WATCH: Road to the three-peat: South Side team prepares for another Unified Special Olympics State Basketball Championship

Southside Unified poses for a team photo after a win this winter.

By Will McLernon Medill Reports High school basketball players from Southside Occupational Academy and De La Salle Institute in Bronzeville play together for Southside Unified. The squad — made up of athletes with and without intellectual disabilities — won back-to-back Unified Special Olympics State Basketball Championships in 2023 and 2024, and went to their third-straight […]