Riverside Brookfield High School (RBHS) is a secondary school located directly between

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, and

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, which educates grades 9-12. It serves the towns of Riverside, North Riverside, Broadview, and parts of LaGrange Park and Brookfield. Its campus is adjacent to

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. The mascot of Riverside Brookfield (RB) is Rouser the

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was an

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(1986—89), playing most of his career with the

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(1949) is a composer who won the

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for

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in 1982 for a

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documentary ''Soundings: The Music of Michael Colgrass''. *

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for his work on the television series ''

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who won the

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was a professional basketball

playing the 1968—69 season, mostly with the ABA

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(2022) is a baseball pitcher for the

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