Tag: IHSA

Boys high school basketball schedule March 12-14; results March 9-3

Thursday, March 12University of Illinois (State Farm)IHSA State Tournament Class 1ASemi-finalsGoreville vs. Lawrenceville, 10 a.m.Eastland vs. Marshall, 11:45 a.m.Third placeTBD vs. TBD, 7 p.m.IHSA State Tournament Class 2ASemi-finalsManual vs. Tolono Unity, 2:30Farragut vs. Notre Dame (Quincy), 4:15Third PlaceTBD vs. TBD, 8:45 Friday, March 13IHSA State Tournament Class 3ASemi-finalsDeerfield vs. Kaneland,

Girls high school basketball State championships

Class 4AFriday, March 6Game 1: Nazareth Academy 54, Belleville East 36Game 2: Loyola Academy 46, Rolling Meadows 33Game 3: Belleville East 43, Rolling Meadows 30Saturday, March 7Game 4: Nazareth Academy 55, Loyola Acad. 23Class 3AFriday, March 6Game 1: Glenwood 46, Trinity 35Game 2: Washington 55, St. Viator 34Game 3: Trinity

Third straight state championship: Nazareth Academy wins IHSA Class 5A state championship

By Bobby Narang Three-peat. Check. One for the thumb, covered? Check. Entering Saturday’s Class 5A State championship game, Nazareth Academy had a lot of bullet points to check off with a big victory. In a battle of familiar State powerhouses, Nazareth pulled out a thrilling 29-27 victory over Joliet Catholic

Select high school football schedules Oct. 5-7; results Sept. 29-30

Thursday, Oct. 5Chicagoland ChristianChicago Christ the King at Wheaton Academy, 7:30Upstate EightGlenbard East at Fenton, 7:30 Friday, Oct. 6Chicagoland ChristianChicago Hope Academy at St. Edward, 7Chicago Christian at McNamara, 7Marian Central at Aurora Christian, 7DuKaneGlenbard North at St. Charles North, 7Geneva at Wheaton North, 7St. Charles East at Batavia, 7Wheaton

High school boys basketball IHSA playoff results March 9-11

IHSA State Tournament Class 4ASaturday, March 11ChampionshipMoline 59, Benet 42Friday, March 10SemifinalsBenet 64, New Trier 49Moline 50, Benet 36Third PlaceNew Trier 53, Downers Grove North 34 IHSA State Tournament Class 3ASaturday, March 11ChampionshipMetamora 46, Simeon 42, otFriday, March 10SemifinalsSimeon 60, St. Ignatius 42Metamora 50, East St. Louis 43Third PlaceEast St.

Belated, pleasing, gift! High school sports may start

By Bobby Narang Nearly a month after Christmas, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) delivered a very belated, but pleasing gift to high school athletes. Just when the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly was set to end some sports, in particular football and boys and girls basketball, the IHSA reversed course and

IHSA Athletics Remain On Pause, Contact Days Can Begin Pending IDPH Approval; Board Will Meet January 27

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting January 13, where the Board announced that all IHSA sports not operating under an official IHSA season calendar may begin to conduct contact days as soon as they are allowable per Illinois Department of Public

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson released the following statement regarding the IHSA Board of Directors Discussion Update December 2

“The IHSA Board of Directors met virtually December 2 for an update session, where they discussed several topics, including the timeline of winter sports. Given governor JB Pritzker’s current mitigations, the Board has no expectation of starting low risk winter sports prior to January. The Board and IHSA staff will