Mark Register is a common thread between Sacred Heart’s only two appearances in the state quarterfinals in boys basketball.
Register was a member of the 1973 team that reached the elite eight and he is now the school administrator for Sacred Heart School, which is sending its team to the Class 2 quarterfinals.
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