50 After 50: After rare regional loss, No. 15 Saukees return to Champaign and put pieces in place for state championship

Front row from left, Josh Townley, Doug Wade, Shane Norton, Greg Scott, David Bess, Brian Feezel, David Marable. Back row, Joe Jennings, Trent Fischer, John Leithoff, Tony Baker, Troy Taylor, David Fox, Coach Dave Bennett. | Photo courtesy of Dave Bennett

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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