Announcements

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Football Playoff Pairing Show returns to NBC Sports Chicago for its eighth season in 2018. NBC Sports Chicago – THE Home of the #AuthenticFan – will air the show live on NBC Sports Chicago+ on Saturday, October 20 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. V... 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, October 10, 2018, where the Board announced new state final venues for IHSA Debate and Journalism. The IHSA Debate State Finals return will return ... Read more

Voting for seats on the Illinois High School Association Board of Directors and Legislative Commission closed at midnight on Monday, October 1, and the results were tallied and certified Tuesday morning, October 2. Dr. Joyce Kenner, Principal at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, who served two ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce its sixth class of recipients of the IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award. The 2018-19 honorees include a pair of veteran TV sports directors on the preps scene in Chris Duerr of Quincy’s KHQA-TV and Kurt Pegler of Peoria&rsquo... 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, September 10, 2018, where the Board approved three action items. ACTION ITEMS 1. The Board approved an annual waiver of IHSA By-laws 3.021 and 3.0... Read more

Sadly, incidents of violence marred a few high school sporting events around the country over the weekend. Illinois was not immune, as two IHSA football games were interrupted by criminal events that transpired in nearby neighborhoods. The IHSA would like to take a moment to thank all of the in... Read more

Today marks the start of the 2018 football season. As the new school year begins, the IHSA hopes everyone involved in high school sports takes the necessary precautions to ensure the safest playing environment for all participants. Participating in high school athletics offers many tremendous be... Read more

There's a new app in town. The previous IHSA App for mobile devices has been replaced by a new "web app" — a webpage specifically designed to run on a mobile device. The following options are available in the new IHSA App: Calendar of events — standard IHSA calendar ScoreZo... Read more

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, August 20, 2018, where the Board approved the appointment of Dunlap High School Principal Scott Adreon (right) as the Board Treasurer. Adreon previously served on the IHSA Board fro... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to once again support the “Team Up Speak Up To Fight Concussions” initiative developed by the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The IHSA encourages all of its schools and programs to embrace the program, which will take place on September ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will hold its 19th annual Officials Conference on Friday and Saturday, July 20-21 in East Peoria. The event will unfold at the East Peoria Embassy Suites and East Peoria Community High School. The theme of this year’s conference is “Choose Grea... Read more

On Monday, July 2, 2018, legendary Marshall High School girls’ basketball coach Dorothy Gaters was inducted into the NFHS National High School Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the NFHS Summer Meeting in Chicago. Gaters is the winningest high school basketball coach in state history (boys or g... Read more

Matt Troha, Assistant Executive Director of the Illinois High School Association, was recently honored by Coach and Athletic Director magazine in its inaugural "40 Under 40," a group of exemplary sports professionals nominated by their peers for accomplishments during their young careers. The select... Read more

Here are the classification ranges approved by the IHSA Board of Directors for the 2018-19 school term: Sport or Activity Classes Classification Ranges ... Read more

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, June 11, 2018, where the Board approved new Weekly Player Limitations in the sport of Football for the 2019 season. The Weekly Player Limitations, which were recommended by the IHSA ... Read more

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, where the Board acted on two action items: ACTION ITEMS 1. The Board approved a recommendation to reemploy the Associate Executive Director, Assistant Executive Directors, Coordinator of Special ... Read more

The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Tuesday, April 10. This drawing covered the spring sports of boys water polo, girls water polo, boys volleyball, girls lacrosse, boys lacrosse, girls soccer, girls softball, and boys ba... Read more

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) annually bestows an honor, regarded as the highest achievable accolade in high school sports and activities, upon 12 individuals with their respective enshrinement into the NFHS National High School Hall of Fame. The Illinois High... Read more

Mother McAuley High School was named the winner of the fourth annual IHSA Class 3A/4A Student Section Showdown on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Representatives from each of the Class 3A/4A finalists: Buffalo Grove, Mother McAuley, Ottawa Township and Sandburg – were on hand at the IHSA Cla... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for their March meeting on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Pere Marquette in Peoria. The Board acted on two action items during the regularly scheduled meeting. ACTION ITEMS 1. The Board approved a recommendation to approve th... Read more