The Leo Alumni Association was recently notified of the death of Joseph B. Sabia by several of Joe’s classmates. Joe died unexpectedly on March 7, 2025. Joe came to Leo from St. Margaret of Scotland grammar school. When at Leo, Joe participated in the band, playing the trumpet for all 4 years, and in several […]
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Salvatore A. Spalla, Class of 1960
The Leo Alumni Association was recently notified of the death of Salvatore A. Spalla by his relatives and classmates. Sal died after a long illness. Salvatore (know as “Sal” by his friends) came to Leo High from St. Leo Grammar School. Salvatore’s parents owned a grocery store located at 83rd and Halsted where he worked […]
Continue reading...Leo Vs. Kennedy – Baseball Commentary – By Dan McGrath.
Coach Mike Anderson expects to see a fundamentally sound, more experienced baseball team with a deeper pitching staff each time the Leo Lions take the field this season. He had no reason to change those expectations after Tuesday’s opener at Kennedy High School. The Lions got six innings of shutout pitching from junior Derrick Davis and made two […]
Continue reading...Leo Hosts Famed History Author on Monday, March 10 at 2:00 PM – Alumni Welcome
March 6, 2025 Attn: Leo High School Community From: Bill Figel, 72 Re: Author Appearance Monday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. We wish to thank Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Eig for his on-going support of Leo. He will grace us with a talk Monday at 2 p.m. The entire student body will be in attendance. Through the support of […]
Continue reading...Leo Vs. Dyett – Sectional Final – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath
Dyett 44, Leo 43; Class 2-A Sectional Finalat Simeon on Friday, March 7 A one-point game often comes down to a razor-thin difference between plays made and plays that weren’t made. The stakes were high – a spot in Monday’s IHSA Class 2-A Supersectional at Joliet – as Leo and Dyett fell in line with […]
Continue reading...Leo Vs. North Lawndale College Prep – Sectional Semifinal – Basketball Commentary – By Dan McGrath
Leo 68, North Lawndale College Prep 57, Class 2-A Sectional Semifinal at Julian on Tuesday, March 4 An outstanding first quarter was all it took to move the Leo Lions within two wins of their first state tournament appearance since 2016. Facing North Lawndale College Prep on Tuesday in a semifinal of the IHSA Class 2-A […]
Continue reading...Leo Vs. Harlan – Class 2-A Regional title game – Basketball Commentary – By Dan McGrath.
Leo 64, Harlan 35; Class 2-A Regional title game at Harlan on Friday, February 28 No going easy on an inferior opponent and letting it stick around, as the Leo Lions had done against U-High two nights earlier. This time the Lions started firing when the bus arrived and never let up, burying Harlan 64-35 […]
Continue reading...Leo wrestlers grapple at state sectional with mixed successes, Senior advances to IHSA meet.
Leo Senior Nick Armour is headed for the IHSA state wrestling meet for the second consecutive year. Armour, a heavyweight, placed fourth in the Class 1-A Coal City Sectional last weekend, earning a trip to the state meet at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center February 20-22. Armour also qualified for the state meet as a […]
Continue reading...Leo Vs. Hyde Park – Basketball Commentary – By Dan McGrath
The intention was sound – schedule a nonconference game with a Public League opponent as a tuneup for state tournament play and a heavy dose of Public League competition in the early rounds. The result was borderline disastrous. Not only did the Leo Lions take a 61-43 whipping from Hyde Park in their regular-season finale […]
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