For the 92nd consecutive year, the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) will crown state basketball champions when the 8th-grade boys tip-off their tournaments at four different sites this Saturday, February 12. Competition in the Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A State Final Tournaments begins Saturday and concludes Thursday, February 17. This is the 15th year of the four-class system.
Class 1A Quarterfinal and Semifinal games will be played at Auburn High School with the Consolation and Championship games being played at Auburn Junior High School in Divernon. The Class 2A is set to tip-off at Mt. Pulaski High School.
Tolono (Unity) High School will play host in Class 3A and Class 4A will be at Taylorville High School.
The time schedule for all four tournaments will be the same. Quarterfinals will be played Saturday with the first of four games beginning at 10:00 a.m. at each site. The four quarterfinal winners will meet in semifinal games Saturday evening with the first of two games set to begin at 5:00 p.m. Third place and championship games will be played Thursday, February 17 with the third-place game set for 6:00 p.m. and the championship game scheduled for 7:30.
Any changes in the playing status of each of the four tournaments due to weather will be posted on the IESA Website at www.iesa.org as each tournament progresses. In addition, scores will be updated throughout the day indicating which teams will advance in the tournament.
