IHSSBCA Kickoff

The IHSSBCA Kickoff is a high school tournament held at several sites across the state of Illinois, usually in mid-November. This tournament is the traditional beginning of the Illinois Scholastic Bowl season, although since its inception, several tournaments have taken dates before Kickoff.

In general, the four sites have been located in the Chicago area, northern Illinois, central Illinois, and southern Illinois (this is the same order in which the results are listed below). For several years, some of these sites divided teams into "large" and "small" school divisions, however, this division was left strictly to the host, based on the schools attending that site, and did not follow any traditional way of deciding "small" and "large" schools.

WIth the exception of the IHSA State Regionals, and the Masonic Sectionals, this tournament comprises the largest annual attendance of Illinois teams in any given year.

Question quality has varied from year-to-year. For the tournament in 2006-08, Aegis Questions became the supplier. The 2009 tournament will be held on an NAQT IS set.

Results

2000-01

Host:	Loyola		Sterling		PORTA		Fairfield
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	Wheaton North	Stevenson	Auburn	Streator	Springfield Southeast	MacArthur	Salem	Robinson
Small School:	Downers Grove North	Lake Park	LaSalle-Peru	Moline	Warrensburg-Latham	Dunlap

Attendance:

• Loyola: 32 (16 large, 16 small)
• Sterling: 24 (12 large, 12 small)
• PORTA: 30 (18 large, 12 small)
• Fairfield: 10
• Total: 96

2001-02

Host:	Loyola		Sterling		St. Teresa		Fairfield
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	Downers Grove North	Fremd	Streator	Sterling	Springfield Southeast	University (Normal)	Carterville	Highland
Small School:	Latin School	Lake Forest	Marion Central Catholic "B"	Coal City	Bloomington Central Catholic	Sullivan

Attendance:

• Loyola: 36 (18 large, 18 small)
• Sterling: 32 (16 large, 16 small)
• St. Teresa: 30 (15 large, 15 small)
• Fairfield: 12
• Total: 110

2002-03

Host:	Von Steuben		Sterling		Springfield		Fairfield
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	Wheaton North	Stevenson	Rockridge	Richmond-Burton	MacArthur	Quincy	Fairfield	Litchfield
Small School:	Downers Grove North	Crystal Lake South	Stillman Valley	Boylan	Bunker Hill	Rossville-Alvin

Attendance:

• Von Steuben: 47 (18 large, 29 small)
• Sterling: 30 (15 large, 15 small)
• Springfield: 27 (13 large, 14 small)
• Fairfield: 16
• Total: 120

2003-04

Host:	Von Steuben		Sterling		Springfield		Wayne City
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	Wheaton North	Marist	Auburn	Winnebago	MacArthur	Bunker Hill	Carterville	Fairfield
Small School:	Rufus King [WI]	St. Ignatius			Pittsfield	Meridian (Macon)

Attendance:

• Von Steuben: 46 (22 large, 24 small)
• Sterling: 24
• Springfield: 25 (10 large, 15 small)
• Wayne City: 8
• Total: 103

2004-05

Host:	Von Steuben		Sterling		Unity (Tolono)		Fairfield
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	New Trier	Stevenson	Auburn	Bettendorf [IA]	MacArthur	Morton	Carbondale	O'Fallon
Small School:	Stevenson "B"	Von Steuben	Byron	Morrison

Attendance:

• Von Steuben: 40 (20 large, 20 small)
• Sterling: 30 (18 large, 12 small)
• Unity: 27
• Wayne City: 15
• Total: 112

2005-06

Host:	Wheaton North		Sterling		Bloomington		Wayne City
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
Big School:	Fenwick	Deerfield	Auburn	Moline	Quincy	Springfield	Carbondale	Fairfield
Small School:			Morrison	Auburn "B"

Attendance:

• Wheaton North: 46
• Sterling: 34 (18 large, 16 small)
• Bloomington: 30
• Wayne City: 10
• Total: 120

2006-07

Host:	Wheaton North		Sterling		Bloomington		Wayne City
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
	St. Ignatius	Maine South	Auburn	Morrison	Springfield	Bloomington	O'Fallon	Fairfield

Attendance:

• Wheaton North: 54
• Sterling: 24
• Bloomington: 42
• Wayne City: 8
• Total: 128

2007-08

Host:	Wheaton North		Sterling		PORTA		O'Fallon
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
	Wheaton North	New Trier	Byron	Bettendorf (IA)	Bloomington	Petersburg (PORTA)	O'Fallon	Carbondale

Attendance:

• Wheaton North: 54
• Sterling: 26
• Petersburg: 24
• O'Fallon: 20
• Total: 124

2008-09

Host:	Wheaton North		Sterling		PORTA		Carbondale
	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up	winner	runner-up
	Auburn	Loyola	LaSalle-Peru	Moline	Springfield	Warrensburg-Latham	Carbondale	Marissa

Attendance:

• Wheaton North: 54
• Sterling: 26
• Petersburg: 32
• Carbondale: 12
• Total: 124