September 20, 2007
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Thursday, September 20, starting at approximately 10:00 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 20.
Members of the IHSA Media Advisory Committee made the drawings. Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the sites that feed into the state finals in alphabetical order and numbering them from 1 to 4 (or 8). Then the 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 bracket, and so on.
Boys Class A Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (F. W. Parker) Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Columbia Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Hampshire Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Hinckley (H.-Big Rock) Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Monticello Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Peotone Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Rochester Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #1, Chicago (F. W. Parker) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #5, Hinckley (H.-Big Rock) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Hampshire Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, Monticello Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #8, Rochester Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, Peotone Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #3, Columbia Sectional
Boys Class AA Soccer
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bridgeview (Toyota Park) 1 Super-Sectional (near southwest)
Pea #2 represents winner of Bridgeview (Toyota Park) 2 Super-Sectional (far south & southwest)
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of DeKalb (Northern Illinois U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Granite City Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Lisle (Benedictine Univ.) 1 Super-Sectional (west suburbs)
Pea #7 represents winner of Lisle (Benedictine Univ.) 2 Super-Sectional (northwest suburbs)
Pea #8 represents winner of Peoria (Notre Dame)
Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #2, Bridgeview (Toyota Park) 2 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #4, DeKalb (Northern Illinois U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Peoria (Notre Dame)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #6, Lisle (Benedictine Univ.) 1 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #7, Lisle (Benedictine Univ.) 2 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #5, Granite City Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #1, Bridgeview (Toyota Park) 1 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #3, Chicago (Loyola U.) Sectional
Girls Class 1A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Marissa Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Mt. Pulaski Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Peoria Heights Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of South Beloit Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Peoria Heights Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Mt. Pulaski Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #4, South Beloit Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Marissa Super-Sectional
Girls Class 2A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Hampshire
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Maroa (M.-Forsyth) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of McLeansboro (Hamilton County) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Spring Valley (Hall) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #4, Spring Valley (Hall) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #1, Hampshire
Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #3, McLeansboro (Hamilton County) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #2, Maroa (M.-Forsyth) Super-Sectional
Girls Class 3A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Breese (Mater Dei) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Galesburg (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Vernon Hills Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Wheaton (St. Francis) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #2, Galesburg (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #4, Wheaton (St. Francis) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Vernon Hills Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Breese (Mater Dei) Super-Sectional
Girls Class 4A Volleyball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of DeKalb Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Pekin Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Tinley Park (Andrew) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #2, DeKalb Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #4, Tinley Park (Andrew) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Arlington Heights (Hersey)
Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Pekin Super-Sectional