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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Every step Griffin Kirn has taken in his development as a front-line left-handed starter has led to this opportunity. Friday, the Quincy Notre Dame graduate is tasked with getting the West Virginia baseball team’s pursuit of a spot in the College World Series off on the right foot. Admittedly, there is…
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QUINCY — As Wednesday’s first pitch drew near, Quincy Doggy Paddlers general manager Brendan Saak could feel the gravity of the moment grow stronger. “We had a nice, sunny afternoon, and about 3:30, 4 p.m., it was like, ‘OK, let’s go. What do we have to do?’” Saak said. “Once people started to filter in,…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers made their home debut Wednesday night, bringing Prospect League baseball back to QU Stadium. Struggles offensively led to an 11-0, seven-inning loss to the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp, but it only slightly dampened the enthusiasm created by the return of summer baseball. Olivia Kindt created this photo gallery from…
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QUINCY — It’s almost time. The UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals — a.k.a. the “Hell Tour” — unfolds next week, featuring 31 races in 34 days that will include stops in nine states, including Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Arkansas, Michigan and Ohio. The Hell Tour super late models will be making their annual pilgrimage…
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We are a nation of sports lovers and whether it is football, basketball, baseball, or hockey – or literally hundreds of other sports – we like nothing more than getting behind our team. We are blessed to have a wide range of pro, collegiate, and local sports teams to support in our region and there…
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GREENVILLE, Ill. — For how much beating Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin means to the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team, look no further than Sierra and Alena Thomas’ thoughts on that subject. “Sometimes I feel like our team wants to beat them more than we want to beat (Quincy High School), honestly,” said Sierra Thomas, a…
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MACOMB, Ill. — The outcome came down to one crucial difference. The Williamsville softball team put two hits together in the same inning to plate a run. Quincy Notre Dame didn’t. With scoring chances limited as QND’s Caitlin Bunte and Williamsville’s Izzy Nowack engaged in a pitchers’ duel, one run loomed large as the Bullets…
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CONCORD, Ill. — It was fitting that the last ball put into play during Tuesday’s Class 1A sectional semifinal softball game was handled flawlessly by Liberty shortstop Ava Heming. Every time a big play was needed, Heming came through. Heming flawlessly fielded two grounders in the seventh, helped turn a double play in the fifth…
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QUINCY — Tasked with building a roster that will help reintroduce summer baseball to the Gem City, Quincy Doggy Paddlers field manager Brad Gyorkos knew what he needed. It wasn’t players from high-profile NCAA Division I programs. It was players hungry for at-bats, innings and the chance to enhance their game. “We want people to…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers took an early lead in their first game in franchise history but couldn’t hold it. The Doggy Paddlers scored two runs in the top of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead, but the Burlington Bees scored in each of the next six innings to pull away…
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The O’Fallon softball team took advantage of the free bases it was given to gain separation from Quincy High School during the late innings of Tuesday’s Class 4A Edwardsville Regional semifinal and post a 6-2 victory. The Blue Devils trailed 2-1 going to the fifth inning, but they engineered a two-out rally…
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A 4-3 victory over Delavan in the semifinals of the Class 1A Concord (Triopia) Sectional on Tuesday night gave the Liberty softball team its 24th victory this season, breaking a school record for victories in a season. The Eagles will play for their first sectional championship since 2005 at 4 p.m. Friday when they meet…
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GREENVILLE, Ill. — Sierra Thomas’ goal in the 12th minute stood up as the only goal in the Raiders’ 1-0 victory over Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin in Tuesday’s Class 1A Greenville Sectional championship game. This was the Raiders’ first victory over the Cyclones since beating them 3-2 in the 2022 sectional title game on their way…
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INDIANAPOLIS — A traffic jam created by the influx of Indianapolis 500 fans made things more difficult for the Northwood baseball team to exit Circle City late last Saturday afternoon. “It made our trip a little longer, but it was well worth it,” Logan Voth said. It gave the Timberwolves a little more time to…
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QUINCY — Give or take a wrong turn here or there, it takes Josh Harris and his crew about six hours to reach Quincy Raceways from their home base in Utica, Ky. So far this year, that trip back to Kentucky has been one pleasant ride. For the second time in as many weeks, Harris…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Pickleball Club, in conjunction with Hannibal Parks and Recreation, will hold a youth pickleball camp from 9 to 11 a.m. June 9-11 at the Huckleberry Park courts. The camp is designed to teach the basics of pickleball, which will include fundamental techniques, rules of the game and strategy taught by…
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CHARLESTON, Ill. — All Saylor Barry wanted to see was the white flag raised. After scratching on her final two attempts Friday in the preliminaries of the long jump at the Class 1A girls state track and field championships, the Mendon Unity junior didn’t want to endure the added pressure of scratching on any of…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Chevie Sharpe made a haul at the Missouri Class 2 girls state track and field championships. The Highland junior finished the 1,600-meter run in 5 minutes, 15.8 seconds to set a school record and bring home a state championship. She finished fourth in the 400 and 800. North Platte’s Lindsay Ramsey…
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QUINCY – Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin pitcher Andy Antonacci was confident striding off the mound after striking out the side in the top of the first inning. “Some days I feel like I just get in a groove, and from there I don’t feel or hear anything. I just go out and throw,” he said. “Today…
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MENDON, Ill. — Jacksonville Routt baseball coach Ryan Turner admitted the father in him came out as his son, Routt junior left-hander Brady Turner, put the finishing touches on a complete game to help the Rockets beat Brown County 7-1 on Saturday and capture their third straight Class 1A regional title. “I’m his biggest fan,”…
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The Quincy High School boys tennis team finished second at the Class 2A Edwardsville Sectional after its doubles teams finished second and third, respectively. Edwardsville won the team title with the No. 1 doubles team of Schaefer Bates and Isaac Chelboun winning the championship and top-seeded Jess Hattrup winning the singles title.…
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CONCORD, Ill. — Abby Hagerbaumer and a late rally gave the Payson Seymour softball team a puncher’s chance, but Triopia’s Mylee Tracy had other plans. The two pitchers combined to give up just four hits in Saturday’s Class 1A Triopia Regional championship game, and Tracy escaped a seventh-inning jam to seal a 1-0 victory. Lucie…
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RIVERTON, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team couldn’t figure out how to make Pleasant Plains pitcher Seth Lowder regret making a mistake. Truth be told, Lowder rarely made a miscue. The senior right-hander handcuffed the Saukees throughout Saturday’s Class 2A Riverton Sectional championship, tossing a three-hit shutout as the Cardinals won 4-0 to repeat as…
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MACOMB, Ill. — The home-field advantage didn’t help the Macomb baseball team against the top-seeded team in the sub-sectional. Eureka scored five runs in the first inning Saturday and used a solid pitching effort from Cohen Alstat to beat the Bombers 7-2 in the championship game of the Class 2A Macomb Regional at Phil Bradley…
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Photo Gallery: Raiders can't get runner past first base, strike out 10 times as season ends at 19-11
Sacred Heart-Griffin’s Nick Antonacci tossed a no-hitter and struck out 10 batters in Saturday’s Class 2A regional championship game against Quincy Notre Dame on Saturday in Quincy. He issued three walks and hit a batter, but he didn’t allow a runner to advance beyond first base. The closest QND came to a hit was in…
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MENDON, Ill. — The Jacksonville Routt baseball team won its third straight regional championship by beating Brown County 7-1 in Saturday’s Class 1A Mendon Unity Regional title game. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured these images from Unity High School.
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BARRY, Ill. — Years from now, when people talk about Friday night’s Class 1A softball regional championship game, most will remember Camdyn Ormond’s sixth-inning single through the right side of the infield that brought home the winning runs for Liberty in a 3-1 victory on Friday night at Western High School. Pleasant Hill coach Ryan…
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GREENVILLE, Ill. — Abby Miller’s reaction was equal parts shock and excitement. Given just a handful of minutes in the second half of Friday’s Class 1A Greenville Sectional semifinal game, the Quincy Notre Dame freshman forward made the most of her opportunity in the 51st minute. With QND and Alton Marquette tied at one, Miller…
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QUINCY — The momentum swing was quick and quite obvious. Right after Quincy Notre Dame softball pitcher Caitlin Bunte worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the top of the first inning, she led off for the Raiders in their first at-bat. One swing later, Bunte’s left-handed stroke sent a pitch from Tri-City’s Lily Woodworth…
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Pair of QHS doubles teams punch tickets to Class 2A state tourney, will play in sectional semifinals
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A pair of Quincy High School doubles teams potentially are on a championship collision course at the Class 2A Edwardsville boys tennis sectional — just like they were during the Western Big 6 Conference tournament last week at Moline. If that doesn’t come to fruition, both tandems are still headed to the…
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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Daniel Dyer and Alex Strong are getting the chance to outdo themselves. The Quincy Notre Dame boys tennis team’s No. 1 doubles tandem won a pair of matches Friday at the Class 1A Jacksonville Sectional to reach the semifinals and earn a spot in the state tournament, which begins May 29 in…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state medal haul began in earnest Friday for the boys and girls track and field teams from Northeast Missouri. One individual won a state championship, while nine other individuals and two relay teams captured podium spots at the Class 1 and Class 2 state championships at Jefferson City High School’s…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — The West Hancock softball team couldn’t figure out a way to generate any offense against Williamsville pitcher Izzy Nowack during Friday’s Class 2A Illini West Regional championship. Nowack struck out seven, walked one and allowed just three hits in the Bullets’ 3-0 victory. West Hancock’s Lakin Larson led off the fourth inning…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Havana pitcher Maddie Howerter made life difficult for the Camp Point Central softball team. Howerter allowed just four singles, struck out eight and shut out the Panthers as the Ducks won the Class 1A Camp Point Regional championship with a 5-0 victory Friday. Howerter impressively wriggled out of a jam in…
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GREENVILLE, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team scored three unanswered goals in the second half to beat Alton Marquette 3-1 in Friday’s Class 1A Greenville Sectional semifinal. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured these images at Don Stout Field.
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Lauren Miller and Caitlin Bunte both homered for the Quincy Notre Dame softball team in Friday night’s 5-1 victory over Buffalo Tri-City in the Class 2A regional championship game at The Backyard. The regional title is Notre Dame’s sixth straight, and Tri-City was denied its first title since 2022. QND has won 11 straight games…
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Liberty’s Chandler John allowed just three hits and one walk in a complete game effort in a 3-1 victory over Pleasant Hill in the Class 1A softball regional on Friday night at Western High School in Barry. Pleasant Hill’s Ava Wombles also turned in a solid game in the circle, allowing five hits and walking…
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IllinoisGirls SoccerClass 1A sectional at GreenvilleFriday, May 23Quincy Notre Dame 3, Alton Marquette 1 Saturday, May 24Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Litchfield, 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 27Quincy Notre Dame vs Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin/Litchfield winner, 4:30 p.m. SoftballClass 1A Concord (Triopia) RegionalSaturday, May 24Triopia vs. Payson Seymour, 10 a.m. Class 1A Camp Point Central RegionalFriday, May 23Havana…
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QUINCY — Cleaning out the notebook as coaching changes continue to occur … Illini West’s Reed, Macomb’s Robinson to play in IBCA girls game A pair of area girls basketball players will go head-to-head during the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-star event June 7 at Pontiac High School. Illini West forward Reagan Reed will play…
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Shane Hulsey chats with the fearsome foursome of Palmyra, their state champion golf team. Schuck on a Truck/Shane in the Fast Lane is brought to you by Shottenkirk Toyota.
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CHARLESTON, Ill. — Saylor Barry’s defense of her state long jump championship is right on track. The Mendon Unity junior topped the field in Thursday’s preliminary round with a leap of 5.50 meters (18 feet, .5 inches) at the Class 1A state track and field championships at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus.…
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WINCHESTER, Ill. — A career day dashed the Liberty baseball team’s dreams of playing for a regional title, and it came courtesy of a familiar foe. Rushville-Industry senior right-hander Macon Kessler struck out a career-high 16 batters and tossed a complete-game shutout as the sixth-seeded Rockets ended the fourth-seeded Eagles’ season with an 8-0 victory…
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WINCHESTER, Ill. — Liberty senior right-hander Jack Sparrow held Rushville-Industry scoreless for the first four innings and struck out 15 batters, but Rockets senior Macon Kessler tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out a career-high 16 batters in the Rockets’ 8-0 victory in the Class 1A Bluffs Regional semifinals. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey…
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MARION, Ind. — A strong finish to the two-day heptathlon propelled Culver-Stockton College junior Delaney Straus to a seventh-place finish at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University. Straus, who earned All-America status with the top eight finish, ended the first four events on Wednesday in…
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MARION, Ind. — The Culver-Stockton College men’s track and field entries concluded their stay at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday afternoon at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. Junior Drew Mallett, competing in the decathlon for the second straight year, finished 14th. Mallett finished with 6,016 total points, well off his school…
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QUINCY — Carlos Fernandez scored a hole in one Thursday at Westview Golf Course in Quincy. Fernandez used a 5 wood to record his ace on the 95-yard fourth hole. Dave Boster witnessed the shot.
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College recently announced the appointment of Nick Pudlowski as the new head coach for its women’s volleyball team. Pudlowski has more than a decade of experience coaching teams at the club and high school levels in Quincy and St. Louis. Most recently, he coached with Club Four Volleyball in Quincy…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Another tryout for the new River Country Swim League has been scheduled at the Hannibal Aquatic Center because of problems at the Hannibal YMCA pool. The new tryout has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 2, at the Ronny Ferrel Hannibal Aquatic Center. Coach Marie Allen asks each participant to…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total is nearly 1,000 more than the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. The top five counties for harvest in 2025 were Jo Daviess, 628; Jefferson, 518; Pike, 468;…
Read Full Article IllinoisGirls SoccerClass 1A sectional at GreenvilleFriday, May 23Alton Marquette vs. Quincy Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. Litchfield, 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 27Championship game, 4:30 p.m. SoftballClass 1A Concord (Triopia) RegionalSaturday, May 24Triopia vs. Payson Seymour, 10 a.m. Class 1A Camp Point Central RegionalFriday, May 23Havana vs. Camp Point Central, 4:30…
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QUINCY — Morgan Winking’s first concern was to simply catch a fly ball. Gunning down a baserunner by doubling her off first base, however, proved to be the play that sealed Quincy Notre Dame’s victory on Wednesday night. Winking’s double play combination with first baseman Morgan Zanger in the top of the sixth inning ruined…
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QUINCY – Bradi Lahr picked an opportune time for his best pitching performance of the season. The junior right-hander scattered five hits and struck out 11 in going the distance Wednesday night as Quincy Notre Dame pulled away late for a 7-0 victory over Petersburg PORTA in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional tournament…
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'That was freaking awesome': Buss delivers game-winning single in bottom of seventh for Brown County
MENDON, Ill. — Good luck wiping the smile off of Jack Buss’ face any time soon. Buss, Brown County’s senior catcher, delivered a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory in Wednesday’s Class 1A Mendon Unity Regional semifinal game against Unity. “That was freaking awesome,” Buss said. After…
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MENDON, Ill. — The Jacksonville Routt baseball team’s death-by-a-thousand-cuts strategy paid off in the form of a trip to the Class 1A Mendon Unity Regional championship game. The No. 2 seed Rockets rattled out 12 hits — 10 of them singles — on a blustery day in Mendon and scored in all but one of…
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PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — The Pittsfield boys track and field team puts its speed on display Wednesday at the Class 1A Pleasant Plains Sectional, while Brown County showcased its strength. The Saukees qualified for the state meet in two individual sprint events and two relays, while a pair of Hornets won the shot put and…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Realistically, Brey Genenbacher said her Camp Point Central softball team was approaching Wednesday’s game as more of a workshop. The Panthers were an overwhelming favorite in their Class 1A regional semifinal matchup with Augusta Southeastern and proved why in a 15-0 victory, a game shortened to 3 1/2 innings by the…
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RIVERTON, Ill. — Clayton Reinhardt gave the Pittsfield baseball team’s regional title hopes a jolt. It was more like a lightning bolt to right field. Reinhardt helped erase a three-run deficit with a five-run rally in the fifth inning, capped by his go-ahead, three-run home run as fourth-seeded Pittsfield beat seventh-seeded Williamsville 7-5 in Wednesday’s…
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — The Macomb baseball team figured out how to wriggle out of a pair late-inning jams to maintain its lead and keep its season alive with a 5-2 victory over Illini West in the Wednesday’s semifinals of the Class 2A Macomb Regional at Phil Bradley Field. The fifth-seeded Bombers will face top-seeded Eureka…
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MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Macomb girls soccer team made history Wednesday night in dramatic fashion. Kate Stortzum scored off Kylie Robinson’s assist with eight minutes remaining in regulation to lift third-seeded Macomb to a 2-1 victory over seventh-seeded Beardstown in the championship game of the Class 1A Monmouth Regional at Pattee Field. It is the…
Read Full Article Missouri BaseballClass 5 district at St. DominicWednesday, May 21Wentzville Holt 13, Hannibal 2 Thursday, May 22Fort Zumwalt East vs. McCluer North, 3:30 p.m.Fort Zumwalt South vs. Warrenton, 1 p.m. Friday, May 23Wentzville Holt vs. St. Dominic/McCluer winner, 3:30 p.m.Fort Zumwalt East/McCluer North winner vs. Fort Zumwalt South/Warrenton winner, 1 p.m. Monday, May 26Championship game, 1…
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Quincy Notre Dame scored four runs in the sixth inning to pull away late for a 7-0 victory over Petersburg PORTA on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional tournament at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. The third-seeded Raiders improved to 19-10 and earned a date against second-seeded Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin in…
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Central sent 25 batters to the plate in the first two innings, receiving 11 walks and six hit batters to score 15 times to win 15-0 over Augusta Southeastern in the Class 1A regional softball semifinals on Wednesday afternoon in Camp Point. Havana (22-3-1), which routed Mendon Unity 13-0 in the other regional semifinal earlier this…
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Quincy Notre Dame’s Caitlin Bunte was dominant in the circle on Wednesday afternoon, allowing just two hits and walking one to collect a 2-1 victory over Pittsfield in the Class 2A regional semifinals at the Backyard. She gave up one unearned run to a team that had scored 299 runs in 30 games before Wednesday.…
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QUINCY — Griffin Kirn went from a transfer portal addition to the ace of the West Virginia baseball team’s pitching staff. Now the goal is to hurl the Mountaineers to Omaha. Kirn, a Quincy Notre Dame graduate and the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year last season at Quincy University, was named to…
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MENDON, Ill. — Brown County right-hander Myer Maxwell tossed 6 ⅓ innings while giving up two runs and belted his first home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning, tying the game and setting the stage for Jack Buss’ walk-off single in the seventh as the Hornets beat Mendon Unity 3-2…
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SEDALIA, Mo. — Skeeter Kroeger’s teammates on the Palmyra boys golf team greeted him coming off the green on his final hole of Tuesday’s second round of the Class 2 state championships and were curious if he had looked at the leaderboard. He hadn’t. “I was like, ‘Let me sign my scorecard first, and then…
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SEDALIA, Mo. — South Shelby boys golf coach Kevin Mitchell could tell the excitement of finishing second at the Class 2 state championships trumped the disappointment of finishing one stroke behind a heated rival. In time, the appreciation for all the Cardinals accomplished will only heighten. “They were really excited about what they did,” Mitchell…
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QUINCY – Members of the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team were all smiles as they took turns posing for pictures with the regional championship plaque in front of the north goal at Advance Physical Therapy Field. Earning another piece of hardware for the school’s already bulging trophy case was worth celebrating, especially for the…
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BARRY, Ill. — Liberty softball coach BJ Fessler remained optimistic while also addressing the elephant in the room in the postgame huddle following a 14-7 victory over Griggsville-Perry in Tuesday’s Class 1A Barry Western Regional semifinal game. The No. 2 seed Eagles did not perform up to their standard. “I wasn’t hard on the girls,”…
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GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Ashley Walbring did everything she could to give the Quincy High School girls soccer team an opportunity to win its Class 3A regional semifinal Tuesday night. The senior goalkeeper even stopped a penalty kick. The one thing she couldn’t do was score. The Blue Devils’ biggest bugaboo all season — the…
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MACON, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team’s first-inning hole proved too deep to climb out of. The Panthers surrendered four runs in the bottom of the first, including a leadoff home run to Kennon Isaacson, in a 6-1 loss to Macon in Tuesday’s Class 3 District 6 championship game. The Panthers’ lone run came in…
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QUEEN CITY, Mo. — Gage Brownell was the Canton baseball team’s kryptonite on Tuesday. Brownell, a junior right-handed pitcher for Schuyler County, tossed a one-hit complete game and struck out 15 batters in the Rams’ 3-1 victory over the Tigers in Tuesday’s Class 2 District 6 semifinal. The Tigers’ only hit came in the bottom…
Read Full Article Missouri BaseballClass 1 district at LaPlataTuesday, May 20Brashear/Novinger 8, North Shelby 4Atlanta 11, LaPlata 1 Wednesday, May 21Brashear/Novinger vs. Atlanta, 6 p.m. Class 2 district at LancasterTuesday, May 20Scotland County 5, Putnam County 0Schuyler County 3, Canton 1 Wednesday, May 21Scotland County vs. Schuyler County, 6 p.m. Class 3 district at MaconTuesday, May 19Macon 5,…
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Addie Flesch and Makayla Patton both scored three goals in Quincy Notre Dame’s 9-0 victory over Hillsboro in the Class 1A regional championship game on Tuesday afternoon at Advance Physical Therapy Field. QND advances to face Alton Marquette – a 6-0 winner Tuesday over Carlinville – at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the semifinals of the…
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BARRY, Ill. — The Liberty softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull away from Griggsville-Perry to win Tuesday’s Class 1A Barry Western Regional semifinal game 14-7. The Eagles (22-5) will play for the regional championship on Friday against the winner between No. 3 seed Pleasant Hill and fifth-seeded…
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Martin scores five times as Hannibal earns chance for payback against Fort Zumwalt East in semifinal
ST. PETERS, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team wasted no time in earning a chance at payback in the Class 3 District 4 tournament. The third-seeded Pirates dispatched No. 6 seed Warrenton 8-0 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal, setting up a rematch of last season’s quarterfinal with Fort Zumwalt East, who also won 8-0 on Tuesday.…
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QUINCY — The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase on Saturday, June 21, will pit the top seniors from Illinois and Missouri in a basketball all-star setting. The girls game begins at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 4 p.m. at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. Illinois Boys West Hancock and…
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QUINCY — QU Stadium will look quite differently when the Quincy Doggy Paddlers take the field for the first Prospect League game in Quincy in nearly two years. The Doggy Paddlers ownership group has partnered with Quincy University and local volunteers to renovate QU Stadium ahead of the Doggy Paddlers’ home opener on May 28.…
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Palmyra tied with Springfield Catholic after first round of Missouri Class 2 state golf championship
SEDALIA, Mo. — Palmyra and Springfield Catholic are tied for the lead after the first day of the Missouri State High School Athletic Activities Class 2 boys state golf championship at the Sedalia Country Club. Their team scores of 330 are just two strokes ahead of South Shelby. Ty Brandt of Fatima is the leader,…
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Gem City Gymnastics and Tumbling Phoenix (Senior Elite Level 2) squad from Quincy left the U.S. All-Star Federation finals in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with a silver medal on April 5. Shortly after the competition, however, questions about eligibility and performance discrepancies in the division were raised and a USASF investigation…
Read Full Article Missouri BaseballClass 1 district at LaPlataTuesday, May 20North Shelby vs. Brashear/Novinger, 2 p.m.Atlanta vs. LaPlata, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 2 district at LancasterTuesday, May 20Scotland County vs. Putnam County, 5 p.m.Canton vs. Schuyler County, 6;30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 3 district at MaconTuesday, May 19Palmyra vs.…
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QUINCY – It was a perfect sun-splashed Sunday. The wind was relatively still as the temperature steadily rose to the upper 70s. Those competing in the Quincy City Championships found the Westview Golf Course fairways pristine and the greens receptive and quick. The golf was good, too. It wasn’t until Jason Traeder’s birdie putt on…
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MRN’s Shane Hulsey is back on Schuck’s tailgate. This time with Alex McCulla as he was grabbing yet another Quincy City Golf Championship. Shottenkirk Toyota brings you Schuck on a Truck, Shane in the Fast Lane edition.
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QUINCY — After watching Jason Traeder narrowly miss an eagle putt that dropped him to his knees on the 17th hole, Alex McCulla was sure Traeder was going to make the birdie putt on the 18th hole and force a playoff. “I thought he looked good over it,” McCulla said. “He’d been playing well all day. He’d…
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QUINCY — After a month of the dirt-track season at Quincy Raceways, it’s fair to offer the following 10 early observations and predictions. Likely to be the closest points race: The driver atop the sport mod leaderboard will probably fluctuate all season long. Yep, the leading wheel men in that series are THAT close. Defending champ…
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Championship Flight Player Round 1 Score Round 2 Score Total Score Alex McCulla 69 67 136 Jason Traeder 70 67 137 Adam Pfeiffer 69 70 139 Andrew Boudreau 72 71 143 Brad Niemann 74 70 144 Cameron Bergman 74 70 144 Beau Eftink 73 72 145 Ryan Schuenke 73 72 145 Luke Mettemeyer 72 74…
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Jason Traeder and Alex McCulla were no more than one shot apart during the final nine holes of the Quincy Men’s City Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Westview Golf Course. McCulla was victorious in the end, as Traeder missed an eagle putt on the 17th hole and a birdie putt on the 18th hole —…
Read Full Article Missouri BaseballClass 1 district at LaPlataMonday, May 19North Shelby vs. Brashear/Novinger, 4:30 p.m.Atlanta vs. LaPlata, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 2 district at LancasterMonday, May 19Scotland County vs. Putnam County, 5 p.m.Canton vs. Schuyler County, 6;30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21Championship game, 6 p.m. Class 3 district at MaconTuesday, May 19Palmyra vs.…
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QUINCY — Registration is underway for the fourth annual Cardiac Classic golf tournament to benefit the Blessing Heart and Vascular Center and its patients. The event will be held at Spring Lake Country Club on Friday, June 20, with registration from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The format is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start…
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QUINCY — The voice Abram Wiewel hears when he steps into the batter’s box is the same one he listens to when he stands atop the pitcher’s mound. It’s his own. However, the message varies. “My hitting and pitching mentalities are kind of polar opposites,” said the senior stalwart on the Quincy Notre Dame baseball…
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LIBERTY, Ill. — Ally Lefringhouse would rather stay out of the spotlight, but her softball talents make it difficult for her to avoid it. Lefringhouse, a senior catcher for Liberty, has been a consistent force over the last four seasons. She has played at least 25 games each season, made just five errors behind the…
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QUINCY — With Rock Island Alleman’s Nick Patrick expected to capture his fourth straight Western Big 6 Conference singles tennis championship, Quincy High School coach Mike Terry chose to put most of his team’s eggs into the doubles basket. The move paid off. Patrick won the singles title as expected, winning all four matches without…
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QUINCY — For the third straight year, Adam Pfieffer will have to go toe-to-toe with the man who has denied him of that elusive, record-setting ninth Quincy men’s city golf championship. In his fifth attempt at breaking a tie with Mike O’Connell for most city tournament crowns, Pfeiffer enters the second and final round in…
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. — The North Shelby girls track team tied for fourth in the Class 1 sectional track meet at Montgomery County High School on Saturday and had state qualifiers in seven events. Advancing to the state meet on May 23-24 in Jefferson City, Mo., for the Raiders are: Glasgow won the meet with…
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MOKANE, Mo. — The South Shelby girls track team took first place in six events and placed second in the Class 2 sectional track meet on Saturday at South Callaway High School. Fayette won the meet with 105 points, with South Shelby scoring 89. Highland was sixth with 39 points, and Monroe City was seventh…
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MOKANE, Mo. — The Highland boys track team is sending qualifiers in five events after scoring 52 points and placing sixth in the Class 2 sectional track meet on Saturday at South Callaway High School. New Bloomfield scored 81 points to win, and Salisbury scored 68 points to place second. Highland’s 4×100-meter relay team of…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Hannibal boys track team is sending nine qualifiers to next week’s sectional track meet, and the girls are sending five after Saturday’s Class 4 district meet at Jefferson City Helias High School. Kade Hoskins was second in the 100-meter dash in 11.09 seconds. Tre Hoskins finished second in the shot…
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QUINCY — On Friday, redemption was spelled “Q-N-D.” Ten days after losing to Quincy High School 10-0, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team exacted crosstown revenge by beating the Blue Devils 9-6 on Friday. “We really needed this,” QND junior catcher and right-handed pitcher Oliver Triplett said. Triplett’s tightrope act in the bottom of the…
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QUINCY — For Jason Feger, his first exposure to the new-look Quincy Raceways proved to be challenging. Highly rewarding, mind you, but challenging nonetheless. Feger, however, was more than up to the task at hand on a breezy Friday night at 8000 Broadway. The late model driver known as the “High Side Hustler” lived up…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Dakota Neisen is no stranger to high expectations, which gives promise to the belief that his transition into his first full-time head coaching job will be a seamless one. Neisen, a Liberty High School graduate, has spent the last five seasons as an assistant for Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of…
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