Cairo barred from next year's state tournament

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association on Tuesday suspended Cairo High School from participating in the boys basketball state tournament next season and placed it on probation for the entire next school year for its involvement in a brawl that broke out after a playoff game with Massac County.

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