In McLean County Illinois, the granddaddy of local basketball tournaments has been held for 103 times in 104 years. It's changed a lot over the years as school districts grew larger or small and many consolidated. The current day tournament is a coed tournament including boys and girls brackets. The schools filling those brackets are from the county or from the Heart of Illinois Conference (HOIC). County proper teams have dwindled over the years as consolidation erupted. Schools that currently have a McLean County presence are Heyworth, LeRoy, Ridgeview, Lexington, El Paso - Gridley, and Tri Valley. The only non-Bloomington-Normal school I can think of that has students from the county but isn't included in the tournament is Olympia. This year, the Ridgeview Mustangs entered the tournament undefeated and with Coach Rodney Kellar looking for his 500th win. He got that win as Ridgeview defeated El Paso Gridley in the semi-final. Ridgeview s...
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