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Peoria, not Chicago, boasts Illinois' best high school hoops

By Joe Bush
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Relatively speaking, Peoria is the top high school basketball town in Illinois. Aw, the heck with relativity -- the record books say it is the best, regardless of having about three million fewer people than a burg to the northeast, Chicago. While Chicago might have the edge in kids who played at the highest levels, Peoria owns the team achievement categories -- and we're not talking about back in the day, when set shots and scores of 24-20 were the norm. Peoria's Manual High owns an IHSA-rec ...

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