Common ground // Naperville North, Manley students share similarities

Naperville North and Manley on the West Side of Chicago are onlyabout 27 miles apart, geographically speaking. Culturally,economically and socially, the distance is much greater.

But students at Manley and Naperville North tried to bridgethat gap Tuesday, when the Wildcats' varsity and sophomorebasketball teams spent a day at the west suburban high school beforethe teams' games that night.

Naperville North's varsity squad won 75-70.Every year, the Huskies schedule a home game against a PublicLeague team. They played Prosser last year and Westinghouse the yearbefore."It gives our players a chance to play against a city team, andit gives the city kids a chance …