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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Caitlin Erickson has a chance to go out a champion. Erickson, the starting center for the Women’s Football Alliance’s St. Louis Slam and the women’s lacrosse coach at Culver-Stockton College, will play the final game of her 15-year football career when she leads the Slam in their pursuit of a WFA…
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QUINCY — Mark Schuering and the Quincy tennis community are growing the sport from the ground up. That means introducing novice players to the game. This Saturday, the Great River Tennis Association will host its first-ever USTA Level 7 Junior Tournament at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park. This entry-level, one-day event is perfect…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Aneyas Williams did not want to miss a chance to give back to the community that gave so much to him. Together with Hannibal Youth Football director Beau Viehmann and an eager group of volunteers, Williams, a 2024 Hannibal graduate and sophomore running back for the University of Notre Dame, put together…
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QUINCY — Quincy Raceways will be moving to Friday nights for the 2026 dirt-track race season. That was the official announcement when wet weather again forced cancellation of a Sunday night program at 8000 Broadway. The track has been cursed by wet weather this year. There have been only two race dates since May 25.…
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O’FALLON, Mo. — For the third straight game, the Quincy Doggy Paddlers snared the lead but couldn’t maintain it. It resulted in the third mercy-rule loss in the last four games. The Doggy Paddlers scored two runs in the top of the first inning Sunday night and led 3-1 going to the bottom of the…
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QUINCY — The trip that began as a family vacation will end with Keeden Orpet-Hulett staring down a monster. The Blue Monster. The Quincy Notre Dame sophomore golfer qualified for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship, which is being played beginning Tuesday at the Trump National Doral Resort and Spa in Miami. The 15-year-old linkster…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Now a little more than 14 months into his tenure as the University of Missouri athletic director, Laird Veatch finds himself in an enviable position. The school’s two marquee sports — football and men’s basketball — have created a buzz and brought in substantial revenue from donors and supporters. The success of…
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QUINCY — Wandel Campana and Byron Blaise provided plenty of fireworks for the Quincy Doggy Paddlers on Saturday, but the Alton River Dragons rallied before the lights went out on Quincy’s 11th consecutive loss. The River Dragons escaped with a 9-8 win in six innings at QU Stadium. In the top of the sixth inning,…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — No lead is safe, as the Quincy Doggy Paddlers excruciatingly learned. Highlighted by Brady Kindhart’s second inning grand slam, the Doggy Paddlers scored in each of the first four innings and led 12-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth Friday night against the Burlington Bees at Community Field. That’s when the…
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SAUGET, Ill. — A small part of Bennett Stice had not completely given up on the dream of playing professional baseball, but after his senior season at Lindenwood University ended on May 23, Stice had come to terms with the fact that his baseball career may be over. “I assumed I was done pitching,” said…
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QUINCY — Nothing is yet cast in stone, but there’s a chance the Quincy Raceways season might be extended due to the number of rainouts over the past month and a half. The track has seen six recent events washed out and first-year owners Jeff and Renee DeLonjay are considering extending the season beyond its…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers showed some resolve Thursday night, chiseling a seven-run deficit against the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp to just two. Then the bottom fell out of the comeback. The Pistol Shrimp scored 11 runs in the top of the seventh inning at QU Stadium, capitalizing on four walks, two errors and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy city junior golf tournament took place Thursday at Westview Golf Course. Golfers ages 12 and older played 18 holes, golfers ages 9-11 played nine holes and golfers 8 and under played five holes. In the girls 12-13 division, Olivia Scholz shot a 79 to take first place, while Elise Snider was…
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QUINCY — The caterpillar stole the show. The hog-nosed snake turned out to be a solid opening act, and the building of birdhouses kept the group of elementary-age boys and girls active and engaged for the better part of an hour Wednesday morning. But when they noticed the caterpillar sunning itself on one of the…
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Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this gallery. QUINCY — The pieces fit together like a puzzle. All it took was a little help, drilling out some holes and the power to twist each and every screw into place. The students who participated in the Quincy Park District’s summer nature program built…
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WINCHESTER, Ill. — The videos Colin Bigley posts to Facebook make you smile. Seeing the Winchester West Central assistant baseball coach play catch at a short distance with his son, Jacoby, and walk up and down a hallway are signs he is on the path to recovery. Less than a year ago, Bigley ended up…
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QUINCY — Hunter St. Clair is primed for his final high school golf season. The Quincy High School senior won a 36-hole Gateway PGA Junior Golf event played at Spring Lake Country Club and Quincy Country Club this week, distancing himself from the rest of the field in the boys 16-18 division by seven strokes.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers even getting the potential winning run seemed like a longshot at best considering the hole they dug themselves prior to that. The Doggy Paddlers trailed the O’Fallon Hoots 9-0 entering the bottom of the seventh and final inning of game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader at QU Stadium, but a…
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QUINCY — The conversations Griffin Kirn has with representatives of 22 different Major League Baseball teams during the pre-draft allowed him to be fairly confident he’d be selected in the two-day draft. Still, that “what if” still lingered in a small way. Just what if everyone passed and the 6-foot-3, 215-pound left-handed pitcher wasn’t picked?…
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QUINCY — The University of Arkansas baseball program’s record-setting day in the 2025 MLB draft included a pitcher with Quincy ties being selected. Ben Bybee, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound junior right-hander, was selected in the eighth round Monday by the San Francisco Giants. He was one of 11 Razorbacks selected in the 20-round draft, which tied…
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QUINCY — On June 22, Stephen Washuta beat Zach Willing in straight sets to overtake Willing as the Quincy Tennis Association men’s open city champion. As the two chatted on the bench beside Court 1 at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park following the match, Washuta had a proposal for Willing. “I asked him,…
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QUINCY — Zach Willing could have firmly established bragging rights over his father Todd Willing for the next year, but Todd and Katie Willing — Todd’s sister-in-law — made sure that did not happen. After Zach Willing and Stephen Washuta beat Todd Willing and Tavi Popaluca in men’s open doubles, Todd and Katie Willing defeated…
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Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this gallery. QUINCY — Rain only slightly dampened the Quincy Tennis Association’s city double championships Sunday. The mixed doubles championship — the last match of the event — had to be moved from the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park to the Quincy Racquet Club for…
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Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this photo gallery. QUINCY — The rain pushed back the start time an hour, but it didn’t wash out Sunday night’s Prospect League action at QU Stadium. The Alton River Dragons upended the Quincy Doggy Paddlers 12-5. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman hung out down…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers seemed poised to snap their four-game losing streak on Sunday, but the Alton River Dragons’ rally in the late innings thwarted that chance. The River Dragons scored eight straight runs in the eighth and ninth innings to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 12-5 win in Prospect League action…
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Land of Lincoln brings bragging rights home after largest margin of victory in all-star game history
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Illinois emphatically kept bragging rights over Missouri in Saturday’s 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game. The all-star baseball players from the Prairie State registered the largest margin of victory in the 11-year history of the game, beating the Show Me State 15-1 at the Veterans Sports Complex. Illinois led 1-0 before busting…
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Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this gallery. HANNIBAL, Mo. — What has become a July staple didn’t disappoint as the top senior high school baseball players from West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri went toe-to-toe Saturday night in the 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex. Illinois won…
Read Full Article O’FALLON, Mo. — A late-inning rally gave the Quincy Doggy Paddlers an opportunity to snare a road victory Saturday night. That was before the O’Fallon Hoots walked their way to victory. Tied at 9 going into the 10th inning, the Doggy Paddlers took the lead when Wandel Campana scored on a wild pitch. However, the…
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QUINCY — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has two hunter safety education courses scheduled for August and September in West-Central Illinois. Both courses are being offered in Adams County. The first will be held Aug. 8-9 at the Paloma Community Building in Paloma. The course runs 6-10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, and 9…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation wants deer, turkey, waterfowl and dove hunters to be aware that new booklets, which include information on times, limits and regulations, are available for the fall hunting seasons. MDC’s 2025 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet has detailed information on fall deer and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A rivalry gets renewed for the third and final time this summer. The 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game returns to Veterans Field at 7 p.m. Saturday as 36 of the top high school baseball players who are recent graduates from Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois schools go head-to-head. Admission is $10.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers and Clinton LumberKings cannot avoid the rain. One night after having their game in Clinton, Iowa, postponed due to weather, their Friday night doubleheader at QU Stadium was interrupted by thunderstorms. The LumberKings won the first game 11-3 and were leading the second game 7-5 through four innings when…
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FOWLER, Ill. — The ripple spread across the top of the water as Brandon Smithton counted the seconds until it hit the bank. “One, two, three, four,” his grandfather, Charlie Smithton, heard him count. When he got to seven, Brandon stopped as the ripple hit the rocks. “Grandpa, you need to throw it farther next…
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QUINCY — Although his playing career was officially over, Jonny Bottorff didn’t want to stray far from the game he loved. Coaching keeps him connected to football for now and the foreseeable future. The Quincy Notre Dame graduate, who was an All-Big Sky Conference center at Northern Arizona last season, is headed California to get…
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LA JOLLA, Calif. — Beau Eftink proved he has the game to play on some of the nation’s best golf courses. He also learned how challenging one of those courses can be. The Quincy Notre Dame senior finished tied for 67th in a field of 212 competitors in the boys 15-18 division of the Uswing…
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QUINCY — Sofia Mast and Savannah Easton cannot seem to avoid each other. Their prowess on the pool table has led to what Mast estimated to be upwards of 50 encounters in the last four years. “We’re going to be playing for a lot of years,” said Mast, a 17-year-old from Tampa, Fla., whose nickname…
Read Full Article CLINTON, Iowa — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers rebounded well after an 11-run loss in game one of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Clinton LumberKings, but a late-inning rally thwarted the Doggy Paddlers’ bid at a twinbill split. The Doggy Paddlers mustered just four hits against LumberKings pitchers Brody Meyers and Hunter Dierksen in an 11-0 loss…
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QUINCY — Derrick Bonds recalled the date instantly. “It was July 24, 2011,” Bonds said. That was the day Bonds, an avid motocross racer from Beckley, W. Va., was involved in a horrific accident at a local track. “I wrecked off the side of a jump,” Bonds said. “The bike landed on me and broke…
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QUINCY — When the boys who make the noise take to the dirt Friday night at Quincy Raceways, you might want to keep an eye on the modifieds and sport mods. First of all, that was not a misprint in the first paragraph. Friday night is race night this week at 8000 Broadway. Track officials…
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QUINCY — Tanner Stuckman’s offseason really isn’t an offseason. Since returning to Quincy following his fourth season playing professional basketball overseas, the graduate of Quincy Notre Dame and Quincy University has been tirelessly preparing himself to play in Hungary, while doing all he can to give back to the community. That included teaming up with…
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Click here to order digital downloads or prints from this gallery QUINCY — With a clipboard in each of their little hands, the 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds headed off on an adventure to find pine cones, leaves, feathers and nuts. It didn’t take long to cross each item off their treasure hunt list and move…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — The athletic director at the University of Missouri is making a trip to Northeast Missouri to be the featured speaker at a scholarship BBQ hosted by the Great River Tigers Chapter of the Mizzou Alumni Association. Laird Veatch, who recently began his second year as the Tigers’ athletic director, will speak at…
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Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this gallery QUINCY — Hundreds of billiards players flocked to the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center on Monday for a full day of play. The National Juniors Championships and the North American Wheelchair Championships began play, while the Masters USA National Men Pool Championships continued play from Sunday.…
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QUINCY — Fittingly, the past provided the perfect accent on the here and now Sunday night at Quincy Raceways. The track’s seventh Hall of Fame class — the first since 2016 — was introduced at intermission before an appreciative crowd of about 2,100. The inductees all spoke of not only the years they were active,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers’ pesky two-out hitting gave them the lead. Wandel Campana’s blast put the game out of reach. Campana’s grand slam punctuated a six-run fifth inning for the Doggy Paddlers as they earned a series victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp with an 11-6 victory at QU Stadium on Sunday.…
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QUINCY — A pair of former Quincy Notre Dame baseball players enjoyed memorable debuts with the Quincy Doggy Paddlers on Saturday. In the first game of a doubleheader with the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp, right-handed pitcher Tyler Dance allowed only one unearned run over seven innings in a 1-0 Pistol Shrimp victory. In the nightcap,…
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QUINCY — Quincy Raceways will punctuate its 50th anniversary celebration Sunday night by inducting six new members into its hall of fame. Former track champions Brent Slocum and Tony Dunker headline this year’s class, which also includes Mike Dyche, Jim Gillenwater, Jeff Carter and Wayne Walbring. Those individuals will be inducted during intermission of Sunday’s…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Wandel Campana and the Quincy Doggy Paddlers supplied the fireworks on Fourth of July at Robin Roberts Stadium. Campana homered twice and the Doggy Paddlers collected 15 hits overall in beating the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes 11-2 in Prospect League action Friday night. Quincy led 2-0 before Campana homered leading off the top…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College — more specifically the bell cow of its athletic department — finds itself at a crossroads. This week’s resignation of Jonny Dahl as the men’s basketball head coach not only leaves the school searching for a permanent replacement roughly seven weeks before students begin returning to campus for the…
Read Full Article PERU, Ill. — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers left the offense at QU Stadium. For the second time on the current three-game road trip, the offense fell silent, managing just four hits in Thursday’s 8-1 loss in Prospect League action to the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp at Schweikert Stadium in Veterans Memorial Park. Quincy managed two…
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QUINCY — For the second time in 15 months, the John Wood Community College men’s basketball program is in search of a new leader. The school announced Wednesday afternoon that Jonny Dahl resigned effective immediately after one season as the Trail Blazers head coach. Austin Banks, an assistant coach with the JWCC program the past…
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QUINCY — The Prospect League is holding its first all-star game and festivities since 2019 and the Quincy Doggy Paddlers will be represented by three players. Catcher Jake Merda, infielder Wandel Campana and outfielder Jimmy Koza will play for the Western Conference all-stars in the mid-summer showcase, taking place at 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday at…
Read Full Article PERU, Ill. — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers could not carry over their offensive momentum from Tuesday into their clash with the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp on Wednesday. A day after scoring 10 runs in the first inning in a victory over the Burlington Bees, the Doggy Paddlers could not scratch across a run until the…
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QUINCY — There is something about the first inning for the Quincy Doggy Paddlers this summer. For the second time in less than three weeks, the Doggy Paddlers scored 10 runs in a first inning, doing so Tuesday against the Burlington Bees in an 18-8 victory at QU Stadium. Quincy also scored 10 runs in…
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — You can get exposure or you can get exposed. That was Brown County boys basketball coach Jeff Bottorff’s message to his team ahead of their trip to Romeoville on June 28 and 29 for a live event featuring more than 100 teams and several college coaches in attendance. Bottorff saw much more…
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QUINCY — Tim Schrage knows the game. Not only has he been a lifelong golfer and contender in the Quincy men’s city golf championships, but he spent 11 seasons as the head men’s golf coach at Culver-Stockton College. So when Quincy native Luke Guthrie needed a caddy for last week’s Korn Ferry Tour event —…
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QUINCY — The box smelled like you might expect from something that sat on a shelf in a basement closet for the last 35 years. The white oversized envelopes neatly stacked inside the box aren’t necessarily white anymore, but they managed to keep their contents safe and pristine all this time. The fact nothing inside…
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'He was with me': Scott's pass on backstretch leads to victory in race honoring his late grandfather
QUINCY — This one’s for Grandpa. On the final lap of Sunday’s Bob Scott Memorial Pro Briggs championship race at the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting, Riley Scott found himself in the middle of a six-kart battle for the win. “I was ready to go, but something was telling me I needed to be patient,”…
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QUINCY — Phillip Smith had to scratch the itch. In doing so, he showed he still has the chops to win. Smith, a Quincy native who works at Smith Brothers Powersports, woke up Saturday morning with no intentions of racing in the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting. “I had kind of wanted to, but it…
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QUINCY — The stars aligned for Jeff Scott at this weekend’s Quincy Grand Prix of Karting. Scott won Saturday’s Briggs Masters feature and the Briggs Legends championship on Sunday, his first two career victories at the event for which he is now the organizer. “I’ve turned hundreds of laps here,” Scott said. “I raced back…
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QUINCY — Skylar Engle thought his race had ended before it even began. While racing in the Briggs Medium championship at the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting on Sunday, the chain on his kart broke, rendering him unable to continue. “I was losing my mind,” Engle said. “I thought I was done for.” Making matters…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Luke Guthrie’s charge toward a Korn Ferry Tour championship in his home state veered a little off course Sunday. The Quincy native struggled to find the fairway off the tee throughout the final round of the Memorial Health Championship at Panther Creek Country Club and shot an even-par 71 over the final…
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Click here to purchase digital copies of Muddy River Sports photos QUINCY — The rain didn’t stay away. Although it delayed championship Sunday at the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting for nearly four hours, it didn’t stall the excitement for too long. Organizers were able to run every championship race, even with darkness looming, and…
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Click here to purchase digital images of Muddy River Sports photos QUINCY — The action matched the day’s temperature. Saturday’s sun-baked afternoon resulted in 94-degree weather, while the Quincy Grand Prix of Karting brought thousands of visitors to South Park. They were treated to incredible action on the race course, a spirited cornhole tournament and…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Moving day at the Memorial Health Championship resulted in a new golfer atop the leaderboard and Quincy native Luke Guthrie needing to regain his rhythm to fight his way back to the top. Guthrie struggled on the front nine Saturday at Panther Creek Country Club, recovered on the back nine and posted…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers’ never-say-die attitude allowed them to earn a doubleheader split with the first-half Northwest Division champion Clinton LumberKings on Saturday at QU Stadium. In game two of the twinbill, the Doggy Paddlers trailed 5-0 entering the bottom of the second before rattling off 13 consecutive runs — 10 with two…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A weather delay lasting more than three hours couldn’t derail Luke Guthrie’s birdie brigade. Guthrie birdied back-to-back holes following the delay, added another birdie among his final three holes Friday and currently sits tied for second in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship at 13-under after play was suspended due to…
Read Full Article BURLINGTON, Iowa — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers are no longer treading water. A five-run rally over the final three innings Friday night enabled the Doggy Paddlers to end a six-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over the Burlington Bees in Prospect League action at Community Field. Trailing 4-1 heading into the top of the…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A taste of home served Luke Guthrie’s game well. Playing a short distance from his hometown and not far from his college home, the Quincy native and University of Illinois graduate played a bogey-free round of golf Thursday in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship and shot an 8-under 63 to…
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QUINCY — Players do not wear pads. There are no offensive lineman. There is no tackling. But as coaches can attest, that does not mean 7-on-7 camps are just free-for-alls. “Get reps and coach on the fly,” Hannibal coach Jeff Gschwender said. “That’s how we do it.” Hannibal was one of six teams — Quincy…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Bennett Stice is getting his chance to show he belongs in professional baseball. The Palmyra High School graduate recently signed a contract with the Gateway Grizzlies of the independent Frontier League and has made two appearances in the past week. A 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher, Stice has thrown 3.1 innings out of the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The 30th annual Hannibal Cannibal is being held July 5, with a rolling start between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. As has been customary, Highway 79 from Church St. to Continental Cement on South 79 will be closed for the race. The highway will close down at 6 a.m. to prepare for…
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QUINCY — In the first Illinois vs. Missouri all-star softball showcase played in Quincy in a decade, the Show-Me State reestablished bragging rights by beating the Prairie State 11-3 and 11-5, respectively, in Wednesday’s doubleheader at the John Wood Community College field. Trail Blazers coach Kelsey Thompson resurrected the game after a 10-year hiatus. The…
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QUINCY — The roar of the go-kart engines is about to serenade Quincy’s South side. The Grand Prix of Karting returns this weekend with racing taking place Saturday and Sunday on the traditional course that challeges drivers with the twists and turns through South Park. Warmups and preliminary races will begin around 8 a.m. each…
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Click here to purchase digital images of Muddy River Sports photos QUINCY — The area’s top senior softball players earned their opportunity to take center stage Wednesday night in the Illinois vs. Missouri all-star doubleheader played at John Wood Community College. The Missouri squad swept Illinois 11-5 and 11-3 in the first softball all-star event…
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QUINCY — For Scott Evans, the Grand Prix of Karting at South Park is more like a family reunion than any sort of national-caliber karting competition. Even though he’s been retired as a driver for a number of years, Evans, a longtime competitor at Quincy, has remained active in the sport. Evans serves as crew…
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QUINCY — On the surface, Bob Scott often came across as a bit gruff. He was never shy about giving you a piece of his mind. And that was the beauty of Bob, who beneath that somewhat rough exterior housed a heart filled with unmatched compassion. If you took the time to know Bob —…
Read Full Article CLINTON, Iowa — Three pitchers for the Clinton LumberKings limited the Quincy Doggy Paddlers to three hits Tuesday night, winning 5-1 in the first of back-to-back nights playing at NelsonCorp Field. Quincy scored its lone run in the fifth inning when Wandel Campana led off with a single, took second on a wild pitch, advanced…
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QUINCY — After a 10-year absence, the opportunity for high school softball players to engage in a cross-river rivalry exists again. Kelsey Thompson made certain of it. The John Wood Community College softball coach introduced the idea of resurrecting the Illinois vs. Missouri all-star game back in March, and her plan comes to fruition Wednesday…
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QUINCY — For the second time in the last three years, Jimmy Koza has made Quincy his summer home, but his journey to the Gem City started 12 hours away in Lynchburg, Va. Following his freshman season in 2023 on the Virgina Military Institute baseball team, then-VMI assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Ryan Noe helped…
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QUINCY — The preparation for the high school football season doesn’t wait until August to begin. Monday night at Flinn Stadium, several area football teams participated in a 7-on-7 event hosted by Quincy High School. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey ventured out in the 90-degree heat to capture some images from the competition:
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital FOCUS Fitness has announced the addition of indoor pickleball to its lineup of health and wellness offerings. Pickleball sessions are open now and available by reservation only with a link that can be found on the FOCUS Fitness webpage. One-hour time slots are available on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings…
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QUINCY — Stephen Washuta had a helping hand from up above in winning the men’s open title in the Quincy Tennis Association City Singles Championships. Washuta’s mother, Beth, passed away last year from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare degenerative brain disorder. “Honestly, if I would have talked to you about this a couple months ago, I’d…
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QUINCY — For the Weisinger family, dirt-track racing is a family affair. Always has been, always will be. When Darin Weisinger Jr. won his first-ever crate late model feature Sunday night, the celebration in victory lane at Quincy Raceways was special — and emotional. The 25-year-old Weisinger grew up around the dirt tracks of West-Central…
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QUINCY — Anika Reddy knows she has a challenge on her hands for the top spot on the Quincy High School girls tennis team this fall. Reddy, who will be a senior at QHS, had to rally to beat Alex Hamby, an incoming freshman, to win the women’s open title 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 on Sunday…
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QUINCY — The match did not end as Violet Holzgrafe would have preferred, but she has bragging rights over her brother either way. Violet defeated her brother, August, 7-5, 1-0 in Sunday’s 14-and-under juniors title match in the Quincy Tennis Association City Singles Championships at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park. August retired from…
Read Full Article ALTON, Ill. — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers gave away the lead and the game Sunday night. Leading 4-1 after scoring four times in the top of the seventh inning, the Doggy Paddlers walked in two runs and allowed another to score on an error as the Alton River Dragons scored five times in the bottom…
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QUINCY — The Missouri boys were a half away from the Show-Me State’s first win in the short history of the Muddy River Showcase, but a third-quarter surge from Illinois and a defensive stand down the stretch Saturday netted an 89-82 for the Prairie State at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. Missouri led…
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QUINCY — The Missouri girls provided the stiffest test to the Illinois side in terms of final score since the first Muddy River Showcase in 2022, but the Illinois girls prevailed 88-65 on Saturday at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center in the fourth iteration of the game. Here are some takeaways from the…
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Click here to purchase digital images from the Muddy River Sports SmugMug page QUINCY — It came down to the wire. The Illinois boys all-stars outscored Missouri 7-2 in the closing minutes to secure an 89-82 victory in the fourth annual Muddy River Showcase at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. Muddy River News…
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Click here to purchase digital images from the Muddy River Sports SmugMug site QUINCY — The competitive fire burned bright for both the Illinois and Missouri girls all-star teams during the fourth annual Muddy River Showcase on Saturday at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. Illinois won 88-65. Muddy River News Editor David Adam…
Read Full Article O’FALLON, Mo. — The Quincy Doggy Paddlers were forced to play chase Saturday night and they could never fully catch up. The O’Fallon Hoots scored four runs in the first inning and nine runs in the first four innings to earn an 11-7 Prospect League victory at CarShield Field. The Hoots’ Michael Politte led off…
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QUINCY — The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase takes place Saturday. Here is everything you need to know, the rosters for this year’s event and a look at the history of the event. What: Illinois vs. Missouri all-star basketball event. When: Girls game tips at 2 p.m., boys game to follow at approximately 4 p.m.…
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QUINCY — The pictures form a rolodex of memories and illustrate the changes and growth of a group of boys who have become young men. Every step of their journey has been together, from second grade to seniors in high school. They take their final step together Saturday as three of the lynchpins of the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The wheels fell off the wagon in a hurry for the Quincy Doggy Paddlers on Friday. Quincy led the O’Fallon Hoots 8-6 entering the top of the fourth before surrendering 13 unanswered runs and going hitless for a five-inning stretch in a 19-8 loss at QU Stadium. The first big blow for O’Fallon…
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The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase takes place June 21 at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. The girls game will tip at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 4 p.m. General admission is $10. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — For Lila Simon, it all came down to perspective. Prior to her junior…
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QUINCY — The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase takes place Saturday at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center with the area’s top seniors getting the opportunity to represent their schools, their communities and their states one final time. The girls game tips at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 4 p.m.…
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The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase takes place June 21 at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. The girls game will tip at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 4 p.m. General admission is $10. MACOMB, Ill. — Kylie Robinson picked up some sage advice from her older sister, Kaitlyn, while…
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The fourth annual Muddy River Showcase takes place June 21 at John Wood Community College’s Student Activity Center. The girls game will tip at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 4 p.m. General admission is $10. CAMP POINT, Ill. — It would be wise not to challenge Karly Peters on the pickleball…
Read Full Article BURLINGTON, Iowa — A battle of the bullpens and late-inning uprises teetered in the Burlington Bees favor Thursday night. The Bees scored six runs against three Quincy Doggy Paddlers relievers in their final three at-bats, and the Doggy Paddlers stranded five runners on base over the final three innings in suffering a 10-5 loss in…
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