Sixteen miles due east of Sikeston sits the tiny town of Charleston, just a stone’s throw from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Charleston is like dozens of towns up and down both rivers. Small, quaint, tight knit. But unlike most of those towns, Charleston is a powerhouse in boys basketball. The Charleston… Read more »
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Team: Charleston High School
Lennies McFerren
A coach with nine state championships to his name, who grew up in an era when he and his friends used the rim of a bicycle tire as a basketball goal, believed this: Teaching players life lessons was far more important than winning alone. “I suffered a few losses just to make a point. That’s… Read more »