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Centralia Junior Orphans basketball team takes second place in weekend tourney

Bruce Kropp
Mar 20, 2023 | 8:08 AM

The Centralia Jr Orphans finished 2nd out of 13 teams in the 8th-grade school division at the Middle School Basketball Championships in Champaign.  They lost to a team out of Chicago 65-57 in the championship.

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