2026 Boys Basketball

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7-1A   |   7-2A   |   7-3A   |   7-4A   -   8-1A   |   8-2A   |   8-3A   |   8-4A   -   Regional Champs/Sectional Match-ups
Class 8-1A Regional 1 Regional Host: Lockport Taft Chicago St. John (1st Seed)       BYE Chicago St. John       Taft School 01/27/2026 , 4:30 PM 1605 S. Washington St., Lockport      Lockport Fairmont (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Taft School 01/24/2026 , 9:30 AM 1605 S. Wasington St., Lockport        Grant Park (5th Seed)   Winner Game 3   Taft School 01/28/2026 , 4:30 PM 1605 S.Washington St., Lockport      Crete Illinois Lutheran (2nd Seed)       Winner Game 4     BYE Crete Illinois Lutheran   Taft School 01/27/2026 , 5:45 PM 1605 S. Washington St., Lockport      Lockport Taft (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 2 Taft School 01/24/2026 , 10:45 AM 1605 S. Washington St., Lockport        Hopkins Park Lorenzo Smith (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 2 Regional Host: Grand Ridge Gardner (1st Seed)       Grand Ridge Grade School 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge      Elwood GS (8th Seed)   Winner Game 1       Grand Ridge Grade School 01/28/2026 , 5:00 PM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge      Morris Nettle Creek (4th Seed)     Winner Game 2 Grand Ridge Grade School 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge        Grand Ridge (5th Seed)   Winner Game 5   Grand Ridge Grade School 01/29/2026 , 5:00 PM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge      Marseilles Milton Pope (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 6 Grand Ridge Grade School 01/24/2026 , 11:00 AM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge        Rockdale (7th Seed)   Winner Game 3   Grand Ridge Grade School 01/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge      Ransom (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 4 Grand Ridge Grade School 01/24/2026 , 12:00 PM 400 W Main St Grand Ridge IL 61325, Grand Ridge        Odell (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 3 Regional Host: LaSalle St. Acutis Ottawa Marquette (1st Seed)       BYE Ottawa Marquette       St. Bede Acadmey High School 01/27/2026 , 5:00 PM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru      Rockford Our Lady of Sacred Heart (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 St. Bede Academy High Shcool 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru        Mendota Holy Cross (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   St. Bede Academy High School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru      LaSalle St. Acutis (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 St. Bede Academy High School 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru        Utica Waltham (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   St. Bede Academy High School 01/27/2026 , 6:15 PM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru      Lostant (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 St. Bede Academy High School 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 24 W US Hwy 6, Peru        LaSalle Dimmick (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 4 Regional Host: Kewanee Visitation Kewanee Visitation (1st Seed)       BYE Kewanee Visitation       Kewanee Visitation 01/27/2026 , 5:30 PM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee      Galesburg Costa (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 kewanee Visitation 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee        Monmouth ICS (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Kewanee Visitation 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee      Galva (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Kewanee Visitation 01/24/2026 , 10:30 AM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee        Woodhull AlWood (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Kewanee Visitation 01/27/2026 , 7:00 PM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee      Annawan (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Kewanee Visitation 01/24/2026 , 12:00 PM 107 S. Lexington Ave, Kewanee        Henry-Senachwine (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 5 Regional Host: St. Anne St. Anne (1st Seed)       BYE St. Anne       St. Anne Grade School 01/28/2026 , 4:30 PM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne      Saunemin (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 St. Anne Grade School 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne        Piper City Tri-Point (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   St. Anne Grade School 01/29/2026 , 4:30 PM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne      Cissna Park (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 St. Anne Grade School 01/24/2026 , 10:15 AM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne        Donovan (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   St. Anne Grade School 01/28/2026 , 5:45 PM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne      Rossville-Alvin (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 St. Anne Grade School 01/24/2026 , 11:30 AM 333 S. St. Louis Ave., St. Anne        Buckley St. John's (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 6 Regional Host: Rantoul St. Malachy Royal Prairieview Ogden (1st Seed)       St. Malachy School 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul      Potomac (8th Seed)   Winner Game 1       St. Malachy School 01/27/2026 , 5:30 PM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul      Gifford (4th Seed)     Winner Game 2 St. Malachy School 01/24/2026 , 10:15 AM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul        Rantoul St. Malachy (5th Seed)   Winner Game 5   St. Malachy School 01/29/2026 , 5:30 PM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul      Georgetown La Salette (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 6 St. Malachy School 01/24/2026 , 11:30 AM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul        Homer Heritage (7th Seed)   Winner Game 3   St. Malachy School 01/27/2026 , 6:45 PM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul      Danville Schlarman (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 4 St. Malachy School 01/24/2026 , 12:45 PM 340 E. Belle St., Rantoul        Thomasboro (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 7 Regional Host: Flanagan Pontiac St. Mary's (1st Seed)       BYE Pontiac St. Mary's       Flanagan Junior High 01/27/2026 , 5:30 PM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan      Normal Calvary (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Flanagan Junior High 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan        Colfax Ridgeview (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Flanagan Junior High 01/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan      Flanagan (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Flanagan Junior High 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan        Bloomington St. Mary's (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Flanagan Junior High 01/27/2026 , 6:30 PM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan      Cornell (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Flanagan Junior High 01/24/2026 , 11:00 AM 202 East Falcon Highway, Flanagan        Streator Woodland (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 8 Regional Host: Hartsburg-Emden Hartsburg-Emden (1st Seed)       BYE Hartsburg-Emden       Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg      Lowpoint-Washburn (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg        East Peoria Robein (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg      Washington St. Patrick (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg        Morton Blessed Sacrament (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/27/2026 , 7:15 PM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg      Spring Bay Riverview (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Hartsburg-Emden Jr. Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 400 W. Front Street, Hartsburg        Delavan (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 9 Regional Host: Peoria St. Jude Peoria Christian (1st Seed)       BYE Peoria Christian       Date: TBD   Peoria St. Vincent de Paul (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     Peoria Pleasant Valley (5th Seed)   Winner Game 3   Date: TBD   Peoria St. Jude (2nd Seed)       Winner Game 4     BYE Peoria St. Jude   Date: TBD   Peoria Heights St. Thomas (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 2 Date: TBD     Kickapoo St. Mary's (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 10 Regional Host: Bartonville Monroe Bartonville Monroe (1st Seed)       Monroe Grade School 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville      South Pekin (8th Seed)   Winner Game 1       Monroe Grade School 01/27/2026 , 5:00 PM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville      Bartonville Oak Grove (4th Seed)     Winner Game 2 Monroe Grade School 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville        Bartonville GS (5th Seed)   Winner Game 5   Monroe Grade School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville      Peoria Limestone Walters (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 6 Monroe Grade School 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville        Peoria Pleasant Hill (7th Seed)   Winner Game 3   Monroe Grade School 01/27/2026 , 6:15 PM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville      Peoria Hollis (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 4 Monroe Grade School 01/24/2026 , 1:45 PM 5137 W. Cisna Rd, Bartonville        Pekin Rankin (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 11 Regional Host: Martinsville Mattoon St. John's (1st Seed)       BYE Mattoon St. John's       Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville      Hume Shiloh (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville        Martinsville (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville      Philo St. Thomas (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 10:15 AM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville        Windsor (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/27/2026 , 7:15 PM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville      Kansas (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Martinsville Jr./Sr. High School 01/24/2026 , 11:30 AM 255 West Cumberland Street, Martinsville        Chrisman Scottland (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 12 Regional Host: Champaign Holy Cross Champaign Holy Cross (1st Seed)       Holy Cross School 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 410 W White St, Champaign      DeLand-Weldon (8th Seed)   Winner Game 1       Holy Cross School 01/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 410 W White St, Champaign      Champaign Next Generation (4th Seed)     Winner Game 2 Holy Cross School 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 410 W White St, Champaign        Champaign Judah Christian (5th Seed)   Winner Game 5   Holy Cross School 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 410 W White St, Champaign      Findlay Okaw Valley (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 6 Holy Cross School 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 410 W White St, Champaign        Urbana University (7th Seed)   Winner Game 3   Holy Cross School 01/27/2026 , 7:15 PM 410 W White St, Champaign      Decatur Unity (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 4 Holy Cross School 01/24/2026 , 1:45 PM 410 W White St, Champaign        Champaign Garden Hills (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 13 Regional Host: Greenview Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (1st Seed)       BYE Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell       Greenview CUSD #200 01/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 147 Palmer St, Greenview      Springfield Calvary (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Greenview CUSD #$200 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 147 Palmer St, Greenview        Springfield Christ the King (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Greenview CUSD #200 01/29/2026 , 6:15 PM 147 Palmer St, Greenview      Greenview (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Greenview CUSD #200 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 147 Palmer St, Greenview        Ashland A-C Central (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Greenview CUSD #200 01/27/2026 , 7:15 PM 147 Palmer St, Greenview      Lincoln Chester-East Lincoln (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Greenview CUSD #200 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 147 Palmer St, Greenview        Springfield Our Savior's (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 14 Regional Host: Griggsville-Perry Jacksonville Our Saviour (1st Seed)       BYE Jacksonville Our Saviour       Griggsville - Perry Regional 01/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 201 East North Street, Perry      Payson Seymour (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Griggsville -Perry Regional 01/24/2026 , 10:00 AM 201 East North Street, Perry        Virginia (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Griggsville - Perry Regional 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 201 East North Street, Perry      Griggsville-Perry (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Griggsville -Perry Regional 01/24/2026 , 11:15 AM 201 East North Street, Perry        Pleasant Hill (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Griggsville -Perry Regional 01/27/2026 , 7:15 PM 201 East North Street, Perry      Augusta Southeastern (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Griggsville -Perry Regional 01/24/2026 , 12:30 PM 201 East North Street, Perry        Kinderhook Western (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 15 Regional Host: Effingham Sacred Heart Effingham Sacred Heart (1st Seed)       BYE Effingham Sacred Heart       Sacred Heart School 1/27/2026 , 6:00 PM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham      Altamont Lutheran (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Sacred Heart School 1/24/2026 , 9:00 AM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham        Newton St. Thomas (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Sacred Heart School 1/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham      Sigel St. Michael's (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Sacred Heart School 1/24/2026 , 10:15 AM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham        Pana Sacred Heart (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Sacred Heart School 1/27/2026 , 6:15 PM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham      Ramsey (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Sacred Heart School 1/24/2026 , 11:30 AM 407 S. Henrietta, Effingham        Mulberry Grove JHS (6th Seed)   Class 8-1A Regional 16 Regional Host: Jerseyville St. Francis HG Jerseyville St. Francis HG (1st Seed)       BYE Jerseyville St. Francis HG       Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/28/2026 , 6:00 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville      Madison (4th Seed)     Winner Game 1 Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/24/2026 , 12:00 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville        Godfrey St. Ambrose (5th Seed)   Winner Game 4   Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/29/2026 , 6:00 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville      Carrollton St. John (2nd Seed)         Winner Game 5 Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/24/2026 , 1:15 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville        Pocahontas (7th Seed)   Winner Game 2   Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/28/2026 , 7:15 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville      Venice ES (3rd Seed)     Winner Game 3 Fr. William Hembrow Center 01/24/2026 , 2:30 PM 300 N State St, Jerseyville        Carrollton GS (6th Seed)

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