September 25, 2003
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Thursday, September 25, starting at approximately 9:00 a.m. This drawing covered 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 25.
Bryan Bloodworth, sports editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph, made 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 Burlington (Central) Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Lemont (H.S.) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Mahomet (M.-Seymour) Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Morton Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Somonauk Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Waterloo (Gibault) Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #7, Springfield
(Sacred Heart-Griffin)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #6, Somonauk
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Waterloo (Gibault)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Lemont (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #2, Burlington (Central)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #5, Morton
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #4, Mahomet (M.-Seymour)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #1, Arlington Heights (St.
Viator)
Boys Class AA Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (St. Ignatius) Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Darien (Hinsdale South) Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Glenview (Glenbrook South) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Mundelein (H.S.) Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Orland Park (Sandburg)
Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Quincy (Sr.) Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Rockton (Honenegah) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of St. Charles (East) Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #4, Mundelein (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #7, Rockton (Hononegah)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, St. Charles (East)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, Quincy (Sr.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #2, Darien (Hinsdale South)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Orland Park (Sandburg)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #1, Chicago (St. Ignatius)
Girls Class A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Abingdon Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Breese (Central) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Campbell Hill (Trico) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Lisle (Sr.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Oregon Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Pana Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Seneca Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Tolono (Unity) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #5, Oregon
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #1, Abingdon
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Breese (Central)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Lisle (Sr.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #3, Campbell Hill (Trico)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #8, Tolono (Unity)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, Seneca
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #6, Pana
Girls Class AA Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Downers Grove (South)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Gurnee (Warren) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Hoffman Estates (Conant) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Jacksonville (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Normal (Community West) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Northbrook (Glenbrook North) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Orland Park (Sandburg) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Tinley Park (Andrew) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Northbrook (Glenbrook
North)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Gurnee (Warren)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Tinley Park (Andrew)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #7, Orland Park (Sandburg)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #5, Normal (Community West)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #4, Jacksonville (H.S.)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #1, Downers Grove (South)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #3, Hoffman Estates (Conant)