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[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by kmac32

Hey now, I graduated as a "Chink" and I represent that comment. LOL. :-)

Were you around when the Chinks beat the Cobden "Appleknockers" for the Illinois State High School basketball championship? An amazing feat by Cobden to even get to the championship game with an enrollment of around 150, back when Illinois only had a one class system, instead of now where there's 4 state champions and everybody gets a juice box and a ribbon! LOL

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Were you around when the Chinks beat the Cobden "Appleknockers" for the Illinois State High School basketball championship? An amazing feat by Cobden to even get to the championship game with an enrollment of around 150, back when Illinois only had a one class system, instead of now where there's 4 state champions and everybody gets a juice box and a ribbon! LOL

I graduated from Pekin High in 1978. Went back for approximately 2 years after graduating from veterinary school in 1985. I left in 1987 and have rarely been back. My brother stil lives there and my parents live in Marquette Heights. I remember the big fight over the name in 1974 over how offensive the name was to Chinese Americans and when it change in 1980. Personally I always thought the name was stupid as Pekin has no real connection to Chinese heritage. The name Pekin was supposedly named that as if you went through the center of the earth that you would end up in Peking China. The reality is if you went throught the center of the earth, you would end up in Hong Kong, not Peking.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Were you around when the Chinks beat the Cobden "Appleknockers" for the Illinois State High School basketball championship? An amazing feat by Cobden to even get to the championship game with an enrollment of around 150, back when Illinois only had a one class system, instead of now where there's 4 state champions and everybody gets a juice box and a ribbon! LOL

Just looked it up and the game you were talking about was the Illinois high school tournament in 1964. Quite a story for Cobden but I was 4 years old at the time. Those definitely were the glory years for Pekin basketball. We had some good teams in the 70's but nothing like the teams of the 60's.