The Rolling of the Peas presented by COUNTRY Financial is a tri-annual (fall, winter, spring) blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in IHSA bracketed team sports. The 2023-24 winter drawing was held at the IHSA Office on Wednesday, December 12. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball, boys basketball, and dual team wrestling, as well as Scholastic Bowl. The IHSA staff members made the drawings. Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the sites that feed into the state finals in alphabetical order and numbering them. Then numbered peas are drawn from a bottle. The number on the first pea drawn represents the site whose winner will occupy the first position on the bracket, and so on. "The rolling of the peas" dates back to at least 1940. For more information on the history of the Rolling of the Peas, click here.
Class 1A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: TBA Sectional (Western & West Central IL area)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Jacksonville (Routt) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Warren Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Peoria Heights Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Farmer City (Blue Ridge) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Fairfield Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Raymond (Lincolnwood) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Elgin (E. Academy) Sectional
Class 2A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Macomb Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Rockford (Auburn) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Oswego (East) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Mt. Vernon (H.S.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Champaign (Centennial) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Hinsdale (Central) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Palatine (Fremd) Sectional
Class 1A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of Coal City Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of Coal City Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of Benton Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of LeRoy Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of Benton Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 1 of LeRoy Sectional
Class 2A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 2 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 1 of Chicago (Brother Rice) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 2 of Rochelle Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of Wauconda Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of Chicago (Brother Rice) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 1 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of Wauconda Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 1 of Rochelle Sectional
Class 3A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of Addison (A. Trail) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of Rockton (Hononegah) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [South Suburbs/Central & Southern IL]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 2 of Downers Grove (South) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 1 of Rockton (Hononegah) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of Addison (A. Trail) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 1 of Downers Grove (South) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [South Suburbs/Central & Southern IL]
Boys Individual Wrestling
Starting weight of the championship bouts at state final: 132 lbs.
Girls Individual Wrestling
Starting weight of the championship bouts at state final: 120 lbs.
Boys Dual Team Wrestling Sectional Pairings
In boys dual team wrestling, the regional winners will be paired at the sectional level as follows:
The names of the four regional sites will be alphabetized according to standard IHSA naming protocol and labeled A through D.
The first sectional match (Match 1) will pair the winner of Regional A and the winner of Regional C.
The second sectional match (Match 2) will pair the winner of Regional B and the winner of Regional D.
The winners of Match 1 and Match 2 will both advance to the state final tournament. The pairings for the state final tournament are outlined above.
Class 1A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Brimfield Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Farmer City (Blue Ridge) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Okawville Supersectional
Class 2A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: TBA Supersectional [Julian Sectional vs. Christ the King Sectional]
Semifinal bracket position #2: Manlius (Bureau Valley) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Vandalia Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Tolono (Unity) Supersectional
Class 3A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Highland Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Darien (Hinsdale South) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: River Forest (Concordia University) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: LaSalle (L.-Peru) Supersectional
Class 4A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Hinsdale (Central) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Supersectional [McHenry Sectional vs. Maine South Sectional]
Semifinal bracket position #4: Bartlett Supersectional
Class 1A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Normal (ISU) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Charleston (Eastern Illinois U.) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: DeKalb (NIU) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Jacksonville (Jacksonville Bowl) Supersectional
Class 2A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Springfield (Bank of Springfield Center) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Joliet (Central) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Sterling (H.S.) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carbondale (SIU) Supersectional
Class 3A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Chicago (UIC) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Springfield (Bank of Springfield Center) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Ottawa (Twp.) Supersectional
Class 4A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: DeKalb (NIU) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Normal (ISU) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Chicago (UIC) Supersectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Supersectional
Sectional Pairings
In boys and girls basketball, some sectionals are seeded in their entirety ("sectional complexes") and some are seeded in two separate groups ("subsectionals"). The seeds are then distributed among four regionals for the first level of competition. In the sectional semifinals, the regional champions are paired as follows:
Sectional complex: The regional containing the #1 seed is paired with the regional containing the #4 seed, while the regional containing the #2 seed is paired with the regional containing the #3 seed.
Two subsectionals: The regional containing the #1 seed of subsectional A is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of subsectional B, while the regional containing the #1 seed of subsectional B is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of subsectional A. An exception to these pairings is made for the southernmost sectional in Class 4A. In these sectionals, the regional winners from the Metro-East area will play at a local site. The regional winners from central Illinois will play their semifinal at another site. The sectional championship game will be played at the sectional site.