IL football state championship predictions, 5A–8A
We can't predict a winner in Class 7A, but here are our mathematics-based predictions for the state final games in Illinois, Classes 5A, 6A, & 8A.
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IL football state championship predictions, 1A–4A
We have a few predictions for the IL high school state title football games, starting with 1A–4A. Based on select team statistics.
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.
No-hitter in IL softball Class 4A semifinal
To advance to the state final in softball in Class 4A, Nikole Van Gennep of Lincoln-Way East threw a no-hitter after a lengthy rain delay.
Champions set records in Hinsdale, Lincolnshire
Hinsdale Central won more athletic titles in 2014-15 than any other school ever has. Stevenson HS joins schools that have won 4+ titles.
IL state champs in boys' basketball
We congratulate the 2015 boys' basketball state champions in Illinois: Lincolnshire, St Joseph, Uplift, and Brimfield.
Football predictions for the IL championship games
On Thanksgiving weekend, IL football teams will return to Champaign's historic Memorial Stadium to play the state title games. Here's what we think.
IL state girls' volleyball champions 2014
We will update this story as championship games are played and/or news reports received. Illinois will name four state champs today in girls' volleyball.
Legacy H S: 6-time Colo. state marching champs
At a home football game, we talked to the band director at Legacy HS in Broomfield, Colo., whose bands have won the state championship 6 of the last 7 years.
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.