March 8, 2026
Interfaith Competition I attended St. James Grammar School in Arlington Heights. We had very good basketball teams, of which I was an active participant. Our arch rival was Our Lady of the Wayside, also in Arlington Heights. Both schools are members of the same athletic conference that our students here at Holy Family compete in. I am sure they have similar rivalries. It sounds very strong, but we hated Wayside (as we called them). The truth is that, as good as we were, Wayside actually was a bit better. We had many heated and highly contentious games, most of which they won. Sports has a tendency to accentuate rivalries on a number of levels, but the Catholic parochial competition has always intrigued me. In my grammar school experience, we were both Catholic schools, we were both in Arlington Heights, we were both Christian, but somehow, we had such disdain for








