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The old idiom, “Like father, like son,” certainly applies to longtime former high school basketball coach Tony Lavorato, Sr., and his two sons: Tony Jr. and Tim. Lavorato Sr., who coached a combined 29 seasons at two Illinois high schools — Hinsdale South and downstate Princeton — and was later inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, has watched his sons become successful prep hoops coaches themselves. Tony Jr., featured recently in Fra Noi, completed his 10th year at Maine South in Park Ridge last March. He’s guided the Hawks to regional championships each of the past …