2023 IHSA State Championship Tournament

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The 2023 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the thirty-seventh State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the thirty-second season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). This was the second year both tournaments were held at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. The tournaments were held Saturday, March 18th.

This state series was the sixth to be written under the guidance of head question editor Brad Fischer.

The tournament was hosted by Elmwood with equipment furnished by Buzzersystems.com.

Advancement

Teams were assigned to one of eight sectionals within each class. Coaches then seeded the top 8 teams in their sectional. The IHSA then assigned the seeded teams to one of four regionals (1 with 8, 2 with 7, etc), with the remainder of the teams assigned to a regional geographically. The winners of the regionals would advance to their respective sectional tournaments, where they would play a three match round robin to determine a winner. The determination of the geographic boundaries of the Sectional was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office. Regional tournaments were held on Monday, March 6th, and Sectional tournaments were held on Saturday, March 11th.

Tournament Format

Each round was comprised of 24 toss-ups and accompanying bonus questions.

In the State Championship Tournament, teams were randomly assigned to pools of four, and played a three match round robin. The winners of each pool advanced to the Championship Match, and the runners-up in each pool advanced to play for third place. Ties were broken by head-to-head results or total points scored among tied teams (in the event of a three-way tie).

The top four teams earned trophies and medals for team members, coaches, principals, and activities directors.

CLASS A

2023 Class A IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Uni Lab

Runner-Up:

Southwestern

Third Place

Winnebago

Fourth Place

Johnston City

POOL #1

Southwestern swept through their pool going 3-0. Johnston City went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Johnston City 360 Eureka 120
Southwestern 390 Pleasant Plains 230
2 Southwestern 390 Eureka 70
Johnston City 290 Pleasant Plains 110
3 Pleasant Plains 290 Eureka 80
Southwestern 330 Johnston City 130

POOL #2

Uni-Lab swept through their pool going 3-0. Winnebago went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Winnebago 330 Francis Parker 300
Uni-Lab 640 Cumberland 40
2 Francis Parker 470 Cumberland 140
Uni-Lab 550 Winnebago 150
3 Uni-Lab 550 Francis Parker 200
Winnebago 350 Cumberland 160

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Winnebago 220 Johnston City 200

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Uni Lab 390 Southwestern 200

CLASS AA

2023 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Auburn

Runner-Up:

Barrington

Third Place

IMSA

Fourth Place

Bloomington

POOL #1

Auburn went 3-0. IMSA went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Auburn 490 Dunlap 310
IMSA 430 Hinsdale Central 230
2 Dunlap 350 Hinsdale Central 340
Auburn 560 IMSA 320
3 IMSA 570 Dunlap 150
Auburn 460 Hinsdale Central 280

POOL #2

Barrington went 3-0. Bloomington went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Barrington 630 Sandburg 160
Bloomington 310 Carbondale 220
2 Barrington 520 Bloomington 230
Carbondale 350 Sandburg 330
3 Barrington 540 Carbondale 110
Bloomington 390 Sandburg 290

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
IMSA 480 Bloomington 130

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Auburn 430 Barrington 390

Notes

  • Auburn continued its streak of consecutive top-4 finishes to 20 straight tournaments
  • Auburn's championship gives Auburn its third championship in three decades (2008, 2015, 2023)
  • This was Francis Parker's first State finals appearance
  • After 9 previous appearances at the State Finals, this was Bloomington's first top-4 finish
  • This was University of Illinois Lab's third-straight State championship in either class since 2019, its fourth overall