IL H.S. Assn. settles disability lawsuit
A settlement reached by the IHSA and the attorney general in IL will create state championships in a few new sports for students with disabilities.
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Illinois high school dynasties & their games
We publish a new tool for determining the state titles won by IL schools for a particular event or in a given school year. Part of our /slice project.
IL High School Association has a new director
Craig Anderson will be the 7th executive director at the IHSA, the association that governs sports at public and private high schools in Illinois.
IL music state champions
We congratulate the winners of IL's state music sweepstakes, a computed score based on solo & ensemble and large group competitions.
IL considers new rules for football practice
IL is likely to revise its rules on full-contact football practices for the fall. They're looking to reduce the chances for brain injury.
To IL high schools: prevent football concussions
We join the editors of the <em>Chicago Sun-Times</em> in calling on IL schools to get tougher in the fight against traumatic brain injury in school sports.
IHSA sued over brain trauma (concussions) from football
The IHSA is being sued over not exercising the proper care of athletes who had suffered concussions as they played football.
IHSA suspends Homewood-Flossmoor girls’ b-ball
Homewood-Flossmoor girls' basketball, certainly one of the top 4A teams in Illinois, was disqualified for rules violations including a non-school team that competed nationally.
Chicago Bears to host state football champs on Dec 29
The IHSA and the Chicago Bears have announced that state champions will be invited to the Bears-Packers game on Dec 29 and honored with a ceremony.
IHSA drops state marching band championship, it seems
Our coverage of a possible statewide marching band championship in Illinois, one sponsored by the IHSA, comes to an end, given the absence of any response from the IHSA.