50 After 50: No. 16 Cardinals dominate during regular season, but perfect season ends on overtime buzzer beater

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 2, 2022
Front row from left, manager Mike Brosi, Brad Richardson, Bryan Buckert, Jack Powell, Todd Lowry, Derek Hammel, Kevin Fleck, manager Steve Fisher. Back row: Coach Gary Belger, Willie Miler, Bart Rogers, Mark Robertson, Paul Meinhardt, Mike Kayvan, Coach John Goetz, manager Jeff Edwards. | Photo courtesy of Hamilton High School

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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