Five Journal Star-area teams earned top spots when the Illinois High School Association announced sectional seeding results for Class 1A and 2A girls basketball on Thursday.
Postseason play for small-school girls basketball is two weeks away and Princeville, Eureka, Lewistown, Illini West and Hall begin atop their sub-sectionals.
Princeville and Lewistown, which met in last year's Class 1A sectional semifinals, are in opposite sub-sectionals this year. The two could meet in a sectional championship at Bushnell-Prairie City this season. Brimfield earned a second seed in Princeville's sub-sectional and Illini Bluffs is seeded second in Lewistown's sub-sectional.
Elsewhere in Class 1A, Wethersfield is the second sub-sectional seed behind the defending champions, Annawan. Winners of the two regionals will feed the Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional.
In Class 2A, Eureka is the top seed in its sub-sectional followed by El Paso-Gridley and Midwest Central. Farmington and Knoxville are the second and third seeds, respectively, behind Illini West in the other sub-sectional. The winners of the two sides will meet in the Farmington Sectional championship.
Hall is the top seed in its sub-sectional and is followed by Fieldcrest, Putnam County and Bureau Valley. Winners of the two regionals will play at the Bureau Valley Sectional.
Regional pairings are expected to be released around 4 p.m. Friday by the IHSA. For a full list of sub-sectional seeds (JS-area sub-sectionals below) and pairings, visit IHSA.org.
Aaron Ferguson can be reached at 686-3207 or aferguson@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @Sports_Aaron.
Here are the Class 1A sub-sectional seeds that feed the Bushnell-Prairie City sectional.
Sub-Sectional A
1. Princeville
2. Brimfield
#3. Stark County
4. Elmwood
5. Galva
6. Woodhull (AlWood)
#7. Midland
8. ROWVA
9. Roanoke-Benson
10. Abingdon-Avon
Sub-Sectional B
1. Lewistown
#2. Illini Bluffs
3. Brown County
4. Bushnell-Prairie City
5. Illini Central
6. Liberty
#7. Mendon Unity
8. South Fulton
9. Biggsville West Central
10. North Fulton
Here are the sub-sectional seeds feeding the Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional.
Sub-Sectional A
1. Annawan
#2. Wethersfield
#3. Ottawa Marquette
4. Ashton-Franklin Center
5. Amboy
6. Earlville
7. Shabbona Indian Creek
8. Paw Paw
9. LaMoille-Ohio
10. DePue
Sub-Sectional B
1. Newark
#2. Chicago Morgan Park
#3. Aurora Christian
4. Serena
5. Bridgeview Universal
6. Hinckley.-Big Rock
7. Chicago Amandla Charter
8. Mooseheart
9. Bridgeview Aqsa
10. Chicago St. Francis de Sales
Here are the Class 2A sub-sectional games that feed the Farmington Sectional.
Sub-Sectional A
1. Eureka
2. El Paso.-Gridley
3. Midwest Central
4. Camp Point Central
#5. Havana
#6. Tremont
7. Olympia
8. Peoria Christian
9. Deer Creek-Mackinaw
10. Beardstown
11. Rushville-Industry
12. Peoria Heights
Sub-Sectional B
1. Illini West
2. Farmington
#3. Knoxville
4. Sherrard
5. Rock Island Alleman
6. Monmouth-Roseville
7. Mercer County
#8. Hamilton
9. Orion
10. Taylor Ridge Rockridge
11. Monmouth United
Here are the sub-sectional seeds feeding the Bureau Valley Sectional.
Sub-Sectional A
1. Elgin Harvest Christian Academy
#2. Winnebago
3. Byron
#4. Port Byron Riverdale
5. Fulton
6. Oregon
7. Poplar Grove North Boone
8. Rockford Christian
9. Savanna West Carroll
10. South Beloit
11. Morrison
Sub-Sectional B
1. Hall
2. Fieldcrest
3. Putnam County
4. Bureau Valley
5. Princeton
6. Seneca
#7. Mendota
8. Kewanee
#9. Flanagan-Cornell
10. St. Bede
11. Somonauk
12. Henry-Senachwine