Yorkville resident Becky Hejtmanek, second from left, daughter of the late West Aurora High School boys basketball head coach John McDougal, shows an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) plaque Friday which honors Blackhawk teams for surpassing 1,500 victories.
Foreground is Beatrice Clark, 5, Oswego, McDougal great-granddaughter; back row from left are Juliet Clark, 9, Oswego, McDougal great-granddaughter; Hejtmanek; Mary Schroeder, St. Charles, McDougal daughter; Gordon Kerkman, Aurora, retired Blackhawk head coach (1976-2015); Dave Dorsey, Elburn, son of the late head coach Dick Dorsey (1955-1960); and Brian Johnson, West Aurora head coach.
John McDougal was head coach 1965-1976. West Aurora teams had collected 1,608 victories through Saturday’s 57-26 victory against visiting Glenbard South.
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