Belleville Black Knights Contest Scores & Recaps 1954 to 1989 (Click on link below for specific years) 1954 Scores 1972 Scores 1955 Scores 1973 Scores 1956 Scores 1974 Scores 1957 Scores 1975 Scores 1958 Scores 1976 Scores 1959 Scores 1977 Scores 1960 Scores 1978 Scores 1961 Scores 1979 Scores 1962 Scores 1980 Scores 1963 Scores 1981 Scores 1964 Scores 1982 Scores 1965 Scores 1983 Scores 1966 Scores 1984 Scores 1967 Scores 1985 Scores 1968 Scores 1986 Scores 1969 Scores 1987 Scores 1970 Scores 1988 Scores 1971 Scores 1989 Scores 1954 Scores June 5, 1954 – Wood River, IL 1. Red Bud Golden Hornets 91.01 2. Belleville Black Knights 89.25 3. American Woodmen Cadets 83.26 June 18, 1954 – AMVETS State Championships – Springfield, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights July 17, 1954 – Alton, IL 2. Belleville Black Knights 88.60 3. Bellettes 86.50 4. Red Bud Golden Hornets 83.80 5. St Louis All Girls 81.40 6. American Woodmen Cadets 81.10 7. St Louis Post Office Corps 67.50 August 15, 1954 - Illinois State Fair Finals – Springfield, IL 1. Chicago Cavaliers 89.80 2. Belmont Grenadiers 88.40 3. Red Bud Golden Hornets 82.90 4. Belleville Black Knights 82.10 5. Bellettes 81.70 1954 State Fair Recap Inspect M&M DRUMS BUGLES GE Cadence Penalty TOTAL Possible Score 10 30.0 20.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 100.00 CAVALIERS 9.60 28.30 17.50 17.60 16.80 10.00 0.00 89.80 4 1 1 1 1 GRENADIERS 9.40 28.30 16.80 17.50 16.40 10.00 0.00 88.40 4 2 2 2 2 RED BUD 9.10 29.00 14.30 14.90 7.20 8.40 0.00 82.90 GOLDEN HORNETS 1 4 5 4 3 BELLEVILLE 8.80 28.50 14.90 16.10 13.80 10.00 0.00 82.10 BLACK KNIGHTS 3 3 3 3 4 BELLETTES 9.30 28.70 13.20 15.20 7.00 8.30 0.00 81.70 2 5 4 5 5 August 21, 1954 – Shrine Contest – Belleville, IL 1. Bellettes 86.40 2. Belleville Black Knights 85.25 3. Red Bud Golden Hornets 84.05 4. American Woodmen Cadets 73.05 5. St Louis Post Office Corps 62.70 August 28, 1954 – AMVETS Nationals – Miami, FL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.30 September 11, 1954 – East St Louis, IL 2. Belleville Black Knights 90.25 3. Bellettes 86.20 4. Red Bud Golden Hornets 85.90 5. American Woodmen 78.80 6. St Louis Post Office Corps 73.90 1955 Scores June 17, 1955 – AMVETS State Championship - Kankakee, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.70 2. Cavaliers 88.90 3. Skokie Imperials 87.20 4. Evanston Lancers 77.00 5. Peoria Buccaneers 68.20 July 8, 1955 – Jerseyville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 91.10 2. Bellettes 85.60 3. American Woodmen Cadets 85.10 4. St Louis Rebels 78.00 5. Quincy Debutantes 73.90 July 9, 1955 – Belleville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 88.80 2. American Woodmen Cadets 84.50 3. Bellettes 80.90 4. Jerseyville Corvets 75.70 5. Quincy Debutantes 74.10 6. St Louis Rebels 72.50 July 17, 1955 – Missouri American Legion - St Louis, MO 1. Belleville Black Knights 85.30 2. Bellettes 82.20 3. American Woodmen Cadets 81.33 4. St Louis Colleens 78.90 5. St Louis Rebels 69.10 6. Quincy Debutantes 67.95 July, 1955 – City Championship – Belleville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 87.10 2. Bellettes 84.60 3. American Woodmen Cadets 81.50 4. St Louis Rebels 70.50 5. Jerseyville Corvets 69.80 6. Quincy Debutantes 68.40 August 6, 1955 – Belleville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 87.07 2. Bellettes 84.25 3. American Woodmen Cadets 81.50 4. St Louis Rebels 70.45 5. Jerseyville Corvets 69.80 6. Quincy Debutantes 68.40 August 14, 1955 - Illinois State Fair Prelims – Springfield, IL 1. Norwood Park Imperials 91.60 2. Belleville Black Knights 91.00 3. Belmont Grenadiers 89.60 4. Bellettes 89.00 5. Modernaires 86.00 6. Giles Yellow Jackets 85.10 7. Jerseyville Corvets 74.80 8. Crusaders 71.40 9. Quincy Debutantes 70.90 10. Quincy Boys 70.80 11. Logan Post Lincoln School 64.70 August 14, 1955 - Illinois State Fair Finals – Springfield, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights TIED 1. Chicago Cavaliers TIED 3. Norwood Park Imperials 89.40 4. Belmont Grenadiers 88.70 August 14, 1955 - Illinois State Fair Finals - “Play-Off” to Determine Winner 1. Chicago Cavaliers 91.50 2. Belleville Black Knights 91.20 August 21, 1955 – Quincy, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights ???? 2. American Woodmen Cadets 83.90 3. Bellettes 80.85 4. Quincy Debutantes 74.85 5. Jerseyville Corvets 72.50 August 27, 1955 – East St Louis, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 88.60 2. Modernaires 82.10 3. American Woodman Cadets 81.80 4. Bellettes 81.55 5. Quincy Debutantes 77.65 6. St Louis Colleens 77.20 7. Jerseyville Corvets 69.80 September 10, 1955 – AMVETS Nationals – Philadelphia, PA 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.70 1956 Scores June 2, 1956 – Wood River, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.03 2. American Woodmen Cadets 85.05 3. Quincy Debutantes 83.09 4. Jerseyville Corvets 76.09 June, 1956 - VFW State – Springfield, IL 1. Cavaliers 92.80 2. Norwood Park Imperials 91.40 3. Belleville Black Knights 90.80 4. Vaqueros 83.90 5. Quincy Debutantes 81.40 6. Bellettes 78.90 7. Windy City Cadets 72.40 8. Ottawa Crusaders 71.50 June 23, 1956 - Amvets State Invitational - Peoria, IL 1. Norwood Park Imperials 91.00 2. Cavaliers 90.50 3. Belleville Black Knights 90.20 4. American Woodmen Cadets 87.60 5. Vaqueros 83.60 6. Windy City Cadets 82.10 June 30, 1956 – Belleville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.80 2. American Woodmen Cadets 86.00 3. Quincy Debutantes 84.40 4. Bellettes 79.50 5. Jerseyville Corvets 72.00 July 13, 1956 – Jerseyville, IL 1. American Woodmen Cadets 91.40 2. Belleville Black Knights 91.00 3. Jerseyville Corvets 84.90 4. St Louis Colleens 82.50 July, 1956 – Quincy, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.00 2. American Woodmen Cadets 88.80 3. Quincy Debutantes 86.20 4. Cedar Rapids Cadets 84.00 5. Jerseyville Corvets 78.40 August 12, 1956 – Illinois State Fair Finals – Springfield, IL 1. Cavaliers 93.50 2. Belleville Black Knights 92.00 3. Norwood Park Imperials 4. Quincy Trojans 5. Quincy Debutantes 6. Bellettes 1956 VFW Nationals - Prelims Dallas, TX August, 1956 - 49th State Championships 1. Belleville Black Knights 90.00 2. American Woodmen Cadets 89.15 3. Quincy Debutantes 84.10 4. Bellettes 79.30 5. Jerseyville Corvets 73.00 AMVETS Nationals – Milwaukee, WI 1. Belleville Black Knights 96.80 1957 Scores June 8, 1957 - Unknown, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 86.74 2. Quincy Debutantes 81.90 3. American Woodmen Cadets 83.24 June 15, 1957 - Illinois VFW State – Chicago, IL 1. Cavaliers 74.25 2. Norwood Park Imperials 71.65 3. Belleville Black Knights 71.15 4. Quincy Debutantes 68.90 5. Vaqueros 62.00 6. Windy City Cadets 49.00 June 22, 1957 – Shrine Contest – Belleville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 89.00 2. Quincy Debutantes 85.60 3. American Woodmen Cadets 84.40 4. Quincy Trojans 84.20 5. Bellettes 81.40 6. Millstadt Crusaders 75.60 June 30, 1957 – AMVETS State Championships - Champaign, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 2. Kankakee Lancers 3. Peoria AMVETS 4. Taylorville AMVETS July 14, 1957 – American Legion State – Decatur, IL 1. Cavaliers 82.22 2. Belleville Black Knights 78.91 3. Norwood Park Imperials 77.78 4. Quincy Debutantes 70.37 5. Quincy Trojans 69.08 6. Ottawa Crusaders 58.10 July ??, 1957 – Jerseyville, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 90.50 2. Quincy Trojans 87.30 3. Bellettes 83.00 4. Millstadt Crusaders 81.00 July 28, 1957 – Woodstock, IL 5. Belleville Black Knights 86.00 6. Cavaliers 85.40 7. Norwood Park Imperials 83.90 8. Madison Scouts 81.00 August 11, 1957 – Illinois State Fair – Springfield, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 92.950 2. Chicago Cavaliers 92.925 3. Skokie Imperials 90.100 4. Quincy Trojans 87.950 1957 AMVETS National Championship – Boston, MA 1. Belleville Black Knights 92.62 1957 VFW Nationals - Prelims Miami, FL 1. Chicago Cavaliers 92.70 2. Belleville Black Knights 92.50 3. St Vincent’s Cadets 92.30 4. Skokie Imperials 91.85 5. Madison Scouts 91.45 6. Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights 91.40 7. Audubon Bon Bons 90.50 8. Andrew Johnson Presidents 85.20 9. Invaders 81.00 10. New Orleans Cadets 79.00 11. Windy City Cadets 75.65 1957 VFW Nationals - Finals Miami, FL 1. Chicago Cavaliers 93.20 2. St Vincent’s Cadets 92.50 3. Belleville Black Knights 92.00 4. Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights 91.80 5. Madison Scouts 90.45 6. Skokie Imperials 90.40 7. Audubon Bon Bons 90.15 September 14, 1957 – Murphysboro, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 91.70 2. American Woodmen 90.20 3. Millstadt Crusaders 81.30 4. Bellettes 80.00 5. Alton Golden Angels 74.50 1958 Scores May 31, 1958 – Wood River, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 87.55 2. Millstadt Crusaders 83.10 3. American Woodmen Cadets 82.70 4. Bellettes 79.40 5. Alton Golden Angels 70.15 June 7, 1958 – AMVETS State Invitational – Rockford, IL 1. Belleville Black Knights 83.30 2. Cavaliers 83.20 3. Norwood Park Imperials 82.50 4.