Thank you for the memories

Scott Hamilton, Kiel Duval, and Brian Brooks

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Unity High School head football coach and Athletic Director Scott Hamilton stands between St. Joseph-Ogden head basketball coach and son of the late SJO head football coach Dick Duval on the left and SJO superintendent Brian Brooks, on the right, for a photo prior to the start of last Friday's football game between the Rockets and the Spartans. Representatives for SJO presented Hamilton, who will retire from teaching and his position as athletic director after this academic year, with a memento thanking him for the legendary 30-year rivalry between the two downstate football programs. During Hamilton's tenure, the Unity football program has qualified 28 times and has played in five Class 3A state title games. Heading into tonight's home game against Illinois Valley Central, he owns an impressive career record of 283 wins and 71 losses.

Illustrious - Showcases and the stories behind Illinois’ most iconic high school gyms

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.

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Microplastics and our water: What families should know

By StatePoint Media

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An overwhelming 94% of U.S. tap water is contaminated with fragments of plastic pollution called microplastics, and bottled water does not fare ...

How good is your next steak? Look closely at the marbling

By Casey Cartwright

A premium steak makes an impression before it even reaches the grill. Fine streaks of fat run through the muscle, creating the visual pattern known as marbling. Those delicate flecks do much more than make a steak look appealing. They influence flavor and tenderness and affect how the beef performs over high heat.

Marbling plays a major role in the experience people expect from premium beef, but understanding it takes more than looking for the fattiest steak in the case. The amount and distribution of intramuscular ...

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