The Kankakee County Soldiers are a professional basketball team of the Independent Basketball Association. Between the 2007 and 2008 seasons they moved from Chicago Heights, Illinois to Kankakee, Illinois.
For their first five seasons, the Soldiers played in the International Basketball League.
For the 2009 season it was announced that the team name would change from Windy City Soldiers to Kankakee County Soldiers.
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Famous quotes containing the words county and/or soldiers:
“Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)