2026 Boys Basketball

2026 Regional Bracket/Results
Class 7-1A Regional 1
Regional Host: Lockport Taft
Grant Park (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Grant Park47     
  01/20/2026  
Lockport Fairmont (4th Seed)39    Lockport Fairmont18 
01/17/2026   
Kankakee Grace Christian (5th Seed)36  Grant Park30 
  01/21/2026  
Chicago St. Helen (2nd Seed)74        CHICAGO ST. HELEN43 
01/17/2026   
Hopkins Park Lorenzo Smith (7th Seed)17  Chicago St. Helen55 
  01/20/2026  
Lockport Taft (3rd Seed)37    Crete Illinois Lutheran18 
01/17/2026   
Crete Illinois Lutheran (6th Seed)40 
Class 7-1A Regional 2
Regional Host: Odell
Ransom (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Ransom45     
  01/19/2026  
Odell (4th Seed)32    Odell28 
01/17/2026   
Rockdale (5th Seed)22  RANSOM43 
  01/21/2026  
Marseilles Milton Pope (2nd Seed)41        Marseilles Milton Pope20 
01/17/2026   
Gardner (7th Seed)18  Marseilles Milton Pope27 
  01/19/2026  
Grand Ridge (3rd Seed)41    Grand Ridge24 
01/17/2026   
Elwood GS (6th Seed)12 
Class 7-1A Regional 3
Regional Host: Lostant
Ottawa Marquette (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Ottawa Marquette33     
  01/20/2026  
LaSalle St. Acutis (4th Seed)39    LaSalle St. Acutis21 
01/17/2026   
Utica Waltham (5th Seed)22  Ottawa Marquette25 
  01/22/2026  
Mendota Holy Cross (2nd Seed)       MENDOTA HOLY CROSS29 
  
BYE Mendota Holy Cross38 
  01/20/2026  
Lostant (3rd Seed)37    Lostant30 
01/17/2026   
LaSalle Dimmick (6th Seed)11 
Class 7-1A Regional 4
Regional Host: Kewanee Visitation
Annawan (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Annawan46     
  01/19/2026  
Galva (4th Seed)24    Henry-Senachwine31 
01/17/2026   
Henry-Senachwine (5th Seed)30  ANNAWAN60 
  01/20/2026  
Monmouth ICS (2nd Seed)27        Galesburg Costa33 
01/17/2026   
Woodhull AlWood (7th Seed)12  Monmouth ICS23 
  01/19/2026  
Galesburg Costa (3rd Seed)40    Galesburg Costa36 
01/17/2026   
Kewanee Visitation (6th Seed)36 
Class 7-1A Regional 5
Regional Host: Rossville-Alvin
Rossville-Alvin (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Rossville-Alvin30     
  01/20/2026  
St. Anne (4th Seed)31    St. Anne23 
01/17/2026   
Saunemin (5th Seed)29  Rossville-Alvin14 
  01/22/2026  
Cissna Park (2nd Seed)       PIPER CITY TRI-POINT20 
  
BYE Cissna Park18 
  01/20/2026  
Piper City Tri-Point (3rd Seed)44    Piper City Tri-Point30 
01/17/2026   
Donovan (6th Seed)14 
Class 7-1A Regional 6
Regional Host: Rantoul St. Malachy
Royal Prairieview Ogden (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Royal Prairieview Ogden28     
  01/20/2026  
Rantoul St. Malachy (4th Seed)30    Rantoul St. Malachy30 
01/17/2026   
Danville Schlarman (5th Seed)19  RANTOUL ST. MALACHY31 
  01/22/2026  
Potomac (2nd Seed)35        Potomac24 
01/17/2026   
Homer Heritage (7th Seed)25  Potomac47 
  01/20/2026  
Gifford (3rd Seed)49    Gifford32 
01/17/2026   
Thomasboro (6th Seed)23 
Class 7-1A Regional 7
Regional Host: Pontiac St. Mary's
Colfax Ridgeview (1st Seed)42     
01/17/2026  
Bloomington St. Mary's (8th Seed)22  Colfax Ridgeview19     
  01/19/2026  
Bloomington Trinity Lutheran (4th Seed)33    Bloomington Trinity Lutheran33 
01/17/2026   
Normal Calvary (5th Seed)11  Bloomington Trinity Lutheran28 
  01/21/2026  
Pontiac St. Mary's (2nd Seed)37        PONTIAC ST. MARY'S31 
01/17/2026   
Streator Woodland (7th Seed)26  Pontiac St. Mary's39 
  01/19/2026  
Cornell (3rd Seed)35    Cornell26 
01/17/2026   
Flanagan (6th Seed)33 
Class 7-1A Regional 8
Regional Host: Hartsburg-Emden
Spring Bay Riverview (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Spring Bay Riverview33     
  01/19/2026  
Lowpoint-Washburn (4th Seed)25    Lowpoint-Washburn25 
01/17/2026   
Washington St. Patrick (5th Seed)21  Spring Bay Riverview17 
  01/21/2026  
Delavan (2nd Seed)       DELAVAN37 
  
BYE Delavan54 
  01/19/2026  
Hartsburg-Emden (3rd Seed)32    Hartsburg-Emden19 
01/17/2026   
East Peoria Robein (6th Seed)26 
Class 7-1A Regional 9
Regional Host: Peoria Heights St. Thomas
Peoria Christian (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Peoria Christian32     
  01/20/2026  
Peoria St. Jude (4th Seed)42    Peoria St. Jude13 
01/17/2026   
Peoria St. Vincent de Paul (5th Seed)32  PEORIA CHRISTIAN40 
  01/22/2026  
Peoria Pleasant Valley (2nd Seed)44        Peoria Heights St. Thomas23 
01/17/2026   
Peoria Academy (7th Seed) Peoria Pleasant Valley24 
  01/20/2026  
Peoria Heights St. Thomas (3rd Seed)46    Peoria Heights St. Thomas31 
01/17/2026   
Kickapoo St. Mary's (6th Seed)18 
Class 7-1A Regional 10
Regional Host: Bartonville Oak Grove
Peoria Limestone Walters (1st Seed)68     
01/17/2026  
South Pekin (8th Seed)15  Peoria Limestone Walters57     
  01/20/2026  
Peoria Hollis (4th Seed)43    Peoria Hollis17 
01/17/2026   
Bartonville GS (5th Seed)26  PEORIA LIMESTONE WALTERS54 
  01/22/2026  
Bartonville Monroe (2nd Seed)45        Bartonville Oak Grove34 
01/17/2026   
Peoria Pleasant Hill (7th Seed)12  Bartonville Monroe28 
  01/20/2026  
Bartonville Oak Grove (3rd Seed)47    Bartonville Oak Grove30 
01/17/2026   
Pekin Rankin (6th Seed)12 
Class 7-1A Regional 11
Regional Host: Martinsville
Kansas (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Kansas31     
  01/19/2026 - OT  
Mattoon St. John's (4th Seed)16    Philo St. Thomas35 
01/17/2026   
Philo St. Thomas (5th Seed)32  Philo St. Thomas40 
  01/21/2026  
Hume Shiloh (2nd Seed)55        HUME SHILOH48 
01/17/2026   
Windsor (7th Seed)27  Hume Shiloh34 
  01/19/2026  
Martinsville (3rd Seed)29    Martinsville24 
01/17/2026   
Chrisman Scottland (6th Seed)23 
Class 7-1A Regional 12
Regional Host: Decatur Unity
Decatur Unity (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Decatur Unity54     
  01/17/2026  
Champaign Holy Cross (4th Seed)29    Champaign Holy Cross14 
01/17/2026   
Champaign Judah Christian (5th Seed)16  DECATUR UNITY58 
  01/21/2026  
Champaign Next Generation (2nd Seed)       Champaign Next Generation30 
  
BYE Champaign Next Generation40 
  01/17/2026  
Findlay Okaw Valley (3rd Seed)   Findlay Okaw Valley24 
  
BYE
Class 7-1A Regional 13
Regional Host: Greenview
Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell41     
  01/20/2026  
Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln (4th Seed)43    Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln28 
01/17/2026   
Lincoln Carroll Catholic (5th Seed)15  LINCOLN WEST LINCOLN-BROADWELL39 
  01/22/2026  
Springfield Calvary (2nd Seed)52        Springfield Christ the King22 
01/17/2026   
Ashland A-C Central (7th Seed)10  Springfield Calvary29 
  01/20/2026  
Springfield Christ the King (3rd Seed)35    Springfield Christ the King37 
01/17/2026   
Greenview (6th Seed)
Class 7-1A Regional 14
Regional Host: Jacksonville Our Saviour
Kinderhook Western (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Kinderhook Western34     
  01/19/2026  
Payson Seymour (4th Seed)27    Payson Seymour31 
1/17/2026   
Augusta Southeastern (5th Seed)24  KINDERHOOK WESTERN18 
  01/21/2026  
Griggsville-Perry (2nd Seed)51        Griggsville-Perry17 
01/17/2026   
Pleasant Hill (7th Seed)15  Griggsville-Perry39 
  01/19/2026  
Jacksonville Our Saviour (3rd Seed)57    Jacksonville Our Saviour21 
01/17/2026   
Virginia (6th Seed)25 
Class 7-1A Regional 15
Regional Host: Sigel St. Michael's
Pana Sacred Heart (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Pana Sacred Heart45     
  1/19/2026  
Sigel St. Michael's (4th Seed)33    Sigel St. Michael's12 
01/17/2026   
Mulberry Grove JHS (5th Seed)17  PANA SACRED HEART36 
  1/22/2026  
Newton St. Thomas (2nd Seed)       Altamont Lutheran19 
  
BYE Newton St. Thomas28 
  1/19/2026  
Altamont Lutheran (3rd Seed)49    Altamont Lutheran35 
01/17/2026   
Ramsey (6th Seed)15 
Class 7-1A Regional 16
Regional Host: Jerseyville St. Francis HG
Carrollton St. John (1st Seed)    
 
BYE Carrollton St. John40     
  01/19/2026  
Godfrey St. Ambrose (4th Seed)13    Venice ES29 
01/17/2026   
Venice ES (5th Seed)25  CARROLLTON ST. JOHN30 
  01/21/2026  
Jerseyville St. Francis HG (2nd Seed)40        Madison20 
01/17/2026   
Carrollton GS (7th Seed)11  Jerseyville St. Francis HG22 
  1/19/2026  
Madison (3rd Seed)42    Madison35 
01/17/2026   
Pocahontas (6th Seed)17 

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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