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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Melvin Tate

    All on board for OPRF girls swimming/diving - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)

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    The Oak Park and River Forest High School girls swimming and diving team has gotten accustomed to practicing and competing away from campus while Project Two, which includes a new natatorium, nears completion. The new pool was originally scheduled to open last month, but construction delays pushed it back to Oct. 1. Then the school announced it wouldn’t open until November as another unanticipated construction delay came about. But OPRF coach Clyde Lundgren says his team has stayed positive and

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Melvin Tate

    OPRF, Fenwick ready for gridiron battle - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)

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    In 2022, the Oak Park and River Forest High School varsity football team routed Fenwick 35-7 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview in the resumption of the gridiron rivalry between the two schools which are located a few blocks apart on East Avenue in Oak Park. Since then, the Friars have gained the upper hand with three consecutive victories over the Huskies, including a combined 65-0 margin the past two seasons. But this year, OPRF is feeling optimistic about ending its three-year slide. “I’m supe

  3. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Melvin Tate

    The firm of Liam & Liam power OPRF past Rich - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)

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    Friday night at Oak Park Stadium was not just the home opener for the Oak Park and River Forest High School football team. It was also Little Huskies Night, an annual event in which OPRF invites the players and coaches in the community’s youth football organization to watch a game. The Little Huskies watched the varsity warm up on the Lake Street Field, then escorted the team across the street to the stadium, going through a human tunnel created by the Marching Huskies, who played the school’s f

  4. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Melvin Tate

    OPRF’s Davis hits heights in high jump - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)

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    By her admission, rising sophomore Maya Davis of Oak Park and River Forest High School considers herself to be a sprinter at heart. But she’s quick to appreciate the success she has achieved in the high jump, an event she tried for the first time in February. “I’ve always been a sprinter and long jumper but I wanted to try something new coming off an injury,” Davis told Wednesday Journal. “It just clicked for me.” Indeed, it clicked to the tune of winning both the indoor frosh-soph championship

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Melvin Tate

    Far-out 4-peat for Elmhurst/River Forest 14U - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)

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    Back in the ’90s, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen led the Bulls to six NBA titles in eight years. Last decade, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane were the linchpins in the Blackhawks’ run of three Stanley Cups in six seasons. The Elmhurst/River Forest 14U baseball team has now joined those local sports dynasties following a 10-0 run-rule rout of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin in the Junior League Central Region finals, Aug. 2, in Midland, Michigan. The victory punches the team’s ticket to the World Ser

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