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WASHINGTON, Mich. — A birdie-filled 18 holes earned Quincy native Luke Guthrie the opportunity to tee it up on the PGA Tour this week. Guthrie rolled in seven birdies during his round of 6-under 66 at The Orchards Golf Club in the Monday qualifier for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, tying for first place and earning…
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QUINCY — Those who survived Saturday’s sweltering temperatures and conditions in order to reach the finals of the doubles portion of the Quincy Open City Championships were rewarded with near perfect weather on championship Sunday. The threat of rain contributed to that. Cloudy conditions looming over the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park dropped temperatures…
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QUINCY — Here is a look at the action from Sunday’s finals in the doubles portion of the Quincy Open Tennis Championships at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park through the lens of Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman’s camera.
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems were two outs away from evening their record at .500 in the second half, but the O’Fallon Hoots capped off a seven-run ninth inning with a grand slam in a 10-7 victory in a Prospect League game on Sunday night at QU Stadium. The Gems (7-9 second half, 26-22 overall)…
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PERU, Ill. — A pair of Culver-Stockton College pitchers teamed up to pitch a four-hitter on Saturday night in the Quincy Gems’ 6-2 victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp in a Prospect League game at Veterans Memorial Park. The Gems (7-8 second half, 26-21 overall) are tied for second place with Burlington in the…
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CLINTON, Iowa — The Quincy Gems fought to overcome a four-run deficit but ran out of pitching in a 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Clinton LumberKings on Friday night in a Prospect League game at NelsonCorp Field. The Gems (6-8 second half, 25-21 overall) are 2 ½ games behind Normal for first place in the…
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QUINCY — After letting a four-run lead slip away, the Quincy Gems scored a combined 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings Thursday night — highlighted by Dylan Wipperman’s grand slam in the sixth — to defeat the O’Fallon Hoots 16-6 in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The third-place Gems (6-7 second…
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QUINCY — The Cape Catfish blew open a tight game with a nine-run sixth inning and defeated the Quincy Gems 9-2 on Wednesday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The loss drops the Gems (5-7 second half, 24-20 overall) into third place in the Great River Division, two games behind first place…
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ALTON, Ill. — Despite falling behind by four runs and three pitchers giving up 11 walks, the Quincy Gems rallied to score six runs in the final two innings and defeat the Alton River Dragons 8-6 on Monday night in a Prospect League game at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The Gems (5-6 second half, 24-19 overall)…
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PERU, Ill. — The Quincy Gems gave up four runs in the first inning and never recovered in suffering their third consecutive loss, an 8-4 decision to the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp on Saturday night in a Prospect League game at Veterans Memorial Park. The Gems (4-6 second half, 23-19 overall) are tied with Normal…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems wasted a sterling start in the first game of Friday’s Prospect League doubleheader against Springfield. They couldn’t overcome a rocky start in the nightcap. After scratching out a 2-1 victory in the opener despite collecting just three hits off Gems right-hander Brayden Haug, the Lucky Horseshoes tagged Gems starter Jax…
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QUINCY — The scoreboard will show the Quincy Gems appeared to have won comfortably on Thursday night, but they took advantage in the late innings of an error, a big break, a home run and good relief pitching to pull off the victory. Zach Stewart drove in five runs with a double and a three-run…
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QUINCY — Bennett Stice pitched five shutout innings after giving up two runs in the first inning, and Daniel Hargrave retired the last nine batters he faced to earn the save as the Quincy Gems defeated the O’Fallon Hoots 5-3 on Wednesday night at QU Stadium in a Prospect League game. The Gems (3-3, 22-16…
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O’FALLON, Mo. — Luc Fladda shut down the O’Fallon Hoots in the second game of Sunday’s Prospect League doubleheader and allowed the Quincy Gems to come away with a split at CarShield Field. After dropping the opening game 4-3, the Gems scored a 2-0 victory in the nightcap as Fladda allowed three hits over six…
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QUINCY — Scott Gilliland’s consistency led to another championship. The 52-year-old Gilliland won the Quincy Senior Men’s City Championship on Sunday, shooting a 1-over 72 at Westview Golf Course to finish the 36-hole event at even-par 142. He beat Mark Scarbrough and Tim Eaton by four strokes as they both finished at 4-over 146. Eaton…
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ALTON, Ill. — Zach Willing took down his dad, then he slayed a champion. He wasn’t finished collecting crowns either. The Quincy native and Quincy University junior tennis player defeated his father, Todd, in the semifinals of the Alton Open on Saturday and followed it up by outlasting multi-time champion Devan Faulkenberg of Troy, Ill.,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — After doing plenty of damage with his bat on Saturday night, Maurice La Fon used his patience to help secure a victory for the Quincy Gems. La Fon, an outfielder from Albuquerque, N.M., drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to drive in the game-winning run…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Three former Quincy men’s city golf champions are in position to add a senior city championship to their title haul. Scott Gilliland leads the field in the 50-and-over event at Westview Golf Course after shooting a 1-under 70 in Saturday’s first round. Gilliland won city championships in 1991 and 2021 along with the…
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CLINTON, Iowa — Offensive struggles continue for the Quincy Gems, who were limited to five hits in a 4-1 loss to the Clinton LumberKings on Friday night at NelsonCorp Field in a Prospect League game. The Gems (0-2 second half, 19-15 overall) have lost three straight games and are 1 1/2 games behind Clinton, which…
Read Full Article The Prospect League announced on Wednesday that Quincy’s Zack Stewart was the Week 5 Slugger of the Week. Stewart, a native of Lebanon, Mo., will be attending Missouri State University in the fall. He had 27 at-bats in last week, hitting .519, collecting 14 hits and driving in 12 runs. He had a .740 slugging…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems closed the first half of the Prospect League season with a loss by 10 runs, and they opened the second half with another loss by 10 runs. The Gems were limited to four hits in an 11-1 loss Wednesday night to the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp at QU Stadium. Hayden…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems closed the first half of the season with a 13-3 loss at home Sunday night to the O’Fallon Hoots in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems ended the first half of the season with a 19-13 record, good enough for first place in the Great River Division.…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems now can celebrate. The Gems rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first inning in the first game of a Prospect League doubleheader on Saturday night to win 6-4 at QU Stadium. The victory clinched the first half championship in the Great River Division for the Gems, who will be…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems’ magic number is one. The Gems only need to win one of their next three games, or the Normal Cornbelters need to lose on of their next two games, for the Gems to clinch the first half championship in the Prospect League’s Great River Division. Quincy (17-12) moved 2 1/2…
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O’FALLON, Mo. — The Quincy Gems rallied from a 7-1 deficit to win the second game of a Prospect League doubleheader against the O’Fallon Hoots 9-7, completing a sweep on Wednesday night at Car Shield Field. The Gems won the first game 3-2. The Gems (16-12) now lead Normal by two games in the Great…
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ST. LOUIS — Cole Hayes isn’t harboring any grand illusions. A summer spent playing in a semi-professional developmental soccer league won’t change that. “I’m not pigeon-holing myself into it’s do or die,” Hayes said of the possibility of a professional playing career. “If that opportunity does present itself, it’s something I can pursue after the…
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QUINCY — Bennett Stice turned in his best start of the summer for the Quincy Gems in a 9-3 victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp in a Prospect League game Tuesday night at QU Stadium. Stice, a Palmyra, Mo., native, allowed seven hits and three runs — two unearned — in 7 1/3 innings…
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QUINCY — Ryan Reyerson showed again Sunday afternoon why he’s been one of the top pitchers in the Prospect League during the first half of the season. Reyerson, who completed his freshman season at Iowa Western Community College in the spring, allowed just one run and four hits in six innings in the Quincy Gems’…
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QUINCY — Zach Willing finally got to finish what he started. A year ago, in the championship match of the men’s open division of the Quincy City Tennis Tournament, Willing took the first set from Ryan Schnack and led 1-0 in the second set when Schnack, a three-time city champ, was forced to retire with…
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ALTON, Ill. — The Alton River Dragons overcame a four-run deficit by scoring two runs in the fifth inning and six runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Quincy Gems 10-6 in a Prospect League game on Saturday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The game was called in the top of the eighth inning…
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ST. LOUIS — Three former Quincy men’s city golf champions reached the match play portion of the 115th Missouri Amateur Championship. The last one in was the last one standing. Alex McCulla, the Illinois State University sophomore and 2019 city champion, turned his victory in the last-chance qualifier into a spot in the third round…
Read Full Article QUINCY — After coming from behind to take a one-run lead on Otto Jones’ RBI single in the bottom of the eighth, the Quincy Gems were close to relinquishing that lead in the top of the ninth inning on Friday night. Reliever Jax Howard walked the first two batters in the top of the ninth,…
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Racing Notebook: Becerra new No. 1 in modified rankings; Grossman takes over top spot in 4-Cylinders
QUINCY — Two new drivers top the Muddy River News Dirty Thirty dirt-track racing rankings. Carthage’s Austen Becerra has unseated Liberty’s Dave Wietholder atop the modified rankings, while Iowa driver Michael Grossman of Keokuk is now entrenched at No. 1 in the 4-Cylinder listing. Becerra has won the last two points features at Adams County…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Philip Reinhardt pitched six innings of five-hit shutout baseball, and relievers Kolby Kiser and Jacob Kroeger finished up with three hitless innings of scoreless relief as the Quincy Gems defeated the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes 8-0 in a Prospect League game Thursday night at Robin Roberts Field. The Gems (11-10) moved into first…
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The winners and all scores of the Pepsi Little People’s tournament are listed below.
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The 37th annual UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour landed in Quincy on Wednesday night. Photographer Lisa Wigoda caught the action at Adams County Speedway.
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QUINCY — Hadley Neese made the decision a couple of years ago to concentrate on golf. She had always enjoyed playing competitive soccer and basketball, but eventually came to the conclusion that her true athletic passion was at its highest with a golf club in her grip.That doesn’t necessarily mean that passion represents a walk…
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Homers by Loos, Latham support six strong innings from Kolacia as Gems get within half-game of first
BURLINGTON, Iowa — Lucas Loos his a two-run home run in the fourth inning and Jonathan Latham belted a three-run home run in the eighth inning as the Quincy Gems defeated the Burlington Bees 7-3 Tuesday night in a Prospect League game. The Gems (10-10) are tied with Clinton for second place in the Great…
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QUINCY — Merrick Mathews’ single scored Jordan Duncan with the tying run for the Quincy Gems in the top of the eighth inning on Monday night in a Prospect League game at Robin Roberts Field. The Springfield Lucky Horseshoes followed in the bottom of the eighth inning with 10 runs to win the game 16-6…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Ryan Reyerson contributed six shutout innings, but the Quincy Gems needed a stellar defensive play from Zach Stewart to hold on to the lead in a 5-3 victory over the Cape Catfish on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems (9-9) have won three straight games and are…
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QUINCY — The spirited battles Jeremiah and Joshua Talton have engaged in either on the family basketball court or during open gyms at John Wood Community College moved to a much more public and brighter stage Saturday. That didn’t mitigate Jeremiah’s height advantage. “Let me get to be about 6-foot-7 and then it would be…
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QUINCY — By the time she finally had a chance to sit and relax for a moment, Caydee Kirkham felt the aftereffects of spending 39 of the 40 minutes in the inaugural Muddy River Showcase girls basketball game on the floor. “My legs are cramping a lot,” she said. “But it was fun, so that’s…
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QUINCY — Gage Yost pitched six innings of shutout baseball, and the Quincy Gems turned a close game into a shortened game with six runs in the final two innings in a 10-0 victory over the Burlington Bees on Saturday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems (8-9) are 1 1/2…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — The Quincy Gems took advantage of 14 walks from Burlington Bees pitchers, and seven of them scored Friday night in an 11-4 victory in a Prospect League game on Friday night at Community Field. The Gems (7-9) are 2 1/2 games behind first-place Normal in the Great River Division. Winning pitcher Brayden…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Too many walks and too many errors made it too difficult for the Quincy Gems to win a Prospect League game Thursday night at QU Stadium. The Clinton LumberKings scored five runs in the first three innings and went on to post a 7-2 victory. Clinton (7-9) moved ahead of Quincy (6-9) in…
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The inaugural Muddy River Showcase is taking place June 18 at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. The Illinois vs. Missouri format for senior prep basketball players will feature a girls game at 3 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 5 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door and all seating is general…
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QUINCY — It’s only fitting the final two area baseball teams left standing in the Land of Lincoln were honored with spots on the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state teams. Brown County senior center fielder/pitcher Gabe Blakeley and Quincy Notre Dame junior first baseman/pitcher Dalton Miller were named to the Class 1A and…
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QUINCY — Despite a shoulder injury that now has her prepping for surgery, Eryn Cornwell remained a force in the middle of the Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s lineup. Her production resulted in receiving Class 2A first-team all-state honors from the Illinois Coaches Association. QND freshman Caitlin Bunte was a second-team selection, while five area…
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Nolan Wosman entered Tuesday night’s Prospect League doubleheader with a .180 batting average. The infielder from Quincy University and Palmyra, Mo., left Capaha Park with a .310 average after collecting five hits against the Cape Catfish, which split a doubleheader with the Quincy Gems. The visitors won the first game 5-3,…
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ROLLA, Mo. — The lure of Bellerive proved far too tempting for Alex McCulla to ignore. So he withdrew from a qualifier for the Illinois State Amateur, paid to join the Missouri Golf Association and an extra origination fee for a spot in Monday’s Missouri State Amateur Last Chance Qualifier and trekked to Oak Meadow…
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QUINCY — University of Minnesota thrower Kaleb Siekmeier’s reaction to Jordan Johnson’s throw made the Quincy native do a double take. Following his final throw in the discus at the NCAA Division I outdoor track and field championships last Friday in Eugene, Ore., Johnson watched the scoreboard for his distance and was admittedly slightly disappointed…
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QUINCY — The final memory was made possible on the final lap of the final race. Sunday had been an excruciating day, in terms of both frustration and pain, for the Scott family. Riley Scott helped wash away all — or at least most — of that with a late charge to the front to…
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QUINCY — Avery Scott may have been the biggest winner at the Grand Prix of Karting. And it had nothing to do with winning a race. The 20-year-old Quincyan survived a tumultuous crash early Sunday at South Park, an accident that red-flagged the event for a considerable period of time. Scott returned to race later…
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QUINCY, Ill. — The Quincy Gems solved their offensive woes for one night, but the pitching problems persist. The Gems’ pitching staff gave up double-digit runs for the fifth time in 12 games in a 14-10 loss to the Normal Cornbelters on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems (5-7),…
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Quincy Gems’ pitching staff gave up double-digit runs for the fourth time in 11 games in a 12-1 loss to the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes on Saturday night in a Prospect League game at Robin Roberts Field. The Gems (5-6), whose 7.50 team earned run average is second-worst in the 16-team league,…
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QUINCY — Only a father can truly appreciate a day like Saturday. Quincy’s Jeff Scott, son Riley and daughter Avery all finished among the top eight in the Briggs Heavy class of the Grand Prix of Karting on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon at South Park. “It’s awesome,” Jeff Scott said. “Being able to race with…
Read Full Article NORMAL, Ill. — The Quincy Gems missed a chance to move into first place in the Prospect League’s Great River Division — or even simply remain tied for first. Instead, the Gems lost a doubleheader on Friday to the Cornbelters by scores of 6-3 and 4-1 at the Corn Crib to fall two games out…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems had a one-run lead entering the top of the ninth inning, and catcher Jonathan Latham did his best to maintain that lead. Latham threw out would-be base stealers for the final two outs of the game as the Gems held on for a 6-5 victory over the Alton River Dragons…
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QUINCY — The front-to-back, middle-of-the-field trio that carried the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team to a state championship earned some worthy postseason honors. So did Quincy High School’s dangerous sophomore connection. Raiders forward Lia Quintero, midfielder Avery Keck and sweeper Eva Dickerman — they are all juniors — received all-sectional plaudits from the Illinois…
Read Full Article CLINTON, Iowa — The Clinton LumberKings scored six runs in the first inning, then added two more in the third inning and five in the fourth as they easily rolled to a 14-4 victory over the Quincy Gems in a Prospect League game on Tuesday night at NelsonCorp Field. The Gems (4-3) are one game…
Read Full Article CLINTON, Iowa — Three pitchers combined on a four-hitter for the second consecutive night for the Quincy Gems, who scored three runs in the sixth inning and held on to defeat the Clinton LumberKings 3-2 on Monday night in a Prospect League game at NelsonCorp Field. The Gems (4-2) moved within a half-game of first-place…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Three Quincy pitchers combined to give up one unearned run and just four hits in nine innings as the Gems took command early in a 9-1 victory over the Burlington Bees on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at QU-Stadium. The Gems (3-2) are one game behind first-place Normal (4-1) in the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems led 7-5 after seven innings and were on the doorstep of a three-game winning streak. However, the Clinton LumberKings scored twice in the top of the eighth to tie the score, then added seven runs in the top of the ninth to complete a 14-7 victory over the Gems on…
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QUINCY — The second time through the order made all the difference for the Quincy Gems. Only one batter reached safely in the first three innings of Friday night’s home opener against the Clinton LumberKings, but the Gems found their offensive groove during a three-run fourth inning and parlayed it into a 9-1 Prospect League…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — A five-run eighth inning propelled the Quincy Gems to their first Prospect League victory of the season, an 8-7 victory over the Burlington Bees. Trailing 7-3, Gems right fielder Greg Swansen led off the eighth with a home run to left field. Logan Voth doubled, Andrew Fay walked and Tye Wood walked…
Read Full Article BURLINGTON, Iowa — A.J. Henkle hit for the cycle and drove in six runs as the Burlington Bees defeated the Quincy Gems 15-5 in the Prospect League opener for both teams on Wednesday night. Henkle had an RBI double in the first inning, a single in the fourth, a run-scoring triple in the fifth and…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Brad Gyorkos sensed something missing during the Quincy Gems’ first full-team workout Tuesday. “There wasn’t a lot of energy,” the first-year Gems manager said. He understood why. “People don’t know each other,” Gyorkos said. “They’re trying to get used to playing next to each other.” He doesn’t think it will take long to…
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QUINCY — Jeremiah Talton wanted to play for a college basketball coach he could build a relationship with beyond the court and a program that would help his game mature. He didn’t have to leave town to find the right combination. The Quincy High School all-state swingman signed his national letter of intent with John…
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QUINCY — The lure of an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship led Jeremiah Talton to make a hasty decision. He vows not to make the same mistake twice. The Quincy High School all-state swingman and Muddy River Sports Player of the Year received a release from his national letter of intent with the University of…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Annie Eaton’s tear-filled eyes and ear-to-ear smile told the same story. Her elation over helping the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team win the Class 1A state championship Saturday night was all-encompassing. “It’s every emotion you can think of,” Eaton said while standing in the courtyard outside North Central College’s Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium…
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CHARLESTON, Ill. — Jettason Rose fulfilled the promise of his name. The Quincy High School sprinter became the ninth individual state track and field champion in school history Saturday, jetting past the field to win the 200-meter dash at the Class 3A state championships at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium. Rose finished in 22.04 seconds,…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team won the sixth state championship in program history Saturday night, beating Richmond-Burton 1-0 on Avery Keck’s goal with 2 minutes, 8 seconds remaining in regulation of the Class 1A state title game at North Central College’s Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. Photographer Randy Dickerman captured the action and…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — With his Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s season on the line Saturday afternoon, Raiders coach Ryan Oden knew all hope wasn’t lost. The Raiders trailed Maroa-Forsyth by five runs going into the bottom of the seventh inning of a Class 2A sectional championship game at Reiser Field. “I knew we had…
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ALTON, Ill. — Powered by the top three hitters in its lineup, the Edwardsville baseball team outmuscled Quincy High School in Saturday’s Class 4A Alton Regional championship. Grant Huebner, Spencer Stearns and Riley Iffrig went a combined 8 for 11 with two home runs, three doubles and six RBIs to send the top-seeded Tigers to…
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CHARLESTON, Ill. — Jettason Rose is in prime position to finish his prep track career on top of the podium. The Quincy High School senior sprinter posted the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash during the Class 3A boys state track and field championships Friday at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The resolve of the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team continues to be put to the test. The biggest challenge awaits. The Raiders will play for a state championship without their leading scorer and all-state candidate. “We try to come in with a good mindset and try to control the emotions,” sophomore…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Sophie Gramke never figured out why. So she concentrated on the how. How does she get better? How does she regain her knack for scoring? How does she find the spark that seemed to be missing? The rest of the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer players showed her how Friday night. “Coming…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team advanced to the Class 1A state championship game with a 1-0 victory over Normal U-High in Friday’s semifinals at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on the North Central College campus. Photographer Randy Dickerman captured images throughout the contest. Check out his work in this photo gallery:
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QUINCY — Lying on the turf with athletic trainer Kyle Leapley tending to her right knee, Anna Keck could have had the “oh, no, not again” scenario running through her head. Instead, she focused on “get me back out there” thoughts. “I didn’t want to let my team down,” said Keck, a junior defensive midfielder…
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QUINCY — The newness of the state tournament experience wore off when the youthful Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team didn’t get the opportunity to play in the title game a year ago. “Disappointing,” junior forward Lia Quintero said. “I’d say it was disappointing.” So this time, it’s all business. The Raiders head back to…
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ALTON, Mo. — Walk-off Joe didn’t get the opportunity to end the Quincy High School baseball team’s regional victory in heroic fashion So junior second baseman Joe Schroeder settled for a game-winning hit an inning earlier. Following Noah Harbin’s two-out triple in the sixth inning of Thursday’s Class 4A Alton Regional semifinal at Lloyd Hopkins…
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QUINCY — To the winner go the spoils. So it’s only fitting the Quincy High School girls soccer team landed the most players of any program on the All-Western Big 6 Conference teams. The Blue Devils placed three on the first team, two on the second team and five on honorable mention after they went…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — The darkening clouds rolling in from the northeast mimicked the situation the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team faced. Ominous, very ominous. “I kept looking over my shoulder and seeing those clouds coming closer and closer to the point you see the line of rain at the right-field fence,” said Jack Linenfelser,…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team ran its winning streak to 23 consecutive games and improved to 32-2 — the second-most single-season victories in program history — with Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Shelbyville in the Class 2A sectional semifinals at Reiser Field. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman captured the Raiders’…
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COLUMBIA, Ill. — The Illinois girls state soccer championships are returning to North Central College’s Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville this weekend for the first time in three years. It’s only fitting Quincy Notre Dame returns, too. As QND coach Mark Longo put it, it is the Raiders’ “home away from home.” Figuring out how to…
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ATHENS, Ill. — Only 13 pitches into the game, Quincy Notre Dame freshman hurler Caitlin Bunte found herself in a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam. Buffalo Tri-City capitalized on it. The Tornadoes erupted for six runs on five hits in the first inning, propelling them to a 13-4 victory in the Class 2A sectional softball semifinals at…
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QUINCY — The old bully on the postseason playground threatened to derail the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s title quest yet again. That was until a tag and swing knocked Beardstown to its knees. A legendary coaching career went down with it. The Raiders escaped danger in the first inning, tagging out the Tigers’ William…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team kept the good times rolling, winning its 22nd consecutive game with a 6-2 victory over Beardstown in the Class 2A regional championship at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. Took a look at how Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman captured the action through his camera lens:
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QUINCY — As the size of the gallery grew on the back nine of Sunday’s Quincy Men’s City Golf Championship at Westview Golf Course, the same question was being asked over and over. Who is Rilee West? The answer is clear now. He is a champion. A Barry resident who spent his freshman year of…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Marko Cucuk didn’t shift into cruise control just because his spot in the Illinois boys tennis state tournament field was secure. A sectional championship, a better state seed and the momentum from a string of victories mattered just as much as qualifying for the championships. The Quincy Notre Dame junior took care…
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PETERSBURG, Ill. — Heading into her first regional championship, Quincy Notre Dame freshman pitcher Caitlin Bunte admittedly was jittery. “I was really nervous,” Bunte said. “I felt pretty confident, but there were some nerves.” After recording the first two outs of the top of the first inning — the first on an amazing catch by…
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QUINCY — Aly Young couldn’t stop smiling or shaking her head. Her excitement matched her disbelief. “It’s still just really crazy,” said Young, a sophomore goalkeeper on the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team. “I keep saying, ‘What the heck just happened?’” In one sense, the improbable happened. In another, destiny did. Either way, the…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer coach Mark Longo readily admitted Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin controlled the bulk of play Friday. “It was probably 60/40 in their favor,” he said. “It may have been 62/38 or something like that.” Even so, Longo never fully fretted. His stout defense is why. Raiders sophomore goalkeeper Aly Young…
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CHARLESTON, Ill. — Anna Schuering’s celebrated cross country and track career will end with two races on the final day of the season. The Quincy High School senior deserves that last hurrah. Schuering qualified for the 800-meter finals at the Class 3A state track and field championships Friday at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois…
Read Full Article O’FALLON, Ill. — First came the lightning. Then came the thunder. Two Quincy High School athletes earned their spot in the field for the Class 3A boys state track and field championships by sprinting faster than nearly everyone before thunderstorms and tornado warnings forced the O’Fallon Sectional to be suspended. The final four events will…
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QUINCY — Dead red is all Ryan Oden said. It’s all Alex Connoyer needed to hear. After Athens right-hander Davis Ishmael loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday by sandwiching a hit batter between two walks, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball coach told his junior shortstop to look for nothing but…
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QUINCY — It might not have seemed out of the ordinary to any of the Quincy Gems players to have the 9-year-old son of their pitching coach running around the outfield with them shagging baseballs. Those moments, though, turned out to be priceless. Nearly a decade later, everyone sees why. Quincy Notre Dame left fielder…
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QUINCY — That boy’s just a walk-off Joe. For the second time in Western Big 6 Conference play, Quincy High School junior Joe Schroeder delivered a walk-off hit, this one coming in the ninth inning of the QHS baseball team’s 6-5 victory over Galesburg in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday at the QHS…
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QUINCY — This time, it wasn’t so easy, even if it seemed so in the end. After scoring in the first 10 minutes of both regional matches and outscoring those two opponents 13-0, the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team discovered scoring on Piasa Southwestern in Tuesday’s Class 1A QND Sectional semifinal wasn’t going to…
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PETERSBURG, Ill. — Uncharacteristic lapses defensively didn’t cost the Quincy Notre Dame softball team a spot in the regional championship game, but it gives the Raiders a focal point to address in the coming days. Top-seeded QND committed seven errors, although none of them resulted in runs, and scratched across enough runs Tuesday to beat…
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