CENTRALIA, IL — There is high school basketball. And then there is high school basketball in Centralia, Illinois. “It’s like a religion,” Centralia basketball super fan Rod Snow said. The 86-year-old ...

CENTRALIA, Ill. (AP) -- Amid all the boasting by locals that the boys at the high school have won more basketball games than anyone else in the country, Olen "Butch" Border is serious when he says ...

(SOUTHERN ILLINOIS —The Centralia Orphans, off to a 5-1 start, kick off the new boys basketball season atop our Southern Illinoisan poll this week. The Orphans, competing in Class 3A, have earned wins ...

Salem travels to Centralia for a nonleague matchup at 7:30 p.m. CST Saturday, Feb. 7, in Centralia, Ill. The Wildcats (Salem) will take on the Orphans (Centralia) at the game site — see the full game ...

The Centralia Orphans had the East St. Louis Flyers right where they wanted them Friday night — for about one half. The notion didn’t last long after halftime. In the third quarter, the Flyers turned ...

CENTRALIA, Ill. -- Amid all the boasting by locals that the boys at the high school have won more basketball games than anyone else in the country, Olen "Butch" Border is serious when he says he'll go ...

WEST FRANKFORT — An inability to score points in the paint proved to be the difference Friday as the Herrin Tigers fell to the Centralia Orphans, 42-37, in the championship game of the 36th Annual ...

SBLive game page: https://scorebooklive.com/illinois/basketball/games/6158440-marion-vs-centralia Centralia on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/illinois/basketball ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Columbia's Drew Huebner (00) gets tied up near the baseline at the O'Fallon Shootout on Saturday, February 6, 2016 in O'Fallon, ...

Centralia boys basketball has named a new head coach. The Centralia R-VI School District announced that Brandon Crites will take over the program for the 2025-26 season. Crites previously spent the ...