Announcements

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors announced the results of a special legislative session vote by the IHSA membership on a by-law modifying allowable summer football activities at their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The revised version of By-l... Read more

On June 17, 2014, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will host its 20th Annual golf outing to benefit the Illinois High School Activities Foundation (IHSAF). The IHSAF is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization established to provide scholarships as well as to support leadership, sportsm... Read more

The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Monday, April 14. This drawing covered the spring sports of boys water polo, girls water polo, boys volleyball, girls soccer, girls softball, and boys baseball. Randy Sharer, sportswr... Read more

On April 7, the Illinois General Assembly voted to pass House Resolution 895 by a 55-51 vote, which calls for the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) to meet with the Education Committee for hearings. “We felt unfairly targeted with the way this all came about,” said IHSA Executiv... Read more

IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman: We believe that the Illinois High School Association has been a model of transparency in the great state of Illinois for over 100 years. The Association has nothing to hide and will be fully cooperative with the General Assembly, as we have done on so many o... Read more

Below are interviews with IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman on House Resolution 895, as well as newspaper editorials and stories on the Resolution. VIDEO Interview with Fred Kroner from Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (4-4-14) RADIO Interview with Ben Yount on Cities 92.9 FM in Bloomingt... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce its 2013-14 Officials of the Year in 20 IHSA sports. To be considered for this honor, an official must first be nominated by an Officials Association recognized by the IHSA. IHSA staff members then vote on the winners based on factors ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association's Legislative Commission voted Tuesday (Mar. 18) in a special session to refer a proposal that would amend the IHSA Constitution and By-laws to a vote of the general membership. The proposal is a modification of Proposal 9, which was presented to member school pe... Read more

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced one National winner and eight Section winners for the 2014 NFHS Spirit of Sport Award on March 11, 2014. The Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) nominee, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield, was nam... Read more

Following is the IHSA response to House Resolution 895, introduced last week. We have no idea what concerns the Representative might have, because she has not contacted the Association regarding this resolution.  However, we do know that over the course of the last decade the Association has e... Read more

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