50 After 50: After winning first 27 games, No. 19 Indians ran into ‘Goliath’ Havana in sectional final

By David Adam, MRN Editor | February 23, 2022
Front row from left, manager Jim Shephard, Rodney Roberts, Paul Maple, Brent Speckhart, Steve Mixer, Chuck McNett, manager Jerry Dennis. Back row: Coach Rod Walton, Brint Brinkman, Mike Benjamin, Jeff Barker, Roger Wittland, Brian Koontz, Steve Epperson, Ed Banta, Scott Kaiser, Ed Terstriep, Rodney Lewis, Curt Mumpower, Coach Curtis Veach, Coach Charles Hall | Photo courtesy of Rodney Roberts

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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