Team Illinois played seven games in one and a half days. The first two games came in pool play (a method used by USABA to seed teams after pool play into a line bracket tournament). In the pool with ISVI were the teams from Missouri and Ohio. Previously, Illinois lost to Missouri following competition held at ISVI with a score of 13-7.

Pool Results: Friday at 9:00 p.m.
Game 1: Illinois 14, Missouri 7 (this marked the first boys goalball win of the season and the history of the school).

Saturday, at 9:15 a.m.
Game 2: Ohio 13, Illinois 3. A goalball rule, known as the "mercy rule" is applied when a team has a 10-goal advantage; the game is then ended. This marked the first time that an Illinois team lost by the "mercy rule."

Bracket Tournament (Illinois was seeded 6th out of 9 teams)

Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Game 1 against #3 seed Kentucky: Illinois lost 14-8 (eventual champions)

Sat., 2:30 p.m.
Game 2 against Minnesota: Illinois wins by a first-half mercy rule 11-1. This marked only the second win in school history and the first win by mercy rule.

Game 3 against Missouri: This was the rubber match as they say in baseball. Needless to say, Missouri was very emotional and drew on all their reserve strength to try to steal a win. However, Illinois prevailed 12-10.

Game 4 saw the Illinois Warriors go up against Wisconsin, the number 1 seed in the tournament, and the team that beat Illinois on the Warriors home court by a score of 14-6. Both teams were
fired-up for this game with no surprise when a fire alarm actually interrupted the tournament causing a delay of play for about an hour. When the smoke finally settled, Illinois was merciful in their defeat of Wisconsin by a score of 12-2.

Mr. Livingston–ISVI's bus driver made an emergency Gatorade and peanut-butter cracker run making his delivery back to the Warriors immediately prior to the game. This was a strategic intervention as the gym was very hot and breaks were very few.

Less than five minutes after winning game 4, game 5 started with ISVI versus #2 seed Ohio. For the consolation championship (third place), Illinois was victorious with a winning score of 12-6.

Note from Coach Raabe
"This weekend was truly the most impressive weekend that I have experienced in my 17 years as a coach at the ISVI. These athletes came together as a team and played their positions well. We had a game plan, believed in the game plan, and executed the game plan to 5 victories. We communicated extremely well to the point where opposing teams started to imitate our positive talk. We recognized our team members' strengths and each individual's role in the process. We learned with each game we played, and we truly enjoyed the competition, experience and journey."

Records:
Highest finish in the NCASB Goalball Championships: 3rd

First team from Illinois to be entered in the NCASB Championships

First win in the history of the school.

First winning season in the history of ISVI Goalball (5-4).

The History of Goalball
     Goalball was invented in 1946 by Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and German Sepp Reindle, in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of blinded war veterans.

     The game was introduced to the world in 1976 at the Paralympics in Toronto, Canada and has been played at every Paralympic since. As well every four years a World Competitions has been held with the first being in Austria in 1978. Since that time the popularity of goalball has increased to where it is played competitively in all IBSA regions.

Basics of Goalball
     Goalball is a team sport played exclusively by the visually impaired. The object of the game is to roll a ball which contains bells past the opposing team.

     There are two teams of 3 players which alternate rolling and defending. The offensive team rolls the ball in a manner that is either hard or soft, depending upon player style, in an attempt to get the ball past the opposing three players. The defensive team listens for the approach of the ball and attempts to prevent or block the ball from crossing the goal line.

     The ball is rolled back and forth with the offensive and defensive team alternating until time expires for the half. The game is played in two five or seven minute periods and the team with the most points wins. 

     The game is played with a ball weighing 1.25kg with bells inside. The object is to roll the ball over the opponent's goal line using a bowling action.
There are three basic rules:

• Each player may only have two consecutive throws
   
• Each team may only have possession of the ball for a maximum of ten seconds
   
• The ball must bounce in or touch the landing area before any other part of the court

     When not attacking, the three players defend the goal by lunging in front of the goal to block the ball.

     There are women's and men's teams with no variations in equipment or rules.