50 After 50: No. 23 Raiders come oh-so-close to claiming first Class A state championship

By David Adam, MRN Editor | February 14, 2022
Front row from left, Greg Gagnon, Gene Sparrow, Dan McLaughlin, Jim Lowe, Pat Costigan, Rick O’Donnell, Don Bruemmer. Back row, Mike Stark, Steve Siebers, Gene Stuckman, Dan Pieper, Tony Siebers, Jack Klues, Jim Bockenfeld, Chuck Otte. | Photo courtesy of Steve Siebers

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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