2026 Boys Basketball

 

8th Grade Class 1A State Tournament
@ Warrensburg-Latham HS
2026 8th Grade Class 1A Champion
Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell
First Round
Victor  Mattoon St. John's (18-0)
  Chicago St. John (20-0)
46
37
F
INFO
  St. Anne (18-5)
Victor  Kewanee Visitation (17-2)
33
40
F
INFO
  Carrollton St. John (16-7)
Victor  Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (26-1)
14
48
F
INFO
Victor  Peoria Limestone Walters (21-5)
  Hartsburg-Emden (16-7)
39
38
F
INFO
Semifinals
  Mattoon St. John's (19-0)
Victor  Kewanee Visitation (18-2)
33
37
F
INFO
Victor  Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (27-1)
  Peoria Limestone Walters (22-5)
54
21
F
INFO
Third Place
  Mattoon St. John's (19-1)
Victor  Peoria Limestone Walters (22-6)
33
41
F
INFO
State Championship
  Kewanee Visitation (19-2)
Victor  Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (28-1)
23
61
F
INFO
Final Win/Loss Records
1 Lincoln West Lincoln-Broadwell (29-1)
2 Kewanee Visitation (19-3)
3 Peoria Limestone Walters (23-6)
4 Mattoon St. John's (19-2)
Chicago St. John (20-1)
St. Anne (18-6)
Carrollton St. John (16-8)
Hartsburg-Emden (16-8)
 
 

8th Grade Class 2A State Tournament
@ Kankakee Bishop McNamara
2026 8th Grade Class 2A Champion
Stewardson-Strasburg
First Round
  McNabb Putnam County (22-3)
Victor  Carthage (22-5)
29
41
F
INFO
  East St. Louis Younge (18-5)
Victor  Stewardson-Strasburg (26-0)
28
51
F
INFO
Victor  Normal Metcalf (22-1)
  Decatur Robertson (21-0)
45
42
F
INFO
Victor  Morton Grove MCC (12-0)
  Green Valley Midwest Central (22-4)
48
46
F
INFO
Semifinals
  Carthage (23-5)
Victor  Stewardson-Strasburg (27-0)
30
34
F
INFO
  Normal Metcalf (23-1)
Victor  Morton Grove MCC (13-0)
62
64
F
INFO
Third Place
Victor  Carthage (23-6)
  Normal Metcalf (23-2)
45
42
F
INFO
State Championship
Victor  Stewardson-Strasburg (28-0)
  Morton Grove MCC (14-0)
56
44
F
INFO
Final Win/Loss Records
1 Stewardson-Strasburg (29-0)
2 Morton Grove MCC (14-1)
3 Carthage (24-6)
4 Normal Metcalf (23-3)
McNabb Putnam County (22-4)
East St. Louis Younge (18-6)
Decatur Robertson (21-1)
Green Valley Midwest Central (22-5)
 
 

8th Grade Class 3A State Tournament
@ Tolono Unity HS
2026 8th Grade Class 3A Champion
Eureka
First Round
  Williamsville (24-2)
Victor  Monticello (26-1)
18
33
F
INFO
Victor  Eureka (24-2)
  Chillicothe (16-8)
51
14
F
INFO
  Bismarck-Henning (22-1)
Victor  East St. Louis Lincoln (17-5)
40
52
F
INFO
Victor  La Grange Highlands (21-1)
  Lansing Heritage (17-5)
30
27
F
INFO
Semifinals
  Monticello (27-1)
Victor  Eureka (25-2)
27
51
F
INFO
Victor  East St. Louis Lincoln (18-5)
  La Grange Highlands (22-1)
50
38
F
INFO
Third Place
Victor  Monticello (27-2)
  La Grange Highlands (22-2)
51
22
F
INFO
State Championship
Victor  Eureka (26-2)
  East St. Louis Lincoln (19-5)
51
45
F
INFO
Final Win/Loss Records
1 Eureka (27-2)
2 East St. Louis Lincoln (19-6)
3 Monticello (28-2)
4 La Grange Highlands (22-3)
Williamsville (24-3)
Chillicothe (16-9)
Bismarck-Henning (22-2)
Lansing Heritage (17-6)
 
 

8th Grade Class 4A State Tournament
@ Taylorville HS
2026 8th Grade Class 4A Champion
Matteson Colin Powell
First Round
  Pekin Broadmoor (19-4)
Victor  O'Fallon Carriel (25-1)
22
41
F
INFO
  Park Forest Michelle Obama STA (20-3)
Victor  Matteson Colin Powell (27-0)
55
59
F
INFO
  Rockford Eisenhower (23-3)
Victor  Quincy (18-5)
45
51
F
INFO
  Bolingbrook Brooks (20-2)
Victor  Minooka (22-6)
42
57
F
INFO
Semifinals
  O'Fallon Carriel (26-1)
Victor  Matteson Colin Powell (28-0)
47
48
F
INFO
  Quincy (19-5)
Victor  Minooka (23-6)
24
44
F
INFO
Third Place
Victor  O'Fallon Carriel (26-2)
  Quincy (19-6)
47
21
F
INFO
State Championship
Victor  Matteson Colin Powell (29-0)
  Minooka (24-6)
64
45
F
INFO
Final Win/Loss Records
1 Matteson Colin Powell (30-0)
2 Minooka (24-7)
3 O'Fallon Carriel (27-2)
4 Quincy (19-7)
Pekin Broadmoor (19-5)
Park Forest Michelle Obama STA (20-4)
Rockford Eisenhower (23-4)
Bolingbrook Brooks (20-3)
 
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