Muddy River Sports
QUINCY — The nationally ranked Quincy University baseball team hit six home runs and got scoreless outings from its starting pitchers in sweeping a doubleheader from Augustana (S.D.) on Friday at QU Stadium, winning both games 7-2. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman spent the afternoon at QU Stadium and created this photo gallery:
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CANTON, Ill. — The dark ride home gave John Wood Community College men’s basketball Brad Hoyt to accept there will be no tomorrow, at least not for this year’s team. “The reality has sunk in,” Hoyt said. “You get spoiled.” For the first time in six years, the Trail Blazers won’t play for the Region…
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QUINCY — The American CueSports Illinois State Association will have its 26th annual Illinois state pocket billiard championships in Quincy March 15-19. The event, presented by SeeQuincy, will be held at the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center, 300 Civic Center Plaza. Hundreds of amateur pool players from American CueSports Alliance Illinois League Systems will participate in various…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Area Shooter’s Education Youth BB Gun League program recently had an awards banquet at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. Travis Moore, program coordinator, said Nick Lawson and Katherine Painter earned a 10X in each of the four positions: prone, sitting, kneeling and standing. Individual awards went to: Top Positions 8 –…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Dezi Jones’ junior season proved to be one that made the men’s basketball coaches around the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference take note. The Hannibal native received second-team All-MAAC honors this week after guiding Quinnipiac to a third-place finish in the regular-season standings. The 5-foot-10 guard led the Bobcats in scoring at 12.4…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Parks and Recreation winter pickleball league ended Tuesday, Feb. 28 with a single-elimination tournament in the competitive division. Thirteen teams participated in the competitive league, and seven teams in the intermediate division. Winners of the tournament were Jay Johnson and Jacob Hammock with Justin and Jack Parker finishing in second…
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QUINCY — Never out of the fight. That needs to become the Quincy University baseball team’s new catchphrase. The Hawks completed a four-game sweep of Northwood — a perennial Midwest Region foe — with a series of late-inning rallies, scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh inning or later in three of the four games…
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BUSHNELL, Ill. — The bid to become the first team in program history to win a sectional championship fell just short. The Central boys basketball team struggled to combat Illini Bluffs’ size and lost 54-46 to end its season with a 27-5 record. Photographer Mike Pritchard shared this photo gallery from the game:
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Amber Louderback’s determination cannot be undersold or overstated. She’s passionate, committed and tough. It’s why the Camp Point Central freshman became the first girls wrestler in program history to earn a medal at the state tournament, finishing fourth in the 125-pound class recently during the event held at Grossinger Motors Arena…
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BUSHNELL, Ill. — The Camp Point Central boys basketball team will play for the first sectional championship game in program history Friday night, advancing to the Class 1A Bushnell-Prairie City Sectional title game by beating Peoria Christian 51-39. Photographer Mike Pritchard shared these images for a photo gallery of the game:
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ALTON, Ill. — The Quincy High School boys basketball team scored a season-low 35 points in suffering a 64-35 shellacking by O’Fallon in Tuesday night’s Class 4A Moline Sectional semifinal, which was played at Alton High School. The Blue Devils went just 4 of 23 (17.4 percent) from beyond the arc and shot just 38.1…
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MACOMB, Ill. — A 15-0 run over the final five minutes of the first half put the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team in complete control of its 51-23 victory over Deer Creek-Mackinaw in the Class 2A Macomb Super-Sectional on Monday night at The Hangar, earning the Raiders a spot in the final four. Muddy…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College announced Monday that Aaron Hill is resigning as the men’s basketball coach after five seasons. A press release from the school said Hill wants to spend more time with his young, growing family as he pursues a professional opportunity outside of coaching. Hill and his wife, Andrea, are the parents…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cody Culp simply couldn’t score on Alexander Rallo. No one could. The Hannibal junior wrestler qualified for the 138-pound championship match of the Class 3 state tournament at Mizzou Arena by outlasting three consecutive opponents in matches decided by four points or less. In the title tilt, however, Whitfield’s Rallo never gave…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Led by Cody Culp’s state runner-up finish at 138 pounds, five Hannibal wrestlers grappled their way to the podium during the two-day Class 3 state tournament at Mizzou Arena and brought home state medals. Photographer Mathew Kirby shared this gallery of images from Saturday’s action:
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Amber Louderback and Kelly Ladd made history Saturday, becoming the first-ever girls state wrestling medalists from each of their respective high school programs. Louderback, a freshman at Central, finished fourth in the 125-pound class during the two-day event at Grossinger Motors Arena, while Ladd, a sophomore from Macomb, finished sixth at 135…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A win-and-you’re-in scenario didn’t put the Quincy University men’s basketball team in a lose-and-you’re-out situation. That’s a lucky thing. With a chance to secure a spot in the eight-team Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament for the first time since 2017, Quincy stumbled Saturday in a 69-63 loss to Rockhurst at Mason-Halpin…
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QUINCY — The Chuck French Memorial Golf Tournament, which benefits the Quincy University football program, will take place on Friday, Sept. 29 during homecoming weekend at the Quincy Country Club, 2410 State. Entry fee for the tournament is $175 per person and includes golf, cart, lunch and prizes. Registration and lunch will be held at…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Jalen Conley found ways to get to the basket and make the Central boys basketball team work to stop him. The Panthers denied everyone else that opportunity. The top-seeded team in the Class 1A Central Regional showed its defensive dominance in the first half Friday night, allowing one only Bushnell-Prairie City…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — The Central boys basketball team’s nearly flawless effort at the free-throw line allowed it to finish off a 46-35 victory over Bushnell-Prairie City on Friday night and win the championship of the Class 1A Central Regional. Photographer Mike Pritchard captured the action and shared this photo gallery with Muddy River Sports:
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Central’s Amber Louderback and Macomb’s Kelly Ladd are each a victory away from reaching the podium at the Illinois girls state wrestling tournament. Louderback, at 125 pounds, and Ladd, at 135 pounds, both lost in the quarterfinals of their respective weight classes Friday, but rebounded for a victory in the wrestlebacks and…
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QUINCY — The Kroc Center invites area youth in grades 3-6 to participate in a youth volleyball clinic beginning in March. The grades 3-4 clinic will be held from 5:15-6 p.m. on Mondays, March 20-May 1. The grades 5-6 clinic meets from 5:15-6 p.m. on Wednesdays, March 22-April 26. The goal of the clinic is…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Typically stoic with his post-match reactions, Palmyra senior wrestler Collin Arch made a subtle, yet poignant gesture after winning his historic fourth straight state championship Thursday night. As the referee raised his right hand, Arch held his left hand near his waist and flashed four fingers — one for each title. “That…
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ABINGDON, Ill. — Dave Phelps tried to highlight the Brown County girls basketball team’s laundry list of accomplishments this season during his postgame speech Thursday night. Those aren’t easy to see through tears. A record-setting 31-win season and the second Sweet 16 appearance in program history came to an end in the Class 1A Abingdon…
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ABINGDON, Ill. — The physical play of the Havana girls basketball team kept Brown County from finding any offensive rhythm Thursday night and resulted in a 40-34 loss in the Class 1A Abingdon Sectional championship game. The Hornets end their historic season with a 31-4 record. Mount Sterling photographer Scott Bemis captured the action in…
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Culver-Stockton College women’s basketball team’s ability to find some offensive rhythm enabled it to survive and advance in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament. Trailing by a point after shooting just 26.9 percent from the field in the first quarter, the fifth-seeded Wildcats went 8 of 16 from the…
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QUINCY — Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman received national recognition in the Associated Press Sports Editors annual writing and photography contest, earning top-10 honors in two writing categories. The APSE announced the top 10 entries in all categories of the nationwide contest on its website this week. Official places will be released at a…
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QUINCY — A little more than a week after the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team secured its 20th victory of the season by beating West Hancock, the Raiders will have to do so again to keep their season alive. QND advanced to the championship game of the Class 2A QND Regional with a 75-47…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — The Central boys basketball team is taking advantage of playing the Class 1A regional on its home floor, knocking off Unity 63-47 in Wednesday’s semifinals. The Panthers will face Bushnell-Prairie City at 7 p.m. Friday in the championship. Camp Point photographer Mike Pritchard shared this photo gallery of the Panthers’ victory:
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ABINGDON, Ill. — No one actually reached for the panic button. “We kind of hovered over it a little bit,” Brown County girls basketball coach Dave Phelps said. What kept the Hornets from hitting it is what made Tuesday night’s second-half rally possible. They never lost faith in each other. A nine-minute scoring drought in…
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