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IHSA girls basketball: Elite Eight supersectional scores IHSA girls basketball Class 1A state finals schedule Semifinal: Cissna Park Co-op (30-5) vs. Carrollton (29-7), 9:30 a.m. Thursday ...
Dunlap tandem of Ethan McRaven and Alex Fei are Journal Star Boys Tennis Player of the Year after, leading the 2025 all-area ...
Senior pitcher Anna Topel was hit by a pitch near her right throwing hand, March 26. She immediately sensed something bad, probably a broken ...
IHSA executive director Craig Anderson said the association decided to get in front of the issue after hearing feedback from member schools. A bylaw proposal allowing athletes to compete in non ...
IHSA strikes compromise with lawmakers on ‘Right to Play' law More waivers for High School Athletes to be seen by recruiters and coaches Published May 14, 2025 • Updated on May 14, 2025 at 6:08 pm ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, will collaborate with state lawmakers over a bill that aims to allow student-at… ...
(The Center Square) – House Republican Leader state Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, called the Illinois High School Association’s response to the GOP's letter over biological males competing ...
The IHSA's three student-athletes (out of around 320,000 at IHSA-member schools) who were born male asked for (and received) waivers last year from the association to compete in girls sports.
The IHSA board also made a change to its success-factor policy. Any non-boundaried school program that wins two state trophies over a three-year period will be moved up a class.
The IHSA announced earlier Wednesday that there are three changes — all of which would impact teams in the Effingham Daily News coverage area. The first was a move back to fixed classification ...
The IHSA announced three significant changes to its classification policy Tuesday. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, the IHSA will return to fixed classification cutoffs, change its multiplier ...
The IHSA will implement fixed classifications for its more than 800 member schools starting in the 2025-26 school year. The IHSA will eliminate automatic waivers for its multiplier, which is ...