September 3, 2002
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in
bracketed team sports will be held at the IHSA Office tomorrow
(Wednesday, September 4), at 8:30 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 26.
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.