Tip-Off Histories: Madison La Follette

2015
Rockford Auburn 72, Madison La Follette 39
Madison La Follette 70, Belvidere 32

Second-team All-Classic: Ashton Miller

2016
Rockford East 67, Madison La Follette 59
Madison La Follette 61, Freeport 55

Second-team All-Classic: Julian Patton

2017
Madison La Follette 84, Belvidere 40
Madison La Follette 83, Freeport 41

Second-team All-Classic: Anthony West

Tip-Off Histories: Milwaukee Bay View

2016
Milwaukee Bay View 60, Rockford East 58
Freeport 63, Milwaukee Bay View 49

Second-team All-Classic: Breontae Hunt

2017
Milwaukee Bay View 59, Belvidere 36
Milwaukee Bay View 69, Rockford East 67

Second-team All-Classic: Kevin Cook

Tip-Off Classic to go international

The Rockford School District will announce the field for this year's 205 Tip-Off Classic the week of August 27 - and there will be even more firsts for the tournament that will be entering its fifth year.

The tournament will again feature some of the top teams from Illinois and Wisconsin as well as Florida. This year, for the first time, Rockford will be welcoming teams from California and Toronto, Canada.

The 205 Tip-Off Classic has had 23 play in it since it was launched in 2015. The entrants have included schools from Elgin, Chicago, Freeport, Belvidere and Rockford in Illinois, Janesville, Madison and Milwaukee in Wisconsin as well as teams from Indiana and Florida.

The games are played over five days at all four RPS high schools. Last year, the famed program from Chicago Whitney Young was in the tournament for the first time and the Dolphins went undefeated.

Note: The Canada team ended up not entering because it would not be sanctioned by the IHSA.

Tip-Off Histories: Chicago St. Rita

2017
Chicago St. Rita 72, Freeport 45
Chicago St. Rita 67, Rockford Guilford 44
Chicago St. Rita 71, Belvidere 50
Chicago St. Rita 51, Rockford Auburn 47
Rockford Jefferson 63, Chicago St. Rita 54

First-Team All-Classic: Jordan Matthews
Second-Team All-Classic: Jeremiah Oden

Tip-Off Histories: Chicago Whitney Young

2017
Chicago Whitney Young 72, Rockford East 58
Chicago Whitney Young 66, Hollywood McArthur 57
Chicago Whitney Young 80, Rockford Jefferson 72
Chicago Whitney Young 70, Elgin Larkin 64
Chicago Whitney Young 63, Rockford Auburn 40

First-Team All-Classic: Javon Freeman

Tip-Off Histories: Indianapolis Pike

2014
Indianapolis Pike 98, Rockford East 51
Rockford Auburn 72, Indianapolis Pike 69

First-team All-Classic: Justin Thomas
Second-team All-Class: Tahjai Teague

2015
Indianapolis Pike 64, Elgin Larkin 61
Indianapolis Pike 73, Rockford Auburn 53

First-team All-Classic: Justin Thomas

2016
Indianapolis Pike 61, Madison West 41
Indianapolis Pike 45, Rockford Auburn 40

First-team All-Classic: Isiah James

2018
Rockford East 76, Indianapolis Pike 66
Indianapolis Pike 89, Rockford Jefferson 53
Indianapolis Pike 74, Rockford Auburn 40

First-team All-Classic: Ahmoni Jones
Second-team All-Classic: Jasen Graves

Tip-Off Histories: Chicago Hyde Park

2015
Chicago Hyde Park 67, Rockford Guilford 48
Chicago Hyde Park 69, Rockford East 59
Chicago Hyde Park 62, Belvidere 42
Chicago Hyde Park 72, Freeport 56

First team All-Classic: Tajuan Agee

2016
Chicago Hyde Park 45, Rockford Jefferson 43
Chicago Hyde Park 53, Belvidere 50

2017
Chicago Hyde Park 53, Rockford Guilford 48
Rockford Auburn 73, Chicago Hyde Park 53

2018
Chicago Hyde Park 71, Chicago Perspectives 36
Rockford East 83, Chicago Hyde Park 58