How to Watch IHSA Class 1A Tournament, Championship: C. Hope Academy vs Eastland: Stream High School Basketball Live, TV Channel

Chicago Hope Academy faces off with Eastland in the IHSA Class 1A Tournament Championship Game.

The two teams with the most momentum in the IHSA Class 1A Tournament made their way into the championship game. Top-seeded Chicago Hope Academy (27-2) head into the championship game on a seven game winning streak with close calls along the way in the tournament. They survived and advanced in the Super-Sectionals and the State Semifinals by just nine points combined. On the other side is another top-seed in the tournament in Eastland (34-4). The Cougars have stretched their winning streak to double-figures winning 10 straight games. After two competitive games in the Super Sixteen the Cougars played one of the best games of the season in the State Semifinals.

How to Watch IHSA Class 1A Tournament, Championship: C. Hope Academy vs Eastland today:

Game Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025

Game Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

TV: MyNetworkTV (WCIX – Champaign/Springfield/Decatur, IL)

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In that game the Cougars routed top-seeded Peoria Christian 55-35. With that win the Cougars set up a second meeting this season against Chicago Hope Academy nearly three full months since the first game.

The Cougars won that game 48-38 in a defensive rock fight between the teams. That loss came in a rocky start for Chicago Hope Academy where the team lost three of the first five games and went 4-4 overall through eight games.

Since then they have been dominant winning 23 of the next 26 games with three winning streaks of at least six games. All that is left for Chicago Hope Academy to prove it is the best team in the IHSA Class 1A this season is to win the championship game here.

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