IHSA Class 3A/4A Predictions
May 23, 2018
The IHSA class 3A and 4A Regional quarterfinals games are completed while class 1A and 2A playoffs started last week where Regional champions have been decided.
Earlier this month, when the seedings were initially released, we broke down and analyzed each Sectional in detail with teams' current rankings in the Power 25 at the time. Click Here for a complete look at each Sectional.
As this year's 3A and 4A state tournaments ramp up, we take a look at how the state could potentially play out. We skipped Regionals and went straight to picking the Sectional final matchups.
Due to the seeding format being based geographically, there are a number of loaded Sectionals. In class 4A, the Lockport Sectional features four teams currently ranked in the top 15 of the Power 25 and a number of other teams that were ranked at some point throughout the year. The No. 1 seed in the Sectional is Lincoln-Way East, currently ranked No. 8 in the Power 25. The Sectional also features Sandburg (No. 4), Andrew (No. 6), and Marist (No. 13). Providence Catholic and Lockport were ranked at various times in the season and will be tough outs. Other sleeper teams in the Sectional are Lincoln-Way Central, Homewood-Flossmoor, and Marian Catholic.
Other tough Sectionals to keep an eye on are Hinsdale South's and St. Laurence's. Hinsdale South's features Neuqua Valley (No. 2), Plainfield North (No. 9), and Plainfield East (No. 16). A few sleepers to keep an eye on in the Sectional are Naperville Central and the other two Plainfield schools, Central and South, who both won 20-plus games this spring. The St. Laurence Sectional features hosts St. Laurence (No. 5), Mount Carmel (No. 7), Lyons Township (No. 11), and Brother Rice (No. 18). The Sectional also features St. Rita who spent a lot of time this spring in the Power 25 and Riverside-Brookfield who is currently listed On The Bubble.
CLICK HERE for entire IHSA Class 4A Brackets.
Let's take a look at this year's IHSA playoff predictions:
CLASS 4A
Super-Sectional | State Semi | State Final | ||
Buffalo Grove | ||||
St. Viator Sectional |
Libertyville |
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Libertyville |
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Boomers Stadium | Libertyville | |||
St. Charles North |
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Bartlett Sectional |
St. Charles North |
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Wheaton North |
Route 66 Stadium | |||
Libertyville | ||||
Barrington | ||||
McHenry Sectional |
Huntley |
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Huntley | ||||
Boomers Stadium | Huntley |
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Loyola | ||||
Loyola Sectional |
Loyola | |||
New Trier | Route 66 Stadium | |||
Neuqua Valley |
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St. Laurence | State Champion | |||
St. Laurence Sectional |
Lyons | |||
Lyons | ||||
Standard Bank | Neuqua Valley | |||
Neuqua Valley |
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Hinsdale South Sectional |
Neuqua Valley | |||
Plainfield North | Route 66 Stadium | |||
Neuqua Valley |
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O'Fallon | ||||
Illinois Wesleyan Sectional |
O'Fallon | |||
Moline | ||||
University of Illinois | O'Fallon | |||
Sandburg | ||||
Lockport Sectional |
Andrew | |||
Andrew |
CLASS 3A
In class 3A, the Decatur MacArthur Sectional looks to be the toughest on paper. It includes Power 25 Glenwood (No. 19) and a number of others who have spent a lot of time on the bubble throughout the spring: Rochester (23-6), Effingham (23-5), and Mt. Zion (24-4). Some other teams to look out for in the Sectional are Champaign Central, Sacred Heart-Griffin (22-11), and Mattoon (22-8).
CLICK HERE for entire IHSA Class 3A Brackets
Super-Sectional | State Semi | State Final | ||
Grayslake Central | ||||
Lake View Sectional |
Carmel Catholic |
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Carmel Catholic | ||||
North Central | Carmel Catholic | |||
Ridgewood | ||||
Nazareth Sectional |
Nazareth | |||
Nazareth | Route 66 Stadium | |||
Carmel Catholic | ||||
Burlington Central |
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Sterling Sectional |
Stillman Valley | |||
Stillman Valley | ||||
Augustana | Normal U-High | |||
Morton | ||||
Washington Sectional |
Normal U-High | |||
Normal U-High | Route 66 Stadium | |||
Joliet Catholic |
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Columbia | State Champion | |||
Centralia Sectional |
Columbia | |||
Mascoutah | ||||
Sauget | Columbia | |||
Effingham | ||||
Decatur Sectional |
Effingham | |||
Mt. Zion |
Route 66 Stadium | |||
Joliet Catholic |
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Simeon | ||||
Chicago Brooks Sectional |
Simeon | |||
Solorio | ||||
Standard Bank | Joliet Catholic |
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Joliet Catholic | ||||
Ottawa Sectional |
Joliet Catholic | |||
Coal City |
You can follow all the postseason action, scores and game recaps by clicking HERE.
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