50 After 50: Physical play, difficult schedule helped No. 43 Raiders reach super-sectional for third time in four years

By David Adam, MRN Editor | December 29, 2021
Front row from left, Chuck Grawe, Mike Real, Gary Dreyer, Jim Kasparie; middle row, Mark Longo, Dave Hummel, Ted Awerkamp, Coach Phil Conover, Steve Schutte, Tim Powers, Mike Hummert. On ladder from left, Jim Miller, Jack Terwelp, Jay Frericks, Tim Koetters, Mike Schuering, Curt Hogge, Kevin Hess. | Photo courtesy of Quincy Notre Dame

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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