Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer
LIBERTY, Ill. — Sara Reichert sees it as clearly as anyone. Her brother and her cousin share a common trait passed down through generations of the Fessler family. That’s their even-keel disposition. “Our grandparents were sports-loving fans,” said Reichert, the junior varsity softball coach at Liberty, where her first cousin B.J. Fessler is the varsity…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team fought a war of attrition this weekend, and coach Eric Hill believes they won that war. After fighting back from down three goals to earn a draw with Parkway Central on Friday night, the Pirates returned to their winning ways on Saturday, defeating Southern Boone 8-0 and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal girls soccer coach Eric Hill was pleased with how his team played during the opening 10 minutes of their Lady Pirate Invitational game against Parkway Central on Friday. “We were passing the ball, we were keeping possession,” he said. Then things unraveled. Parkway Central scored three goals in nine minutes to…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team played its best half of the season on Friday in the eyes of coach Mark Thomas. The Raiders scored six goals in the opening 40 minutes and defeated Southern Boone 7-2 in their first game of the Lady Pirate Invitational at the Veterans Sports Complex.…
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PAYSON, Ill. — It was windy Thursday afternoon. Really windy. Gusts blew as strong as 25 miles per hour with steady wind around 15 mph, forcing Liberty softball coach BJ Fessler to make sure his team was prepared for the conditions. “During our in-and-out (before the game), I hit some big flies so they could…
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Editor’s Note: Technological issues resulted in losing all of our images taken during the game. We apologize there will be no photo gallery to accompany this story. QUINCY — It may not have been Friday night lights, but it was pretty darn close. When the Quincy Notre Dame and Quincy High School softball teams renewed…
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QUINCY — Just gotta shake it. Sophomore pitcher Bradi Lahr uttered those words — quite loudly — dozens of times during the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s game against Pittsfield on Wednesday at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. What exactly does this phrase mean? “Whatever you want to take it as,” Lahr said. Whatever it…
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