How do you get to be one of those Guys: The Forgotten Story of Dave Schellhase’s Indiana High School Basketball Days

By Randy Mills | January 25, 2026 | Comments Off on How do you get to be one of those Guys: The Forgotten Story of Dave Schellhase’s Indiana High School Basketball Days

Dave Schellhase’s many amazing achievements as a Purdue basketball player are legendary. He was named the Boilermaker team’s most valuable…

Making The Big Play: The Iconic High School Basketball Moment

By Randy Mills | January 3, 2026 | Comments Off on Making The Big Play: The Iconic High School Basketball Moment

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

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

By Randy Mills | December 27, 2025 | Comments Off on All the News that’s Fit to Print: The Farrington Center Correspondence

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

The Price you Pay

By Randy Mills | December 14, 2025 | Comments Off on The Price you Pay

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

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

By Randy Mills | December 8, 2025 | Comments Off on One-and-One: A Cautionary High School Basketball Tale

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

The Ghosts of Adams Coliseum

By Randy Mills | August 11, 2025 | Comments Off on The Ghosts of Adams Coliseum

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

Who was your toughest high school basketball opponent?

By Randy Mills | June 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Who was your toughest high school basketball opponent?

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

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

By Randy Mills | January 31, 2025 | Comments Off on Archie Dees and the Greatest High School Basketball Game my Father ever Saw 

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

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

By Randy Mills | January 19, 2025 | Comments Off on The Basketball Playing Eskimo: The Story of Winslow High School’s Gary Elliott

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

Jim Jones: A Coach for the Ages

By Randy Mills | June 22, 2024 | Comments Off on Jim Jones: A Coach for the Ages

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

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

By Randy Mills | June 10, 2024 | Comments Off on What Goes Around Comes Around: An Indiana High School Basketball Story

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

Lost River: The Story of a Forgotten 1900 Broadway Play featuring the West Baden, Indiana Resort

By Randy Mills | April 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Lost River: The Story of a Forgotten 1900 Broadway Play featuring the West Baden, Indiana Resort

Lost. A concept with many different connotations, many different vibes. Forlorn. Forsaken. Damned. Haunting notions, easily employed in an entertaining…