HeyJaredMid Suburban Legends and Beyond
High School Sports Stories and History of the Mid-Suburban League and Illinois
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Schaumburg Opened 1995 Football Season with Unique Forfeit Victory (opens the original)
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The news that broke last week that Wheeling was forfeiting its Mid-Suburban East football game with Hersey, which was reported by Dion Martorano of the Des Plaines Journal & Topics and Dick Quagliano of the Daily Herald, was a bit heartbreaking.The forfeiture of games and cancellation of seasons is a sad situation that seems to be occurring more frequently in Illinois because of programs operating with light roster numbers. The combination of low numbers and player injuries led Wheeling to becom
Wilson’s Managerial Tenure Ends in Seattle (opens the original)
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Dan Wilson went from nearly leading the Seattle Mariners to their first World Series berth to being out of a job in less than a year.Such is the fickle world of managing and coaching in professional sports. Wilson, who led Barrington to the 1986 Class AA state baseball title and is a member of the Mariners Hall of Fame as a catcher, saw the organization announce the end of his tenure after two-plus years on Sunday, September 27.Wilson finished with a 187-171 record after taking over as manager i
75 Times: Looking at Longest-Running MSL Football Rivalry with Barrington and Palatine (opens the original)
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The stock market crash that kicked off the Great Depression had occurred less than a week before Barrington and Palatine squared off for the first time in a high school football game on November 2, 1929.Barrington rolled to a 35-6 victory over a Palatine team playing its first officially recorded high school season. The players then would likely view those today as some sort of aliens in their state-of-the-art equipment and fancy uniforms with games played in glittering stadiums with artificial
Remembrances: Palatine’s Jim Koller Mixed Fun with Success on Baseball Field (opens the original)
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Baseball and business sparked a long friendship between Jim Koller and Mike Fritz.They started teaching together in the business education department at Fremd in the 1970s. They also coached baseball together at the freshman level - with Fritz leading the “A” team and Koller the “B” team - for Terry Gellinger.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O4Y6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2
Prospect Baseball Star Matt Davis Went On Memorable Power Trip in 2005 (opens the original)
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White Sox all-star and rookie centerfielder Tristan Peters has captured national attention with a home run streak that reached a franchise record-tying 5 games Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers.Back in the spring of 2005, Prospect standout shortstop Matt Davis went on a power surge streak that put him in striking distance of matching or surpassing a national high school record.Davis didn’t reach the record at the time for 9 consecutive games with a homer. The mark is now 10 games in a ro
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