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QUINCY — Losing still stinks, but Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer coach Mark Thomas was pleased with his team’s play Friday night in a 2-0 loss to undefeated Peoria Notre Dame. “We worked hard,” Thomas said after the game, played at Advance Physical Therapy Field. “(Peoria Notre Dame has) got a good team, and that’ll…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — One day after a walk-off victory over Fulton, the Hannibal baseball team had to hang on for dear life to hold off Marshall on Friday. The Pirates nearly let a 5-0 lead slip away but escaped with a 5-4 victory in North Central Missouri Conference play at the Veterans Sports Complex. The…
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LIBERTY, Ill. — Unity infielder Carter Rolando broke the Liberty baseball team’s heart on April 9. Jackson Sims made sure Rolando didn’t do it again on Friday. A little more than two weeks after delivering a walk-off single in the 10th inning of a 2-1 Mustangs victory, Rolando again stepped to the plate in a…
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QUINCY — The game took more than four hours and lasted 14 innings, but Isaiah Fudge gave the home fans a reason to leave QU Stadium with smiles on their faces Friday night. Fudge hit a solo home run to right-center field on the first pitch of the 14th inning, giving the Quincy University baseball team…
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ATCHISON, Kan. — A two-hitter by Davin Meyer helped the Culver-Stockton College baseball team inch closer to a berth in the Heart of America Athletic Conference postseason tournament with a 3-1 victory over Benedictine College Friday afternoon at Laughlin Field. Benedictine banged out 12 hits to pick up a 10-4 victory in the nightcap to…
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Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, April 25: Prep baseball Prep softball College baseball College softball Girls soccer
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BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday in a 7-4 loss to Beardstown. Raiders starter Abram Wiewel only lasted 2 1/3 innings, leaving the game after allowing a single and striking out a batter in the third inning and QND ahead 3-1. Beardstown scored four runs…
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WELLSVILLE, Mo. — The Mark Twain baseball team — except for catcher Eli Snodgrass — didn’t need to bring their gloves to Thursday’s high school baseball game against Wellsville-Middletown. Right-handed pitcher Nolan Epperson recorded 17 strikeouts and didn’t allow a hit in 5 2/3 innings before Treyton Clements came on to record the final out…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Quincy High School boys tennis team reached the 10-victory plateau in grand style on Thursday, winning all six singles matches and all three doubles matches in a 9-0 victory over Hannibal to improve to 10-2 this season. The closest match of the day was at No. 2 singles, in which Drake…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The speed Reid Holliday showcases as a wide receiver on the Hannibal football team and a small forward on the basketball team has proven to be useful on the baseball field as well. With the Pirates tied at one with Fulton and with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning…
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DES MOINES, IOWA — Culver-Stockton College juniors Drew Mallett and Delaney Straus each competed at the 115th Drake Relays on Wednesday and Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Mallett set a personal high for points in the decathlon with 6,329, seven points higher than his previous mark achieved at the Central Methodist Invitational this season. The…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Thursday, April 24: Prep baseball Prep softball College baseball
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CANTON, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton softball team broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the fifth inning, then added six insurance runs in the sixth inning to pull away from Hannibal-LaGrange University and post a 9-2 victory in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader at Himsl Field Wednesday afternoon. HLGU’s Madyson Klosterman scattered…
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SHELBINA, Mo. — The Palmyra boys golf team edged South Shelby by four strokes to win the South Shelby Invitational at Lakeside Golf Course on Wednesday, and South Shelby’s Carson Gough lost to Macon’s Hagan Ritter in a playoff for medalist honors after both players shot 77s. Palmyra’s Jonas Janes shot a 78 to finish…
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MT. STERLING, Ill. — On a day when offense was difficult to come by, one swing decided Wednesday’s baseball game between Pittsfield and Brown County. Collin Dieterle delivered that swing. The Hornets’ leadoff hitter ripped a double to left field with one out in the bottom of the eighth that rolled to the fence, allowing…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Wednesday, April 23: Prep baseball Prep softball College softball
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GENESEO, Ill. — The Quincy High School softball team enjoyed a good start to Tuesday afternoon’s Western Big 6 Conference game, scoring a run in the top of the first. Geneseo then took over. The Maple Leafs improved to 5-1 in league play, scoring in four of the game’s five innings while posting a 12-1…
Read Full Article CARROLLTON, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls softball team scored first and led 1-0 after 4 ½ innings, but Carrollton tied the game in the bottom of the fifth and then took the lead in the sixth with a three-run homer to claim a 4-1 victory on Tuesday afternoon. Singles by Vanna Holmes and…
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CANTON, Mo. — Preston Brewer continues to show that his prowess on the prep sports scene is not limited to the basketball court. The 6-foot-8 senior right-hander struck out eight and did not give up an earned run in 6 ⅔ innings as the Canton baseball team stymied Illini West 6-1 on Tuesday. Brewer reached…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — The Payson Seymour baseball team made Camp Point Central pay for its mistakes. The Indians used timely hits and aggressive baserunning to take advantage of 13 walks and five errors in a 15-2 victory on Tuesday. The Indians led 2-1 entering the top of the third, but a catcher’s interference call…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Tuesday, April 22: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer
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QUINCY — Sophomore starter Sam Klauser allowed one earned run in four innings of work, and two freshmen combined for three scoreless innings in relief as the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team defeated Payson Seymour 10-2 on Monday night. The victory was the fourth straight for the Raiders (10-4), who have won nine of their…
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MOLINE, Ill. — The Quincy High School baseball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped on Monday as Moline scored 11 runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to win 11-1 in a Western Big 6 Conference game at Holmgren Field. The Blue Devils (6-11) had chances to score in each of the five innings…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Members of the 1997-98 Hannibal-LaGrange University men’s basketball team will reunite April 26 for an all-star reunion and fundraiser for two former teammates stricken with serious medical conditions. The event will be in the Mabee Sports Complex on the HLGU campus. Players and guests will begin arriving at 1 p.m., with a…
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QUINCY — After scoring just one goal in the last five games, the Quincy High School girls soccer team finally enjoyed offensive success on Saturday. Alexa Mosley’s goal came in the first five minutes and sparked an avalanche of goals in a 5-1 victory for the Blue Devils over Jacksonville at Flinn Stadium, snapping a…
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CANTON, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton baseball team came from behind in both ends of Saturday’s Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader with Missouri Valley College to earn a sweep of the twinbill and win the four-game series. The Wildcats scored three runs each in the fifth and sixth innings to overcome a 5-0 deficit to…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — The Pleasant Hill softball team racked up 33 runs and 32 hits in winning a pair of games on Saturday, defeating Hartsburg-Emden 25-5 and Pleasant Plains 8-4. Pleasant Hill (7-2) led 7-0 after two innings against Hartsburg-Emden, then piled on 13 runs in the top of the third inning. Makenna Winchell…
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QUINCY — In a year full of firsts for the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team, Rowan Stegeman added his name to that list on Saturday. The freshman third baseman hit his first career home run, a two-run shot to left field in the first inning, to give the Raiders a 2-1 lead over Rochester. The…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Quincy University baseball team completed a four-game sweep of Lincoln University on Friday with victories by scores of 5-4 and 11-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The Hawks (20-22, 13-11 in the GLVC) are now tied with Missouri S&T for sixth place in league play, and they are one…
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AUGUSTA, Ill. — Carter Rolando and the Mendon Unity baseball team seem to have a flair for the dramatic. The Mustangs rallied from a 14-12 deficit by scoring five runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat Augusta Southeastern 17-14 on Friday. Two errors and a single to begin the seventh loaded the…
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