Announcements

Illinois High School Association (IHSA) member schools approved eleven amendment proposals in the annual by-law referendum that ended December 17, 2018, including a proposal to implement a district scheduling system for football starting with the 2021 season. The online ballots were tabulated a... Read more

The first release of information about the IHSA's new two-year classification cycle, which was adopted by the IHSA Board of Directors in June 2018, has been posted. The classification cycle covers the next two school years: 2019-20 and 2020-21. During that period, classifications in multi-class spor... Read more

The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Tuesday, December 11, starting at approximately 1:00 pm. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball, boys basketball, and dual team wrestling, as well as Scholastic Bowl... Read more

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, December 10, 2018, where the Board approved the formation of an advisory committee for Esports. The committee will be charged with developing recommendations on a format for a poten... Read more

The Illinois High School Association's Legislative Commission voted Wednesday (Nov. 28) to refer 11 proposals to amend the IHSA Constitution and By-laws to a vote of the general membership. The Commission voted after hearing feedback from member school personnel at 28 town meetings held around the s... Read more

For the eighth-straight year, NBC Sports Chicago, the television home of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championships, will be airing LIVE high-definition coverage of the 2018 IHSA Football State Championships on Friday, November 23 & Saturday, November 24 from the University ... Read more

The IHSA, Visit Champaign County, the University of Illinois, and the Champaign-Urbana communities are proud to welcome the competing teams and fans to the 2018 IHSA Football State Finals on Friday and Saturday, November 23-24. The Tent City tradition will continue across the street from Memorial... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will once again feature its IHSA Greatest Games Championship Series as a part of the 2018 IHSA Football State Championship broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago (channel finder) on Friday and Saturday, November 23-24. NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Chicag... Read more

A total of 27 by-law amendment proposals were received prior to the October 16 deadline from official representatives of IHSA member schools. The IHSA Legislative Commission will review the proposals at its first meeting on Monday, November 5. Then the proposals will be discussed at town meeting... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Football Playoff Pairing Show returns to NBC Sports Chicago for its eighth season in 2018. NBC Sports Chicago – THE Home of the #AuthenticFan – will air the show live on NBC Sports Chicago+ on Saturday, October 20 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. V... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met at its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, where the Board announced new state final venues for IHSA Debate and Journalism. The IHSA Debate State Finals return will return ... Read more

Voting for seats on the Illinois High School Association Board of Directors and Legislative Commission closed at midnight on Monday, October 1, and the results were tallied and certified Tuesday morning, October 2. Dr. Joyce Kenner, Principal at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, who served two ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce its sixth class of recipients of the IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award. The 2018-19 honorees include a pair of veteran TV sports directors on the preps scene in Chris Duerr of Quincy’s KHQA-TV and Kurt Pegler of Peoria&rsquo... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met at its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, September 10, 2018, where the Board approved three action items. ACTION ITEMS 1. The Board approved an annual waiver of IHSA By-laws 3.021 and 3.0... Read more

Sadly, incidents of violence marred a few high school sporting events around the country over the weekend. Illinois was not immune, as two IHSA football games were interrupted by criminal events that transpired in nearby neighborhoods. The IHSA would like to take a moment to thank all of the in... Read more

Today marks the start of the 2018 football season. As the new school year begins, the IHSA hopes everyone involved in high school sports takes the necessary precautions to ensure the safest playing environment for all participants. Participating in high school athletics offers many tremendous be... Read more

There's a new app in town. The previous IHSA App for mobile devices has been replaced by a new "web app" — a webpage specifically designed to run on a mobile device. The following options are available in the new IHSA App: Calendar of events — standard IHSA calendar ScoreZo... Read more

The IHSA Board of Directors met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, August 20, 2018, where the Board approved the appointment of Dunlap High School Principal Scott Adreon (right) as the Board Treasurer. Adreon previously served on the IHSA Board fro... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to once again support the “Team Up Speak Up To Fight Concussions” initiative developed by the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The IHSA encourages all of its schools and programs to embrace the program, which will take place on September ... Read more

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will hold its 19th annual Officials Conference on Friday and Saturday, July 20-21 in East Peoria. The event will unfold at the East Peoria Embassy Suites and East Peoria Community High School. The theme of this year’s conference is “Choose Grea... Read more