July 20, 2001
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports will be held at the IHSA Office on Friday, August 10, at 10 a.m. This drawing will cover the fall sports of boys soccer and girls volleyball. Boys football, which operates under a different system, will be paired on Football Pairings Night, October 20.
At least one member of the media will be on hand to make the drawings. All media personnel are invited to be present in the IHSA Office to witness the proceedings.
Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the 8 sites that feed into the quarterfinals in alphabetical order and numbering them from 1 to 8. Then 8 numbered peas are drawn from a bottle. The number on the first pea drawn represents the site whose winner will occupy the first quarterfinal position, and so on.
The pairings will be posted on the Internet as each pea is drawn.
The date and time of the drawings for the winter and spring sports will be posted as those seasons approach.