 IESA will conduct state final competition at a total of 27 different
sites, beginning with two-class softball Sept. 21-22 and ending with
Class AA track and field May 16-17. In between, there will be state
finals in baseball, Class 1A-3A; cross country, Class A and AA for
both boys and girls; seventh-grade basketball and eighth-grade
basketball, Class 1A-4A for girls and for boys; cheerleading, five
divisions; single-class wrestling, seventh-grade volleyball and
eighth-grade volleyball, Class 1A-4A; scholastic bowl, Class A and
AA; and Class A track and field."Interscholastic opportunities in
our member schools provide a tremendous learning experience and
provide a great vehicle for recognition," said Steve Endsley, IESA
executive director. "Through participation in their school's
interscholastic activities, our students achieve recognition for
themselves, their school and their community. We are the training
ground for the next level, the proving ground, IHSA interscholastic
activities."
Three of the 2007-08 IESA state finals will be at the EastSide
Centre in East Peoria. State champions will be crowned in each of
three classes in baseball the weekend of Sept. 28-29. Team and
individual champions will be crowned the weekend of May 9-10 in
Class A track and field for seventh- and eighth-grade boys and
girls. Then May 16-17, the Class AA seventh- and eighth-grade team
and individual champions in track and field will be crowned.
The Peoria Civic Center will host the cheerleading championships
Dec. 15. Champions will be crowned in large and small team cheer,
and in small, medium and large team routine.
Individual champions in 19 weight classes and a team champion
will be determined the weekend of March 7-8 at the Northern Illinois
University Convocation Center in DeKalb.
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Heartland Community College in Normal will host the two-class
Scholastic Bowl state meet for the third straight year, on May 2.
The Bloomington-Normal area will host seven different state
finals. Champion Fields in Normal will be the site of the Class A
and AA softball state final Sept. 21-22. Parkside Junior High will
host the cross country meet Oct. 13, with Class A and Class AA
champions being crowned in boys' and girls' races in each class.
Normal Chiddix Junior High with host the seventh-grade girls' Class
4A state basketball tournament Dec. 1 and 6. Normal Kingsley Junior
High will host the eighth-grade boys' Class 4A state basketball
tournament Feb. 9 and 14. Bloomington Junior High will host the
seventh-grade Class 4A state volleyball tournament March 8 and 10.
Bloomington Holy Trinity Grade School will host the eighth-grade
Class 2A state volleyball tournament at Bloomington Central
Catholic's gym March 15 and 18. Normal Kingsley Junior High will
host the eighth-grade Class 4A state volleyball tournament March 15
and 18.
Hosting two state finals each will be Assumption Central A & M,
with seventh-grade girls' Class 3A basketball and seventh-grade
Class 3A volleyball; Monticello, eighth-grade girls' Class 3A
basketball and eighth-grade boys' Class 2A basketball; Riverton,
seventh-grade girls' Class 1A basketball and seventh-grade boys'
Class 4A basketball; Auburn JHS in Divernon, eighth-grade girls'
Class 1A basketball and eighth-grade boys' Class 1A basketball; and
Clinton, eighth-grade girls' Class 4A basketball and seventh-grade
boys' Class 3A basketball.
Go to www.iesa.org, and on the
home page click on "State Hosts & Dates" for the complete
schedule
of the 2007-08 state finals.
[Text from file received
from Jim Flynn, Illinois
Elementary School Association]
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