelve minutes remaining.
Since our team has not been beaten and since Rockford did lose one game, the Bloomington High School believes that it is fairly entitled to the state championship."
Rop, rop, rop. Rip, rip, rip.
We have got the championship.
Was it easy? Well I guess.
We are the boys from B.H.S.