Basketball – Girl’s
Boys Basketball At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy High School 61, Geneseo 42. Click here for the story and photos. At Winchester, Ill. Winchester Invitational Tournament Petersburg PORTA-AC Central 57, Payson Seymour 41: The Indians were limited to just five points in the first quarter, trailed by 10 points at halftime and saw the Bluejays…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Winchester, Ill. Winchester Invitational Tournament Liberty 55, Carrollton 41: The Eagles’ balanced attack and second-quarter spurt carried them into the tournament semifinals. Leading by three after the first quarter, Liberty outscored Carrollton 17-6 in the second quarter with five different players scoring. Cannen Wolf led the Eagles with 14 points, while Logan…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Willard Duey Gym, Springfield, Ill. Quincy High School 57, Springfield 30. Click here for the story. At Warsaw, Ill. Hancock County Tournament Illini West 35, Keokuk 33: Max Richardson scored 13 points as the Chargers opened the tourney by outslugging the Chiefs. West Hancock 66, Unity 34: Cody Shaffer led the Mustangs…
Read Full Article CAMP POINT, Ill. — The three state-ranked teams in the Central-Southeastern Classic field showed why they are so highly regarded with a pair of victories apiece on the tournament’s opening day. The host school showed it belongs in the conversation, too. Illini West, ranked fourth in Class 2A and the tournament favorite after winning the…
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Boys Basketball At Rocky Fieldhouse, Rock Island, Ill. Quincy High School 61, Rock Island 57. Click here for the story. At Voshall Gym, Pittsfield, Ill. Quincy Notre Dame 43, Pittsfield 31. At Carthage, Ill. Illini West 58, Payson Seymour 47: The Indians had their six-game winning streak snapped by a tough, physical Chargers squad. Nolan…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At the Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 67, Western 26. Click here for the story and photos. At Clarksville, Mo. Clopton Invitational Monroe City 58, Elsberry 50: The Panthers advanced to the championship game with three solid quarters of defense. Monroe City led 28-14 at halftime following a 20-point second quarter and took…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Springfield girls basketball team got off to a sizzling start. Quincy Notre Dame had a better finish. Despite falling behind 7-0 out of the gate and getting outscored 10-5 in the first three minutes of the third quarter, the state-ranked Raiders turned to junior guard Abbey Schreacke down the stretch and…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Ewing, Mo. Highland Tournament Palmyra 49, Knox County 42: The fourth-seeded Panthers outscored the fifth-seeded Eagles 20-9 in the second quarter and used it as a springboard to the semifinals. Bear Bock led the Panthers with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Laydin Lochman added 13 points as Palmyra coach Brian Rea…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Caydee Kirkham’s confidence in herself is equal to her confidence in her teammates. Wednesday night, they showed why. Trailing state-ranked Unity by four points with four minutes remaining in regulation, the fourth-ranked Illini West girls basketball team went on a 10-2 run with four field goals coming from players not named Kirkham…
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Boys Basketball At Mendon, Ill. Liberty 60, Unity 42: The Eagles got back on track following consecutive losses to end the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament with a dynamic defensive effort. Breiton Klingele led Liberty with 16 points, while Melvin McMillen led Unity with 12 points. At Barry, Ill. Illini West 74, Western 37: Trayton Anders scored…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Camp Point, Ill. Central 41, West Hancock 39: Nick Moore scored five of the Panthers’ seven points in the fourth quarter and helped them hold on down the stretch. Isaac Genenbacher led the Panthers with 18 points, while Colin LeMaire scored a game-high 20 points for the TItans. At Ewing, Mo. Highland…
Read Full Article BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Central-Southeastern girls basketball used a strong effort against top-ranked Winnebago on Tuesday to catapult itself to two victories Wednesday in the small-school bracket of the State Farm Holiday Classic. The Panthers opened the day with a 60-48 victory over Annawan, holding the Braves to six points in the third quarter while…
Read Full Article BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — Unity girls basketball coach Brad Begeman needed to see how his players reacted to being in a dogfight. Their first foray was successful. The next one is already on tap. Forced to go to overtime against Brown County in Wedneday night’s semifinals of the Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic, Unity’s Taylor Nichols made…
Read Full Article BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The seeds have held true so far. Can that happen one more day? The top four seeds in the Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic advanced to the semifinals Tuesday in convincing fashion. The path to the title game gets more arduous now. On one side of the bracket, second-seeded Havana and third-seeded Illini…
Read Full Article BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The top-seeded Unity girls basketball team and fourth-seeded Brown County remained on a collision course for a semifinal matchup in the Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic following easy victories in Monday’s opening round. The Mustangs dispatched Winchester West Central 63-17 as Sophia Shaffer finished with 15 points. The Hornets had no trouble with…
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QUINCY — A three-day, 15-game prep basketball extravaganza wrapped up Wednesday night at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center with a glimpse of what’s to come. The Liberty boys basketball team improved to 9-1 with their victory in the Rumble on the River. The Payson Seymour boys improved to 6-3 with back-to-back victories. The…
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QUINCY — The easy part is over, although Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball coach Eric Orne might argue nothing about the first half of the season could be considered easy. Compared to what lies ahead, it wasn’t quite as taxing. The Raiders get a four-day break following Wednesday night’s 66-38 victory over Lewistown in the…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Monmouth, Ill. Monmouth-Roseville 52, Quincy Notre Dame 49. Click here for the story. At Liberty, Ill. Liberty 53, Illini West 45: The Eagles improved to 8-1 as Cannen Wolf scored 12 points and Tenhouse added 10. Nolan Deitrich led the Chargers, who are 7-3, with 23 points. At Rushville, Ill. Payson Seymour…
Read Full Article Girls Basketball At the Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 49, Central-Southeastern 35: The Raiders led 30-21 at halftime as Sage Stratton scored 11 points and Abbey Schreacke added 10, and that lead grew to as many as 14 points in the third quarter. The Panthers scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At The Pit, Quincy Quincy High School 59, Quincy Notre Dame 37. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At Havana, Ill. Illini West 51, Havana 46: The Chargers trailed by four with 30 seconds remaining in regulation, but rallied to force overtime and plucked the Ducks in the extra session. Nolan…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy High School 63, Moline 49. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At Camp Point, Ill. Quincy Notre Dame 43, Central 38: Click here for the story. At Mendon, Ill. Palmyra 55, Unity 48: Bear Bock did a little of everything for the Panthers, finishing with…
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QUINCY — Conference clashes, a crosstown showdown and a cornucopia of games taking place at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center highlight the final weekend before the Christmas break. It starts with the Quincy High School boys basketball team, tied for first place in the Western Big 6 Conference with Rock Island, squares off…
Read Full Article Girls Basketball At QHS gym, Quincy Moline 44, Quincy High School 32. Click here for the story. At Carthage, Ill. Illini West 72, Liberty 13: The Chargers held the Eagles without a field goal in the first quarter, had six players score from the field over the first eight minutes and improved to 10-1 with…
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QUINCY — For a nine-minute stretch spanning the end of the second quarter and the start of the third quarter Thursday night, the Moline girls basketball team didn’t score. Quincy High School didn’t chisel away at the deficit either. The Blue Devils trailed 28-14 after the Maroons’ Caroline Hazen scored off a drive down the…
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RIVERTON, Mo. — The Quincy Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball team was outscored 16-6 in the second quarter Thursday night by Dunlap Valley and suffered a 41-30 loss in the Class 4A state championship game. The Comets finish with a 23-1 record. Jada Brown led the Comets with 14 points, while Myley Longcor…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At The Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 50, Palmyra 30. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At Liberty, Ill. Liberty 79, Beardstown 35: Breiton Klingele scored 16 points in the first quarter as the Eagles built a 43-17 lead by halftime in improving to 7-1 overall. Klingele finished with 31 points.…
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QUINCY — The edge in experience led to his team’s 60-32 victory Tuesday night at the Pit, but Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball coach Eric Orne took note of the abundance of young talent Palmyra put on the floor. It’s a reason for trepidation in the years to come. “They’re going to be a load,”…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Wardsville, Mo. Blair Oaks 68, Monroe City 50: Fresh off the championship of their own tournament, the Panthers ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, getting outscored 26-10 by the Falcons. Blair Oaks’ Northweather had 17 of his game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter. He also had 12 in the…
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Boys Basketball At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy High School 64, Batavia 61. Click here for the story. At The Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 51, Hannibal 38. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At Monroe City, Mo. 97th annual Monroe City Tournament Monroe City 77, Highland 36: The top-seeded Panthers won their…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The schedule is designed to continually test the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team in preparation for a deep February postseason push. Beating another state-ranked opponent Saturday at the Pit showed no challenge is too big so far. Abbey Schreacke scored 35 and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading the Raiders to a 57-43 victory…
Read Full Article RIVERTON, Ill. — One undefeated team was going to be denied the chance to play for a state championship The Quincy Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball team made sure it wasn’t the one. The Comets held Lake Zurich North to four points in the second quarter and single digits in all four quarters…
Read Full Article AUBURN, Ill. — Less than a second away from heading to overtime to decide the Class 3A seventh grade girls basketball state championship, Eureka drew a foul and needed just one free throw to secure the title. Mya Edwards went ahead and made all three. The Hornets guard was fouled on a 3-point attempt with…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy High School 68, Sterling 40. Click here for the story, video interview and photo gallery. At Concord, Ill. Liberty 47, Triopia 43: J.T. Tenhouse scored a game-high 19 points and Breiton Klingele added 14 as the Eagles, ranked seventh in Class 1A, improved to 6-1. At Mendon,…
Read Full Article This weekend’s prep basketball slate will be highlighted by a return to Blue Devil Gym for a Western Big 6 Conference matchup, the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association celebrating a milestone victory, the No. 2 team in the state in action and champions being crowned in Monroe City in one of the oldest tournaments anywhere. Here…
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Girls Basketball At the Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 59, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 29. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At Thiel Gym, Galesburg, Ill. Quincy High School 46, Galesburg 37: The Blue Devils limited the Silver Streaks to one field goal and four points in the first quarter and no field goals…
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QUINCY — Blair Eftink started it with a 1-2 punch. Abbey Schreake followed with a couple of haymakers. And the knockout blow came from the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team’s in-your-face defense that befuddled Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin’s backcourt Thursday night at the Pit. Eftink’s layup off the opening tip and 3-pointer on the Raiders’…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Monroe City, Mo. 97th annual Monroe City Tournament Highland 70, Louisiana 56: Cameron Bringer scored 10 of his game-high 24 points in the first quarter as the second-seeded Cougars outscored the Bulldogs 20-8 in the frame and propelled themselves to a spot in Saturday’s championship game. Alex Meyer added 20 points and…
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The Quincy Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball team led a trio of teams advancing the Illinois Elementary School Association state tournaments by winning sectional championships Wednesday night. Nauvoo-Colusa and Mendon Unity also advanced to the eight-team state tournament in Class 2A. QJHS is in the Class 4A bracket. The Comets beat Alton 24-18…
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Boys Basketball At Don Morris Gym, Rock Island, Ill. Quincy High School 100, Alleman 30. Click here for the story. At Augusta, Ill. Liberty 71, Southeastern 67: In a battle of state-ranked teams, both of whom were playing without key players, the Eagles outlasted the Suns in four overtimes as Cannen Wolf scored 25 points,…
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Girls Basketball At Carthage, Ill. Illini West 51, Central-Southeastern 36: A two-point halftime advantage ballooned to a 13-point lead as the Chargers held the Panthers to just six third-quarter points. Cadee Kirkham made three 3-pointers and scored 15 of her game-high 22 points for Illini West in the 17-6 run in the third quarter. Rylee…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball At Trout Gym, Centralia, Ill. Centralia 51, Quincy High School 42. Click here for the story. At Macomb, Ill. Quincy Notre Dame vs. Macomb was postponed for precautionary reasons. No makeup date has been set. At Kirksville, Mo. Kirksville 57, Monroe City 54: The No. 1-ranked team in Class 3 was limited to…
Read Full Article MENDON, Ill. — A game-opening 17-3 run tends to break a lot of team’s spirit. The Unity girls basketball team refused to be broken, and that nearly led to a comeback for the ages. Then came the realization Abbey Schreacke is wearing a Quincy Notre Dame uniform. Having watched the Mustangs whittle the deficit to…
Read Full Article Prep Football Class 4 state championship At Faurot Field, Columbia, Mo. Smithville 31, Hannibal 0: Click here for the story and photo gallery. Boys Basketball At the Panther Den, East Moline, Ill. Quincy High School 70, United Township 39. Click here for the story and photo gallery. At the Pit, Quincy Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 66,…
Read Full Article Men’s Basketball At Hyland Arena, St. Charles, Mo. Lindenwood 91, Quincy University 87. Click here for the story. Women’s Basketball At Hyland Arena, St. Charles, Mo. Lindenwood 69, Quincy University 60: The Hawks’ struggles offensively through the first three quarters led to the Great Lakes Valley Conference loss. Quincy shot 33.3 percent from the field…
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Here are the Illinois girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points. Class 4A School W-L Pts 1. Hersey (3) 5-1 48 2. Bolingbrook (2) 3-1 46 3. Edwardsville 3-1 38 4. Loyola 5-0 37 5. Benet 3-0 32 6. Kenwood 3-0 22 7. Homewood-Flossmoor 3-0 18 8. Normal Community…
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Boys Basketball At Monroe City, Mo. Monroe City 62, Quincy Notre Dame 48. Click here for the story. At Winfield, Mo. Hannibal 58, Elsberry 43: Aaris Stolte scored 32 points as the Pirates won their opening game in the Winfield Tip-Off Classic. At Voshall Gym, Pittsfield, Ill. Pittsfield 58, Unity 34: Carter Klatt scored 14…
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Girls Basketball At The Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 71, Pleasant Hill/Western 17: Abbey Schreacke reached the 1,000-point milestone for her career during a 20-point effort as the Raiders improved to 4-0. Schreacke, a junior guard, is the 15th player in program history to reach the milestone. Blair Eftink led QND with 25 points. At…
Read Full Article Prep Football Class 4 state semifinals At Bonne Terre, Mo. Hannibal 42, North County 26. Click here for the story and photos. Men’s Basketball Seawolves Thanksgiving Classic At Alaska Airlines Center, Anchorage, Alaska Alaska-Anchorage 81, Quincy University 66. Click here for the story. Boys Basketball 50th QHS Thanksgiving Tournament At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball 50th QHS Thanksgiving Tournament At Blue Devil Gym, Quincy Quincy High School 56, Miller Career Academy 47. Click here for the story and photos. Lake Forest Academy 73, St. Mary’s 57 At The Pit, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 65, Gateway Legacy Academy 18. Click here for the story and photos. Pittsfield Thanksgiving Tournament…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball Pittsfield Thanksgiving Tournament At Voshall Gym, Pittsfield, Ill. Payson Seymour 65, Western 31: The Indians outscored the Wildcats 23-1 in the second quarter and rolled to the victory in Tyler Duschinsky’s debut as Payson’s head coach. Trey Johnson led the Indians with 19 points, while Riker Triplett had 11 points. Petersburg PORTA/A-C Central…
Read Full Article Boys Basketball Pittsfield Thanksgiving Tournament At Voshall Gym, Pittsfield, Ill. Pittsfield 76, Western 20: The Saukees scored 47 points in the first half, limited the Wildcats to four points in the second quarter and rolled to the season-opening victory. Carter Klatt led Pittsfield with 14 points, while Brennan Tomhave added 13. Liberty 58, Petersburg PORTA/A-C…
Read Full Article Prep Football Class 1 state quarterfinals At Hayti, Mo. Hayti 26, Monroe City 22. Click here to read the story and see a photo gallery. Women’s Volleyball GLVC Tournament At Eastside Centre, East Peoria, Ill. Lewis d. Quincy University: The fifth-seeded Hawks’ postseason run came to an end as the top-seeded Flyers rattled off a…
Read Full Article Girls Basketball At Jacksonville, Ill. Quincy High School 49, Jacksonville 19: The Blue Devils opened their season by holding the Crimsons scoreless in the second quarter and building a 35-3 halftime advantage. Asia Seangmany led the Blue Devils with 16 points, scoring 14 in the first half. Taylor Fohey added 15 points with 10 coming…
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