March Madness was first used to refer to basketball by an Illinois high school official, Henry V. Porter, in 1939, ... used it during coverage of the 1982 tournament.

Full recap from the 2025 IHSA state boys track and field championships at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. ... won in 1982. Princeton goes 1-2 in discus standings.

She even became the first female to score in an IHSA boys soccer game. The 1982 graduate was a three-time all-state selection and all-Big Ten softball player at Iowa.

A longstanding debate between Illinois lawmakers and the IHSA has been settled with a compromise on a new 'Right to Play' bill. The new bill was part of an effort to allow students who participate ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, will collaborate with state lawmakers over a bill that aims to allow student-at… ...

Henry V. Porter, an official with IHSA, ... CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger used the phrase "March Madness" in 1982 during that year's coverage of the college basketball tournament.

According to the Illinois High School Association website, the term “March Madness” was born in the state in 1939 when Henry V. Porter — assistant executive secretary of the IHSA at the time ...

From there, the NCAA and IHSA started pooling “March Madness” rights in 2000. It wasn’t until 2010 that the NCAA paid the IHSA $17.2 million for Intersport’s license for the phrase.

In 1973, the IHSA officially started using “March Madness” in its programs and on merchandise. ... brought “March Madness” to the NCAA Tournament when covering the event for CBS in 1982.