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Voting for 2025-2026 All-Sectional is now open! Voting will close at 5:00pm Friday, February 20, 2026.

Visit the 2026 All-Sectional page to download a nomination pack for your assigned IHSA Sectional and to find a link to the form to vote for your Sectional’s All-Sectional team. Each Sectional uses a different form, so make sure you choose the right one! All-Sectional voting is open to all current Illinois high school coaches. You do not need to be an IHSSBCA member to participate in All-Sectional voting.

Looking to fill out your middle school competition schedule? Attend an IHSSBCA Middle School Tournament on April 18! 2026 Middle School Tournaments will be held at:

Belvidere North High School
Bond County High School (Greenville)
Bradley-Bourbonnais High School
Carbondale High School
Limestone High School (Bartonville)
Pleasant Plains Middle School
Roycemore School (Evanston) – 12 teams max at this site

Register by contacting the host coach. Visit the IHSSBCA Middle School Tournament page for contact details.

The IHSSBCA will once again select Team Illinois in 2026! The application is available here.
Congratulations, 2026 Award Winners!

Hall of Fame Coach Ken Dentino, Kaneland (Maple Park)
Hall of Fame Coach Ron Jenkins, Galena
Hall of Fame Coach Bob Schrempf, Von Steuben (Chicago)
Rob Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Trevor Nigus

Renew your membership registration for 2025-26 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 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!
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 December 2025 issue of Scholastic Visions includes information about nominating players for All-Sectional and All-State awards; registration information for Turnabouts, IHSSBCA Middle School Tournaments, NAQT|IHSSBCA State, and Masonic Sectionals/State; helpful information for hosting tournaments; photos of the top teams at Novice and Kickoff tournaments; 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.