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IHSA - Illinois High School Association
01/08/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/09/2026 00:04
Winter Rolling of the Peas
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was conducted by the IHSA on Sunday, January 4. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball, boys basketball, and dual team wrestling, as well as Scholastic Bowl.
Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the sites that feed into the state finals in alphabetical order and numbering them. Then 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. "The rolling of the peas" dates back to at least 1940. For more information on the history of this process, click here.
Class 1A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Athens Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Fairfield Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Elmwood Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Sparta]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Farmer City (Blue Ridge) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Milford]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Raymond (Lincolnwood) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Galena (H.S.) Sectional
Class 2A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Macomb]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Naperville (North)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Alton (Sr.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Hinsdale (Central) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Normal (Community)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Rockford (Auburn)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Evanston (Twp.)]
Class 1A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Coal City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Tolono (Unity)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Oregon]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Coal City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Tolono (Unity)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Oregon]
Class 2A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Geneseo]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (Brother Rice)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Granite City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Wheeling]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Granite City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (Brother Rice)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Geneseo]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Wheeling]
Class 3A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Fox Lake (Grant)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 1 of Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Fox Lake (Grant)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Boys Individual Wrestling
Starting weight of the championship bouts at state final: [STARTING WEIGHT CLASS] lbs.
Boys Dual Team Wrestling Sectional Pairings
In boys dual team wrestling, the regional winners will be paired at the sectional level as follows:
The names of the four regional sites will be alphabetized according to standard IHSA naming protocol and labeled A through D.
The first sectional match (Match 1) will pair the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D] and the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D].
The second sectional match (Match 2) will pair the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D] and the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D].
The winners of Match 1 and Match 2 will both advance to the state final tournament. The pairings for the state final tournament are outlined above.
Class 1A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Arcola Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Pleasant Plains Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Manlius (Bureau Valley) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) Super-Sectional
Class 2A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Pleasant Plains Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Benton Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: River Forest (Dominican University) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Wilmington Super-Sectional
Class 3A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: River Forest (Concordia University) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Chatham (Glenwood) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Woodstock (North) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Kankakee (Sr.) Super-Sectional
Class 4A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: LaGrange (Lyons)]
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: Addison (A. Trail)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) Super-Sectional
Class 1A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Jacksonville (Jacksonville Bowl) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Charleston (Eastern Illinois U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: Macomb (WIU)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: Joliet (Central) Super-Sectional
Class 2A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Sterling (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Pontiac Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Joliet (Central) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Class 3A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (UIC)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Springfield (Bank of Springfield Center)]
Class 4A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (UIC)]
Semifinal bracket position #2: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Normal (ISU)]
Semifinal bracket position #3: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Sectional Pairings
In boys and girls basketball, some sectionals are seeded in their entirety ("sectional complexes") and some are seeded in two separate groups ("sub-sectionals"). The seeds are then distributed among four regionals for the first level of competition. In the sectional semifinals, the regional champions are paired as follows:
Sectional complex: The regional containing the #1 seed is paired with the regional containing the #4 seed, while the regional containing the #2 seed is paired with the regional containing the #3 seed.
Two sub-sectionals: The regional containing the #1 seed of sub-sectional A is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of sub-sectional B, while the regional containing the #1 seed of sub-sectional B is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of sub-sectional A. An exception to these pairings is made for the southernmost sectional in Class 4A. In these sectionals, the regional winners from the Metro-East area will play at a local site. The regional winners from central Illinois will play their semifinal at another site. The sectional championship game will be played at the sectional site.
Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the sites that feed into the state finals in alphabetical order and numbering them. Then 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. "The rolling of the peas" dates back to at least 1940. For more information on the history of this process, click here.
Class 1A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Athens Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Fairfield Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Elmwood Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Sparta]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Farmer City (Blue Ridge) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Milford]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Raymond (Lincolnwood) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Galena (H.S.) Sectional
Class 2A Scholastic Bowl
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Macomb]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Naperville (North)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Alton (Sr.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Hinsdale (Central) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Normal (Community)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Rockford (Auburn)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: TBA Sectional [2024-25: Evanston (Twp.)]
Class 1A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Coal City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Tolono (Unity)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Oregon]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of Taylorville Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Coal City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Tolono (Unity)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Oregon]
Class 2A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Geneseo]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (Brother Rice)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Granite City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Wheeling]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Granite City]
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (Brother Rice)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Geneseo]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Wheeling]
Class 3A Boys Wrestling
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Fox Lake (Grant)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: Match 2 of Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: Match 1 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: Match 1 of Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Fox Lake (Grant)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: Match 2 of TBA Sectional [2024-25: Yorkville (H.S.)]
Boys Individual Wrestling
Starting weight of the championship bouts at state final: [STARTING WEIGHT CLASS] lbs.
Boys Dual Team Wrestling Sectional Pairings
In boys dual team wrestling, the regional winners will be paired at the sectional level as follows:
The names of the four regional sites will be alphabetized according to standard IHSA naming protocol and labeled A through D.
The first sectional match (Match 1) will pair the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D] and the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D].
The second sectional match (Match 2) will pair the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D] and the winner of Regional #[A,B,C or D].
The winners of Match 1 and Match 2 will both advance to the state final tournament. The pairings for the state final tournament are outlined above.
Class 1A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Arcola Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Pleasant Plains Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Manlius (Bureau Valley) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) Super-Sectional
Class 2A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Pleasant Plains Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Benton Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: River Forest (Dominican University) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Wilmington Super-Sectional
Class 3A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: River Forest (Concordia University) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Chatham (Glenwood) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Woodstock (North) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Kankakee (Sr.) Super-Sectional
Class 4A Girls Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: LaGrange (Lyons)]
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: Addison (A. Trail)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) Super-Sectional
Class 1A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Jacksonville (Jacksonville Bowl) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Charleston (Eastern Illinois U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional[2024-25: Macomb (WIU)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: Joliet (Central) Super-Sectional
Class 2A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Sterling (H.S.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: Pontiac Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: Joliet (Central) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Class 3A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (UIC)]
Semifinal bracket position #4: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Springfield (Bank of Springfield Center)]
Class 4A Boys Basketball
Semifinal bracket position #1: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Chicago (UIC)]
Semifinal bracket position #2: TBA Super-Sectional [2024-25: Normal (ISU)]
Semifinal bracket position #3: Hoffman Estates (NOW Arena) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Sectional Pairings
In boys and girls basketball, some sectionals are seeded in their entirety ("sectional complexes") and some are seeded in two separate groups ("sub-sectionals"). The seeds are then distributed among four regionals for the first level of competition. In the sectional semifinals, the regional champions are paired as follows:
Sectional complex: The regional containing the #1 seed is paired with the regional containing the #4 seed, while the regional containing the #2 seed is paired with the regional containing the #3 seed.
Two sub-sectionals: The regional containing the #1 seed of sub-sectional A is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of sub-sectional B, while the regional containing the #1 seed of sub-sectional B is paired with the regional containing the #2 seed of sub-sectional A. An exception to these pairings is made for the southernmost sectional in Class 4A. In these sectionals, the regional winners from the Metro-East area will play at a local site. The regional winners from central Illinois will play their semifinal at another site. The sectional championship game will be played at the sectional site.
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