West Aurora coach Gordon Kerkman goes over plays with his team after the first quarter against host Naperville North. | Mike Mantucca ~ For Sun-Times Media
HEATHER EIDSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Mug of Rick Armstrong, Beacon News staff reporter. 7/22/09
Homer would have loved these guys. Sorry animation fans, we’re talkin’ Greek poet, not Simpson. Doh! Between them, septuagenarians Gene Pingatore and Gordie Kerkman have put up some remarkable numbers, topped by 1,652 wins in 81 seasons as high school basketball coaches. Pingatore, who is …
