The Sentinel: Memory Monday: Spartans shine over the Comets

Memory Monday: Spartans shine over the Comets

Ella Armstrong plays varsity basketball as a freshman

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St. Joseph-Ogden's Ella Armstrong tries to take the ball down the baseline on Oakwood's Aaliyah Denius in their non-conference home game on December 1, 2018. The Spartans keep their unbeaten varsity streak alive one more week with a 52-45 win over the visiting Comets. See more photos from this game . . .

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

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CHICAGO - On a quiet Saturday afternoon in January 2012, at the Oak Park-River Forest field house, a simple thought refused to leave Vincent Johnson alone.

Covering a girls basketball game for the Oak Leaves, Johnson found himself looking beyond the box score and into the bones of the building itself. The space was overwhelming in the best way. Big. Empty. Striking. The field house - massive, architectural, overwhelming in character - was alive with echoes. The gym itself demanded his attention.

Memory Monday: Spartans shine over the Comets

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