2026 Girls Basketball

2026 Regional Bracket/Results	2026 Menu
7-1A   |   7-2A   |   7-3A   |   7-4A   -   8-1A   |   8-2A   |   8-3A   |   8-4A   -   Regional Champs/Sectional Match-ups
Class 8-4A Regional 1 Regional Host: Arlington Heights South 1st Seed     Date: TBD   8th Seed Winner Game 1       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 2 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 5   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 6 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 3   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 4 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 2 Regional Host: Ottawa Shepherd 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Shepherd Middle School 12/1/2026 , 5:00 PM 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa      4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Shepherd Middle School 11/30/2026 , 5:00 PM 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa        5th Seed Winner Game 4   Shepherd Middle School 12/3/2026 , 5:00 PM 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa      2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Central Intermediate School 11/30/2026 , 5:00 PM 711 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa        7th Seed Winner Game 2   Shepherd Middle School 12/1/2026 , 6:15 PM 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa      3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Shepherd Middle School 11/30/2026 , 6:15 PM 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa        6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 3 Regional Host: Bellwood Roosevelt 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 4 Regional Host: 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 3   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 4     BYE 2nd Seed   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 2 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 5 Regional Host: Phoenix Coolidge 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 12/01/2026 , 4:00 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix      4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 11/30/2026 , 4:00 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix        5th Seed Winner Game 4   Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 12/03/2026 , 4:00 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix      2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 11/30/2026 , 5:15 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix        7th Seed Winner Game 2   Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 12/01/2026 , 5:15 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix      3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Coolidge Middle School (Door 12) 11/30/2026 , 6:30 PM 155th and 7th Ave, Phoenix        6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 6 Regional Host: Chicago Heights MS 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 7 Regional Host: Bolingbrook Brooks 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Brooks Middle School- Door 4 Gymnasium 12/01/2026 , 4:30 PM 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook      4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Brooks Middle School- Door 4 Gymnasium 11/30/2026 , 4:30 PM 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook        5th Seed Winner Game 3   Brooks Middle School- Door 4 Gymnasium 12/03/2026 , 4:30 PM 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook      2nd Seed       Winner Game 4     BYE 2nd Seed   Brooks Middle School- Door 4 Gymnasium 12/01/2026 , 5:45 PM 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook      3rd Seed   Winner Game 2 Brooks Middle School- Door 4 Gymnasium 11/30/2026 , 5:45 PM 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook        6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 8 Regional Host: Lockport Oak Prairie 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Oak Prairie 12/01/2026 , 4:15 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491      4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Oak Prairie 11/30/2026 , 4:15 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491        5th Seed Winner Game 4   Oak Prairie 12/03/2026 , 5:00 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491      2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Oak Prairie 11/30/2026 , 5:30 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491        7th Seed Winner Game 2   Oak Prairie 12/01/2026 , 5:30 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491      3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Oak Prairie 11/30/2026 , 6:45 PM 15161 S Gougar Rd, Homer Glen IL 60491        6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 9 Regional Host: Minooka 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 10 Regional Host: Mahomet-Seymour 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Mahomet-Seymour JH 12/01/2026 , 4:30 PM 201 W State St, Mahomet      4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Mahomet-Seymour JH 11/30/2026 , 4:30 PM 201 W State St, Mahomet        5th Seed Winner Game 4   Mahomet-Seymour JH 12/04/2026 , 4:30 AM 201 W State St, Mahomet      2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Mahomet-Seymour JH 11/30/2026 , 5:45 PM 201 W State St, Mahomet        7th Seed Winner Game 2   Mahomet-Seymour JH 12/01/2026 , 5:45 PM 201 W State St, Mahomet      3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Mahomet-Seymour JH 11/30/2026 , 7:00 PM 201 W State St, Mahomet        6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 11 Regional Host: Morton JHS 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 12 Regional Host: East Peoria Central 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 13 Regional Host: Mt. Zion 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 14 Regional Host: Quincy 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 15 Regional Host: Bethalto Trimpe 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed Class 8-4A Regional 16 Regional Host: Cahokia Wirth 1st Seed       BYE 1st Seed       Date: TBD   4th Seed   Winner Game 1 Date: TBD     5th Seed Winner Game 4   Date: TBD   2nd Seed       Winner Game 5 Date: TBD     7th Seed Winner Game 2   Date: TBD   3rd Seed   Winner Game 3 Date: TBD     6th Seed

Class History

The IESA sanctioned girls basketball in 1979. There was one class of girls basketball until 1986 when the activity was split into 7th and 8th grade classes. From 1990-2005, the Association adopted the format of 7th and 8th grade play based upon a school's enrollment (7A, 7AA, 8A and 8AA). Starting in 2006, 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