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IHSSBCA Turnabout tournaments will be held Saturday, January 11, 2025 at Blue Ridge (Farmer City), Evanston, Fairfield, Galena, Granite City, Homewood-Flossmoor, and Richmond Burton; and Saturday, January 18, 2025 at St Teresa (Decatur). Turnabouts give teams a chance to compete without having to go up against the best teams in the state. The vast majority of Scholastic Bowl teams are invited, but teams that have won large tournaments or repeatedly placed highly at tournaments in the past year are not invited. This year’s blacklist is posted on the Turnabout information page.
Register for the 2024-25 Masonic Academic Bowl soon! The invitation and registration form can be viewed and downloaded at the bottom of our Masonic Academic Bowl information page, which is maintained with the kind help of the Illinois Masonic Lodge.
Membership rates will increase January 1, 2025, so renew your membership registration for 2024-25 in our online store and join our community database! The registration system includes membership tiers for head coaches, assistant and JV coaches, new coaches, and students. If you have any questions about the new registration process, please email IHSSBCA Chair Brad Fischer.

IHSSBCA members receive access to register for Novice, Kickoff, and Turnabout tournaments; to the second through fourth issues of the annual newsletter; and to the IHSSBCA Coaches Handbook. Visit the membership page for more information, and follow more IHSSBCA news on the IHSSBCA Facebook page.

The annual open meeting of the IHSSBCA will be Sunday, February 16 at 10am. Contact Brad Fischer to receive an invitation to join the Zoom meeting.

The Coaches’ Handbook now contains a guide for the YellowFruit tournament statistics program! The Coaches’ Handbook is a valuable resource available to IHSSBCA members only. Become a member to access this and other valuable parts of the Handbook!
Moderator certification has been updated for 2024-25! Keep your Highly Rated moderator certification by asking coaches to fill out an online moderator certification form.
Are you a non-coach community member? Join our community database!
Visit our tournament central pages for high school or middle school.
Download a printable calendar for high school or middle school.Want your tournament listed on the IHSSBCA’s statewide tournament calendar? Email us with your tournament details to have it listed on the high school or middle school tournament calendar.
Hosting a tournament? Download our tournament rules, customizable schedules, and a wide variety of differently-formatted scoresheets.
The list of certified moderators is online! You can become a certified moderator by being recommended by tournament hosts or by receiving online reviews from community members. You can also submit your contact information to join the moderator listing and make it easier for tournament hosts to find you.

Read more about moderator certification here.
The November 2024 issue of Scholastic Visions includes previews of upcoming IHSSBCA tournaments, an article on “Blowouts and How to Learn From Them” from our Coaches’ Handbook, information about the Community Database and volunteering with the IHSSBCA, and more! The first annual issue of Scholastic Visions is free to all scholastic bowl community members. Become an IHSSBCA member to download the last three issues from the Scholastic Visions homepage.