50 After 50: No. 28 Mustangs ‘didn’t dream high enough,’ fall short in super-sectional

By David Adam, MRN Editor | February 2, 2022
Front row from left, Ken Ellerbrock, Coach Dick Spohr; middle row, Coach Dean Woodruff, Greg Campbell, Gary Shupe, Steve Turner, Gene Hendrickson, Grant Campbell, Greg Frazier; top row, manager Chuck Miller, Dave Parker, Merle Kenady, Danny Nichols, Bernie Woodworth, manager Doug Seeger | Photo courtesy of Unity High School

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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