The State Farm Holiday Classic

64-team Co-ed High School Holiday Basketball Tournament in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

The Classic

Teams & Brackets

Classic Volunteers

Volunteer for the 2026 State Farm Holiday Classic

The State Farm Holiday Classic would not happen without our amazing volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please view the volunteer schedule and check the available spots to volunteer.

2025 SFHC Volunteer Schedule
UPDATED 12/28/2025
Tournament Operation committee chair Jon Luthe with 2025 Selden Marquart Volunteer of the Year Trent Shickel

We are in need of experienced volunteers to:

  • announce

  • keep the official scorebook

  • work the scoreboard & clock

  • PLEASE NOTE: No other volunteer opportunities are available for this event other than those listed above.

  • No pre-tournament training will be given, so previous experience and familiarity with these duties is strongly recommended.

  • If you work a minimum of four games, you will receive an all-tournament pass for access to every game of the tournament.

  • Please contact Jon Luthe (jonluthe@yahoo.com) if you have questions or to let us know what shift(s) you would be available. Thank you!

Volunteer Resources

  • Official Scorekeeper

    According to the National Federation of High Schools Association rule, all official scorekeepers must wear official’s stripes while at the table. If you have a shirt, please feel free to bring that with you to wear while working. Otherwise, we will have a striped pullover penny for you to wear at the table.

    As the Official Scorekeeper, please have a coach from both teams review their roster in the scorebook, confirm or edit, and INITIAL the book before each game starts. We provide rosters based on what the coaches enter into the website before the tournament, but many times these change on or before the actual game day. Getting confirmation from each team before the game starts will hopefully prevent issues from happening during the games with players not being entered correctly.

    Please total the book to verify individual and team scoring before submitting the final book.

Selden Marquart Volunteer of the Year

Each year, the Classic Tournament, Inc. recognizes one of our volunteers who goes above and beyond in helping  make this “The Best Basketball this side of March!” Named in memory of long-time committee member Selden Marquart, the award is given to one of our volunteers who displays the traits that Selden embodied: entrepreneurial spirit, fierce determination to do everything to the best of his ability, and willingness to give up his time for the good of the event. Selden served the committee in many capacities, including serving as one of the original members of the Holiday Classic Scholarship Committee. He passed away on July 10, 2013.

Previous winners

  • 2013 Cary Frey

  • 2014 Frank Becker

  • 2015 Tom Crain

  • 2016 Steven Jackson

  • 2017 Bill Cook

  • 2018 Charlie Crabtree

  • 2019 Lucas Smith

  • 2020 No tournament

  • 2021 Michael Walker

  • 2022 Alex Staab

  • 2023 Vinny Mangina

  • 2024 Tadd Shickel

  • 2025 Trent Shickel