 No Illinois high school basketball team had ever won four state championships.Decatur High teams had traditionally been called the "Reds", but after the 1945 championship, the team was nicknamed the "Running Reds"-- and the name stuck.On February 15, 1960, the last game of the regular season, Kintner had coached what many observers said was his best team since the 1945 state championship team to an 8-point lead over the crosstown rival MacArthur Generals at the Generals' home court.