2026 Scholastic Bowl

2026 Class AA Regional Assignments
Registered Participants: 378   -   Enrollment Split: 126   -   Determining Class Split
Regional Host   |   Co-op = Co-op Host
Sectional A
@ Station Middle School
Host: Barrington Station
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 1 - 4/29/2026
1 Antioch   
4 Ingleside Big Hollow   
5 Johnsburg JHS    (Reg Host)
3 Lake Villa Palombi   
2 Lindenhurst Millburn MS   
 
Regional 2 - 4/29/2026
3 Gurnee Woodland   
4 Mundelein Fremont   
5 Vernon Hills Hawthorn North    (Reg Host)
1 Vernon Hills Hawthorn South   
2 Wauconda   
 
Regional 3 - 4/29/2026
3 Buffalo Grove Aptakisic   
1 Buffalo Grove Twin Groves   
5 Highland Park Northwood   
2 Lincolnshire Daniel Wright    (Reg Host)
4 Northbrook Maple   
 
Regional 4 - 4/29/2026
3 Barrington Prairie   
2 Barrington Station    (Reg Host)
1 Lake in the Hills Marlowe   
6 Lake Zurich North   
5 Lake Zurich South   
4 West Chicago Leman   
 
Sectional B
@ Gompers Junior High School
Host: Joliet Gompers
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 5 - 4/29/2026
2 Bolingbrook Brooks    (Reg Host)
4 Bolingbrook Jane Addams   
5 Geneva North   
1 Geneva South   
3 Yorkville   
 
Regional 6 - 4/29/2026
1 Crest Hill Richland   
5 Joliet Gompers    (Reg Host)
4 Joliet Hufford   
2 Joliet Washington   
3 Romeoville Martinez   
 
Regional 7 - 4/29/2026
2 DeKalb Huntley    (Reg Host) (Co-op)
5 Morris GS   
4 Morris Saratoga   
1 Plano   
3 Shorewood Troy   
6 Sycamore   
 
Regional 8 - 4/29/2026
5 Dixon Reagan   
6 Freeport    (Co-op)
4 Mendota Northbrook   
2 Princeton Logan   
1 Rockford Marshall   
3 Sterling Challand    (Reg Host)
 




IESA Scholastic Bowl 2026 Class AA Regional Assignments
Sectional C
@ Roosevelt Middle School
Host: River Forest Roosevelt
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 9 - 4/29/2026
2 Burbank Liberty   
4 Calumet City Schrum   
1 Homewood Hart    (Reg Host)
3 Lansing Memorial   
 
Regional 10 - 4/29/2026
4 Chicago Heights MS   
3 Flossmoor Parker   
2 Frankfort Hickory Creek    (Reg Host)
1 Frankfort Summit Hill   
5 Tinley Park Walker   
 
Regional 11 - 4/29/2026
6 Burr Ridge Gower   
1 Downers Grove Herrick   
3 Downers Grove O'Neill   
5 River Forest Roosevelt   
2 Willowbrook Westview Hills    (Reg Host)
4 Woodridge Jefferson   
 
Regional 12 - 4/29/2026
5 Homer Glen Hadley   
1 Homer Glen Homer   
2 Manhattan    (Reg Host)
3 New Lenox Liberty   
4 New Lenox Martino   
 
Sectional D
@ Channahon Junior High School
Host: Channahon
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 13 - 4/29/2026
5 Beecher   
1 Bourbonnais UGC    (Reg Host)
3 Bradley Central   
2 Manteno   
6 Momence JHS   
4 Peotone   
 
Regional 14 - 4/29/2026
5 Braidwood Reed-Custer   
2 Channahon   
3 Coal City    (Reg Host)
1 Minooka   
6 Ottawa Shepherd   
4 Wilmington   
 
Regional 15 - 4/29/2026
5 Forrest Prairie Central   
4 Gibson City GCMS   
2 Herscher Limestone   
1 Onarga Iroquois West   
3 Paxton-Buckley-Loda    (Reg Host)
 
Regional 16 - 4/29/2026
3 El Paso-Gridley   
4 LaSalle Lincoln   
1 Peru Parkside   
2 Spring Valley Kennedy    (Reg Host)
5 Streator Northlawn   
6 Wenona Fieldcrest   
 
Sectional E
@ Reservoir Gifted Academy
Host: Peoria Reservoir
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 17 - 4/29/2026
6 Chillicothe   
2 Dunlap MS   
3 Dunlap Valley MS   
5 Germantown Hills   
4 Metamora GS    (Reg Host)
1 Peoria Reservoir   
 
Regional 18 - 4/29/2026
2 East Peoria Central   
3 Eureka   
5 Mackinaw Dee-Mack   
6 Morton JHS   
1 Washington Central    (Reg Host)
4 Washington MS   
 
Regional 19 - 4/29/2026
5 Canton Ingersoll    (Reg Host)
1 Farmington Central   
2 Pekin Broadmoor   
3 Pekin Edison   
4 Tremont   
 
Regional 20 - 4/29/2026
3 Aledo Mercer County    (Reg Host)
1 Kewanee Central   
2 Macomb   
4 Monmouth United   
5 Monmouth-Roseville JHS   
 
Sectional F
@ Clinton High School
Host: Clinton
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 21 - 4/29/2026
6 Danville North Ridge   
4 Georgetown Mary Miller   
5 Paris Mayo   
3 Sidell Salt Fork   
2 St. Joseph   
1 Westville JHS    (Reg Host)
 
Regional 22 - 4/29/2026
5 Charleston   
3 Mattoon    (Reg Host)
2 Shelbyville Moulton   
1 Sullivan   
4 Tuscola East Prairie   
 
Regional 23 - 4/29/2026
5 Champaign Edison   
2 Champaign Franklin   
1 Champaign Jefferson   
3 Mahomet-Seymour   
4 Monticello   
6 Rantoul Eater    (Reg Host)
 
Regional 24 - 4/29/2026
1 Bloomington JHS   
5 Clinton    (Reg Host)
4 Downs Tri-Valley   
2 Heyworth   
3 Maroa-Forsyth   
6 Stanford Olympia   
 
Sectional G
@ Rochester Junior High School
Host: Rochester
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 25 - 4/29/2026
4 Athens   
6 Lincoln JHS   
2 Mt. Zion   
5 Petersburg PORTA JHS   
1 Warrensburg-Latham   
3 Williamsville    (Reg Host)
 
Regional 26 - 4/29/2026
5 Riverton   
1 Springfield Franklin    (Reg Host)
4 Springfield Grant   
3 Springfield Iles    (Co-op)
2 Springfield Lincoln   
 
Regional 27 - 4/29/2026
3 Auburn JHS at Divernon   
4 Carlinville   
1 Chatham Glenwood   
5 Rochester    (Reg Host)
2 Taylorville JHS   
 
Regional 28 - 4/29/2026
3 Beardstown MS   
4 Jacksonville MS   
2 Pleasant Plains    (Reg Host)
1 Rushville Schuyler Industry   
 
Sectional H
@ Cumberland Middle School
Host: Toledo Cumberland
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Regional 29 - 4/29/2026
5 Lawrenceville Parkview   
2 Marshall JHS    (Reg Host)
6 Newton Jasper County   
4 Robinson Nuttall   
3 Teutopolis   
1 Toledo Cumberland   
 
Regional 30 - 4/29/2026
5 Effingham JHS    (Reg Host)
1 Flora Floyd Henson   
2 Greenville   
3 Mascoutah   
4 St. Jacob Triad   
 
Regional 31 - 4/29/2026
1 Gillespie   
2 Hillsboro   
4 Litchfield   
3 Piasa Southwestern    (Reg Host)
 
Regional 32 - 4/29/2026
4 Edwardsville Liberty   
3 Edwardsville Lincoln   
6 Granite City Coolidge   
5 O'Fallon Carriel   
1 O'Fallon Fulton   
2 Staunton    (Reg Host)
 

Class History

From 1989 to 1996 there was one class of Scholastic Bowl, which was split equally into Class A and Class AA by school size in 1997, our present classes.

How Class Split is Determined

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