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Author: Randy Mills

Making The Big Play: The Iconic High School Basketball Moment

January 3, 2026 Randy Mills

When former high school basketball players from the 1960s and 1970s get together and discuss that era of play, several…

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Posted in: Human Interest

All the News that’s Fit to Print: The Farrington Center Correspondence

December 27, 2025 Randy Mills

Time machines come in different forms. And they are most often stumbled upon when we least expect it. They may…

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Posted in: News

The Price you Pay

December 14, 2025 Randy Mills

There may not be a sadder story about Indiana high school basketball during the era of single class play than…

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One-and-One: A Cautionary High School Basketball Tale

December 8, 2025 Randy Mills

During my high school basketball playing days in southern Illinois in the late 1960s one particular shooting opportunity was known…

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The Ghosts of Adams Coliseum

August 11, 2025 Randy Mills

Recently, my wife, Roxanne, and I attended the Vincennes’s Rotary Club meeting where I gave a talk about my recent…

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Who was your toughest high school basketball opponent?

June 11, 2025 Randy Mills

While writing a book about Larry Bird’s high school basketball days, I became fascinated by the many stories I heard…

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Posted in: News Filed under: Doug Collins, high school basketball, Illinois high school basketball, Indiana high school basketball

Archie Dees and the Greatest High School Basketball Game my Father ever Saw 

January 31, 2025 Randy Mills

Mostly forgotten today, southern Illinois’ Archie Dees was one of the most highly sought after high school basketball players in…

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Posted in: Human Interest, News Filed under: 1950s, Archie Dees, Illinois high school basketball, Indiana University basketball

The Basketball Playing Eskimo: The Story of Winslow High School’s Gary Elliott

January 19, 2025 Randy Mills

The fall of 1972 to the spring of 1973–my senior year at Oakland City College. Larry Bird was an unheard…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: Indiana high school basketball history, Indiana highschool basketball in the 1970s, Winslow indiana

Jim Jones: A Coach for the Ages

June 22, 2024 Randy Mills

There was something ancient and communal about small-town Indiana high school basketball in the 1960s though the 1970s, a rite…

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What Goes Around Comes Around: An Indiana High School Basketball Story

June 10, 2024 Randy Mills

While waiting for my book on Larry Bird’s high school basketball days to be released, I occasionally think about lesser…

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Posted in: News Filed under: Indiana high school basketball, Larry Bird, Spings Valley Blackhawks, Washington Hatchets

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