September 23, 2004
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Thursday, September 23, 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 23.
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 Danville (Schlarman) Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Morton Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Peotone Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Somonauk Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Waterloo (Gibault) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Wauconda Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Morton Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #7, Waterloo (Gibault)
Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Arlington Heights (St.
Viator) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #6, Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #4, Peotone Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #2, Danville (Schlarman)
Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Somonauk Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #8, Wauconda Sectional
Boys Class AA Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bartlett Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (Brother Rice) Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Downers Grove (South) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Glenview (Glenbrook South) Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Libertyville Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Quincy (Sr.) Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Rockford (Boylan) Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Tinley Park (Andrew) Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Quincy (Sr.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #7, Rockford (Boylan) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Tinley Park (Andrew) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Downers Grove (South) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #1, Bartlett Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #4, Glenview (Glenbrook South) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Libertyville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #2, Chicago (Brother Rice) Sectional
Girls Class A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Braidwood (Reed-Custer)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Bridgeport (Red Hill) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Carlinville Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Hampshire Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Hoopeston (H. Area) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of McLeansboro (Hamilton County)
Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Minonk (Fieldcrest) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, McLeansboro (Hamilton County)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Bridgeport (Red Hill) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Braidwood (Reed-Custer)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Carlinville Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #8, Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #5, Hoopeston (H. Area) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, Minonk (Fieldcrest) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #4, Hampshire Super-Sectional
Girls Class AA Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Barrington Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Midlothian (Bremen) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of O'Fallon Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Pekin Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #8, Pekin Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #5, Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #6, Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #1, Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #2, Barrington Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, O'Fallon Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #4, Midlothian (Bremen) Super-Sectional