Argo Community High School District 217 is a school located in Summit, Illinois

Summit, Illinois

Summit is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,637 at the 2000 census. The village is best known as the setting to Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short story "The Killers".-Geography:...

, United States. The district draws students from the communities of Summit, Bedford Park

Bedford Park, Illinois

Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 574 at the 2000 census. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry sprawling to the east and a small amount to the west.-Geography:...

, Bridgeview

Bridgeview, Illinois

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, Justice

Justice, Illinois

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, Willow Springs

Willow Springs, Illinois

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, and a portion of Hickory Hills

Hickory Hills, Illinois

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.

The school is named for the "Argo area" which surrounds the large Argo corn processing plant located down the street from the school.

Sports

The school competes as a member of the South Suburban Conference

South Suburban Conference (Illinois)

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. It also competes in state championship series sponsored by the Illinois High School Association

Illinois High School Association

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 (IHSA).

Argo sponsors interscholastic teams for men and women in basketball

Basketball

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, bowling

Bowling

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, cross country

Cross country running

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, golf

Golf

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, soccer, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 & diving

Diving

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, tennis

Tennis

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, track and field

Track and field

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, and volleyball

Volleyball

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. There are mens teams in baseball

Baseball

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, football

High school football

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, and wrestling

Scholastic wrestling

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. Women may compete in badminton

Badminton

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 and softball

Softball

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. Argo has had recent successes in many of its sports.

Notable alumni

• Donald C. Day was a United States Navy
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   ensign
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   who was lost aboard the USS Thresher
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• Kyle Hill
  Kyle Hill
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   is a professional basketball
  Basketball
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   player in Europe. He was the second round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks
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   in the 2001 NBA draft
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• Ted Kluszewski
  Ted Kluszewski
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   was a Major League Baseball
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   first baseman
  First baseman
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   (1947–61) who played most of his career with the Cincinnati Reds
  Cincinnati Reds
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  .
• Dick Portillo (class of 1957) is a restaurateur and founder of the Portillo Restaurant Group, the most notable business of which is Portillo's.
• Mike York
  Mike York (baseball)
  Michael David York is a former major league baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. York was drafted in by the New York Yankees, then bounced around the minor leagues for several years before reaching the majors with the Pirates in...
  
  (class of 1982) was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1990–91).