Ranking The IHSA Sectionals

Last week the IHSA released their sectional and regional assignment. This has created a lot of buzz around the state about whoch sectional is the hardest as it does every year. Here we look at the top 10 teams currently in each sectional and rank each sectional based on how tough it is to qualify out of.

3A Boys -

1. Hoffman Estates

1. #2 Palatine (Fremd)

2. #6 Palatine

3. #8 Winnetka (New Trier)

4. #9 Lake Zurich

5. #12 Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

6. #15 Arlington Heights (Hersey)

7. #17 Barrington

8. #18 Libertyville

9. #25 Highland Park

10. Deerfield

2. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #5 Elmhurst (York)

2. #14 Chicago (Lane)

3. #16 Wheaton Warrenville South

4. #21 Oak Park-River Forest

5. #22 Batavia

6. #24 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

7. Wheaton North

8. Park Ridge (Maine South)

9. St. Charles North

10. Roselle (Lake Park)

3. Hinsdale Central

1. #1 Downers Grove North

2. #10 Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

3. #11 LaGrange (Lyons)

4. #13 Orland Park (Sandburg)

5. #19 Naperville North

6. #23 Naperville Central

7. Hinsdale Central

8. West Aurora

9. Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)

10. Downers Grove South

4. Normal Community

1. #3 Plainfield South

2. #4 Plainfield North

3. #7 Edwardsville

4. #20 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

5. O'Fallon

6. Yorkville

7. Quincy

8. Lockport

9. Tinley Park (Andrew)

10. Minooka

3A Girls -

1. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #1 Elmhurst (York)

2. #6 Batavia

3. #9 Wheaton Warrenville South

4. #11 Huntley

5. #13 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)

6. #14 Wheaton North

7. #21 Oak Park-River Forest

8. #23 Park Ridge (Maine South)

9. St. Charles North

10. Chicago (Lane)

2. Hoffman Estates

1. #1 Barrington

2. #4 Mt. Prospect (Prospect)

3. #5 Arlington Heights (Hersey)

4. #10 Lake Zurich

5. #16 Winnetka (New Trier)

6. #20 Schaumburg

7. #24 Palatine

8. Palatine (Fremd)

9. Wilmette (Loyola Academy)

10. Gurnee (Warren)

'3. Normal Community

1. #12 Minooka

2. #15 Plainfield North

3. #17 O'Fallon

4. #18 Yorkville

5. #19 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)

6. #25 Edwardsville

7. Lockport

8. Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)

9. Normal Community West

10. Quincy

4. Hinsdale Central

1. #1 Downers Grove North

2. #7 Naperville (Neuqua Valley)

3. #8 Naperville North

4. #22 Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)

5. Naperville Central

6. Orland Park (Sandburg)

7. Oswego East

8. Hinsdale Central

9. LaGrange (Lyons)

10. Oswego

2A Boys -

1. Olney (Richland County)

1. #10 Mahomet-Seymour

2. #15 Highland

3. #17 Mt. Zion

4. #18 Chatham-Glenwood

5. #20 Taylorville

6. #21 Mascoutah

7. #23 Bethalto (Civic Memorial)

8. #24 Mt. Vernon

9. #25 Olney (Richland County)

10. Marion

2. Darien (Hinsdale South)

1. #1 Chicago (Latin)

2. #2 Chicago (Payton)

3. #5 Chicago (St. Ignatius)

4. #6 Aurora (Marmion Academy)

5. #12 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

6. #13 Lisle (Benet Academy)

7. Burbank (St. Laurence)

8. Chicago (DePaul)

9. Darien (Hinsdale South)

10. Wheaton (St. Francis)

3. Maple Park (Kaneland)

1. #4 Dixon

2. #7 Maple Park (Kaneland)

3. #14 Lake Villa (Lakes)

4. #19 Crystal Lake Central

5. #22 Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)

6. Mundelein (Carmel)

7. Sycamore

8. Rock Falls

9. Sterling

10. Niles (Notre Dame)

4. Metamora

1. #3 Morton

2. #8 Normal University

3. #9 Washington

4. #11 Morris

5. #16 Metamora

6. Lemont

7. Geneseo

8. Dunlap

9. Pontiac

10. Chicago (Brother Rice)

2A Girls -

1. Maple Park (Kaneland)

1. #4 Rockford (Boylan Catholic)

2. #5 Grayslake Central

3. #10 Crystal Lake South

4. #11 Crystal Lake Central

5. #16 Burlington Central

6. #18 Arlington Heights (St. Viator)

7. #23 Mundelein (Carmel)

8. Grayslake North

9. Lake Forest

10. Antioch

2. Darien (Hinsdale South)

1. #1 Chicago (St. Ignatius)

2. #3 Chicago (DePaul)

3. #7 Wheaton (St. Francis)

4. #13 Lisle (Benet Aacademy)

5. #19 Oak Park (Fenwick)

6. #21 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)

7. #24 West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)

8. Chicago Payton

9. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)

10. Aurora (Rosary)

3. Metamora

1. #8 Normal University

2. #9 Washington

3. #12 Dunlap

4. #15 Morris

5. #20 Lemont

6. #25 Morton

7. Geneseo

8. Sandwich

9. Metamora

10. Joliet Catholic Academy

4. Olney (Richland County)

1. #2 Chatham-Glenwood

2. #6 Rochester

3. #14 Mahomet-Seymour

4. #17 Waterloo

5. #22 Champaign (Centennial)

6. Mascoutah

7. Troy (Triad)

8. Highland

9. Effingham

10. Mt. Zion

1A Boys -

1. Elmwood

1. #2 Eureka

2. #4 Peoria Notre Dame

3. #8 Elmwood

4. #11 Pleasant Plains

5. #14 Glasford (Illini Bluffs)

6. #16 El Paso-Gridley

7. #17 Clinton

8. #22 Auburn

9. Mackinaw (Deer Creek)

10. Bloomington Central Catholic

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #5 Urbana University

2. #13 St. Joseph-Ogden

3. #15 Tolono Unity

4. #18 Georgetown (Notre Dame de la Salette)

5. #20 Gillespie

6. #24 Shelbyville

7. #25 Monticello

8. Decatur (St. Teresa)

9. Toledo (Cumberland)

10. Tuscola

3. Lisle

1. #1 Niles (Northridge Prep)

2. #3 Aurora Central Catholic

3. #10 Lombard (Montini)

4. #12 Herscher

5. Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy)

6. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

7. Collum (Tri-Point)

8. Richmond-Burton

9. Johnsburg

10. Kankakee (McNamara)

4. Benton

1. #7 Benton

2. #19 Roxana

3. #23 Glen Carbon (Father McGivney)

4. Pinckneyville

5. Murphysboro

6. Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)

7. Breese (Mater Dei)

8. O'Fallon (First Baptist Academy)

9. DuQuoin

10. Anna-Jonesboro

5. Rock Island (Alleman)

1. #6 Winnebago

2. #9 Rockford Christian

3. #21 Princeville

4. Port Byron (Riverdale)

5. Sherrard

6. Rockford Lutheran

7. Kewanee (Wethersfield)

8. Byron

9. Erie

10. Rock Island (Alleman)

1A Girls -

1. Elmwood

1. #2 Williamsville

2. #3 El Paso-Gridley

3. #4 Eureka

4. #7 Peoria Notre Dame

5. #8 Pleasant Plains

6. #11 Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin)

7. #14 Stanford Olympia

8. #18 Delavan

9. #19 Downs (Tri-Valley)

10. #21 Elmwood

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #5 Shelbyville

2. #6 Tolono Unity

3. #16 Monticello

4. #20 Fairfield

5. #25 Paxton-Buckley-Loda

6. Urbana University

7. St. Joseph-Ogden

8. Effingham (St. Anthony)

9. Robinson

10. Decatur (St. Teresa)

3. Rock Island (Alleman)

1. #9 Winnebago

2. #13 Cambridge

3. #22 Toulon (Stark County)

4. #24 Seneca

5. Sherrard

6. Byron

7. Genoa-Kingston

8. Rockford Lutheran

9. Lowpoint-Washburn

10. Princeton

4. Benton

1. #1 Anna-Jonesboro

2. #15 Glen Carbon (Father McGivney)

3. #23 Breese (Mater Dei)

4. Belleville (Althoff Catholic)

5. Murphysboro

6. Pinckneyville

7. DuQuoin

8. Okawville

9. Roxana

10. Vienna

5. Lisle

1. #10 Chicago (Latin)

2. #12 Palos Heights (Chicago Christian)

3. #17 Aurora Central Catholic

4. Wilmette (Regina Dominican)

5. Herscher

6. Lombard (Montini)

7. Elmhurst (IC Catholic)

8. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian)

9. Richmond-Burton

10. Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy)