Are You Ready for Some Basketball?

We've Got Histories of MSL Boys and Girls Championship Games, Players and Head Coach who Made the Highest Level

We’re ready to roll into another high school basketball season. And we have just published three items that capture part of the deep history of the Mid-Suburban League.

MSL to NBA: Boys and Girls Who Made Basketball’s Biggest Stages

Click on the button below to learn more about the players like Rolling Meadows’ Aaron Williams and a head coach with MSL or MSL-area ties who made it to the highest levels of professional basketball.

MSL Basketball: MSL Girls Title Game History

Click on the button below for a recap on every MSL girls basketball title game since Fremd beat Forest View in the first one in 1974. There is also a lot of historical data that includes Fremd’s Haley Gorecki (above) being the only player - boys or girls - to score 20 or more points in four MSL championship games.

MSL Basketball: MSL Boys Title Game History

Click on the button below for a recap on every MSL boys basketball title game since Prospect edged Hersey 84-81 in 1971 - which is still the highest-scoring in the history of the event. The historical data includes Hersey’s Dave Corzine (above) scoring 45 points in 1972, which is a record that hasn’t been approached by a boys or girls player.

Hopefully you enjoy the look back as we continue to make this a place to keep the great history of the MSL and area high school sports alive and thriving. If you have any corrections or suggestions please share them to marty.maciaszek@gmail.com. Also, if you have any photos you would like to submit to go with the content, please feel free to send them as well.