50 After 50: No. 25 Suns survive brutal regional in Hancock County before running into Havana

By David Adam, MRN Editor | February 9, 2022
Front row, statisticians Donna Melvin and Becky Hamilton; managers Jeff Bove, Jon Myers, Tim Myers, Brent Holst, Kent Buckert; back row, Donnie Fray, Tim VanBrooker, Steve Myers, Bob Rankin, John Launer, Paul Myers, Rod Bruenger, Eric Kirbach, Mark Allen, Kelly Cookson, Craig Cheney, Herb Winters. | Photo courtesy of Rod Bruenger

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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