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IHSA RELEASES GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS

(BLOOMINGTON) — The Illinois High School Association released the pairings for the 2025-26 girls state basketball tournament on Friday.

Regional tournament play begins on Saturday, Feb. 14 in all four classes. Little Illini Conference schools have been assigned to six regional sites in two different classes. Three schools — Casey-Westfield in Class 1A, along with Mt. Carmel and Paris in Class 2A — will host a regional. Semifinal and championship games are played at the regional host site. First round games are hosted by the school with the higher seed. One team – 10th-ranked (Class 2A) Mt. Carmel – will carry a No. 1 seed into the Regional it hosts.

Olney will host a Class 2A Sectional tournament beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The winner there would advance to the Benton Super-Sectional on Monday, Mar. 2.

The state championship tournament will be played on Mar. 5-7 at CEFCU Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal.

Here are the pairings for the 2025-26 IHSA girls state basketball Regional tournaments. LIC schools are listed in bold. Sectional Complex seeds are listed in parenthesis. Note: Some start times for first-round games are listed as TBA.

Class 1A
at Bluford (Webber)
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at TBA: (10) Cowden (C.-Herrick) [Coop] at (7) Bluford (Webber)
Game 2 at TBA: (11) Farina (South Central) at (6) Lawrenceville
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 3 at 6:00 pm: (2) Albion (Edwards County) vs. Winner Game 1
Game 4 at 7:30 pm: (3) Woodlawn vs. Winner Game 2
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 5 at 6:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Winner advances to Wayne City Sectional)

at Casey-Westfield
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at TBA: (10) Decatur (Unity Christian) [Coop] at (8) Casey-Westfield
Game 2 at TBA: (11) Bethany (Okaw Valley) at (6) Martinsville
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 3 at 6:00 pm: (2) Toledo (Cumberland) vs. Winner Game 1
Game 4 at 7:30 pm: (3) Macon (Meridian) vs. Winner Game 2
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 5 at 6:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Winner advances to Argenta-Oreana Sectional)

Class 2A
at Mt. Carmel
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at 1:00 pm: (9) Flora at (8) Newton
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 2 at 6:00 pm: (1) Mt. Carmel vs. Winner Game 1
Game 3 at 7:30 pm: (4) Fairfield vs. (5) Salem
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 4 at 6:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (Winner advances to Olney Sectional)

at Paris
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at 5:00 pm: (9) Pana at (8) OPH (at Palestine Grade School)
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 2 at 6:30 pm: (1) Effingham (H.S.) vs. Winner Game 1
Game 3 at 7:30 pm: (3) Paris vs. (5) Effingham (St. Anthony)
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 4 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (Winner advances to Olney Sectional)

at Eldorado
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at TBA: (10) Eldorado at (7) Carmi (C.-White County)
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 2 at 6:00 pm: (2) Harrisburg vs. Winner Game 1
Game 3 at 7:30 pm: (3) Olney vs. (6) McLeansboro (Hamilton County)
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 4 at 6:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (Winner advances to Olney Sectional)

at Teutopolis
Sat., Feb. 14
Game 1 at TBA: (10) Shelbyville at (7) Marshall
Game 2 at TBA: (11) Vandalia at (6) Sullivan
Mon., Feb. 16
Game 3 at 6:00 pm: (2) Teutopolis vs. Winner Game 1
Game 4 at 7:30 pm: (4) Robinson vs. Winner Game 2
Thu., Feb. 19
Game 5 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Winner advances to Olney Sectional)

 

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