50 After 50: With state tournament in their sights, No. 13 Raiders’ season ends with wild, chaotic loss at sectional

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 13, 2022
Front row from left, Curt Reno, Roger Kroner, Jeff Wellman, Mark Goodwin, Dirk Killen, Matt Leahy, Bob Daly, Matt Longo. Back row, Tim Meckes, Don Miller, Seth Schelich, Warren Ancell, Jeff Rakers, Jody Shoop, Mike Schwartz, Dan Miller, Jeff Hogge. | Photo courtesy of Matt Longo

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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