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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Season in limbo for South Side youth football organization after shooting on sidelines

The Hell Cats youth football team practicing at West Chatham Park on Friday. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A South Side youth football organization is scrambling to salvage the rest of its season after losing access to Chicago Park District fields following a shooting along the sideline at a recent game.

Parents insist neither the shooters nor the victim had anything to do with the team. They gathered Friday night, along with the players and coaches, at the team’s home field in West Chatham Park, 8223 S. Princeton Ave., to protest the Park District’s decision.

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