2026 Boys Basketball

2026 Regional Bracket/Results
Class 7-3A Regional 8
Regional Host: Washington MS
Eureka (1st Seed)37     
01/17/2026  
Tremont (8th Seed)25  Eureka32     
  01/19/2026  
Metamora GS (4th Seed)49    Metamora GS36 
01/17/2026   
Mackinaw Dee-Mack (5th Seed)37  METAMORA GS46 
  01/21/2026  
Farmington Central (2nd Seed)34        Stanford Olympia28 
01/17/2026   
Germantown Hills (7th Seed)29  Farmington Central41 
  01/19/2026  
Stanford Olympia (3rd Seed)30    Stanford Olympia49 
01/17/2026   
Washington MS (6th Seed)23 

Class History

From 1930 to 1972, there were two classes of basketball, Class A (Heavyweight) and Class B (Lightweight). An additional class was added in 1973--Class C (7th Grade). The Heavyweight and Lightweight classes were based on age, height and weight. From 1977-1984, the Heavyweight class was divided into two classes based upon enrollment--(A & AA). From 1985-2006, the Association adopted the format of 7th and 8th grade play based upon a school's enrollment (7A, 7AA, 8A and 8AA). Starting in 2007, the Association adopted a four class system in each grade level (7-1A, 7-2A, 7-3A, 7-4A, 8-1A, 8-2A, 8-3A and 8-4A). The current classification system assigns 25% of the schools to each of the four classes.

How Class Split is Determined

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