2024 IHSA State Championship Tournament

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The 2024 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the thirty-eighth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the thirty-third season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). This was the third year both tournaments were held at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. The tournaments were held Saturday, March 16th.

This state series was the seventh 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 4th, and Sectional tournaments were held on Saturday, March 9th.

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:

Metro-East Lutheran

Runner-Up:

Winnebago

Third Place

Johnston City

Fourth Place

Pleasant Plains

POOL #1

Winnebago swept their pool going 3-0. Pleasant Plains went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Pleasant Plains 340 Cumberland 150
Winnebago 340 El Paso-Gridley 50
2 Winnebago 290 Cumberland 170
Pleasant Plains 270 El Paso-Gridley 130
3 Cumberland 150 El Paso-Gridley 90
Winnebago 230 Pleasant Plains 220

POOL #2

Metro-East Lutheran swept 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 370 Bloomington Central Catholic 220
Metro-East Lutheran 400 Lisle 300
2 Metro-East Lutheran 320 Bloomington Central Catholic 220
Johnston City 330 Lisle 260
3 Lisle 470 Bloomington Central Catholic 220
Metro-East Lutheran 390 Johnston City 240

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Johnston City 350 Pleasant Plains 150

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Metro-East Lutheran 300 Winnebago 200

CLASS AA

2023 Class AA IHSA State Championship Tournament
State Champion:

Buffalo Grove

Runner-Up:

Waubonsie Valley

Third Place

University of Illinois Lab

Fourth Place

Carbondale

POOL #1

Waubonsie Valley swept their pool going 3-0. Carbondale went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place match.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Rockford Auburn 390 Macomb 210
Waubonsie Valley 400 Carbondale 340
2 Waubonsie Valley 540 Macomb 140
Carbondale 400 Auburn 250
3 Carbondale 400 Macomb 160
Waubonsie Valley 370 Auburn 290

POOL #2

Buffalo Grove swept their pool going 3-0. Uni-Lab went 2-1 to advance to the 3rd place game.

Round Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
1 Uni-Lab 390 Homewood-Flossmoor 320
Buffalo Grove 440 Walter Payton 370
2 Uni-Lab 570 Walter Payton 190
Buffalo Grove 730 Homewood-Flossmoor 130
3 Buffalo Grove 480 Uni-Lab 370
Walter Payton 410 Homewood-Flossmoor 190

Third Place

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Uni-Lab 530 Carbondale 130

Finals

Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
Buffalo Grove 460 Waubonsie Valley 370

Notes

  • The 2024 IHSA Tournament saw several State Finals debuts including El Paso-Gridley, Bloomington Central Catholic, Waubonsie Valley, & Walter Payton. In the case of Payton - the first representative from the Chicago Public League to advance to state.
  • While this was Auburn's record 21st consecutive trip to the finals, this is the first IHSA Tournament since 2001 not to feature Auburn in the top-4.
  • This is the first IHSA Tournament since 2008 to crown two new State champions for both classes in the same year.
  • Metro-East Lutheran are the first southern Illinois IHSA State champions in either class since Litchfield (2014-1A).