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Martin scores five times as Hannibal earns chance for payback against Fort Zumwalt East in semifinal
ST. PETERS, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team wasted no time in earning a chance at payback in the Class 3 District 4 tournament. The third-seeded Pirates dispatched No. 6 seed Warrenton 8-0 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal, setting up a rematch of last season’s quarterfinal with Fort Zumwalt East, who also won 8-0 on Tuesday.…
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Palmyra tied with Springfield Catholic after first round of Missouri Class 2 state golf championship
SEDALIA, Mo. — Palmyra and Springfield Catholic are tied for the lead after the first day of the Missouri State High School Athletic Activities Class 2 boys state golf championship at the Sedalia Country Club. Their team scores of 330 are just two strokes ahead of South Shelby. Ty Brandt of Fatima is the leader,…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Gem City Gymnastics and Tumbling Phoenix (Senior Elite Level 2) squad from Quincy left the U.S. All-Star Federation finals in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with a silver medal on April 5. Shortly after the competition, however, questions about eligibility and performance discrepancies in the division were raised and a USASF investigation…
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Missouri BaseballClass 1 district at LaPlataTuesday, May 20North Shelby vs. Brashear/Novinger, 2 p.m.Atlanta vs. LaPlata, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 2 district at LancasterTuesday, May 20Scotland County vs. Putnam County, 5 p.m.Canton vs. Schuyler County, 6;30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 3 district at MaconTuesday, May 19Palmyra vs.…
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Championship Flight Player Round 1 Score Round 2 Score Total Score Alex McCulla 69 67 136 Jason Traeder 70 67 137 Adam Pfeiffer 69 70 139 Andrew Boudreau 72 71 143 Brad Niemann 74 70 144 Cameron Bergman 74 70 144 Beau Eftink 73 72 145 Ryan Schuenke 73 72 145 Luke Mettemeyer 72 74…
Read Full Article Missouri BaseballClass 1 district at LaPlataMonday, May 19North Shelby vs. Brashear/Novinger, 4:30 p.m.Atlanta vs. LaPlata, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 2 district at LancasterMonday, May 19Scotland County vs. Putnam County, 5 p.m.Canton vs. Schuyler County, 6;30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 3 district at MaconTuesday, May 19Palmyra vs.…
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QUINCY — With Rock Island Alleman’s Nick Patrick expected to capture his fourth straight Western Big 6 Conference singles tennis championship, Quincy High School coach Mike Terry chose to put most of his team’s eggs into the doubles basket. The move paid off. Patrick won the singles title as expected, winning all four matches without…
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. — The North Shelby girls track team tied for fourth in the Class 1 sectional track meet at Montgomery County High School on Saturday and had state qualifiers in seven events. Advancing to the state meet on May 23-24 in Jefferson City, Mo., for the Raiders are: Glasgow won the meet with…
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MOKANE, Mo. — The South Shelby girls track team took first place in six events and placed second in the Class 2 sectional track meet on Saturday at South Callaway High School. Fayette won the meet with 105 points, with South Shelby scoring 89. Highland was sixth with 39 points, and Monroe City was seventh…
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MOKANE, Mo. — The Highland boys track team is sending qualifiers in five events after scoring 52 points and placing sixth in the Class 2 sectional track meet on Saturday at South Callaway High School. New Bloomfield scored 81 points to win, and Salisbury scored 68 points to place second. Highland’s 4×100-meter relay team of…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Hannibal boys track team is sending nine qualifiers to next week’s sectional track meet, and the girls are sending five after Saturday’s Class 4 district meet at Jefferson City Helias High School. Kade Hoskins was second in the 100-meter dash in 11.09 seconds. Tre Hoskins finished second in the shot…
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MACON, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team had the right hitter at the plate at the right time. Rylan Compton’s bases-loaded single to left field with out in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday gave the second-seeded Panthers and 2-1 walk-off victory over third-seeded Clark County in the semifinals of the Class 3 District…
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QUINCY — The Quincy High School softball team showed up ready to swing. Five of the first six Blue Devils to bat in the first inning Friday collected hits, including four extra-base knocks, as a four-run frame set the stage for an 8-4 victory over Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin at the QHS field. Quincy collected 15…
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MT. STERLING, Ill. — An 11-run inning put the Brown County baseball team in control of Friday’s game, but the Hornets had to survive a late Rushville-Industry rally to post a 17-13 victory and end a three-game skid. The Hornets led 17-11 heading to the seventh inning when the Rockets put together a pair of…
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CONCORD, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team wasn’t going to be denied its 20th victory. Trailing Triopia 2-1 entering the fourth inning, the Saukees took the lead with a four-run frame and then cemented their 14-3 victory with a nine-run outburst in the fifth inning. The victory improved the Saukees to 20-10, marking their fourth…
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Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, May 16: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer
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BLOOMINGTON — The Quincy High School girls track team scored 38 points and finished in ninth place in the Class 3A sectional at Bloomington High School. Edwardsville took first with 81 points, followed by Belleville East (77.25) and Alton (71.25). The Blue Devils’ best finish was when Anna Venvertloh, Peyton Kuhl, Danielle Vargas and Amick…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team is getting used to battling until the end. Thursday’s 6-5 victory in 11 innings over Jacksonville Routt at Jake Burling Field marked the second straight day the Chargers won a game in their last at-bat and the second time this week they’ve played extra innings. This time,…
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MENDON, Ill. — The Mendon Unity baseball team didn’t let Thursday’s game come down to one play The Mustangs scored six runs in the second inning and five more in the third to pull away for a 13-1 victory in five innings over Camp Point Central. Unity snapped a four-game losing streak in which it…
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QUINCY — Geneseo pitcher Kendyl Wassenhove never allowed the Quincy High School softball team to find its footing in the batter’s box Thursday. Wassenhove limited the Blue Devils to two hits over five innings, striking out seven and leading the Maple Leafs to a 17-0 Western Big 6 Conference victory at the QHS field. Wassenhove…
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BARRY, Ill. — The Lauren Stevenson show took center stage at the Western softball field on Thursday. Stevenson, a freshman right-handed pitcher, belted two home runs, drove in all of West Hancock’s runs and tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout in the Titans’ 4-0 victory. Her first home run, a solo shot to center field in…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Thursday, May 15: Prep baseball Prep softball
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URBANA, Ill. — A tough stretch of holes to close the NCAA men’s golf regional didn’t diminish all Alex McCulla accomplished. The Quincy Notre Dame graduate and Illinois State University senior placed in the top 35 at the University of Illinois’ Atkins Golf Club, posting a 3-over 74 in Wednesday’s final round and finishing tied…
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QUINCY — A 16-run inning featured every player in the Quincy High School softball team’s lineup scoring at least once as the Blue Devils beat Southeastern 29-4 in four innings Wednesday. The Blue Devils had just 11 hits, but they took advantage of 11 walks and one hit batter in their highest scoring game of…
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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A late-inning rally ran out of steam as the Quincy High School baseball team saw its five-game win streak snapped with a 4-2 loss to Rock Island Alleman in Western Big 6 Conference play Wednesday. The Blue Devils trailed 4-1 heading to the sixth inning when Cameron Lawson singled leading off…
Read Full Article WINCHESTER, Ill. — The ultimate pitchers’ duel ended in an opportunistic way. After Mendon Unity right-hander Skylar Goudschaal and Winchester West Central right-hander Cameron Sievers matched each other by posting zeroes through 7½ innings, the Cougars took advantage of an error in the bottom of the eighth inning to plate the winning run in a…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Quincy Notre Dame’s 10-8, nine-inning victory on Wednesday over Central featured the two schools combining for eight runs in the ninth inning. The teams combined for 18 runs, 22 hits, eight walks and numerous wild pitches and passed balls. Fifteen players were credited with hits. QND’s victory was the 650th in…
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QUINCY — The Quincy High School boys tennis team put a cap on an incredible regular season by sweeping the season series from intracity rival Quincy Notre Dame. The Blue Devils posted an 8-1 victory over the Raiders on Tuesday at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park to improve to 18-2 in duals before…
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MACOMB, Ill. — Once Langdon Lambert worked his way out of a tough first inning, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team didn’t harm him again. The Macomb right-hander limited the Raiders to three hits over the final six scoreless innings to close out a 9-2 victory Tuesday at Phil Bradley Field. Lambert struck out seven,…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — A two-out single in the third inning is all that stood between Noah Wells and a no-hitter. Wells allowed just one hit, struck out five and walked one Tuesday as the Quincy High School baseball team won its fifth straight game with a 10-0 victory over Camp Point Central. Wells walked…
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