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Tag: high school basketball

The Forgotten Bookend: The Story of the 1969-1970 Bluford Trojans

October 6, 2023 Randy Mills

The 1950s and on through the early 1970s was a golden age of high school basketball in the Midwest and…

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Posted in: News Filed under: 1960s, Bluford Trojans, high school basketball, history of high school basketball, southern illinois

“The Best High School Basketball Coach in the State of West Virginia”: Remembering Coach Paul Greer

December 27, 2021 Randy Mills

Those of us who have come to believe that Indiana is the only state that harbored great boys’ high school…

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Posted in: News Filed under: 1960s, high school basketball, Paul Greer, West Virginia

In a Class of his Own

December 17, 2019 Randy Mills

It was my recent privilege to write an article for the fall 2019 issue of the Indiana Basketball History Magazine…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: basketball, Dave Schellhase, Evansville North, Evansville North basketball, Evansville North High School, 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 Some of the great Illinois high school basketball players sometimes get…

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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

The 1968- 1969 Fairfield Mules

April 15, 2019 Randy Mills

One of southern Illinois’ most successful basketball teams you probably never heard of. Accounts from Illinois newspaper sports pages clearly…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1960s basketball, basketball, Fairfield, fairfield illinois, fairfield mules, high school basketball, illinois, southern illinois basketball

Trojans!

April 1, 2019 Randy Mills

A Brief History of Some of the Best Bluford High School Basketball Teams and Scorers, 1950-1970 During the exciting, highly…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1950s basketball, 1960s basketball, basketball, Bluford High School, Bluford Trojans, high school basketball, southern illinois basketball

A Heartbreaking Loss: The Story of the 1942-1943 Waltonville Commandos

March 4, 2019 Randy Mills

While my book, An Almost Perfect Season, primarily features Bluford basketball teams, the book also give ample space to many…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: basketball, high school basketball, Waltonville, Waltonville Commandos

Southern Illinois’ Elegant Elephant: The Guy Lee Turner Story

February 18, 2019 Randy Mills

In the book An Almost Perfect Season: A Father and Son and a Golden Age of Small Town High School…

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Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: basketball, elegant elephant, Guy Lee Turner, Guy Turner, high school basketball, human interest

Coming In the Fall of 2019

January 30, 2019 Randy Mills

In the 1968-1969 Illinois high school basketball season, tiny Bluford High School, having just over a hundred students, reeled off…

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Posted in: Events Filed under: 1960s basketball, basketball, Blueford, Blueford Basketball, Blueford Trojans, book, high school, high school basketball, illinois, southern illinois, Trojans, upcoming book
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