Announcements

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Individual Wrestling State Finals make its triumphant return to television, as Comcast SportsNet Chicago will re-air every state championship match from 2014 in primetime on March 9, 10 and 11. The finals were contested on Saturday, February 22 at the Stat... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce the 26 students who have been selected to the 2013-14 All-State Academic Team sponsored by Caterpillar. The 13 male and 13 female honorees of the IHSA’s top academic honor were chosen from a group that included over 450 students ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced today that the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Girls’ Basketball team and head coach Anthony Smith are suspended from participating in the IHSA State Series over a series of IHSA by-law violations. The girls’ basketball postseason pair... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met at its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, where the Board approved a recommendation to amend Board Policy 17, specifically related to the non-boundaried school multiplier wa... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has nominated Jordan Brewer from Meridian High School in Macon for the NFHS Heart of the Arts Award. Click here to read more on what made Jordan the IHSA’s inaugural nominee for this award. Read more

For nearly five years, the IHSA has been proud to present unprecedented coverage of its state final events on the internet via www.IHSA.tv. Coverage of postseason IHSA State Series soccer, cheerleading, speech and wrestling (just to name a few) have been made possible through the IHSA’s par... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has nominated Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield for the NFHS Spirit of Sport Award. Click here to read more on what SHG did for Washington High School following the devastating tornado that hit the community in November. Read more

Wilson returns as The Official Ball of the IHSA in the 2014-15 school year in the sports listed below. The list displays the model ball that will be used in the postseason for each sport: SPORT                 &nbs... Read more

All-State Academic Team Application Due Date Notice to schools: All State Academic Team applications are due in the IHSA office on or before February 14, 2014.  Each IHSA member school is invited to recommend 1 boy and 1 girl for the All State Academic Team.  To be eligible students ... Read more

Click here for State Final information for qualifying teams. Read more

The Competitive Dance Performance order is posted. Read more

IHSA Announcements January 17, 2014 Winter Bracket Drawing The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Friday, January 17, starting at approximately 11:00 am. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball, boys ba... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met at its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, January 13, 2014, where the Board approved a recommendation for a new ball contract. Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods Co. will return as The Offici... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN) have announced additional IHSA State Championship rebroadcasts that will air on CSN in February and March. The final rounds of the IHSA Competitive Dance, Competitive Cheer and Individual Wrestling State Finals will ... Read more

Coaches, the deadline to enter your List of Participants is Monday, January 13. Click here for detailed instructions on how to enter your List of Participants and upload your team picture. Read more

All 11 proposals on the ballot in the annual Illinois High School Association (IHSA) member school referendum were approved in voting by the membership last month. The online ballots were tabulated and certified in the IHSA Office Wednesday (Jan. 8).  All the by-law changes take effect on J... Read more

A diagram of the State Final floor is posted. Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, December 16, 2013, where the Board heard an update on entries into the Boys and Girls Lacrosse State Series. The IHSA will not proceed with a Boys ... Read more

Competitive Dance Sectional assignments are posted. The top six qualifying teams in each division from each Sectional will advance to the State Competition. Each team entered into the IHSA State Series has been assigned by the IHSA to one of the five (5) proportional divisions for Sectionals. Assignments are made according to the IHSA Grouping Policy # 19. The number of competing schools, travel distance, geographical location and the number of entries are primary factors in the determination of number and boundary lines for the Sectionals. The Sectional competition order will be randomly determined at the IHSA office and be posted online and provided to the Sectional Managers. Read more

Coaches remember to update your top 15 Officials list throughout the season. You do not have to list 15 Officials. However, in order to have a voice in who is selected to judge post-season make sure to list those that you think should be assigned for Sectionals and State. Read more