{"id":33342,"date":"2026-03-19T13:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=33342"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:14:35","slug":"ihsa-board-tabs-guilford-high-school-as-ihsa-boys-soccer-state-final-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/soccer\/33342-ihsa-board-tabs-guilford-high-school-as-ihsa-boys-soccer-state-final-host\/","title":{"rendered":"IHSA Board Tabs Guilford High School as IHSA Boys Soccer State Final Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting at the I Hotel in Champaign on Saturday, March 14, 2026, where the Board announced that the IHSA Boys Soccer State Finals will have a new home at Guilford High School in Rockford beginning in the fall of 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We are excited to partner with Guilford High School, Rockford Public Schools District 205, and GoRockford to bring the IHSA Boys Soccer State Finals to Rockford,\u201d said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. \u201cThis tournament has a storied history, and we are excited for its next chapter in Rockford, which has a proven track record of putting on first-class IHSA State Final events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working in partnership with Guilford High School, Rockford Public Schools District 205, and GoRockford, the IHSA Boys Soccer State Finals will be held at Guilford\u2019s Swanson Stadium in November of 2026, 2027, and 2028. Guilford High School will become the 14th venue to host the IHSA Boys Soccer State Finals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGuilford High School is proud to host the IHSA Boys Soccer Finals and welcome teams, coaches, and fans from across the state to our campus,\u201d said Guilford Athletic Director Grant Mason. \u201cThis event highlights the dedication, talent, and preparation of the state&#8217;s top student-athletes, and we are excited, along with Go Rockford, to provide a first-class championship experience for all. We look forward to an outstanding weekend of competition and to celebrating the very best of high school soccer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting at the I Hotel in Champaign on Saturday, March 14, 2026, where the Board announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IHSA Board Tabs Guilford High School as IHSA Boys Soccer State Final Host - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/soccer\/33342-ihsa-board-tabs-guilford-high-school-as-ihsa-boys-soccer-state-final-host\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IHSA Board Tabs Guilford High School as IHSA Boys Soccer State Final Host - 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