50 After 50: Summer league battles prepare No. 38 Raiders for run at regional crown

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | January 10, 2022
Front row, Neil Mayfield, Tim Hellhake, Dave McCaughey, Tim Whittaker, Bill Schlegl, Jeff McCaughey, Joe Scholz, Greg Nutt. Back row, manager Scott Hummel, Todd Bastean, Tim Bichsel, Mark Wiemelt, Dan McCaughey, Kevin Meyer, Steve Bichsel, Greg Reis, Coach Bob Kies. 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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