| The Road to Champaign |
| First Round |
Second Round |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Finals |
Champion |
| (1) Freeport (H.S.) (8-1) |
(1) Freeport (H.S.) (9-1)
12-6 |
(5) Crystal Lake (South) (8-3)
28-13 |
(2) Rock Island (H.S.) (11-1)
14-8 |
Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
48-20 |
Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
31-0 |
| (8) Fox Lake (Grant) (5-4) |
| (4) Sterling (H.S.) (6-3) |
(5) Crystal Lake (South) (7-3)
34-0 |
| (5) Crystal Lake (South) (6-3) |
| (2) Rock Island (H.S.) (8-1) |
(2) Rock Island (H.S.) (9-1)
13-12 |
(2) Rock Island (H.S.) (10-1)
31-26 |
| (7) Woodstock (H.S.) (6-3) |
| (3) Rockford (Boylan) (7-2) |
(3) Rockford (Boylan) (8-2)
26-19 |
| (6) Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) (6-3) |
| (1) Mundelein (Carmel) (9-0) |
(1) Mundelein (Carmel) (10-0)
49-8 |
(1) Mundelein (Carmel) (11-0)
35-20 |
(3) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (11-1)
28-21 |
| (8) Chicago (Prosser) (6-3) |
| (4) North Chicago (7-2) |
(4) North Chicago (8-2)
44-14 |
| (5) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) (7-2) |
| (2) Chicago (Harper) (8-1) |
(7) Vernon Hills (7-3)
43-16 |
(3) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (10-1)
34-8 |
| (7) Vernon Hills (6-3) |
| (3) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (8-1) |
(3) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (9-1)
49-6 |
| (6) Chicago (Julian) (7-2) |
| (1) Oak Lawn (Richards) (9-0) |
(1) Oak Lawn (Richards) (10-0)
44-0 |
(1) Oak Lawn (Richards) (11-0)
46-27 |
(2) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (11-1)
32-14 |
Bloomington (H.S.)
21-14 |
| (8) Galesburg (H.S.) (5-4) |
| (4) Minooka (6-3) |
(5) Ottawa (Twp.) (7-3)
28-27 |
| (5) Ottawa (Twp.) (6-3) |
| (2) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (8-1) |
(2) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (9-1)
39-14 |
(2) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (10-1)
53-19 |
| (7) Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (5-4) |
| (3) Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) (6-3) |
(3) Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) (7-3)
34-31 |
| (6) Oak Forest (6-3) |
| (1) Bloomington (H.S.) (9-0) |
(1) Bloomington (H.S.) (10-0)
47-19 |
(1) Bloomington (H.S.) (11-0)
21-0 |
(1) Bloomington (H.S.) (12-0)
13-7 |
| (8) Champaign (Central) (6-3) |
| (4) Springfield (Southeast) (7-2) |
(4) Springfield (Southeast) (8-2)
26-21 |
| (5) Mt. Vernon (7-2) |
| (2) Normal (Community) (8-1) |
(2) Normal (Community) (9-1)
49-28 |
(3) Champaign (Centennial) (9-2)
18-14 |
| (7) Urbana (H.S.) (6-3) |
| (3) Champaign (Centennial) (7-2) |
(3) Champaign (Centennial) (8-2)
20-7 |
| (6) Troy (Triad) (7-2) |