Former Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould stands near a gymnasium video board as he is named the head coach at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. John Starks/Daily Herald, Dec. 12, 2024

For the millions of prep athletes who've ever played on a winner, memories of those championship seasons never really fade away.

Back in the autumn of '69, football matters at young St. Viator High School — then eight years old — finally came together and the Lions emerged atop the sprawling Chicagoland Prep League.

The lone blemish in an 8-1 season was a 28-0 loss at far South suburban Marian Catholic.

That was then. The Robbie Gould era is now at the Arlington Heights school.

The first-year St. Viator Coach — and former Bears kicker — is about to get a grand opportunity to meet some of th

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