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Stacey Johnson, surrounded by her husband and parents, wiped away tears as she studied the display case in the Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame celebrating her accomplishments as an all-around athlete at Antioch High School. “This is very humbling,” said Johnson, a 1991 graduate and one of 14 individuals, plus one team, inducted Saturday…

ASL Co-Founder Tom Menasco Meets with Jeff Pico at 2015 Spring Training

ASL Co-Founder Tom Menasco went to the 2015 MLB Spring Training in Arizona in March. He met up with Cincinnati Reds head pitching coach and ASL Hall of Fame 2010 Inductee Jeff Pico. Pico graduated from Antioch High School and was drafted directly afterwards by the Chicago Cubs in 1984. He played in the minors…

Gene “Butch” Rounsaville Celebrates 51st Anniversary in MLB

Today Antioch Sports History- April 7, 1970- 51 years ago today Antioch High’s Gene “Butch” Rounsaville toes the rubber at Chicago’s White Sox Stadium as a relief pitcher and becomes Antioch’s first Major League Baseball (MLB) player. It would be eight long years before the 6’3’ 205 pound, 1962 graduate would stand facing his first…