The following teams participated in the Holiday Classic and then went on to bring home a state trophy that same season:
- Season | Team | Boys/Girls | State Finish
- 1975-76 | Decatur Eisenhower | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 1978-79 | East Moline United Township | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 1979-80 | Lincoln | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 1984-85 | Chicago Mt. Carmel | Boys | Class AA State Champs
- 1991-92 | Normal U-High | Boys | 2nd in Class A
- 1993-94 | Rockford Boylan | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 1994-95 | Normal U-High | Boys | Class A State Champs
- 1994-95 | Normal U-High | Girls | 3rd in Class A
- 1994-95 | Normal Community | Girls | 4th in Class AA
- 1996-97 | Normal U-High | Boys | 3rd in Class A
- 1996-97 | Rockford Boylan | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 1997-98 | Galesburg | Boys | 2nd in Class AA
- 1998-99 | Rock Falls | Boys | Class A State Champs
- 1998-99 | Mendota | Girls | 4th in Class A
- 1998-99 | Galesburg | Girls | 2nd in Class AA
- 1999-00 | Chicago Washington | Girls | 2nd in Class AA
- 1999-00 | Galesburg | Girls | 4th in Class AA
- 2000-01 | South Holland Thornwood | Boys | 2nd in Class AA
- 2000-01 | Normal U-High | Girls | 4th in Class A
- 2000-01 | Galesburg | Girls | 4th in Class AA
- 2001-02 | Tolono Unity | Boys | 4th in Class A
- 2001-02 | Rock Island Alleman | Girls | 3rd in Class A
- 2002-03 | South Holland Thornwood | Boys | 2nd in Class AA
- 2003-04 | Quincy Notre Dame | Boys | 3rd in Class A
- 2003-04 | Peoria Christian | Boys | 4th in Class A
- 2003-04 | Carthage | Girls | 3rd in Class A
- 2004-05 | Rockford Jefferson | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 2004-05 | Rock Island Alleman | Girls | Class A State Champs
- 2004-05 | Chicago John Hope | Girls | 2nd in Class A*
- 2004-05 | Sterling Newman | Girls | 4th in Class A
- 2004-05 | Peoria Richwoods | Girls | Class AA State Champs
- 2005-06 | Chillicothe IVC | Boys | 2nd in Class A
- 2005-06 | South Holland Thornwood | Boys | 4th in Class AA
- 2006-07 | Rochester | Girls | 2nd in Class A
- 2006-07 | Bolingbrook | Girls | 2nd in Class AA
- 2006-07 | Morton | Girls | 4th in Class AA
- 2007-08 | Rochester | Girls | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2007-08 | Kankakee Bishop McNamara | Girls | 4th in Class 2A
- 2008-09 | Macon Meridian | Boys | Class 1A State Champs
- 2008-09 | Brimfield | Girls | 4th in Class 1A
- 2008-09 | Peoria Richwoods | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2009-10 | Champaign Centennial | Boys | 4th in Class 3A
- 2009-10 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Girls | Class 2A State Champs
- 2009-10 | Kankakee Bishop McNamara | Girls | 4th in Class 2A
- 2009-10 | Springfield | Girls | 3rd in Class 3A
- 2010-11 | Rock Island | Boys | Class 3A State Champs
- 2010-11 | North Chicago | Boys | 4th in Class 3A
- 2010-11 | Lombard Glenbard East | Boys | 3rd in Class 4A
- 2010-11 | Normal Community | Boys | 4th in Class 4A
- 2010-11 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Girls | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2010-11 | Kankakee Bishop McNamara | Girls | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2010-11 | Springfield | Girls | 3rd in Class 3A
- 2010-11 | Park Ridge Maine South | Girls | 3rd in Class 4A
- 2011-12 | Normal U-High | Boys | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2011-12 | North Chicago | Boys | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2011-12 | Springfield | Girls | 4th in Class 3A
- 2012-13 | St. Joseph-Ogden | Boys | 4th in Class 2A
- 2012-13 | Annawan | Girls | 3rd in Class 1A
- 2012-13 | Champaign St. Thomas More | Girls | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2012-13 | El Paso-Gridley | Girls | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2012-13 | Morton | Girls | 4th in Class 3A
- 2013-14 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Boys | Class 2A State Champs
- 2013-14 | Rockford Lutheran | Boys | 4th in Class 3A
- 2013-14 | Annawan | Girls | Class 1A State Champs
- 2013-14 | Champaign St. Thomas More | Girls | Class 2A State Champs
- 2014-15 | Rockford Lutheran | Boys | 4th in Class 3A
- 2014-15 | Normal Community | Boys | 2nd in Class 4A
- 2014-15 | Kankakee Bishop McNamara | Girls | Class 2A State Champs
- 2014-15 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Girls | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2014-15 | Morton | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2014-15 | Rochester | Girls | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2015-16 | St. Joseph-Ogden | Boys | Class 2A State Champs
- 2015-16 | Camp Pt. Central/Augusta Southeastern | Girls | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2015-16 | Morton | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2015-16 | Chicago North Lawndale | Girls | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2016-17 | Kankakee Bishop McNamara | Boys | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2016-17 | Annawan | Girls | Class 1A State Champs
- 2016-17 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Girls | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2016-17 | Camp Pt. Central/Augusta Southeastern | Girls | 4th in Class 2A
- 2016-17 | Morton | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2016-17 | Rochester | Girls | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2017-18 | Danville Schlarman | Girls | Class 1A State Champs
- 2017-18 | Peoria Richwoods | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2017-18 | Annawan | Boys | 2nd in Class 1A
- 2017-18 | Winnebago | Boys | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2017-18 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Boys | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2017-18 | North Chicago | Boys | 4th in Class 3A
- 2018-19 | St. Joseph-Ogden | Girls | 3rd in Class 2A
- 2018-19 | Morton | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2018-19 | Union (KY) Ryle | Girls | Kentucky State Champs
- 2018-19 | Chicago Providence St. Mel | Boys | Class 1A State Champs
- 2019-20 | Morton | Girls | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2019-20 | New Lenox Lincoln-Way West | Girls | 2nd in Class 4A
- 2019-20 | Aurora Christian | Boys | Class 1A Final Four (boys’ state tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19)
- 2020-21 | No state tournament was held due to COVID-19
- 2021-22 | Brimfield | Girls | Class 1A State Champs
- 2021-22 | Winnebago | Girls | 2nd in Class 2A
- 2021-22 | Morton | Girls | 3rd in Class 3A
- 2021-22 | Mundelein Carmel Catholic | Girls | Class 3A State Champs
- 2021-22 | Metamora | Boys | 2nd in Class 3A
- 2021-22 | Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin | Boys | Class 3A State Champs
- 2022-23 | Bloomington Central Catholic | Boys | 2nd in Class 2A
