State Finals: Schedule, Ranked Prospects, Players to Watch

Scott Burgess March 12, 2025 @ 01:00 PM

The IHSA State Final Four will kick off on Thursday and Friday with the semi final contests.  Below PHI has the schedule for Champaign along with the Ranked Prospects and Prospects to Watch!   Thursday 9:30 AM         Hope Academy vs Effingham St. Anthony 11:15 AM        Peoria Christian vs Eastland 2:00 PM         Althoff vs Christ the King 3:45 PM         Manual vs Dyett 6:30 PM         Brother Rice vs St. Patrick 8:15 PM         DePaul Prep vs Chatham Glenwood   Friday 6:00 PM         Benet vs Evanston 7:45 PM         Warren vs Rich Township   Saturday 1:00 PM         1A State Championship 3:00 PM         2A State Championship 6:00 PM         3A State Championship 8:00 PM         4A State Championship   2025   Ranked   #10 [player_tooltip player_id='1766460' first='Al' last='Brooks'] Jr (Rich Township) #13 [player_tooltip player_id='1598682' first='Daniel' last='Pauliukonis'] (Benet - SIU) #16 [player_tooltip player_id='1545120' first='Marcos' last='Gonzales'] (Brother Rice – The Citadel) #25 [player_tooltip player_id='1545133' first='Makai' last='Kvamme'] (DePaul Prep – Western Illinois) #27 [player_tooltip player_id='1598658' first='Blake' last='Fagbemi'] (Benet – Truman State) #45 [player_tooltip player_id='1385287' first='EJ' last='Breland'] (St. Patrick – Pittsburg State) #57 [player_tooltip player_id='1385311' first='Robert' last='Walls'] (DePaul Prep) #82 [player_tooltip player_id='2105165' first='Dierre' last='Hill'] Jr (Althoff) #84 [player_tooltip player_id='2291830' first='Javerion' last='Banks'] (Warren) #90 [player_tooltip player_id='1766504' first='Caden' last='Workman'] (Brother Rice) #96 [player_tooltip player_id='2321433' first='Theo' last='Rocca'] (Evanston – Wash U) #101 [player_tooltip player_id='2538898' first='Jack' last='Weigus'] (Brother Rice) #118 [player_tooltip player_id='2538949' first='KJ' last='Morris'] (Brother Rice) #122 [player_tooltip player_id='2688322' first='Zach' last='Ausburn'] (Warren) #137 [player_tooltip player_id='2538879' first='Mason' last='Neumann'] (Chatham Glenwood) #142 [player_tooltip player_id='2105284' first='Kaidan' last='Chatham'] (Evanston) #150 [player_tooltip player_id='1385297' first='Jonas' last='Johnson'] (DePaul Prep – DePaul Walk On) #152 [player_tooltip player_id='2422874' first='Anthony' last='Favia'] (St. Patrick) #153 [player_tooltip player_id='2105302' first='Bryden' last='Gryzmala'] (Althoff) #168 [player_tooltip player_id='2444443' first='Max' last='Justic'] (Brother Rice – Lakeland) #173 [player_tooltip player_id='1766465' first='Ikee' last='Brooks'] (Rich Township) #188 [player_tooltip player_id='2538922' first='George' last='Richardson'] (Evanston) #190 [player_tooltip player_id='2505371' first='Gus' last='Donohue'] (DePaul Prep – Oberlin) #193 [player_tooltip player_id='1598753' first='Malachi' last='Persinger'] (Peoria Christian) #264 [player_tooltip player_id='1598693' first='Dominick' last='Hale'] (Hope) #248 [player_tooltip player_id='2105266' first='Darien' last='Green'] (Christ the King) #254 [player_tooltip player_id='2539984' first='Aaron' last='McClure'] (Christ the King)   Prospects to Watch   [player_tooltip player_id='2823637' first='Brock' last='Fearday'] (Effingham St. Anthony) [player_tooltip player_id='1874866' first='Ryan' last='Schmidt'] (Effingham St. Anthony) [player_tooltip player_id='2815649' first='Adam' last='Awender'] (Eastland) Peyton Spears (Eastland) Gavin Walder (Peoria Christian) [player_tooltip player_id='2464538' first='Zach' last='Winkeler'] (Althoff) [player_tooltip player_id='2438037' first='Jayden' last='McKinnon'] (Dyett) Aramis Brown Jr (Dyett) Makai Harris (Dyett) [player_tooltip player_id='2815576' first='Cameron' last='Appenzeller'] (Chatham Glenwood) Jonathan Helm (Chatham Glenwood) [player_tooltip player_id='2815595' first='Nevaeh' last='Hawkins'] (St. Patrick) [player_tooltip player_id='2823605' first='RJ' last='McPartlin'] (St. Patrick) Owen Squires (Warren) [player_tooltip player_id='2437515' first='Jack' last='Wolf'] (Warren) [player_tooltip player_id='2400721' first='Nyshawn' last='Turner'] (Rich Township)   2026   Ranked   #8 [player_tooltip player_id='1845352' first='Jamson' last='Coulter'] (Rich Township) #9 [player_tooltip player_id='2105376' first='Colin' last='Stack'] (Benet) #12 [player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'] (DePaul Prep) #22 [player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] (DePaul Prep) #35 [player_tooltip player_id='2105390' first='Jayden' last='Wright'] (Benet) #56 [player_tooltip player_id='2323334' first='AJ' last='Chambers'] (DePaul Prep) #71 [player_tooltip player_id='2734366' first='Jayden' last='Williams'] (Rich Township) - Primed for Massive Jump #75 [player_tooltip player_id='1977254' first='Luke' last='Smith'] (Althoff) #86 [player_tooltip player_id='2323329' first='Kyle' last='Johnson'] (Althoff) #95 [player_tooltip player_id='2338332' first='TyJuan' last='Hunter'] (Hope) #108 [player_tooltip player_id='2437519' first='Braylon' last='Walker'] (Warren) #156 [player_tooltip player_id='2372438' first='Jaiden' last='Simmons'] (Hope) #158 [player_tooltip player_id='1552419' first='Ryan' last='Walsh'] (Benet) #161 [player_tooltip player_id='2405849' first='Timi' last='Ogunsanya'] (Evanston)   Prospects to Watch   [player_tooltip player_id='1874861' first='Parker' last='Krogman'] (Eastland) Trae Brickner (Peoria Christian)   2027   Ranked   #3 [player_tooltip player_id='2323571' first='Jaxson' last='Davis'] (Warren) #28 [player_tooltip player_id='2540157' first='Vito' last='Rocca'] (Evanston) #30 [player_tooltip player_id='2323620' first='Edward' last='Stasys'] (Benet)   Prospects to Watch   2028   Watch List   [player_tooltip player_id='2531970' first='Ben' last='Ojala'] (Evanston)

The IHSA State Final Four will kick off on Thursday and Friday with the semi final contests. Below PHI has the schedule for Champaign along with the Ranked Prospects and Prospects to Watch!