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Tag: Illinois high school basketball

A Farrington Kid

June 19, 2019 Randy Mills

There were fifteen rural grade schools in Jefferson County, Illinois, when I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s,…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: a father and don and a golden age of small town hitgh school basketball, an almost perfect season, basketball, farrington eagles, high school basketball, illinois, Illinois basketball, Illinois high school basketball, middle school basketball, small town basketball

Sledge Leads the Charge

May 1, 2019 Randy Mills

A Country Boy on a City Boy Basketball Team While our Bluford Trojans basketball team achieved great success as a…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1960s, 1960s basketball, basketball, high school, high school basketball, Illinois basketball, Illinois high school basketball, Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon Illinois, Mt. Vernon Rams, south eastern illinois high school basketball, southern illinois basketball

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