| The Road to Champaign |
| First Round |
Second Round |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Finals |
Champion |
| (1) Monmouth (Yorkwood) [Y.-Roseville Coop] (9-0) |
(1) Roseville (10-0)
42-24 |
(4) Poplar Grove (North Boone) (10-1)
34-20 |
(2) Aledo (12-0)
32-6 |
Aledo
28-7 |
Aledo
41-40 |
| (8) Dakota (5-4) |
| (4) Poplar Grove (North Boone) (8-1) |
(4) Poplar Grove (North Boone) (9-1)
24-7 |
| (5) Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (7-2) |
| (2) Aledo (9-0) |
(2) Aledo (10-0)
34-8 |
(2) Aledo (11-0)
40-0 |
| (7) Forreston (6-3) |
| (3) Toulon (Stark County) (8-1) |
(6) Amboy (7-3)
29-7 |
| (6) Amboy (6-3) |
| (1) Tremont (9-0) |
(1) Tremont (10-0)
49-6 |
(1) Tremont (11-0)
21-14 |
(3) Argenta (A.-Oreana) (10-2)
26-20 |
| (8) Bement [South Piatt Coop] (5-4) |
| (4) Sidell (Jamaica) [Salt Fork Coop] (7-2) |
(4) Sidell (Jamaica) [Salt Fork Coop] (8-2)
50-14 |
| (5) Downs (Tri-Valley) (6-3) |
| (2) Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) (7-2) |
(2) Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) (8-2)
46-25 |
(3) Argenta (A.-Oreana) (9-2)
23-0 |
| (7) Watseka (5-4) |
| (3) Argenta (A.-Oreana) (7-2) |
(3) Argenta (A.-Oreana) (8-2)
40-14 |
| (6) Gilman (Iroquois West) [Coop] (5-4) |
| (1) Carthage (9-0) |
(1) Carthage (10-0)
54-14 |
(1) Carthage (11-0)
46-8 |
(1) Carthage (12-0)
30-8 |
Carthage
54-14 |
| (8) Cuba [North Fulton Coop] (5-4) |
| (4) Winchester [West Central Coop] (6-3) |
(4) Winchester [West Central Coop] (7-3)
7-0 |
| (5) Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) [Coop] (6-3) |
| (2) Sciota (Northwestern) [N.-LaHarpe Coop] (8-1) |
(2) Sciota (Northwestern) [N.-LaHarpe Coop] (9-1)
50-6 |
(2) Sciota (Northwestern) [N.-LaHarpe Coop] (10-1)
38-13 |
| (7) Virginia [Coop] (6-3) |
| (3) Beardstown (7-2) |
(3) Beardstown (8-2)
27-8 |
| (6) Rushville (6-3) |
| (1) Tuscola (9-0) |
(1) Tuscola (10-0)
48-7 |
(4) Moweaqua (Central A & M) (9-2)
14-12 |
(3) Auburn (11-1)
39-0 |
| (8) Bridgeport (Red Hill) (5-4) |
| (4) Moweaqua (Central A & M) (7-2) |
(4) Moweaqua (Central A & M) (8-2)
27-18 |
| (5) Lawrenceville (7-2) |
| (2) Nokomis (8-1) |
(2) Nokomis (9-1)
30-0 |
(3) Auburn (10-1)
17-13 |
| (7) New Berlin [Coop] (6-3) |
| (3) Auburn (8-1) |
(3) Auburn (9-1)
35-12 |
| (6) Casey (C.-Westfield) (6-3) |