50 After 50: After new coach arrives, No. 34 Saukees become first of many sectional champions

By David Adam, MRN Editor | January 19, 2022
Front row: manager Rich Ruble, Bill Stone, Steve Adams, Rick Frazier, Rich Ellis, Danne Durall, Tracy Shelton, Joe Petty, manager Tom Craft and manager Todd Halpin. Back row: Coach Dave Bennett, Bill McCartney, Jeff Stauffer, Doug Newman, Don Newman, Chuck Baker, Grant Smith, Scot Wade, Pat McCulloch, Terry Leahr, Coach Jim Shields. | 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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