Brother Rice takes on St. Ignatius at 7 p.m. and you can watch the full game live on Patch.
The 19-5 Brother Rice Crusaders entertain the 15-10 St. Ignatius Wolfpack at home. You can catch the game live on Patch starting at 7 p.m.
Brother Rice High School remembers Coach Tom Mitchell who died of an apparent heart attack at age 72 on Tuesday.
Brother Rice High School has announced the visitation and funeral arrangments for late Coach Tom Mitchell, who was the Crusaders' head football coach from 1967 to 1995. Coach Mitchell died at age 72 of an apparant heart attack on Tuesday. His body will lie in state in Brother Rice High School's main gym from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. An ongoing reception will be held in the north gym during visitation. Watch the Tom Mitchell Retirement Tribute by Brother Rice High School. The coach led the Crusaders to an IHSA state championship in 1981, and the runner up in 1985, as well as two Chicago Prep Bowl Championships. The funeral mass will be at Most Holy Redeemer Parish at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31. Friends and family are asked to …
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The players from rival schools honored the memory of Brother Rice graduate Andrew Weishar who died at age 21
The stands were filled with blue shirts printed with the number 45. It was Andrew Weishar's number, and they played for him. The longtime rivalry between Brother Rice and Marist was forgotten for several minutes as the two schools came together to recognize a young man lost too soon. Andrew Weishar died in October after a three year long battle with colorectal cancer. The Brother Rice graduate was just 21 years old. Read: Days After Community Vigil, Brother Rice Alum Dies at 21 Weishar was a star football player for the Crusaders and his brother Nic Weishar was a major part of the Redhawks playoff run last football season. Read: Athlete of the Month: Marist Wide Receiver Courageous After Death of Brother The Crusaders scored an easy 67…
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7:22 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Beautiful story about young men coming together to honor a wonderful man lost way to young. more ›
Coach led Crusaders to state championship in 1981 and two prep bowl championships.
Former Brother Rice gridiron players were stunned to learn that their fabled coach, Tom Mitchell, passed away at age 72 of an apparent heart attack on Tuesday. Connect with Patch: Beverly-Mt. Greenwood / Oak Lawn / Evergreen Park The famed Brother Rice High School football coach's passing was announced at Tuesday's Oak Lawn Village Board meeting by several board members and alumni who were in tears. A 1959 graduate of Mt. Carmel High School, Mitchell joined Brother Rice as the head football coach in 1967 at the tender age of 26. He served in that role until his retirement in 1992. Like the retired Irish-American boxer played by John Wayne who returns to Ireland to reclaim his family's homestead in the John Ford film “The Quiet Man,” …
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11:02 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
Coach Mitchell was a giant among men. He was my teacher, counselor, first boss, coach and friend. He gave so much to those he came in contact with. I am a different person because of him. more ›
Watch the high school game live on Patch.
The Brother Rice Crusaders (13-10) take on the Bishop McNamara Fightin' Irish (11-2) starting at 7:30 p.m. You can watch the game live right here on Patch. If you misses it you can even catch a replay at anytime. Watch more live basketball: St. Rita vs. De La Salle
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Brother Rice junior will join high performance volleyball camp in San Diego over winter break.
Use Patch to watch recaps of Friday's Brother Rice or Oak Lawn Community High School football games.
Follow the links below to watch last night's Oak Lawn Community High School vs. Niles North or the Brother Rice vs Shepard match-ups on Patch. We won’t tell you the score. Through High School Cube you can watch local games as they happen—or watch them at a later time. If you are a super fan of any sports team you should be blogging on Patch. Follow these instructions and give your team an even bigger presence on Patch. Follow all the high school scores on our updated Score Tracker. Visit our High School Football Central page to find schedules and coverage of your favorite teams. Follow Oak Lawn on Facebook and sign up for our newsletter.
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Use Patch to watch selected high school football games live. Tonight we bring you the Shepard Astros vs. the Brother Rice Crusaders. The action starts at 7:30 p.m.
Watch tonight's Shepard vs. Brother Rice match-up live on Patch. Through High School Cube we are able to bring you a live stream of the game. Leave your comments on the game below. If you are a super fan of any sports team you should be blogging on Patch. Follow these instructions and give your team an even bigger presence on Patch. Follow all the high school scores on our updated Score Tracker. Visit our High School Football Central page to find schedules and coverage of your favorite teams. Follow Oak Lawn on Facebook and sign up for our newsletter.
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Army Pfc. Ryan Kennedy died near his base in Colorado. He was a 2008 graduate of the school and hundreds of students lined Pulaski Road as his funeral cortege passed by.
On Aug. 10 hundreds of young men and members of the Brother Rice High School community lined Pulaski Road holding American flags as the funeral cortege of Army Pfc. Ryan Kennedy passed by. Kennedy's family exited their vehicle and stood in front of the school as the band played Taps. Rife with emotion, Kennedy's mother Linda listened and softly sobbed. In a Sun-Times Media interview, Linda Kennedy detailed the emotional state her son was in during the final months of his life. He served in Afghanistan and survived an explosion in 2009. On Aug. 2 he took his own life. The photos show a family in mourning and a community reaching out to honor and comfort.
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7:42 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
May you rest in Peace Ryan. Thank you for your service. more ›
View the Patch photo gallery of Brother Rice's graduation, then add your own. Congratulations to the Brother Rice Class of 2012.
Brother Rice High School proudly celebrated its 53rd commencement Thursday at Saint Xavier University's Shannon Center. The class of 222 students amassed $10 million in scholarships. Sixty-percent of the class were on the honor roll over a four-year period, and 92 percent were accepted to the first or second college of their choosing. Revisit the Brother Rice 2012 Prom. President James Antos gave a rousing commencement address encouraging the young men to "act manfully in Christ Jesus," the school's motto. The ceremony was cut short by a premature hat-tossing. The newly minted graduates were escorted out past their class purchase of a large orange inflatable character holding a cap in one hand and diploma in the other. View the photo …
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9:32 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Kelly: Ever hear of an editor or proof reading? more ›