Tip-Off Histories: Milwaukee Vincent

2014
Belvidere 62, Milwaukee Vincent 49
Proviso West 68, Milwaukee Vincent 57

Tip-Off Histories: Belvidere

2014
Belvidere 62, Milwaukee Vincent 49
Elgin Larkin 54, Belvidere 36
Proviso West 48, Belvidere 42
Belvidere 54, Chicago Julian 37

Second-team All-Classic: Colton Bahling

2015
Belvidere 62, South Elgin 47
Madison La Follette 69, Belvidere 32
Belvidere 65, Chicago Dunbar 57
Chicago Hyde Park 62, Belvidere 42

2016
Belvidere 60, Freeport 44
Belvidere 61, Janesville Parker 23
Chicago Hyde Park 53, Belvidere 50
Proviso West 58, Belvidere 47

2017
Milwaukee Bay View 59, Belvidere 36
Chicago St. Rita 71, Belvidere 50
Chicago Perspectives 61, Belvidere 55
Madison La Follette 84, Belvidere 40

Tip-Off Histories: Rockford East

2014
Elgin Larkin 79, Rockford East 67
Rockford East 55, Proviso West 50
Rockford East 68, Chicago Julian 60
Indianapolis Pike 98, Rockford East 51

2015
Janesville Parker 64, Rockford East 59
Chicago Hyde Park 69, Rockford East 59
Rockford East 83, Chicago Dunbar 77
Chicago Farragut 53, Rockford East 47

Second-team All-Classic: Chris Burnell

2016 Milwaukee Bay View 60, Rockford East 58
Proviso West 68, Rockford East 55
Rockford East 67, Madison La Follette 59
Elgin Larkin 79, Rockford East 57

Second-team All-Classic: Chris Burnell

2017
Chicago Whitney Young 72, Rockford East 58
Milwaukee Bay View 69, Rockford East 67
Rockford East 67, Hollywood McArthur 36
Elgin Larkin 69, Rockford East 61

2018
Rockford East 76, Indianapolis Pike 66
Rockford East 76, Elgin Larkin 49
Rockford East 83, Chicago Hyde Park 58
Rockford East 83, Huntington Beach Marina 61

First-team All-Classic: Sha'den Clanton
First-team All-Classic: Sincere Parker
Second-team All-Classic: Chris Burnell

Tip-Off Histories: Chicago Julian

2014
Rockford East 68, Chicago Julian 60
Rockford Auburn 87, Chicago Julian 38
Elgin Larkin 89, Chicago Julian 63
Belvidere 54, Chicago Julian 37

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.