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QUINCY — Cleaning out the notebook as coaching changes continue to occur … Illini West’s Reed, Macomb’s Robinson to play in IBCA girls game A pair of area girls basketball players will go head-to-head during the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-star event June 7 at Pontiac High School. Illini West forward Reagan Reed will play…
Read Full Article BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The John Wood Community College baseball team didn’t go away quietly. Trailing nationally ranked Heartland Community College by seven runs in Saturday’s championship game of the Region 24 tournament at the Corn Crib, the Trail Blazers put together a five-run rally in the eighth inning. The rally ended there. The Hawks, ranked…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, May 9: Prep baseball Payson Seymour 2, Mendon Unity 1 Greenfield/Northwestern 9, Camp Point Central 7 Highland 4, Marceline 4 Palmyra 21, Highland 6 Liberty 13, Lutheran 3 Macomb 8, West Hancock 0 Monroe City 14, Van-Far 8 Petersburg PORTA 9, Pittsfield 7 Prep softball Quincy Notre Dame…
Read Full Article MARION, Ill. — It took too long for the Quincy University baseball team’s offense to come to life. Once it did, though, the bullpen couldn’t make a lead last. The Hawks scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday against Missouri S&T in an elimination game of the Great Lakes Valley Conference…
Read Full Article BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Kevin Martinez kept the John Wood Community College baseball team’s season afloat with one swing. Leading off the bottom of the ninth inning in Friday’s elimination game of the Region 24 Tournament at the Corn Crib, the Trail Blazers designated hitter hit a home run to right field to give JWCC an…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The first time Josh Rabe spoke with Ali Schwagmeyer-Belger about the women’s basketball coaching position at Quincy University, he immediately dismissed her lack of college experience. “I was like, ‘What would you do?’” Rabe asked her if she got the job. “She walked through some key hallmarks of program building, and I’m like, ‘OK,…
Read Full Article DES MOINES, IOWA — Grand View University scored early and often against the Culver-Stockton baseball team in sweeping a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon and winning the four-game series 3-1. The Vikings (24-4, 18-2 in the Heart) raced out to a 7-0 lead after three innings in the first game and…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced the recipients of the 2025 NCAA Division II Men’s Scholar All-American Awards on Monday, April 7, naming four Quincy University men’s wrestlers as Scholar All-Americans. Requirements for consideration for NWCA Scholar All-American status are: For a second time in their careers, Logan Colbert, a 184-pound senior,…
Read Full Article CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College second baseman Jordan Scott has been named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Player of the Week presented by BoxOut for his performance during the week of March 31-April 6, when the Wildcats won three of four games. Scott, a senior from Imperial, Mo., started four games that week and…
Read Full Article CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College junior Delaney Straus from Philadelphia, Mo., was named the first Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the season-opening Central Methodist Open on March 15. Straus competed in six events, including three field events, during the opening weekend. Straus won the javelin…
Read Full Article Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Canton, Mo. | Himsl Field GAME 1 #9 Central Methodist (Mo.) 4, Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 2 GAME 2 #9 Central Methodist (Mo.) 6, Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 4 Central Methodist is 28-6 overall and 12-2 in the Heart Culver-Stockton is 7-31 overall and 1-13 in the Heart
Read Full Article QUINCY – Danny Stephens is looking for a “fresh start” to his college basketball career. After being sidelined because of injuries during his two seasons at the University of Missouri, the former Augusta Southeastern High School all-stater has decided to transfer to Western Illinois University. Because he was redshirted after suffering a foot fracture during…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Here is the area scoreboard for Sunday, April 6: College baseball Quincy University 6, Indianapolis 5 Indianapolis 13, Quincy University 7 Grand View 6, Culver-Stockton College 0 Culver-Stockton College 7, Grand View 6 John Wood Community College 10, Lewis & Clark 3 John Wood Community College 10, Lewis & Clark 2 College softball…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Here is the area scoreboard for Saturday, April 5: Prep baseball Quincy Notre Dame 3, Jacksonville 2 Prep softball Quincy Notre Dame 13, Dundee-Crown 5 Quincy Notre Dame 12, Fenton 3 Payson Seymour 11, Newark 11 Girls soccer Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 3, Quincy Notre Dame 0 College baseball Quincy University 8, Indianapolis 6…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The manner in which Quincy University athletic director Josh Rabe approaches hiring head coaches is quite simple. Know the person, know the system, know the product. And for the candidates he doesn’t enjoy a previous relationship with, Rabe doubles back to colleagues, former bosses and former players to gain a sense of what…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Courtney Boyd didn’t recognize the phone number associated with the text message she received at the start of this week or the area code from where it was placed. “I had not put my name in for any position,” said Boyd, coming off her second season as the Quincy University women’s basketball coach…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Here is the area scoreboard for Thursday, April 3: Prep baseball Geneseo 5, Quincy High School 4 Quincy Notre Dame 4, Liberty 1 Monmouth United 5, Camp Point Central 4 Pittsfield 5, Riverton 4 Calhoun 9, Brown County 5 Monmouth-Roseville 5, West Hancock 3 Hannibal 3, Mexico 1 North Shelby 8, South Shelby…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Here are some of the newsworthy moments that took place across the area sports scene on Thursday, April 3: • Elise Sedovic continues to be the Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s secret weapon in late innings. Sedovic drew a walk to lead off the eighth inning against Liberty, went to second base on…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Here are some of the newsworthy moments that took place across the area sports scene on Wednesday, April 2: • Quincy Notre Dame right-hander Kolton Maquire, a sophomore, tossed a five-inning no-hitter in his varsity debut as the Raiders beat Highland 14-0 at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. Maguire struck out nine and…
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