50 After 50: A look at the entire series
QUINCY — The Illinois High School Association created a second class for boys basketball for the 1971-72 school year. The 2020-21 season would have been the 50th year of the boys basketball small-school tournament. Muddy River Sports is celebrating 50 years of small-school boys basketball by ranking the 50 best teams in Adams, Brown, Pike and Hancock counties since 1972.
Here is the entire list of the teams honored:
No. 1 — 1996-97 Warsaw. Click here for the story.
No. 2 — 1997-98 Nauvoo-Colusa. Click here for the story.
No. 3 — 2003-04 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 4 — 1990-91 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 5 — 1998-99 Warsaw. Click here for the story.
No. 6 — 1994-95 West Pike. Click here for the story.
No. 7 — 1999-92 Southeastern. Click here for the story.
No. 8 — 1992-93 Hamilton. Click here for the story.
No. 8 — 1980-81 Liberty. Click here for the story.
No. 10 — 2003-04 Brown County. Click here for the story.
No. 11 — 2016-17 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 12 — 1984-85 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 13 — 1976-77 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 14 — 2004-05 Liberty. Click here for the story.
No. 15 — 1989-90 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 16 — 1986-87 Hamilton. Click here for the story.
No. 17 — 2010-11 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 18 — 2015-16 Liberty. Click here for the story.
No. 19 — 1978-79 Payson Seymour. Click here for the story.
No. 20 — 1998-99 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 21 — 1989-90 Unity. Click here for the story.
No. 22 — 2017-18 West Hancock. Click here for the story.
No. 23 — 1971-72 Quincy Catholic. Click here for the story.
No. 24 — 1995-96 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 25 — 1977-78 Southeastern. Click here for the story.
No. 26 — 1981-82 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 27 — 1973-74 Quincy Catholic. Click here for the story.
No. 28 — 1972-73 Unity. Click here for the story.
No. 29 — 2013-14 Unity. Click here for the story.
No. 30 — 1985-86 Warsaw. Click here for the story.
No. 31 — 1981-82 Dallas City. Click here for the story.
No. 32 — 1990-91 Southeastern. Click here for the story.
No. 33 — 1993-94 Hamilton. Click here for the story.
No. 34 — 1978-79 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 35 — 2004-05 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 36 — 2006-07 Brown County. Click here for the story.
No. 37 — 1993-94 West Pike. Click here for the story.
No. 38 — 1982-83 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 39 — 1982-83 Liberty. Click here for the story.
No. 40 — 1976-77 Hamilton. Click here for the story.
No. 41 — 2005-06 Liberty. Click here for the story.
No. 42 — 2013-14 Payson Seymour. Click here for the story.
No. 43 — 1974-75 Quincy Catholic. Click here for the story.
No. 44 — 1987-88 Pittsfield. Click here for the story.
No. 45 — 1984-85 Warsaw. Click here for the story.
No. 46 — 2002-03 Brown County. Click here for the story.
No. 47 — 1988-89 Quincy Notre Dame. Click here for the story.
No. 48 — 2019-20 Payson Seymour. Click here for the story.
No. 49 — 1987-88 Dallas City. Click here for the story.
No. 50 — 1990-91 Pleasant Hill. Click here for the story.
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