50 After 50: No. 39 Eagles wonder what could have been if not for QND roadblock

By Don Crim | January 7, 2022
The 1983 Liberty boys basketball team featured, front left to right in the front row, Kevin Kill, Bruce Taube, Greg Thompson, John Fessler and Devin Neisen. In the back row, left to right, are Todd Fox, John Leapley, Terry Newell, Dennis Klingele, Mike Owen, Ron Gilbert, Buddy Swartzenberg, Todd Jansen, Dewayne Klingele, Kevin Blewett and Merle Simon (team manager). Submitted photo

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…

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