50 After 50: No. 7 Suns win 57 out of 58 games during two-year stretch, bring home first state trophy

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 25, 2022
Front row, Tesa Buss, Heidi Neill, Julie Ippensen, Kristin Reuschel, Kimberly Tippey, Mandy Homan, Denise Shaffer. Second row, Chad Tanner, Chad Derry, Melissa Passley, Jean Royer, Jennifer Waner, Shelley Busby, Amy Robbins, Shawna Bunnell, Chad Passley, Athletic Director Marcia Bartlow. Third row, Brandon Bartlow, Scott Wagner, Jason Sorrells, Randy Long, Lance Robertson, John Sowder, Corey Winters, Nolan Wartick, Jeff Clampitt. Back row, Coach Mike Fray, Coach Dave Swisegood, Therron Dieckmann, Jason Ippensen, Aaron Bartlow, Brian Hamilton, Jason Marlow, Brad Gooding, Coach Todd Fox, Coach Keith Bangert. | Photo courtesy of Todd Fox

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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