Help Me Find The Best High School Gyms in Illinois
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The high school basketball season is coming to and end. By this time next month schools and towns will be throwing parades and rallies for the state champions across girls & boys basketball. March 7th will mark the last time a varsity basketball game will be played at an actual high school till next November. After that day, which I plan on spending at The JHS Bowl in Jacksonville, all the gyms I photograph will be empty.
While I’d never rule out the possibility the book I’m making could include photos from the 2022-23 season, I’m going to say if I haven’t seen your school’s gym by the end of the summer, it’s probably not going to be in the book.
So help me out. Below is a Google Sheet that lists all the known high schools in Illinois.
- Find your high school, alphabetical by school name not town.
- If there is an “X” next the school, I have visited or seen photos of that gym(s). I’m all good.
- If there is no “X” I haven’t seen it yet, send me some photos of it.
Tweet @vincentdjohnson
or email bestgyms@othervertical.com
Each week I’ll update the list so you’re not sending photos I already have. As of March 1st, there are about 450 high schools out of 826 that I have no idea if I should consider them or not.