50 After 50: All-Stater for No. 24 Saukees nearly didn’t play so he could raise his infant daughter

By David Adam, MRN Editor | February 11, 2022
Front row: Rhett Phillips, Casey Krusemark, Kory McAllister, Bryan Evans, Matt Guthrie, Ryan Lowe, Willie Freesen, Kurt McAllister, Jonas Petty. Back row: Jess Smithers, Mike Walston, Rodney Guthrie, Mike Smith, Jamie Reel, Steve Shireman, Jason Pressey, Jason Rinehart. | 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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