January 12, 2009
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors announced on Monday, January 12, 2009, that the IHSA will sign a new ball contract with Baden Sports, Inc. making Baden the “official ball of the IHSA” in several sports starting with the 2009-10 school year.
Every IHSA school will receive one free ball from Baden in each respective sport. The official ball models for each sport are listed below:
Sport Baden Ball Model
Boys Basketball Perfection Elite™ BX7E
Girls Basketball Perfection Elite™ BX6E
Football Perfection D1 F7000L
Soccer Perfection Elite™ SX751-CPL
Volleyball Perfection Elite™ VX5E
Baseball Perfection 3B-PPRO
Softball LEXUM 2BSFPCY (Cork core)
Boys Water Polo LEXUM WPX500
Girls Water Polo LEXUM WPX400
Baden balls are required in State Series contests only for the sports above. The IHSA will release information for balls in all other sports in the near future.