Class 4A is where you start to clearly see the impact of some of the adjustments made following last season to the IHSA’s multiplier waiver process.

Multiple teams won state titles without being exposed to the multiplier process, allowing teams to play at classifications that most felt were lower than they should have been.

Nearly three times as many teams were multiplied this season and that led to an interesting cause and effect with teams largely in middle classifications.

Schools that are typically placed in the 5A field started to filter down to fill spots left by the schools that are now multiplied up to larger classification leading to the 4A bracket looking considerably different than it has years before.

First-round matchups

Montini vs. Urban Prep-Bronzeville: Montini was

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