What school closed,consolidated,dropped football do you miss the most? Tell me about them

[crazylegs777]

What team(s) do you guys miss? Tell me about their school,good/great teams they had,helmet logos,football field,etc . I miss all but I'll start with Joliet East the Kingsmen. Kelly Green,Gold & White. Unique looking E on the helmets like E on Eckrich Sausage. Closed at the end of the 1982-1983 school year by a vote of 4-3. The deciding vote to close was cast by a board member who had kids at East. Never made the state playoffs but had a pretty good team in 1978 6-3. They went 8-1 in 1967 & won the Illini 8 & finished 4-5 playing a brutal schedule of much bigger schools. They were supposed to play Joliet West,Joliet Central but the Sica took over those 2 schools schedules & cancelled East. Joliet Central was originally supposed to close at the end of the 1981-1982 school year by a 5-2 or 6-1 vote but a board member owned a store down the street from Central so they put it in limbo & new board members were voting the next year. The school is now a job corps & they have/are supposed to tear down the stands,lights & scoreboard,field & ticket booths & build a warehouse there I believe

 

[greatgig13]

Dundee High which closed in 82 and merged with Crown in 83. Went from 2 schools my sucky CG team could beat down to 1. We had to scrape up any wins we could get. DC had a running back George Scott in the first year who was a beast but they never really materialized.

 

[Wittymoniker1]

How would Weber fit into the CCL/ESCC situation?

 

[crazylegs777]

Dundee High which closed in 82 and merged with Crown in 83. Went from 2 schools my sucky CG team could beat down to 1. We had to scrape up any wins we could get. DC had a running back George Scott in the first year who was a beast but they never really materialized.

The Cardunals named like that for the 4 towns that went into Dundee High!!! Made State playoffs in 76 & had some nice teams that under criteria today would have gotten in

 

[crazylegs777]

How would Weber fit into the CCL/ESCC situation?

Imagine Holy Cross,Mendel,SFDS,Weber,Seton,Hales,St.Joes maybe St.Gregory joining in if all were still open. Make for some interesting Conferences. Multiple teams with little or no playoff history getting in

 

[ChicagoIllini9]

Driscoll Catholic. No longer statement necessary.

 

[crazylegs777]

Driscoll Catholic. No longer statement necessary.

I think the field is still in use?

 

[eagles2k3]

I think the field is still in use?

Nope. Gone.

 

[crazylegs777]

Nope. Gone.

What's there?

 

[ScottieKnows]

Forest View H.S. (Arlington Heights) and Arlington Heights H.S. in the MSL.
Maine North.
Gordon Tech

 

[Crispy Linnetta]

Argo….Inside joke between me and SuperAc777. Lol

 

[crazylegs777]

Forest View H.S. (Arlington Heights) and Arlington Heights H.S. in the MSL.
Maine North.
Gordon Tech

Falcons state runner up in last ever football season. Wanted Rich East to go but they would have lost too

 

[ChicagoIllini9]

Nope. Gone.

Believe it is a subdivision now.

 

[eagles2k3]

Driscoll Catholic. No longer statement necessary.

This one is still unbelievable to me. Documentary on what happened would be incredible. I think that has been said before.

 

[HotBeer]

This one is still unbelievable to me. Documentary on what happened would be incredible. I think that has been said before.

I'm working on it!!

 

[DadCoachSports]

Driscoll looks to be a Pulte development.

The Highlands by Pulte.

 

[crazylegs777]

Driscoll looks to be a Pulte development.

The Highlands by Pulte.

Unique since they were the Highlanders

 

[mchsalumni]

Unique since they were the Highlanders

I think that was the point Captain Obvious.

 

[crazylegs777]

I think that was the point Captain Obvious.

If you don't have anything to add to the conversation then please find someone who can read to show you the exit. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.

 

[Crispy Linnetta]

Coming from the guy that’s gotten more threads flushed, under various names, than anyone in the history of this site. Complete buffoon.

 

[lookoutforliam]

What team(s) do you guys miss? Tell me about their school,good/great teams they had,helmet logos,football field,etc . I miss all but I'll start with Joliet East the Kingsmen. Kelly Green,Gold & White. Unique looking E on the helmets like E on Eckrich Sausage. Closed at the end of the 1982-1983 school year by a vote of 4-3. The deciding vote to close was cast by a board member who had kids at East. Never made the state playoffs but had a pretty good team in 1978 6-3. They went 8-1 in 1967 & won the Illini 8 & finished 4-5 playing a brutal schedule of much bigger schools. They were supposed to play Joliet West,Joliet Central but the Sica took over those 2 schools schedules & cancelled East. Joliet Central was originally supposed to close at the end of the 1981-1982 school year by a 5-2 or 6-1 vote but a board member owned a store down the street from Central so they put it in limbo & new board members were voting the next year. The school is now a job corps & they have/are supposed to tear down the stands,lights & scoreboard,field & ticket booths & build a warehouse there I believe

The St George Dragons.

 

[crazylegs777]

The St George Dragons.

Ty!!! I don't know much about them. A bit before my time.

 

[lookoutforliam]

Ty!!! I don't know much about them. A bit before my time.

St George

 

[crazylegs777]

St George

Some great teams back in the day but seemed to fizzle out in the end. If opened today do you think they could co exist with Loyola?

 

[lookoutforliam]

Probably not! But, they were formidable back in the day.

 

[boonman1]

When NewTrier Had East and West !

 

[crazylegs777]

When NewTrier Had East and West !

Cowboys & Indians!!!!

 

[crusader_of_90]

Assumption and Lincoln, both in ESL. They had some really good squads whose players I imagine would have benefitted the Flyers.

 

[crazylegs777]

Assumption and Lincoln, both in ESL. They had some really good squads whose players I imagine would have benefitted the Flyers.

Tigers & Pioneers!!! I'm sure at some point your Crusaders played them both

 

[crusader_of_90]

NOPE - Neither. In hoops, yes. Football, no.

 

[tincup1215]

You all need to check out Illinois High School Glory Days. Be careful, you can easily fall down a rabbit hole looking at everything.

Ton of work done by volunteers with info and pictures of almost every single closed high school in Illinois

 

[USD24]

Joliet Catholic High School. Unfortunately the all boys school closed in 1990.

 

[crazylegs777]

NOPE - Neither. In hoops, yes. Football, no.

You all need to check out Illinois High School Glory Days. Be careful, you can easily fall down a rabbit hole looking at everything.

Ton of work done by volunteers with info and pictures of almost every single closed high school in Illinois

I helped a bunch on that. They haven't updated I think in some time

 

[JAYC14]

Joliet Catholic High School. Unfortunately the all boys school closed in 1990.

31 North Broadway. Catholic High was a special place.

 

[MC63]

The St George Dragons.

We played St George for the 1960 CCL championship. At half-time they drove out a huge dragon float. It only made it half-way before it collapsed.

Later in life, I had a few buddies from that school. They bemoaned the decision in the early '60s by the Christian Brothers to have their four schools leave the CCL for some ?Metro" Conference. This included DeLaSalle, St Mel and one other school.

Note that these brothers were not the same as the Irish
Christian Brothers who ran Leo, BR and St L.

 

[MC63]

I was always impressed with Weber. They had great teams. gorgeous red uniforms and the best looking cheerleaders in the league.

They had a great running back named Jim Burda who got hurt his frosh season at Michigan and lost his scholarship. He transferred to DePaul where I got to know him. Great guy.

 

[MC63]

the decision in the early '60s by the Christian Brothers to have their four schools leave the CCL for some ?Metro" Conference. This included DeLaSalle, St Mel and one other school.

The other school was St Patrick.

 

[crazylegs777]

We played St George for the 1960 CCL championship. At half-time they drove out a huge dragon float. It only made it half-way before it collapsed.

Later in life, I had a few buddies from that school. They bemoaned the decision in the early '60s by the Christian Brothers to have their four schools leave the CCL for some ?Metro" Conference. This included DeLaSalle, St Mel and one other school.

Note that these brothers were not the same as the Irish
Christian Brothers who ran Leo, BR and St L.

I read they did this because at the time the CCL wasn't a part of the IHSA so they were hamstrung on postseason so they joined the Chicagoland Prep or something

 

[crazylegs777]

I was always impressed with Weber. They had great teams. gorgeous red uniforms and the best looking cheerleaders in the league.

They had a great running back named Jim Burda who got hurt his frosh season at Michigan and lost his scholarship. He transferred to DePaul where I got to know him. Great guy.

Wisconsin W on the helmets then Weber in cursive during the end. Wish they put their Indian logo on the helmets

 

[UlbKA91]

There are actually several alternate versions of "Red Horde" from Welsh ⚽ to video game characters if some school wanted to take that mantle and go the red potato route.