2026 Boys Basketball

2026 Class 8-3A Regional Assignments
Registered Participants: 474   -   1A/2A/3A/4A Enrollment Split: 70/126/264   -   Determining Class Split
Regional Host   |   Co-op = Co-op Host   |   Coed = Coed Approved
Sectional 1
@ Winfield Wheaton Christian
Host: Winfield Wheaton Christian
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Winfield Wheaton Christian
Regional 1
Blue Island Kerr   
Blue Island Veterans Memorial   
Burr Ridge Gower   
Chicago Frances Xavier Warde   
Chicago Horizon Southwest   
Crestwood Hale   
South Holland McKinley   
 
Regional 2
Downers Grove Lakeview   
La Grange Highlands   
Lisle   
Rockford Barbour   
Rockford Kennedy   
Rockford Marshall   
Winfield Wheaton Christian    (Host Info)
 
Sectional 2
@ Shabbona Middle School
Host: Morris GS
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Shabbona Middle School , 725 School St., Morris   Map
Enter through Door 18
Regional 3
Beecher   
Calumet City Schrum   
Calumet City Wentworth   
Calumet Park Calumet   
Dixmoor Rosa Parks   
Dolton Lincoln   
Lansing Heritage   
 
Regional 4
Channahon   
Country Club Hills Southwood   
Crest Hill Richland   
Glenwood Brookwood   
Morris GS   
Morris Saratoga   
Peotone    (Host Info)
Sauk Village Rickover   
 
Sectional 3
@ Manteno Middle School
Host: Manteno
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Manteno Middle School , 250 N Poplar St, Manteno   Map
Regional 5
Bradley Central   
Braidwood Reed-Custer   
Herscher Limestone   
Kankakee Bishop McNamara   
Manteno    (Host Info)
Momence JHS   
Wilmington   
 
Regional 6
Bismarck-Henning   
Clifton Nash   
Hoopeston Area   
Onarga Iroquois West   
Paxton-Buckley-Loda   
St. Joseph    (Host Info)
Watseka JHS   
 
Sectional 4
@ Fieldcrest Middle School
Host: Wenona Fieldcrest
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Fieldcrest Middle School , 102 W Elm, Wenona   Map
Regional 7
Downs Tri-Valley   
El Paso-Gridley    (Host Info)
Forrest Prairie Central   
Gibson City GCMS   
Heyworth   
Pontiac JHS   
Wenona Fieldcrest   
 
Regional 8
Eureka   
Farmington Central   
Germantown Hills   
Mackinaw Dee-Mack   
Metamora GS    (Host Info)
Stanford Olympia   
Tremont   
Washington MS   
 




IESA Boys Basketball 2026 Class 8-3A Regional Assignments
Sectional 5
@ Avon Abingdon Avon
Host: Avon Abingdon Avon
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Avon Abingdon Avon
Regional 9
Chillicothe   
Kewanee Central    (Host Info)
LaSalle Lincoln   
Mendota Northbrook   
Peru Parkside   
Princeton Logan   
Spring Valley Kennedy   
 
Regional 10
Aledo Mercer County   
Avon Abingdon Avon   
Knoxville JHS   
Monmouth United   
Monmouth-Roseville JHS   
Orion   
Sherrard JHS   
Taylor Ridge Rockridge    (Host Info)
 
Sectional 6
@ Paris Mayo
Host: Paris Mayo
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Paris Mayo
Regional 11
Arthur    (Co-op)
Georgetown Mary Miller   
Monticello   
Sidell Salt Fork    (Host Info)
Tolono Unity   
Tuscola East Prairie   
Westville JHS   
 
Regional 12
Bridgeport Red Hill   
Lawrenceville Parkview   
Marshall JHS   
Newton Jasper County   
Paris Mayo   
Robinson Nuttall    (Host Info)
Teutopolis   
Toledo Cumberland   
 
Sectional 7
@ Maroa-Forsyth High School
Host: Maroa-Forsyth
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Maroa-Forsyth High School , 610. W. Washington St., Maroa   Map
Regional 13
Athens   
Clinton   
Decatur Johns Hill   
Lincoln JHS    (Host Info)
Maroa-Forsyth   
Riverton   
Warrensburg-Latham   
Williamsville   
 
Regional 14
Beardstown MS   
Havana   
Petersburg PORTA JHS   
Pittsfield Pikeland    (Host Info)
Pleasant Plains   
Quincy St. Peter    (Co-op)
Rushville Schuyler Industry   
 
Sectional 8
@ Vandalia
Host: Vandalia
Monday, February 2, 2026,  6:00 PM
@ Vandalia
Regional 15
Greenville   
Hillsboro   
Macon Meridian   
Pana JHS   
Shelbyville Moulton   
Sullivan   
Vandalia   
 
Regional 16
Auburn JHS at Divernon    (Host Info)
Carlinville   
East St. Louis Lincoln   
Gillespie   
Girard North Mac   
Litchfield   
Piasa Southwestern   
Staunton   
 

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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