50 After 50: No. 10 Hornets nearly knock out powerful QND, then tragic injury leads to ‘deflating moment’

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 19, 2022
Front row from left, David Koch, Perry Wilkerson, Brad Zimmerman, Mark Wagner, Adam Llewellyn, Alex Ebbing, Cody Llewellyn. Back row, Coach Van Wilson, Anthony Logsdon, Josh Babb, Brian McNeff, David Brink, Evan Busen, Drew Wilson, Brett Ufkes, Coach Ron Kassing. | Photo courtesy of Van Wilson

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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50 After 50: No. 46 Hornets flew under radar during super-sectional run, but elbow to eye proved costly

By David Adam, MRN Editor | December 22, 2021
Front Row: Mark Wagner, Alex Ebbing, Adam Llywellyn, Michael Geisler, Perry Wilkerson, Ben Tracy and Eric Wagner. Back row: Coach Ron Kassing, Anthony Logsdon, Thomas Chaney, Evan Busen, Drew Yingling, A.J. Kassing, Brett Ufkes and Coach Van Wilson. | Photo courtesy of Van Wilson

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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