2026 Boys Basketball

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Class 8-4A Regional 1 Regional Host: Barrington Prairie Lake Zurich North (1st Seed) 58      01/24/2026   Vernon Hills Hawthorn South (8th Seed) 19  Lake Zurich North 46        01/27/2026   Barrington Prairie (4th Seed) 30    Barrington Prairie 35  01/24/2026     Vernon Hills Hawthorn North (5th Seed) 28  Lake Zurich North     Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus 01/29/2026 , 4:15 PM 40 E Dundee Ave, Barrington      Barrington Station (2nd Seed) 47        Arlington Heights Thomas   01/24/2026     Arlington Heights South (7th Seed) 32  Barrington Station 34    01/27/2026   Arlington Heights Thomas (3rd Seed) 53    Arlington Heights Thomas 41  01/24/2026     Lake Zurich South (6th Seed) 35  Class 8-4A Regional 2 Regional Host: Rockford Eisenhower Rockford Eisenhower (1st Seed)       BYE Rockford Eisenhower         Eisenhower Middle School 01/29/2026 , 5:15 PM 3525 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford      Sandwich (4th Seed) 20    Plano   01/27/2026     Plano (5th Seed) 31  Winner Game 4   Eisenhower Middle School 01/30/2026 , 5:30 PM 3525 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford      Rockford Flinn (2nd Seed) 61        Winner Game 5 01/27/2026     Rockford RESA (7th Seed) 16  Rockford Flinn     Eisenhower Middle School 01/29/2026 , 6:30 PM 3525 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford      Rockford West (3rd Seed) 49    Rockford West   01/24/2026     Rockford Lincoln (6th Seed) 36  Class 8-4A Regional 3 Regional Host: Maywood Irving Downers Grove Herrick (1st Seed) 45      01/24/2026   Melrose Park Stevenson (8th Seed) 20  Downers Grove Herrick 45        01/24/2026   Downers Grove O'Neill (4th Seed) 37    Evanston Haven 30  01/24/2026     Evanston Haven (5th Seed) 48  DOWNERS GROVE HERRICK 48    01/28/2026   Summit Heritage (2nd Seed) 63        Bellwood Roosevelt 34  01/24/2026     Cicero Unity (7th Seed) 38  Summit Heritage 50    01/24/2026 - OT   Bellwood Roosevelt (3rd Seed) 58    Bellwood Roosevelt 51  01/24/2026     Maywood Irving (6th Seed) 27  Class 8-4A Regional 4 Regional Host: Bolingbrook Humphrey Bolingbrook Brooks (1st Seed) 62      01/28/2026   Romeoville Lukancic (8th Seed) 22  Bolingbrook Brooks         Humphrey Middle School 01/29/2026 , 4:30 PM 777 Falconridge Way, Bolingbrook      Willowbrook Westview Hills (4th Seed) 45    Willowbrook Westview Hills   01/27/2026     Woodridge Jefferson (5th Seed) 37  Winner Game 5   Humphrey Middle School 01/30/2026 , 4:30 PM 777 Falconridge Way, Bolingbrook      Bolingbrook Jane Addams (2nd Seed) 66        Winner Game 6 01/28/2026     Bolingbrook Humphrey (7th Seed) 51  Bolingbrook Jane Addams     Humphrey Middle School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 777 Falconridge Way, Bolingbrook      Yorkville (3rd Seed) 47    Yorkville   01/28/2026     Romeoville Martinez (6th Seed) 33  Class 8-4A Regional 5 Regional Host: Phoenix Coolidge Markham Prairie-Hills (1st Seed)       BYE Markham Prairie-Hills         Coolidge Middle School - Door 12 01/28/2026 , 4:00 PM 155th and 7th Ave., Phoenix      Lansing Memorial (4th Seed) 51    Lansing Memorial   01/27/2026     Calumet City Dolton 149 (5th Seed) 19  Winner Game 4   Coolidge Middle School - Door 12 01/29/2026 , 4:00 PM 155th and 7th Ave., Phoenix      Phoenix Coolidge (2nd Seed) 56        Winner Game 5 01/27/2026     Robbins Kellar (7th Seed) 21  Phoenix Coolidge     Coolidge Middle School - Door 12 01/28/2026 , 5:30 PM 155th and 7th Ave., Phoenix      Homewood Hart (3rd Seed) 55    Homewood Hart   01/27/2026     Harvey Brooks (6th Seed) 24  Class 8-4A Regional 6 Regional Host: Mokena Matteson Colin Powell (1st Seed)       BYE Matteson Colin Powell 62        01/28/2026   Frankfort Hickory Creek (4th Seed) 45    Frankfort Hickory Creek 18  01/27/2026     Matteson Huth (5th Seed) 42  Matteson Colin Powell     Mokena Junior High School 01/29/2026 , 4:15 PM 19815 Kirkstone Way, Mokena      Frankfort Summit Hill (2nd Seed) 71        Frankfort Summit Hill   01/27/2026     Flossmoor Parker (7th Seed) 28  Frankfort Summit Hill 36    01/28/2026   Mokena (3rd Seed) 25    Manhattan 21  01/27/2026     Manhattan (6th Seed) 40  Class 8-4A Regional 7 Regional Host: Lemont Old Quarry New Lenox Liberty (1st Seed)       BYE New Lenox Liberty 31        01/27/2026 - OT   Joliet Gompers (4th Seed) 32    Lockport Oak Prairie 38  01/24/2026     Lockport Oak Prairie (5th Seed) 39  Lockport Oak Prairie 27    01/28/2026   Homer Glen Homer (2nd Seed) 50        HOMER GLEN HOMER 33  01/24/2026     Joliet Washington (7th Seed) 7  Homer Glen Homer 46    01/27/2026   Lemont Old Quarry (3rd Seed) 43    New Lenox Martino 22  01/24/2026     New Lenox Martino (6th Seed) 46  Class 8-4A Regional 8 Regional Host: Shorewood Troy Minooka (1st Seed)       BYE Minooka 57        01/28/2026   Coal City (4th Seed) 40    Joliet Dirksen 27  01/24/2026     Joliet Dirksen (5th Seed) 46  Minooka     Troy Middle School (Door #6) 01/30/2026 , 4:00 PM 5800 West Theodore, Plainfield      Shorewood Troy (2nd Seed) 54        Shorewood Troy   01/24/2026     Joliet Hufford (7th Seed) 29  Shorewood Troy 51    01/28/2026   Streator Northlawn (3rd Seed) 36    Streator Northlawn 40  01/24/2026     Ottawa Shepherd (6th Seed) 25  Class 8-4A Regional 9 Regional Host: Kankakee JHS Park Forest Michelle Obama STA (1st Seed)       BYE Park Forest Michelle Obama STA 52        01/28/2026   Bourbonnais UGC (4th Seed) 18    University Park Crete Monee 30  01/24/2026     University Park Crete Monee (5th Seed) 27  Park Forest Michelle Obama STA     Kankakee Junior High School 01/29/2026 , 5:30 PM 2250 E Crestwood St., Kankakee      Kankakee JHS (2nd Seed)       Kankakee JHS       BYE Kankakee JHS 52    01/28/2026   Chicago Heights MS (3rd Seed) 49    Chicago Heights MS 38  01/24/2026     Steger Columbia (6th Seed) 22  Class 8-4A Regional 10 Regional Host: Danville North Ridge Rantoul Eater (1st Seed) 42      01/24/2026   Champaign Franklin (8th Seed) 13  Rantoul Eater 15        01/24/2026   Charleston (4th Seed) 56    Charleston 24  01/24/2026     Champaign Jefferson (5th Seed) 35  Charleston     Danville High School 01/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 202 E Fairchild St., Danville      Champaign Edison (2nd Seed) 39        Mahomet-Seymour   01/24/2026     Urbana MS (7th Seed) 35  Champaign Edison 48    01/24/2026   Mahomet-Seymour (3rd Seed) 40    Mahomet-Seymour 56  01/24/2026     Danville North Ridge (6th Seed) 28  Class 8-4A Regional 11 Regional Host: Bloomington Evans Normal Kingsley (1st Seed)       BYE Normal Kingsley 48        01/27/2026   Washington Central (4th Seed) 43    Normal Parkside 29  01/24/2026     Normal Parkside (5th Seed) 44  NORMAL KINGSLEY 45    01/28/2026   Bloomington JHS (2nd Seed) 49        Bloomington JHS 44  01/24/2026     Normal Chiddix (7th Seed) 27  Bloomington JHS 42    01/27/2026   Bloomington Evans (3rd Seed) 46    Bloomington Evans 38  01/24/2026     Morton JHS (6th Seed) 23  Class 8-4A Regional 12 Regional Host: Dunlap Valley MS Dunlap MS (1st Seed) 49      01/24/2026   East Peoria Central (8th Seed) 24  Dunlap MS 21        01/27/2026   Dunlap Valley MS (4th Seed) 58    Dunlap Valley MS 35  01/14/2026     Galesburg JHS (5th Seed) 30  Dunlap Valley MS     Dunlap Valley Middle School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 13120 N RT 91, Dunlap      Macomb (2nd Seed) 56        Pekin Broadmoor   01/24/2026     Canton Ingersoll (7th Seed) 23  Macomb 34    01/27/2026   Pekin Broadmoor (3rd Seed) 44    Pekin Broadmoor 39  01/24/2026     Pekin Edison (6th Seed) 22  Class 8-4A Regional 13 Regional Host: Effingham JHS Decatur Stephen Decatur (1st Seed)       BYE Decatur Stephen Decatur 49        01/27/2026   Rochester (4th Seed) 46    Rochester 36  01/24/2026     Taylorville JHS (5th Seed) 31  DECATUR STEPHEN DECATUR 62    01/28/2026   Mt. Zion (2nd Seed)       Mt. Zion 34      BYE Mt. Zion 52    01/27/2026   Effingham JHS (3rd Seed) 55    Effingham JHS 37  01/24/2026 - OT     Mattoon (6th Seed) 47  Class 8-4A Regional 14 Regional Host: Chatham Glenwood Springfield Lincoln (1st Seed) 57      01/24/2026   Springfield Washington (8th Seed) 25  Springfield Lincoln 46        01/27/2026   Springfield Grant (4th Seed) 29    Chatham Glenwood 20  01/24/2026     Chatham Glenwood (5th Seed) 35  Springfield Lincoln 32    01/28/2026   Quincy (2nd Seed) 36        QUINCY 39  01/24/2026     Springfield Franklin (7th Seed) 09  Quincy 22    01/27/2026   Jacksonville MS (3rd Seed) 44    Jacksonville MS 16  01/24/2026     Springfield Jefferson (6th Seed) 29  Class 8-4A Regional 15 Regional Host: Alton St. Jacob Triad (1st Seed) 37      01/23/2026   Edwardsville Liberty (8th Seed) 15  St. Jacob Triad 52        01/28/2026   Bethalto Trimpe (4th Seed) 52    Bethalto Trimpe 25  01/23/2026 - OT     Jerseyville Community (5th Seed) 47  St. Jacob Triad     Alton Middle School--College Gym 01/30/2026 , 4:30 PM 2200 College Ave., Alton      Highland MS (2nd Seed) 46        Highland MS   01/23/2026     Roxana (7th Seed) 18  Highland MS 40    01/28/2026   Alton (3rd Seed) 51    Alton 35  01/23/2026     Edwardsville Lincoln (6th Seed) 33  Class 8-4A Regional 16 Regional Host: O'Fallon Fulton O'Fallon Carriel (1st Seed)       BYE O'Fallon Carriel         O'Fallon Fulton 01/29/2026 , 4:00 PM 307 Kyle Road, O'Fallon      O'Fallon Fulton (4th Seed) 24    Mascoutah   01/24/2026     Mascoutah (5th Seed) 30  Winner Game 4   O'Fallon Fulton 01/30/2026 , 4:00 PM 307 Kyle Road, O'Fallon      East St. Louis Clark (2nd Seed) 45        Winner Game 5 01/24/2026     Granite City Coolidge (7th Seed) 1  East St. Louis Clark     O'Fallon Fulton 01/29/2026 , 5:15 PM 307 Kyle Road, O'Fallon      Cahokia Wirth (3rd Seed) 48    Cahokia Wirth   01/24/2026     Collinsville (6th Seed) 38

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