50 After 50: After getting pushed around as overmatched freshmen, No. 11 Raiders muscle up as seniors

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 17, 2022
From row from left, Robert Gallaher, Macker Little, Reed Hyer, Alex Kinsel, Troy Potts, Nick Schwartz, Aaron Smith, Sam Tuley. Back row, Clay Venvertloh, Johnny Ray, Tommy Ray, Justin Bottorff, Jacob Mayfield, Nathan Hoebing, Wade Willer, Carter Cramsey. | Photo courtesy of Bob Sheffield

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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