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QUINCY – The public-private debate is as old as high school athletics itself. It reached a fever pitch last fall in Illinois when private schools won seven of the eight state football championships. While insisting that was not the tipping point, the Illinois High School Association Board of Directors has since voted to implement three…
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QUINCY — Enjoy him while you can. Austen Becerra is not in search of any track championship this season. This year it’s all about wins, in both a late model and modified. Unfortunately for local race fans, not all of that expected success will be at Quincy Raceways and the immediate surrounding area. An expanded…
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QUINCY — Quincy University football coach Jason Killday has three new assistant coaches on his staff, and one of them is the son of an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback. Kade Warner will be the Hawks’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He spent the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Maricopa Community College…
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FAYETTE, Mo. — Drew Mallett repeated as the winner in the men’s decathlon and Delaney Straus repeated as the winner of the women’s heptathlon at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Central Methodist University. The Culver-Stockton College men’s track and field team recorded 40 team…
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QUINCY — Caitlin Bunte had seven hits in eight at-bats, including three home runs, and drove in 10 runs during the Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s 17-2 and 15-4 victories over Alton Marquette on Saturday at the Backyard. Bunte went 4 for 4 with two home runs, four runs scored and five RBIs in the…
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — The Quincy University baseball team earned its 14th consecutive bid to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament after sweeping a doubleheader from Truman State on Saturday by scores of 6-3 and 6-0. Quincy will be one of eight teams at the GLVC Tournament at Mtn. Dew Park in Marion, Ill., from May 7-10.…
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CAMDENTON, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team won three games at the Camdenton Tournament, defeating West Plains 9-1, Father Tolton 6-0 and Rolla 6-1 to improve its record to 15-4 and stretch its winning streak to five games. Abbie Martin and Malia Stolte both had three goals in Friday’s victory over West Plains, and…
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CANTON, Mo. — One softball player and two baseball players from Culver-Stockton College recently earned recognition on all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams. First baseman Tristan Meny and catcher Bryan Barreto both earned honorable mention accolades. Meny was named honorable mention for the second straight season, while Barreto was recognized for the first time. Meny, a senior from Columbia,…
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Jerron Baker’s second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.37 meters was the best finish for the Quincy University track and field teams at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on May 2-3. The Quincy men’s team finished tied for 11th place with 16 points. Landon Sprous reached the 110-meter hurdles…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Ronny Ferrel Hannibal Aquatic Center and YMCA of Hannibal are collaborating to host a recreational swim league that will last eight weeks from June 2 to July 28. Tryouts and evaluations for the new River Country Swim League are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on May 12, 15 and 20 at the…
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Bob Gough and Steve Eighinger review a fantastic opening night of racing at Quincy Raceways then Bob sits down with the legend, Hank DeLonjay to talk about the many improvements made to the facility since his nephew, Jeff, took over last year.
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QUINCY — Abram Wiewel says he does not get caught up in the numbers, but they are difficult to ignore. The Quincy Notre Dame senior shortstop and right-handed pitcher cranked his 11th home run of the season in the first inning of the Raiders’ 13-6 victory over Camp Point Central on Friday. Amidst his power…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Persistence with two outs paid off for the Hannibal baseball team against Palmyra on Friday. The Pirates scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth after the first two batters of the innings were retired, and their pitching held the Panthers at bay over the final three innings…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — The Brown County baseball team has rounded back into form, and the depth of the Hornets’ lineup continues to be a reason why. After back-to-back losses to Greenfield/Northwestern and Winchester West Central on Monday and Tuesday, the Hornets have won three games in three days by a combined 21 runs, the…
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OZARK, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton College baseball team made two errors in the first three innings, leading to five unearned runs in an 11-5 loss in its elimination game with Mount Mercy University on Friday afternoon at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament. The loss ends the Wildcats’ season with a 21-25 record. After…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Quincy University men’s tennis team’s successful season ended Friday with a 4-2 loss to Missouri-St. Louis in the opening round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference postseason tournament at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. Quincy, which won a program-best 13 matches this season, made its second straight postseason appearance. The No. 2…
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The magic number for the Quincy University baseball team is one. Winning one of two games on Saturday at Truman State, or a Rockhurst loss at William Jewell, will clinch a berth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference postseason tournament next week. Quincy inched closer to one of the tournament’s eight spots…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team reached 15 wins on the season and five in a row after handling Camp Point Central 13-6 Friday at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. Abram Wiewel hit his 11th home run of the season, and the Raiders scored double-digit runs for the ninth time. QND (15-6) will…
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Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, May 2: Prep baseball Prep softball College baseball
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Shane Hulsey talks to Quincy High School tennis swami Mike Terry on this edition of our tailgate series, brought to you by Shottenkirk Toyota.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Patrick Arthaud may have bragging rights over his brother, Alex, for a little while. Patrick, a junior infielder on the Hannibal baseball team, belted his first career home run in the fifth inning of Thursday’s game against Columbia Hickman. The home run trimmed the Pirates’ deficit to 8-3, and the Kewpies won…
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QUINCY – Three of the seven Quincy University men’s basketball players who entered the transfer portal have found new homes. Guard Jake Hamilton is moving on to the University of Missouri-St. Louis, center Mason Wujek is headed to Emporia (Kan.) State and Jamil Wilson will play for the University of Tennessee Southern. The 6-foot-3 Hamilton,…
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Quincy University baseball team didn’t gain much ground in its chase for a berth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament next week, but it didn’t lose any. The Hawks traveled to Truman State on Thursday for the final four-game series of the regular season, winning the opener 6-3 behind a…
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BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Quincy High School baseball team did not let the lead slip away this time. A day after blowing a six-run lead in a 10-9 loss to United Township, the Blue Devils jumped on Beardstown with four runs in the first inning. After escaping a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal junior Patrick Arthaud hit his first career home run in the fifth inning, and his brother, Alex, hit a seventh-inning double that nearly left the yard, but the Pirates fell to Columbia Hickman 8-4 on Thursday. Patrick went 2 for 3, and Alex also drew a walk in the first inning.…
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C-SC baseball leaves 12 runners on base, scores just one run in first-round loss at Heart tournament
OZARK, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton baseball team collected eight hits, three walks and two hit batters in its first-round game at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament, but only one of them crossed the plate in a 4-1 loss Thursday morning to Clarke University at the Ozark Mountain Sports Complex. The Wildcats, the seventh…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Family YMCA invites area golfers to hit the links “FORE the Kids” on Friday, June 13, at Westview Golf Course, 2150 S. 36th. The four-person scramble, presented by Homeology Design Company by Amy Schmiedeskamp, raises funds for youth programs and summer-camp scholarships. Teams can secure their spot for $400 (covers green…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Brown County sophomore Collin Dieterle could hardly concentrate at school on Wednesday, not because of a big test that was coming up or a grade that made him nervous. Dieterle could not focus because Hornets baseball coach Jared Hoots told him in the morning that if the right situation arose, he…
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada — Dayson Croes is finally getting his chance. The 25-year-old native of Noord, Aruba, a former All-American infielder at Quincy University, learned Wednesday that his contract with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association has been transferred to the San Francisco Giants. Joshua Frey-Sam of the Winnipeg Free Press reported that Croes…
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QUINCY — The first weekend of the dirt-track season at Quincy Raceways produced a number of solid showings. At the top of those impressive performances was late model driver Jamie Wilson, who earns the first 10-star achievement of the season. Each week in this space we’ll rank the top 10 driver showings from the previous…
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UNITED TOWNSHIP, Ill. — The tide turned quickly on the Quincy High School baseball team on Wednesday. The Blue Devils scored nine runs in the top of the third inning of their Western Big 6 Conference game against United Township to take a 9-3 lead, but that lead only lasted two innings. The Panthers rallied…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Brown County senior right-hander Eli Staton held Augusta Southeastern off the scoreboard in six innings of work on Wednesday before handing the ball off to Collin Dieterle, who made his first pitching appearance since having Tommy John surgery in July 2024, as the Hornets beat the Suns 8-0. Staton gave up…
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QUINCY — The Gaybo/PDL 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be played Memorial Day weekend at Berrian Park, 1098 N. 12th. Teams are guaranteed three games. The cost for each four-player team is $150. Teams can sign up at gaybopdlqcy.com. For more information, contact Monshikia Gay at 317-617-5439 or Alan Hickman at 217-316-3037.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Ashley Davis made sure everyone knew of her return to the starting lineup for the Hannibal High School girls soccer team by scoring the first goal in Tuesday night’s 7-1 victory over Moberly at Veterans Field. Before the whistle to start the game blew, and before Davis scored, she walked on the…
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QUINCY — Ali Schagmeyer-Belger’s high school and college basketball career allowed her to travel all over Illinois and the United States. She went on to play professionally in five countries and on six continents for 18 coaches. “Antarctica is the one (continent) I haven’t touched yet,” she said with a smile. The road traveled through…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Lady Luck was on the Liberty softball team’s side on Tuesday. With Liberty and Pittsfield tied at 2, Anna Dietrich at first and one out in the top of the eighth, Liberty semior catcher Ally Lefringhouse launched an 0-1 pitch from Emma Henry high in the air to deep center field. The…
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QUINCY — What a difference a day makes. To fully appreciate Quincy High School’s 13-3 Western Big 6 softball victory over Galesburg on Tuesday, just consider what the Blue Devils had experienced the day before — an identical 13-3 pounding at the hands of arch rival Quincy Notre Dame. QHS coach Anjay Heinecke said her…
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KAHOKA, Mo. — Another day, another Abram Wiewel home run — but this one ignited a game-saving rally. With the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team trailing Clark County 11-10 in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday, Wiewel belted a leadoff home run, sparking a seven-run inning. Bradi Lahr hit a two-run home run…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — Makayla Patton recorded a hat trick, and Sage Stratton tallied two goals and three assists as the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team trounced Burlington Notre Dame 8-2 on Tuesday. Patton got the scoring started three minutes into the game and netted two goals five minutes apart in the second half, the…
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Photo Gallery: Liberty's John finishes off complete game after Lefringhouse's homer in extra innings
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Liberty senior catcher Ally Lefringhouse delivered a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, and Chandler John retired the final three batters in the bottom of the inning after surrendering a leadoff home run to Pittsfield’s Grace Henry to close out a 4-3 Liberty victory on Tuesday. John…
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Freshman catcher Maggie Neally collected a team-high three hits and fell a home run shy of hitting for the cycle during Tuesday’s 13-3 victory for the Quincy High School girls softball team over winless Galesburg. Neally is hitting .460 with three homers in her rookie season. Muddy River News Editor David Adam captured some of the…
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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,…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College senior Jabez Rivers recently was named the WinWon Heart of America Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. Rivers, a native of Phenix, Ala., and a transfer from Iowa Wesleyan University, received the third weekly honor of his career after his performances at the…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Tuesday, April 29: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer
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QUINCY — Ali Schwagmeyer-Belger was introduced during a press conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday as the next women’s basketball coach at Quincy University. Schwagmeyer-Belger, who spent last season as the women’s basketball coach at John Wood Community College, was selected to replace Courtney Boyd, who announced April 4 that she was leaving after two seasons at…
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QUINCY — Ethan Stark will return soon, but in the meantime, Kael Holzgrafe has found a home in the No. 1 doubles spot for the Quincy High School tennis team. Holzgrafe and Surya Reddy defeated Quincy Notre Dame’s Daniel Dyer and Alex Strong 9-7 in No. 1 doubles as part of the Blue Devils’ 9-0…
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QUINCY — To her credit, Anjay Heinecke did not try to sidestep the question. The Quincy High School softball coach fully admitted the frustration of the ongoing losing streak to arch rival Quincy Notre Dame, the latest loss coming in 13-3 fashion on a balmy Monday evening inside the friendly confines of The Backyard at 10th and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal baseball team’s bid for a three-game conference winning streak ended in a 13-1 loss to Moberly on Monday at the Veterans Sports Complex. The Spartans scored six runs in the first inning and had an 8-0 lead before the Pirates came to bat in the bottom of the second. Hannibal…
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MENDON, Ill. — The first two at-bats for the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team against Unity were a harbinger of things to come. Freshman Eli Johnson and senior Abram Wiewel belted back-to-back home runs in the top of the first, then the Raiders piled on 19 combined runs in the third and fourth innings —…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Efficient and effective. That’s what Drake Gibson was on Monday. The Quincy High School junior left-hander threw just 81 pitches and did not give up an earned run in a complete game effort as the Blue Devils beat United Township 4-1 on Monday in Western Big 6 Conference play, handing the Panthers their first…
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QUINCY — The Quincy High School boys tennis team improved its dual record to 15-2 with a 9-0 victory over Quincy Notre Dame on Monday at Reservoir Park. The Blue Devils did not drop a set in any match on a day when temperatures reached near 90 degrees and winds blew upwards of 20 miles…
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QUINCY —The Quincy Notre Dame softball team jumped on Quincy High School with four runs in the first inning on Monday and never looked back in a 13-3 victory at The Backyard. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured some of the action from 10th and Jackson.
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Monday, April 28: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer Boys tennis
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Shane Hulsey pinch hits for Matt Schuckman and talks to Brendan Saak of the Quincy Doggy Paddlers, the city’s new Prospect League franchise. Shane will be doing play-by-play for the team’s home games this year!
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QUINCY — How successful was opening night at Quincy Raceways? Renee DeLonjay may have summed it up best. “We had 3,000 cheeseburgers, and we ran out (early in the evening),” said DeLonjay, who with husband Jeff began their first full season as owners of the venerable dirt track on a chilly and breezy Sunday night.…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — Ava Wombles is like the older sister Emma Wombles never had. “Ava is probably my biggest role model,” Emma Wombles said. Ava could not be more proud to hold that distinction. “It literally means the world to me that she said that,” Ava Wombles said. “One of my goals in life…
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Quincy native comes in to shut door for Maryville as Hawks fall into three-way tie for sixth in GLVC
QUINCY, Ill. — A seven-run second inning put the Quincy University baseball team in a good position to salvage a split of a four-game series with Maryville on Sunday. A seven-run eighth inning by the Saints put the Hawks’ postseason hopes in danger, and Quincy native Noah Harbin was one of the few pitchers for…
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QUINCY – Twice each week since late March, more than 40 boys and girls ages 4 and up arrive at the Quincy University pool for an hourlong swimming session. Some of the youngest ones fear the water at first and must be coaxed into the pool. Others are putting their faces in the water and…
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QUINCY — Excellent pitching gave the Quincy University baseball team a puncher’s chance in Saturday’s Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. The only problem for the Hawks? The Saints’ pitching was a little bit better. Both Maryville starting pitchers — Ben Gregory and Ty Rauser — tossed complete-game, seven-inning shutouts as the Saints swept the twinbill…
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CLOPTON, Mo. — A quick turnaround did not bother the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team. Less than 15 hours after a 10-2 road loss to Illini West, the Raiders made the 75-minute drive to Clopton for a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. QND combined for 22 runs in two games, defeating Clopton 13-6 and…
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ATCHISON, Kan. — The Culver-Stockton College baseball team on Saturday earned a berth in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since 2021 by sweeping a doubleheader from Benedictine College by scores of 1-0 and 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Olsen Stadium. C-SC, which finished the regular season with a 21-23…
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Quincy University (21-24, 14-13 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference) and Maryville (27-18, 19-8) will conclude their four-game baseball series at noon Sunday. Quincy won Friday’s opener, and Maryville won two on Saturday. The Hawks are tied for sixth in the conference stndings with Missouri S&T, and they are only a half-game ahead of Missouri-St.…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Illini West senior catcher Shawn Watkins Jr.’s home plate collision with Quincy Notre Dame’s Oliver Triplett did not faze him. Watkins, a two-time state qualifying wrestler, welcomed the physicality. “It’s not the first one of the year, and it probably won’t be the last one,” Watkins said. “I feel like wrestling toughens…
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QUINCY — Losing still stinks, but Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer coach Mark Thomas was pleased with his team’s play Friday night in a 2-0 loss to undefeated Peoria Notre Dame. “We worked hard,” Thomas said after the game, played at Advance Physical Therapy Field. “(Peoria Notre Dame has) got a good team, and that’ll…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — One day after a walk-off victory over Fulton, the Hannibal baseball team had to hang on for dear life to hold off Marshall on Friday. The Pirates nearly let a 5-0 lead slip away but escaped with a 5-4 victory in North Central Missouri Conference play at the Veterans Sports Complex. The…
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LIBERTY, Ill. — Unity infielder Carter Rolando broke the Liberty baseball team’s heart on April 9. Jackson Sims made sure Rolando didn’t do it again on Friday. A little more than two weeks after delivering a walk-off single in the 10th inning of a 2-1 Mustangs victory, Rolando again stepped to the plate in a…
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QUINCY — The game took more than four hours and lasted 14 innings, but Isaiah Fudge gave the home fans a reason to leave QU Stadium with smiles on their faces Friday night. Fudge hit a solo home run to right-center field on the first pitch of the 14th inning, giving the Quincy University baseball team…
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ATCHISON, Kan. — A two-hitter by Davin Meyer helped the Culver-Stockton College baseball team inch closer to a berth in the Heart of America Athletic Conference postseason tournament with a 3-1 victory over Benedictine College Friday afternoon at Laughlin Field. Benedictine banged out 12 hits to pick up a 10-4 victory in the nightcap to…
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Illini West starting pitcher Ethan Carlisle carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning of Friday’s baseball game against Quincy Notre Dame, which the Chargers eventually won 10-2. Carlisle gave up just one baserunner before Bradi Lahr’s single leading off the fifth. Carlisle exited after five innings after striking out six and walking just one on…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, April 25: Prep baseball Prep softball College baseball College softball Girls soccer
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MRN Publisher Bob Gough and local dirt track racing aficianado Steve Eighinger, the “Bard of the Bullring,” get you ready for opening night at Quincy Raceways.
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QUINCY — The members of the Quincy High School baseball team did not want the frustration of Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Moline to linger any longer than necessary. So, the Blue Devils arrived to the ballpark at 1:45 Thursday afternoon — a half hour earlier than normal — to get in extra batting practice ahead…
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QUINCY – Quincy Notre Dame product Alex McCulla has been named to the all-Missouri Valley Conference golf team, and Illinois State is headed to the NCAA Division I tournament after winning the league title for the second time in three years. A final-round 285 enabled the Redbirds (856) to outlast Murray State (859) and Belmont…
Read Full Article BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday in a 7-4 loss to Beardstown. Raiders starter Abram Wiewel only lasted 2 1/3 innings, leaving the game after allowing a single and striking out a batter in the third inning and QND ahead 3-1. Beardstown scored four runs…
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WELLSVILLE, Mo. — The Mark Twain baseball team — except for catcher Eli Snodgrass — didn’t need to bring their gloves to Thursday’s high school baseball game against Wellsville-Middletown. Right-handed pitcher Nolan Epperson recorded 17 strikeouts and didn’t allow a hit in 5 2/3 innings before Treyton Clements came on to record the final out…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Quincy High School boys tennis team reached the 10-victory plateau in grand style on Thursday, winning all six singles matches and all three doubles matches in a 9-0 victory over Hannibal to improve to 10-2 this season. The closest match of the day was at No. 2 singles, in which Drake…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The speed Reid Holliday showcases as a wide receiver on the Hannibal football team and a small forward on the basketball team has proven to be useful on the baseball field as well. With the Pirates tied at one with Fulton and with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning…
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DES MOINES, IOWA — Culver-Stockton College juniors Drew Mallett and Delaney Straus each competed at the 115th Drake Relays on Wednesday and Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Mallett set a personal high for points in the decathlon with 6,329, seven points higher than his previous mark achieved at the Central Methodist Invitational this season. The…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Thursday, April 24: Prep baseball Prep softball College baseball
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QUINCY — The most important at-bat in Wednesday afternoon’s 12-2 victory by the Quincy Notre Dame softball team over Western at the Backyard came in the second inning when it took the lead. No, it wasn’t Caitlin Bunte’s bases-clearing triple, breaking a scoreless tie. Instead, it was Morgan Winking’s two-out walk to load the bases,…
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QUINCY — The makings of a victory for the Quincy High School baseball team were there on Wednesday. The Blue Devils outhit Moline 8-7. Starting pitcher Cameron Lawson threw 6⅔ innings, struck out seven, walked two and only gave up one earned run. Quincy never went down in order in any inning and had a…
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QUINCY — Chandler John was oh-so-close to a no-hitter, but the run differential after the final out was all she was concerned about. The Liberty sophomore right-hander was two outs from a no-hitter against Quincy High School on Wednesday before Avary Hlubek thwarted John’s chances at a no-no with a single through the left side,…
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CANTON, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton softball team broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the fifth inning, then added six insurance runs in the sixth inning to pull away from Hannibal-LaGrange University and post a 9-2 victory in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader at Himsl Field Wednesday afternoon. HLGU’s Madyson Klosterman scattered…
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SHELBINA, Mo. — The Palmyra boys golf team edged South Shelby by four strokes to win the South Shelby Invitational at Lakeside Golf Course on Wednesday, and South Shelby’s Carson Gough lost to Macon’s Hagan Ritter in a playoff for medalist honors after both players shot 77s. Palmyra’s Jonas Janes shot a 78 to finish…
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MT. STERLING, Ill. — On a day when offense was difficult to come by, one swing decided Wednesday’s baseball game between Pittsfield and Brown County. Collin Dieterle delivered that swing. The Hornets’ leadoff hitter ripped a double to left field with one out in the bottom of the eighth that rolled to the fence, allowing…
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The Quincy Notre Dame girls softball team on Wednesday played its first game at home in the Backyard after playing its last six games on the road, going 3-3. The Raiders knocked off Western 12-2 to improve their record to 16-4. MRN Editor David Adam captured some of the action from Wednesday’s game.
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The Quincy High School baseball team lost 3-0 at home on Wednesday to Western Big 6 Conference rival Moline, while the Quincy High School softball team lost 5-2 at home to Liberty. Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured some of the action at both games.
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — It was only fitting that the Pittsfield softball team’s victory over Pleasant Hill on Tuesday ended with the ball in Lila Simon’s glove. Simon’s bat put the Saukees in position to win the game in the first place. After blasting a two-out, three-run home run off of Saint Louis University commit…
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GENESEO, Ill. — The Quincy High School softball team enjoyed a good start to Tuesday afternoon’s Western Big 6 Conference game, scoring a run in the top of the first. Geneseo then took over. The Maple Leafs improved to 5-1 in league play, scoring in four of the game’s five innings while posting a 12-1…
Read Full Article CARROLLTON, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls softball team scored first and led 1-0 after 4 ½ innings, but Carrollton tied the game in the bottom of the fifth and then took the lead in the sixth with a three-run homer to claim a 4-1 victory on Tuesday afternoon. Singles by Vanna Holmes and…
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QUINCY — After Saturday’s 5-1 victory against Jacksonville, the Quincy High School girls soccer team wanted to continue the momentum Tuesday night at Flinn Stadium in Western Big 6 Conference play. Leah Knudson’s hat trick helped accomplish that in an 8-0 victory over Sterling. The Blue Devils (5-6) started strong, with the first goal coming…
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CANTON, Mo. — Preston Brewer continues to show that his prowess on the prep sports scene is not limited to the basketball court. The 6-foot-8 senior right-hander struck out eight and did not give up an earned run in 6 ⅔ innings as the Canton baseball team stymied Illini West 6-1 on Tuesday. Brewer reached…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — The Payson Seymour baseball team made Camp Point Central pay for its mistakes. The Indians used timely hits and aggressive baserunning to take advantage of 13 walks and five errors in a 15-2 victory on Tuesday. The Indians led 2-1 entering the top of the third, but a catcher’s interference call…
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Pittsfield’s Emma Wombles and Pleasant Hill’s Ava Wombles, who are distant cousins, combined for 29 strikeouts and just five walks from the pitcher’s circle in Pittsfield’s 4-3 victory over Pleasant Hill on Tuesday afternoon in Pleasant Hill. “It was a pitcher’s duel, for sure,” Wolves coach Ryan Lowe said. “Both girls did a phenomenal job.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Longer days and warmer weather makes spring a perfect time to learn to play pickleball. Pickleball 101 will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 28, at the Huckleberry Park pickleball courts. The class is free but registration is required at www.hannibalparks.org Tom Batenhorst, president of Hannibal Park Board and…
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QUINCY — The wait is just about over. The dirt-track season opens at the new-look Quincy Raceways on Sunday night, showcasing a manifold of improvements for drivers and spectators alike. Jeff DeLonjay begins his first full year as owner and operator of the 28.5-acre site at 8000 Broadway following an offseason that has kept track staff…
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