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2026 Boys Basketball

2026 Class 7-4A Regional Champions/Sectional Matchups

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7-1A \| 7-2A \| 7-3A \| 7-4A - 8-1A \| 8-2A \| 8-3A \| 8-4A - State Pairings
The winner of odd-numbered regionals will be the home team in sectional play.

Sectional 1 @ Barrington Middle School - Station Campus
Host: Barrington Station Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Arlington Heights Thomas (17-2) vs. Rockford Eisenhower (16-10)
Regional 1	Arlington Heights Thomas def. Arlington Heights South , 40-33
Regional 2	Rockford Eisenhower def. Rockford Flinn , 52-44
Sectional 2 @ Humphrey Middle School
Host: Bolingbrook Humphrey Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Downers Grove Herrick (12-1) vs. Bolingbrook Brooks (17-5)
Regional 3	Downers Grove Herrick def. Maywood Irving , 46-33
Regional 4	Bolingbrook Brooks def. Yorkville , 41-34
Sectional 3 @ Prairie Hills Junior High
Host: Markham Prairie-Hills Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Homewood Hart (13-6) vs. Matteson Colin Powell (24-2)
Regional 5	Homewood Hart def. Markham Prairie-Hills , 64-56
Regional 6	Matteson Colin Powell def. Frankfort Summit Hill , 45-27
Sectional 4 @ Minooka Interemdiate School
Host: Minooka Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
New Lenox Martino (13-5) vs. Ottawa Shepherd (15-8)
Regional 7	New Lenox Martino def. Lockport Oak Prairie , 36-25
Regional 8	Ottawa Shepherd def. Joliet Hufford , 38-31
Sectional 5 @ Mahomet-Seymour JH
Host: Mahomet-Seymour Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Park Forest Michelle Obama STA (21-1) vs. Mahomet-Seymour (26-1)
Regional 9	Park Forest Michelle Obama STA def. Bourbonnais UGC , 41-14
Regional 10	Mahomet-Seymour def. Champaign Jefferson , 43-35
Sectional 6 @ East Peoria Central JH
Host: East Peoria Central Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Morton JHS (19-3) vs. Galesburg JHS (13-3)
Regional 11	Morton JHS def. Bloomington Evans , 36-11
Regional 12	Galesburg JHS def. Dunlap MS , 27-20
Sectional 7 @ Rochester Junior High School
Host: Rochester Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Mt. Zion (22-2) vs. Springfield Lincoln (22-2)
Regional 13	Mt. Zion def. Mattoon , 47-19
Regional 14	Springfield Lincoln def. Springfield Grant , 55-40
Sectional 8 @ Fulton Junior High School
Host: O'Fallon Fulton Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Edwardsville Lincoln (21-5) vs. East St. Louis Clark (22-2)
Regional 15	Edwardsville Lincoln def. Edwardsville Liberty , 26-24
Regional 16	East St. Louis Clark def. O'Fallon Fulton , 41-31

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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