The 2022 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments ended the thirty-sixth State Championship Series conducted in Scholastic Bowl by the IHSA. It was the thirty-first season in which there were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). It was the first tournament held since 2019, as both the 2021 & 2020 tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first year, both tournaments were held at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. The tournaments were held Friday, March 18th.
This state series was the fifth to be written under the guidance of head question editor Brad Fischer.
The tournament was hosted by Elmwood with equipment furnished by Buzzersystems.com.
Advancement
Teams were assigned to one of eight sectionals within each class. Coaches then seeded the top 8 teams in their sectional. The IHSA then assigned the seeded teams to one of four regionals (1 with 8, 2 with 7, etc), with the remainder of the teams assigned to a regional geographically. The winners of the regionals would advance to their respective sectional tournaments, where they would play a three match round robin to determine a winner. The determination of the geographic boundaries of the Sectional was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office. Regional tournaments were held on Monday, March 7th, and Sectional tournaments were held on Saturday, March 12th.
Tournament Format
Each round was comprised of 24 toss-ups and accompanying bonus questions.
In the State Championship Tournament, teams were randomly assigned to pools of four, and played a three match round robin. The winners of each pool advanced to the Championship Match, and the runners-up in each pool advanced to play for third place. Ties were broken by head-to-head results or total points scored among tied teams (in the event of a three-way tie).
The top four teams earned trophies and medals for team members, coaches, principals, and activities directors.
CLASS A
POOL #1
Uni-Lab swept through their pool going 3-0. Winnebago went 2-1 to advance to play for third place.
| Round |
Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| 1 |
Uni-Lab |
600 |
Winnebago |
50
|
|
Illini Bluffs |
100 |
Sullivan |
70
|
| 2 |
Uni-Lab |
510 |
Illini-Bluffs |
40
|
|
Winnebago |
230 |
Sullivan |
150
|
| 3 |
Uni-Lab |
650 |
Sullivan |
90
|
|
Winnebago |
270 |
Illini Bluffs |
130
|
POOL #2
Westmont swept through their pool going 3-0. Metro-East Lutheran, Williamsville, Mater Dei all tied 1-2, with Lutheran's victory over Williamsville in Round 3 acting as tiebreaker to advance to the third place match.
| Round |
Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| 1 |
Mater Dei |
270 |
Metro-East Lutheran |
240
|
|
Westmont |
360 |
Williamsville |
230
|
| 2 |
Westmont |
450 |
Metro-East Lutheran |
150
|
|
Williamsville |
310 |
Mater Dei |
250
|
| 3 |
Metro-East Lutheran |
300 |
Williamsville |
190
|
|
Westmont |
350 |
Mater Dei |
280
|
Third Place
| Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| Winnebago |
260 |
Metro-East Lutheran |
170
|
Finals
| Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| Uni-Lab |
400 |
Westmont |
180
|
CLASS AA
POOL #1
Springfield swept through their pool going 3-0. Hinsdale Central went 2-1 to advance to play for third place.
| Round |
Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| 1 |
Springfield |
540 |
Bloomington |
210
|
|
Hinsdale Central |
330 |
Sandburg |
290
|
| 2 |
Springfield |
400 |
Sandburg |
190
|
|
Hinsdale Central |
360 |
Bloomington |
350
|
| 3 |
Springfield |
460 |
Hinsdale Central |
200
|
|
Sandburg |
460 |
Bloomington |
350
|
POOL #2
IMSA, Auburn, & Barrington went 2-1. Using points as the tiebreaker, IMSA advanced to the State Championship match and relegated Auburn to the third place match.
| Round |
Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| 1 |
Auburn |
560 |
Carbondale |
180
|
|
IMSA |
600 |
Barrington |
240
|
| 2 |
Barrington |
480 |
Auburn |
290
|
|
IMSA |
520 |
Carbondale |
260
|
| 3 |
Auburn |
500 |
IMSA |
240
|
|
Barrington |
480 |
Carbondale |
190
|
Third Place
| Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| Auburn |
420 |
Hinsdale Central |
160
|
Finals
| Winning Team |
Score |
Losing Team |
Score
|
| IMSA |
450 |
Springfield |
270
|
Notes
- Auburn continued its streak of consecutive top-4 finishes to 19 straight tournaments.
- Uni Lab secured its second straight championship, its second Class 1A title, and third championship overall.