History
The ISL was organized for the 1966–67 school year. The league initially comprised eight teams: Chicago Lab, Elgin Academy, Latin, Morgan Park Academy, North Shore, Francis W. Parker, and the no longer existent Glenwood School in Glenwood, Illinois (which closed its high school in 1979) and Harvard-St. George High School in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Lake Forest Academy was a member of the ISL for many years before withdrawing from the league in 2008 in search of better athletic competition.
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