PEORIA — St. Joseph High School lost a basketball icon when Gene Pingatore died in late June of 2019.But the school, as it turned out, lost even more than the man whose hoops era was coined The Ping Dynasty, by the Journal Star.On the night Pingatore died, someone broke into the high school's trophy case and stole the 1984 NBA All-Star Game MVP trophy earned by Isiah Thomas.On the night of Pingatore’s death. Looting his school’s trophy case. [...]
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