Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer
PALMYRA, Mo. — Amick McClelland waited with what little bated breath she had left in anticipation of the results popping up on the scoreboard. “That was the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever experienced,” McClelland said. McClelland, a senior on the Quincy High School track and field team, had just expended every ounce of energy she…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Landyn Essig had a sneaking suspicion Tuesday might be a special day when he and the Hannibal track and field team arrived at the Mark Twain Relays at Palmyra High School. “All we were waiting on was the weather to get better, and we knew what we had to do,” Essig said.…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Quincy Notre Dame freshman Cadence Smith knew her opportunity would come, and she made the most of it. The QND softball team was trailing Pittsfield 4-2 with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the fourth on Monday when Smith came off the bench to hit for Ellie Miller…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Pitch count was the only thing that prevented Bobby Harris from finishing what he started on Monday. The Pittsfield junior right-hander tossed 6 ⅔ scoreless innings against Payson Seymour before eclipsing the maximum of 105 pitches as allowed by the IHSA. Harris gave way to Carter Frazier, who allowed a double to…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Caitlin Bunte went 2 for 3 with a two-run home run in the third inning and scored three runs in Quincy Notre Dame’s 10-4 victory over Pittsfield in a prep softball game on Monday night. In the last eight games dating back to April 5, Bunte has gone 15 for 22 with…
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Here is the area scoreboard for Monday, April 14: Prep Baseball Quincy 8, Rock Island 6 Quincy Notre Dame 19, Rushville-Industry 5 Illini West 10, Astoria/VIT 0 Pittsfield 3, Payson Seymour 0 Brown County 10, Triopia 1 Palmyra 5, Mendon Unity 0 Clark County 13, Highland 2 Silex 17, Mark Twain 5 Prep Softball Quincy…
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SHELBINA, Mo. — Kent O’Laughlin felt the time was right to ride off into the sunset — or to the farm or the next vacation spot — and it is for real this time. “I’m hoping so,” O’Laughlin said. His successor is poised to help the South Shelby boys basketball program pick up right where…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The quality at-bats had been there. The solid contact had been there. But the results hadn’t always been there for the Quincy High School baseball team at the plate through the first dozen games of the season, which included three losses by one run, another two-run defeat and a three-run loss in…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team was up to the challenge, helping Chargers coach Zack Burling exact 15 years worth of revenge in the process. In the first game of Saturday’s triangular, Illini West defeated Pleasant Plains, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 2A according to MaxPreps, 3-1. “They emailed us Tuesday…
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After surrendering a run in the first inning, sophomore Nick Brown fired six consecutive scoreless innings to help the Quincy High School baseball team roll to a 10-1 victory on Saturday afternoon over Hannibal at the Veterans Sports Complex. The sophomore right-hander, making his first career start, scattered six hits, walked two, struck out four…
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QUINCY — Caitlin Bunte did not let a first-inning error deter her and instead used it as motivation. Two batters into the Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s game against Triopia on Friday, Raiders third baseman Josie Boyer fielded a ground ball off the bat of Addilynn Tracy. Bunte dropped Boyer’s throw to first, allowing Tracy…
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Adde Flesch gave the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team, which had managed just one goal combined in back-to-back losses to Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin and Hannibal (Mo.), the lead with just 3 minutes, 9 seconds elapsed during Friday night’s game against Quincy High School at Flinn Stadium. Sage Stratton scored the Raiders’ second goal in…
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Caitlin Bunte had four hits, scored two runs and fired five scoreless innings in relief as the Quincy Notre Dame girls softball team beat Triopia 4-1 at The Backyard on Friday. Bunte struck out nine and retired the final 13 batters of the game, throwing 46 of her 61 pitches for strikes. Sports Writer Shane…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, April 11: Prep Baseball Prep Softball Girls Soccer College Baseball College Softball Men’s Volleyball
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MT. STERLING, Ill. — Perhaps no conversation better illustrates Brown County senior catcher Jack Buss’ personality than the one he had with Hornets coach Jared Hoots at practice on March 28. It was the day before youth spring turkey hunting season opened in Illinois. Buss, an avid hunter, planned to get up early the next…
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QUINCY — Quincy High School softball coach Anjay Heinecke didn’t agree with the umpire’s calls, but there was nothing she or anyone could do to change them. Those calls came in a one-run game in the sixth and seventh innings of the Blue Devils’ 5-4 loss to Western Big 6 Conference foe Rock Island Alleman…
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QUINCY — Patience was the name of the game for the Galesburg baseball team when it mattered most on Wednesday. The Silver Streaks trailed Quincy High School 3-2 entering the top of the seventh inning before two walks and a hit by pitch loaded the bases with one out. Three consecutive walks later, the Silver…
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MENDON, Ill. — Simon Rabe’s swing kept the Mendon Unity baseball team’s hopes alive. Carter Rolando turned those hopes into jubilation. Rolando’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th drove in the winning run as Unity defeated Liberty 2-1 on Wednesday in a West Central Conference game. After Jackson Sims gave Liberty a 1-0…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team’s potent offense gave it the lead. Senior goalkeeper Ava Turner made sure that lead stayed in tact. Turner stopped each of the first eight shots she faced, several of which came from point blank range, as the Pirates beat Quincy Notre Dame 5-1 Tuesday at the Veterans…
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MENDON, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team’s hitting approach was simple. “You can’t really do anything too special,” Saukees junior pitcher and infielder Bobby Harris said. “Smooth swings, don’t swing too hard.” Harris and the Saukees’ lineup used that approach to string together a six-run third inning and take control in a 12-5 victory over…
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QUINCY — Macomb junior Kylan McMillen thought he had won, but he was not 100 percent sure. That is because he and Camp Point Central junior Curtis Rigg were neck and neck coming to the finish line during the 100-meter dash during Saturday’s Quincy High School Invitational at Flinn Stadium. “I was out of breath…
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QUINCY — Freshman Peyton Kuhl cannot help but marvel at the Quincy High School track and field team’s prowess in the distance events. “Everybody’s just winning,” Kuhl said. “I’m so happy to see everyone showing off what they have.” Kuhl is a prominent member of that group of distance dominators. She won the 800- and…
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QUINCY — Saturday’s Quincy High School track and field invitational at Flinn Stadium featured a photo finish, dominant team performances and several personal records. The Quincy boys and girls teams took home team titles by 55.5 and 151.5 points, respectively. Macomb’s Kylan McMillen and Camp Point Central’s Curtis Rigg provided the closest race of the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Konnor Asbury did not know Alex Arthaud had it in him. As Arthaud — the Hannibal baseball team’s 6-foot, 208-pound junior catcher — motored around second base and coasted into third with his second triple of Wednesday’s game against Elsberry, Asbury could not help but be impressed. “I was like, ‘OK, he’s…
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QUINCY — The plan was in place. All Abram Wiewel and Samuel Klauser had to do was execute it. The two Quincy Notre Dame right-handed hurlers did so to near perfection as they combined to no-hit Palmyra in a 7-0 victory Tuesday at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. Wiewel started and pitched the first two…
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BARRY, Ill. — Rachel McMullen’s softball journey began innocently enough. A video of McMullen’s first tee ball at-bat — posted to her X account on March 3 — shows a 5-year-old McMullen hitting the tee with her first swing, but after reloading and taking another hack, making solid contact, dropping the bat and running to…
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BARRY, Ill. — Intimidation turned into jubilation for Emma Dixon. And once Dixon provided the spark, Loryn White kept the fire burning. With the Barry Western softball team trailing Pleasant Hill 1-0 with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning on Monday, Dixon strode to the plate for her…
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LIBERTY, Ill. — For Jackson Sims, baseball and fishing go hand-in-hand. “When things aren’t going your way, you just have to cope with it and be patient,” said Sims, a senior right-handed pitcher and third baseman for the Liberty baseball team and an avid angler. Both baseball and fishing are about adjustments — finding what…
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