50 After 50: Beating three undefeated teams ranked among top four in state wraps up No. 2 Vikings’ amazing title run

By David Adam, MRN Editor | April 6, 2022
Front row from left, Kellen Fernetti, Doug Siegfried, Dave Hamma, David Griffiths, Brian Griffiths, Patrick Weaver. Back row, Coach Reno Pinkston, Marshel Stott, Emmett Reidner, Joe Wilson, Kenny Haas, Paul Goetz, Assistant Coach Frank Gayton. | Photo courtesy of Reno Pinkston

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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