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The Illinois High School Association created a second class for boys basketball for the 1971-72 school year. The 2020-21 season would have been the 50th year of the boys basketball small-school tournament. Muddy River Sports is celebrating 50 years of small-school boys basketball by ranking the 50 best teams in Adams, Brown, Pike and Hancock…
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Andy Schmitt’s love of competition and sports morphed into a passion for the processes coaches, athletes and teams go through over the course of a season and beyond to elevate their game to a championship level. The Quincy High School graduate saw it first hand as a student manager with the University of Illinois men’s…
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For the better part of six decades, small-school boys basketball teams from West Central Illinois had their state tournament aspirations hit an inevitable roadblock. They simply couldn’t circumvent the city schools. Whether that foe came from Quincy, Galesburg or Springfield, there was a program with a larger enrollment, more resources and a history of postseason…
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The Illinois High School Association created a second class for boys basketball for the 1971-72 school year. The 2020-21 season would have been the 50th year of the boys basketball small-school tournament. Muddy River Sports is celebrating 50 years of small-school boys basketball by ranking the 50 best teams in Adams, Brown, Pike and Hancock…
Read Full Article AUGUSTA, Ill. — Ramsey Fry woke up Wednesday morning searching for energy. “Oh, my goodness, my whole body was exhausted,” he said. “I could barely move.” Cannen Wolf felt the same way as he left the gym the night before. “I’ve never been that exhausted after a game or while I was in a game,”…
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Graham Spraker reinvented himself as a pitcher and could find himself pitching in the Toronto Blue Jays’ bullpen in the near future. The former Quincy University right-hander, who was a 31st round draft pick of the Blue Jays in 2017 after leading the Hawks to the NCAA Division II World Series, is coming off an…
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Before stepping to the podium and addressing his teammates for a final time, Zack Aschemann remembered all the words of wisdom imparted year after year by the seniors leaving the University of Central Missouri football program. “They’re just passing down traits and advice you don’t know you’re going to end up using but you end…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Smith will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A change in the rules in 1906 was the first step to making the game of American football as popular…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Steinkamp will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Wayne Steinkamp’s story is similar to many people who volunteer at Quincy Notre Dame. He offers to help with whatever needs…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Terwelp will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Joe Terwelp enjoyed one of the greatest careers of any basketball player in QND history, and he also was an accomplished…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Smith will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) Being nominated to the Blue Devil Hall of Fame is something I never thought would happen. I am honored to…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. The 2003-04 boys basketball team will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) When the discussion of the best boys basketball teams in school history is held, the 2003-04 team…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Kirkpatrick will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) Mike Kirkpatrick did more than help elevate the Quincy High School football and baseball programs to new heights. He played…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Morrell will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) It would be difficult to find a pitcher who put up better statistics than Brian Morrell did during his junior and…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Williams will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) Charles Williams soared to incredible heights during his days with the Quincy High School track and field team. A 2002…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Awerkamp will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Kyle Awerkamp doesn’t have any individual state championships on his resume, but few golfers in Illinois history can say they finished…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Moulton Kimm will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QND’s boys basketball game.) The Quincy Notre Dame softball program has had many outstanding pitchers, but none of them struck out more hitters than…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Womack will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A 2011 graduate of Quincy High School, Hayley Womack is one of the most accomplished scorers in the history of…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. The 2009 volleyball team will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A decade after the Quincy High School volleyball program earned its first state trophy in record-setting fashion,…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. The 1985 baseball team will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) The 1985 boys baseball team is one of only three teams in school history to reach the semifinals…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Reis will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) When fans of Quincy Notre Dame’s athletic teams get to enjoy the facilities where the games are played, few of them realize…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Schuckman will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) The author of “Stand Up and Cheer: A Century of Blue Devils Basketball” and a reporter who has covered the…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Deters will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Brian Deters quietly turned in one of the best soccer careers in school history. He had four goals and nine assists and…
Read Full Article MONROE CITY, Mo. — David Kirby realizes when most people start talking about the best places to eat on a trip to the bootheel of Missouri the conversation will turn to the throwed rolls at Lambert’s in Sikeston. With the Monroe City football team headed to that neck of the woods for Saturday’s Class 1…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. The 4×800 relay team will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A record-setting time at the Class AA state track and field meet in 2006 normally would have…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. The 2010 girls soccer team will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) The 2010 girls soccer team started a run of dominance that hasn’t been matched in the state,…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Forbes will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) In Quincy High School’s long lineage of outstanding multi-sport athletes, Zach Forbes deserves a spot high on the list. Playing…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Ridder will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Excelling in one sport is great. Excelling in two sports is exceptional. Ridder, a 2004 graduate, was a three-time all-sectional selection for…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Bridal will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) The stingiest goalkeeper in the history of the Quincy High School boys soccer program, Ron Bridal remains among the top…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Notre Dame Hall of Fame together this year. Boltz will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 26 before QND’s boys basketball game.) Dan Boltz was one of the top basketball players for Quincy Notre Dame during the 1950s when the Raiders strung together…
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LIBERTY, Ill. — The distractions needed to be muted, so Cannen Wolf did his best to ignore everything coming at him as the week progressed. He drowned out any chatter regarding the start of basketball practice and the fact the Liberty boys were being touted as a top-10 team in Class 1A. He brushed aside…
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NORMAL, Ill. — When asked during Saturday’s post-match press conference how many times Southeastern volleyball coach Tim Kerr had cried, senior Taylor Wagner said, “Too many to count.” “Counting here? Probably 10 at least,” said Tim’s daughter, Ani. Tim is known for getting choked up about just about anything, ranging from college signings, athletic banquets…
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NORMAL, Ill. — It’s difficult to believe any team that has won 39 of 41 games could be considered an underdog. The Southeastern volleyball team seems to have embraced this unlikely role for two weeks. The Suns’ last four victories have been against teams ranked in the top 10 of the MaxPreps Class 1A state…
Read Full Article Monday, life seemed renewed. At 5:30 a.m., inside a fully lit Blue Devil Gym, the first high school boys basketball practice of the 2021-22 season at Quincy High School took place. It had been two years since the Blue Devils took the floor on a November morning to kickstart a campaign. For a moment, everything…
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Emilee Autry had one very understandable reason to walk away. She had every reason to stay. The hugs, tears and joy that enveloped her Sunday as the Quincy University women’s soccer team played its final game of the regular season at Legends Stadium were a reminder she made the right decision to stick it out.…
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For a moment Saturday, Culver-Stockton College women’s soccer coach Tyler Tomlinson didn’t know what was happening. After the playing of the national anthem prior to the Wildcats’ game against MidAmerica Nazarene in Olathe, Kan., the Wildcats’ starting 11 unexpectedly ran off the field. Situated near a far corner of the facility was C-SC junior midfielder…
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The name is the same. And if you watch Wentric Williams III run with the football tucked tightly in his right arm, you’ll see glimpses of his father. And then there’s that million-watt smile. It’s part of what made Wentric Williams II electric. His namesake shares that electricity. But be clear about one thing —…
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The heartache the Macomb boys golfers endured and the disappointment shared by the Bombers’ rivals resonated loudly. No one considered what happened at the Class 2A state tournament to be equitable or fair. The Bombers shot a 309 in last Friday’s opening round of the state tournament at Weibring Golf Club in Normal, Ill., leaving…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — The brute force and dogged toughness Luke Triplett carries to the gridiron often masks the Palmyra senior all-state lineman’s playful nature. Every now and then, you catch a glimpse of it. Following a preseason practice on a beginning-to-swelter August morning, Triplett snaked his way through the coaching office as he slipped from…
Read Full Article Cellulitis. The clinical definition for it is “inflammation of subcutaneous connective tissue.” My description of it is a royal pain in the leg. The bacterial infection causing cellulitis got the better of me again last weekend, and I ended up spending four nights in Blessing Hospital with IVs attached to both arms. For those who…
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Home plate umpire and crew chief Bill Miller provided an explanation on Monday for a strange sequence during Sunday’s 4-2 victory by the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs — the 16th consecutive victory for the Cardinals. Once you learn how seven mistakes were made on one single play, you will understand why the…
Read Full Article Jim Wosman no longer coaches baseball at any level at Quincy High School, but being a lifelong seamhead, he’s never far from the game. So it was no surprise when he walked up behind me at a QHS game in the spring and asked if he could saddle up next to me on the wooden…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Dick White hadn’t returned to his hometown since … well, it’s been so long the 65-year-old couldn’t remember exactly when the last time was. “I could blame the pandemic for it,” the Hannibal native said. “But that would just be an excuse. I haven’t been back here in a long time.” So…
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Neither Mariano Rivera nor Trevor Hoffman’s mark on baseball can ever be erased. And I’m not talking about their save totals. The Hall of Fame closers — Rivera holds the MLB record with 652 saves, while Hoffman is second with 601 saves — became as recognizable for their entrance music as they were for their…
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Muddy River Sports editor Matt Schuckman and Quincy Notre Dame athletic director Bill Connell reunite on the tailgate of Schuckman’s pickup truck to reminisce about the origins of the post-practice tailgate interviews and discuss everything from Connell’s football coaching career to the impact COVID had on athletics over the past year to his son battling…
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QUINCY — The moment produced goosebumps. Maybe a few tears, too. Seeing Kevin Costner emerge from the corn during the pregame ceremony before last week’s Field of Dreams game near Dyersville, Iowa, grabbed you deep in the feels. As the players from both the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox followed the legendary actor…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Maybe with a little forethought, our opening day celebration could have included some of the nuances which make the kickstart of the Major League Baseball season so unique. Maybe we could have brought the Clydesdales to town to circle our newsroom. Maybe we could have hung red, white and blue bunting from our…
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QUINCY — High temperatures and humidity which meteorologists turn into the better-take-note-of-these heat indexes greeted high school athletes for the official start of the fall sports season. Don’t think for a moment that turned into an excuse to take a play off or slug through a drill. Quincy Notre Dame football coach Jack Cornell drove…
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QUINCY — Cooper Dinkheller is astute enough at 13 years old to understand professional baseball is a business and a majority of decisions are based on revenue and cost above loyalty and trust. The reality of that hit home Friday. And it hurt. In less than 24 hours, the Cubs’ front office traded away the…
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