September 4, 2002
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports will be held at the IHSA Office on Wednesday, September 4, starting at approximately 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.
Bryan Bloodworth, sports editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph, will make the drawings. 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 position on the quarterfinal bracket, and so on.
If you wish to follow the drawings as they are made, click your browser's Replot or Refresh button. The pairings listed below will be updated after the bracket for each tournament is drawn.
Boys Class A Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Arlington Heights (St. Viator)
Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Columbia Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Danville (Schlarman) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Hinckley (H.-Big Rock) Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Jacksonville (H.S.) Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Lemont (H.S.) Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Peoria (Notre Dame) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Woodstock (Marian) Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Danville (Schlarman)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Columbia
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #6, Lemont (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Hinckley (H.-Big Rock)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #7, Peoria (Notre Dame)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Arlington Hts. (St. Viator)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Jacksonville (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #8, Woodstock (Marian)
Boys Class AA Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Barrington Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Granite City Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of LaGrange (Lyons) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Naperville (North) Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)
Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Northbrook (Glenbrook North) Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Park Ridge (Maine East) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Rockford (Boylan) Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #8, Rockford (Boylan)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #5, New Lenox (Lincoln-Way
Central)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Granite City
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Barrington
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #4, Naperville (North)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #3, LaGrange (Lyons)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #6, Northbrook (Glenbrook
North)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #7, Park Ridge (Maine East)
Girls Class A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Breese (Central)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Byron Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Carlinville Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Lisle (Sr.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Marissa Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Peoria Heights Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Warrensburg (W.-Latham) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Watseka Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #2, Byron
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #3, Carlinville
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #6, Peoria Heights
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #7, Warrensburg (W.-Latham)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #5, Marissa
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Breese (Central)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #8, Watseka
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #4, Lisle (Sr.)
Girls Class AA Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bartonville (Limestone)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Mother McAuley) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Hoffman Estates (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Lemont (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Mundelein (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Quincy (Sr.) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Sterling (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Mundelein (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #3, Chicago (Mother McAuley)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Bartonville (Limestone)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #2, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #5, Lemont (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #8, Sterling (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #4, Hoffman Estates (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #7, Quincy (Sr.)
The IHSA thanks you for your interest in this season's bracket drawing.