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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal boys soccer team had its own dress rehearsal Friday night, playing host to a soccer jamboree at the Veterans Sports Complex. Photographer Mathew Kirby spent part of his evening on the pitch and put together this photo gallery:
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AUGUSTA, Ill. — Amanda Stephens’ troublesome knee isn’t giving her trouble any longer. A senior setter and hitter on the Southeastern volleyball team, who has committed to Indiana University-Indianapolis, missed the final 12 matches of her junior season and watched the Suns fall in the Class 1A sectional semifinals all because the pain in her…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Four months ago, Sawyer Johnson was finishing up her animal science degree at Iowa State University. Now, she is the head coach of an Illini West volleyball team that won a regional championship and set a school record with 35 victories in 2023. “It’s been a challenging step for sure, but we’re…
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QUINCY — In his position as co-promoter of the Adams County Speedway, Jim Lieurance is constantly thinking about the future and planning ahead. But he’s currently trying to put the brakes on that mindset and simply enjoy the final weeks of the 2024 season. “It’s been a good year, and I’m trying not to think…
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Coverage of the Highland football program is brought to you by: EWING, Mo. — The current crop of Highland football players were the freshmen and junior high schoolers who bore witness to and were inspired by the 2021 team’s 8-3 record and run of success. Now, they want to pave a path into Highland history…
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Coverage of the Highland football program brought to you by: EWING, Mo. — Caleb Arnsman is an enthusiastic guy. He’s realistic, too. “My fever for this game never stops,” said the third-year Highland football coach. “Even when the season ends, I usually take about a week off, then reset and get going again.” That’s Arnsman’s…
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jacob Kroeger’s start to a professional baseball career has been promising. The Palmyra, Mo., product and former Maryville University All-American hurler was drafted in the 10th round of the MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves, signed a contract and was assigned to the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets of the Carolina League. It took…
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Coverage of the Hannibal football program brought to you by: HANNIBAL, Mo. — No Aneyas Williams, no problem. This is the prevailing attitude within the Hannibal football program. “With Aneyas or without Aneyas, we’re still going to win,” senior running back Mike Ferreira said. As Williams, who rushed for 4,255 yards and racked up 3,249…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Waylon Anders has quarterbacked the Hannibal football team to 20 victories in two seasons as the starting signal-caller. His experience and understanding of the Pirates’ offense is a critical reason Hannibal is considered a viable state title contender in Class 4. Anders joined Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman on the tailgate…
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QUINCY — After more than two decades, Mindee Miller is back in coaching. Miller guided the girls tennis team at Quincy Notre Dame, where she played during her final two seasons of high school, after finishing her career at Quincy University. She returns this fall as the Raiders’ coach, the program’s third in as many…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The third annual September Jam will begin Sept. 8 at the Hannibal Parks and Recreation courts in the Norfolk & Southern Multi-Sports Park at Sixth Street and Warren Barrett Drive. The clinic is for boys and girls in 3rd-6th grades and will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the following dates:…
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QUINCY — Quincy High School girls tennis coach Mike Terry knew he could pencil Amelia Willing and twins Lily and Phoebe Hayes in his lineup the last four seasons. That comfort level is gone now that the trio has graduated. “We have a lot of work to do,” Terry said. “We’re playing challenge matches to…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Before answering the obvious question, Hannibal cross country coach Jim Coniglio paused. Then he took a deep breath. Then he smiled. “Yes, I’m optimistic,” he said. “I’m 100 percent optimistic.” Coniglio’s enthusiasm is easy to understand. The Hannibal girls return all but one of their top seven runners from a team that…
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Coverage of the Brown County football program is brought to you by: MT. STERLING, Ill. — For a Brown County football program that has won 65 percent of its games over the past two decades with 16 playoff appearances and a handful of conference titles, the way the 2023 season played out can be described…
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Coverage of the Brown County football program is brought to you by: MT. STERLING, Ill. — Dylan Reische gives the Brown County football team’s offensive line an experienced anchor at center and some personality. Anyone nicknamed “Chili” is bound to have character, right? Reische joined Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman on the tailgate of…
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QUINCY — The grind is nearing an end, and Jacob Rexing can finally see a track championship awaiting him at next week’s finish line. Rexing took an important step Sunday night toward his first Adams County Speedway stock car title when he emerged victorious following an 18-lap, slam-bang, back-and-forth battle with co-protagonist Robert Cottom. Rexing…
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EWING, Mo. — The memory still lingers. Sure, the Highland softball team achieved quite a bit last fall, earning a No. 1 state ranking among Class 2 schools, winning 20 games in a row at one point and fashioning a 27-3 overall record. But how it all concluded still leaves a sour taste and ……
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Chargers win Pittsfield Invitational PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Illini West boys golf team won the Pittsfield Invitational on Saturday by shooting a 325 at Old Orchard Country Club. Pittsfield took second with a 327. Rushville-Industry was third at 332. Chargers senior Nick Bruns finished second individually with a 76, while freshman Bryson Grotts took sixth…
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Coverage of the Unity-Payson football team is brought to you by: MENDON, Ill. — An early-season gauntlet once again awaits the Unity-Payson football team. The Mustangs are scheduled to face three playoff teams from a year ago — Winchester West Central, Greenfield-Northwestern and Camp Point Central — during the first four weeks of the season.…
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MENDON, Ill. — It has become a tradition for the Unity-Payson football team to practice at the stroke of midnight the first allowable day Illinois High School Association schools can begin working out in full pads. So Friday night, just before midnight, the Mustangs pulled up at their home field to see the lights shining…
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QUINCY — Jason Killday used one term to describe the second week of the Quincy University football program’s fall camp. Growth. The first-year head coach has watched the Hawks develop some consistency and maturity in their first two weeks of practice. After a lackluster end to the first week, the Hawks made certain the second…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The calendar does not lie. The dirt-track racing season is rapidly winding down. So before we’re knee deep in high school football and/or the MLB playoffs, let’s go over what I feel are 10 worthy storylines and/or points of discussion regarding Adams County Speedway. 1. Sale of the track: No question, when Jeff…
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Coverage of the West Hancock football program is brought to you by: HAMILTON, Ill. — A change in scheme yielded substantial offensive improvements for the West Hancock football team in 2023. If the Titans take a similar leap forward in 2024, it will be with a new quarterback who set a school record at wide…
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Coverage of the West Hancock football program is brought to you by: HAMILTON, Ill. — Nolan Gooding truly believes better days are ahead for the West Hancock football program. His enthusiasm and confidence are born from having learned second-year head coach Coy Dorothy’s system and a lifelong connection with a senior class ready to make…
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QUINCY — The biggest leap of faith was made with complete faith it would work. Still, it took loyal readers to make that happen. Thank you for sticking by us. Today marks the third anniversary of the launch of Muddy River Sports, and because of your trust in the news we provide and the product…
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QUINCY — If the scores from Thursday’s season-opening D.A. Weibring Invitational are any indication, the area boys golf scene is going to be highly competitive for years to come. Three sophomores and a freshman claimed four of the top five individual spots and a pair of freshmen posted scores that helped Illini West capture the…
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QUINCY — The flag officially dropped Thursday on the start of the high school sports season. The traditional boys golf lidlifter — the D.A. Weibring Invitational — took place at Westview Golf Course with Illini West winning the team title with a 322 total and Pittsfield sophomore Isaac McGlauchlen taking individual medalist honors with an…
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HAMILTON, Ill. — The depth of the Quincy Notre Dame girls golf team’s lineup showed in the Raiders’ season-opening event. Senior Meredith Eversman earned individual medalist honors by shooting an 84 as QND rolled to a 357 team score and a 93-stroke victory in the Lady Titan Invitational at Deer Run Golf Course. QND junior…
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MONROE CITY, Mo. — Being involved in lopsided playoff football games was nothing new for Monroe City. Being on the losing end was. Bowling Green scored four touchdowns on eight offensive plays in the first quarter of last season’s Class 2 District 7 semifinal game, led 44-0 at halftime to prompt a running clock for…
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MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Monroe City football program has a tradition and a history rooted in success. Valle Catholic has a tradition and a history rooted in championships. Those forces collide in Week 1 at Lankford Field in one of the best small-school matchups in the state. The Panthers’ Trey Smyser and Jayden Holland…
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QUINCY — Jason Knuffman’s confidence in the Quincy Notre Dame girls golf team is at an all-time high. “This is probably the most talented team I’ve coached since I started in 2017,” Knuffman said. “In the last 20 years, this could be as high as we’ve finished.” Those are lofty expectations considering the Raiders have…
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QUINCY — While the Quincy High School girls golf team may not be the favorites to sit atop the Western Big 6 Conference throne, second-year coach Tommy Hosteng wants to at least give the other schools a scare. “I want to challenge everyone else, give them hell,” Hosteng said. Being the underdog is unfamiliar territory…
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CENTER, Mo. — There’s a renewed sense of optimism brewing within the Mark Twain football team. Two years after winning 10 games and reaching the district championship game, the Tigers managed only one victory last season to finish in a three-way tie with Louisiana and North Callaway for last place in the Eastern Missouri Conference.…
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CENTER, Mo. — Brayden Moss has been a fixture along the Mark Twain football team’s line since he joined the varsity program as a freshman. Now a senior, Moss expects the leadership and maturity that comes with being a four-year starter to pay off as the Tigers look to turn things around and chase a…
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MACOMB, Ill. — Three women’s sports programs at Western Illinois University were recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference with Team Academic Achievement awards. The awards are presented annually in each OVC-sponsored sport to the member institution’s team with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes who achieved a 3.25 grade point average or higher. In…
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Coverage of the Pittsfield football program is brought to you by: PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Pittsfield football program’s playoff drought is long enough that senior linebacker Draven Puterbaugh doesn’t remember seeing one. “It hasn’t happened in quite some time,” he said. Fifteen years in fact. Yet, there’s a distinct hope and strong belief this could…
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Coverage of the Pittsfield football program is brought to you by: PITTSFIELD, Ill. — With nine starters returning on defense and the biggest offensive line its enjoyed in quite some time, the Pittsfield football program has the makings of what could be a run at ending a 15-year playoff drought. Senior lineman Jaron White joined…
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QUINCY — All of the windshield time her parents amassed this summer allowed 14-year-old Khloe Nicholson to catch up on two important necessities. “Sleep and watch TV,” she said. Specifically, that meant watching Netflix. “I was a little of everything,” she said. “I liked ‘Cobra Kai.’” But unlike Daniel LaRusso in “The Karate Kid” —…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Andrew Rupcich’s focus and determination have never changed, even as the circumstances around him have evolved. That’s why the former Culver-Stockton College All-American offensive lineman is in a position to challenge for a starting spot at right guard for the Tennessee Titans. Last week, the Titans released their first unofficial depth chart…
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QUINCY — Chase Holland had ample reason to celebrate Sunday night. First, there was the matter of his 21st birthday. And then came his 21st career feature victory when he dominated the modified main event in flag-to-flag fashion at Adams County Speedway. Not a bad evening for the resident of Success, Miss., who has made…
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MACOMB, Ill. — Ladies first. The motto and message of Western Illinois University’s Women’s Football Night came across loud and clear. “Ladies first. We mean it when we say it,” WIU cornerbacks coach Elven Walker said. Walker was one of several WIU coaches and players who helped run drills at Hanson Field on Friday night…
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MACOMB, Ill. — The first Women’s Football Night hosted by the Western Illinois University football program provided everything from a locker room visit to “Chalk Talk” to drills on Hanson Field as women 21 years and older were introduced to the game Friday night. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey spent the evening on the…
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QUINCY — Each Quincy University football practice Bradyn Little attended last spring allowed the Quincy High School quarterback to foster a stronger relationship with first-year Hawks coach Jason Killday. “I know who he is,” Little said. With that comes a level of comfortability that can’t be matched. “I trust him,” Little said. “That’s big for…
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QUINCY — The progression is designed to be natural. First, set the foundation. Then, add the layers. “We’re trying to build a structure here,” Brock Inman said. That’s why no one fretted when the Quincy University football team’s first fall practice wasn’t as crisp as anyone would have liked. The Hawks needed to lay the…
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QUINCY — Each day, the repititions get a little quicker, the reactions get a little better and the intensity gets a little stronger. By the time the Quincy University football players go to full pads, they should be ready to rumble at full speed. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman spent time with the Hawks…
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QUINCY — Jackson Stratton did exactly what a big brother is expected to do. He looked out for his little sister. As Sage Stratton navigated the recruiting circuit throughout the past year — the Quincy Notre Dame senior received interest from a variety of NCAA Division II women’s basketball programs — she leaned heavily on…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s search for a women’s volleyball coach ended with the hiring of Audrye Alejandro-Rivera. Alejandro-Rivera, a native of Puerto Rico, spent last season as an assistant women’s volleyball coach at Polk State College, an NJCAA school in Winter Haven, Fla. He helped guide the Eagles to a 14-10 overall record and…
Read Full Article QUINCY — There are two ways to examine Austen Becerra’s overall dominance in the modified series at Adams County Speedway. Since the track reopened for the 2022 season, Becerra has won 20 features. The rest of the modified drivers have won a combined 27 in that same span. Those two numbers, more than anything else,…
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ST. LOUIS — As a new school year kicks into gear, the Better Business Bureau wants to remind consumers to be on the lookout for scam streaming links when planning to watch a high school sports event online. Live streams allow family, friends and fans to catch their local high school’s games without attending in…
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QUINCY — Most mornings, Bill Stitchcomb wakes to his labrador retriever, Gus, pawing at the side of the bed or the smell of percolating coffee now that he has learned how to set the coffee maker to kick on automatically at 6:30 a.m. “My grandkids bought me the new coffee pot for Christmas,” he said.…
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FLOSSMOOR, Ill. — Luke Guthrie mounted a charge only one golfer withstood, and it proved the 34-year-old Quincy native still has the game to compete. Guthrie played the back nine of the Flossmoor Golf Club in 3-under 33 Wednesday afternoon, closing with a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to post a 6-under 210 total…
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QUINCY — Dom Clay’s junior season with the Quincy High School boys basketball team ended with a lot of people curious where his natural gifts and improving consistency might take him. They now know. It’s carrying him to the NCAA Division I level. The 6-foot-3 Clay recently committed to Austin Peay State University, making him…
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Random observations now that the Cardinals have clinched the season series against the Cubs: I didn’t realize it was a problem in need of a solution, but a change in the Illinois High School Association’s all-star game participation by-law went Into effect July 1. The new rule prohibits high school students at IHSA schools from…
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QUINCY — Rick Conoyer said he was watching and waiting, hoping Austen Becerra might make some sort of a mistake. And he did, albeit a small one. Becerra, leading Sunday night’s modified feature for 15 consecutive laps, failed to negotiate a portion of the backstretch with less than two laps remaining. Becerra slipped up and…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Like millions of other football fans, Roan Jackson anxiously awaited a new college football video game. “I had a PlayStation 3 and I played NCAA Football 14 for the last five years,” Jackson said. “One of my friends had NCAA 14, and that’s how I started playing. I got it for my…
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QUINCY — Adams County Speedway plans on moving its primary race night to Fridays in 2025. The track’s new owner, Jeff DeLonjay, who took over operation of the .295-mile facility in mid-July and has been busy concentrating on physical improvements at the 8000 Broadway site, told Muddy River Sports of his Friday night plan. Since…
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CANTON, Mo. — As the calendar flips to August, Tom Sallay and the Culver-Stockton football team hope to turn over a new leaf. The Wildcats posted just one win in 2023 — their fewest since 2017 not including the 2020 COVID impacted season — and lost their final seven games by an average of 32…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Sometimes when it feels like all hope is lost, the stars align perfectly. The Pittsfield and Jacksonville football teams can thank their lucky stars having found a Week One game after both schools’ originally scheduled opponents announced they weren’t going to play. “I wasn’t too sure we’d find a game,” Pittsfield coach…
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QUINCY — Soon enough, Alex Stratman will return home and begin preparing for the fall hunting season, where he will serve as a guide for those chasing whitetail deer and turkey. After that, he’ll focus on guiding hunters during the spring turkey season. Before that happens, he’s going to savor every minute he has in…
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QUINCY — As the recruiting process began to evolve, Caitlin Bunte realized there was more to think about than softball alone. “I looked past that at the beginning,” the Quincy Notre Dame softball standout said. “I was like, ‘I want to play softball. I want to find somewhere where I can step in and play.’…
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QUINCY — A moment Brody Jones referred to as “the coolest thing in soccer I have ever done in my life” still remains a blur in some regards more than a week after it happened. That’s especially true of the celebration. The St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club Missouri U17 squad, with Jones starting at…
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QUINCY — Baseball’s trade deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Will St. Louis be buyers, sellers or bystanders? After an excruciating slow start, the Cardinals used a 33-18 run during a 51-game stretch to catapult into contention in the National League Central Division and the wild-card chase. Hope replaced frustration. But they have the second-worst record…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The most celebrated player in the history of the Hannibal High School football program begins his first collegiate football season in three days as the University of Notre Dame kicks off fall camp with Aneyas Williams in the backfield. So what does that mean for the Pirates? Opportunities abound. There’s an opportunity…
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CANTON, Ohio — After more than a decade as consistently one of the best centers in the Women’s Football Alliance and multi-time All-American honoree, Caitlin Erickson finally earned the most coveted title in the game. She can call herself a national champion. The head coach of Culver-Stockton College women’s lacrosse team was one of two…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — The chatter and commotion steadily increased as a group of jiu-jitsu students and their parents gathered Saturday morning, just a few feet from the mats where a self-defense class was being taught and Royce Gracie happened to be sizing it up. The kids waiting to take the mat themselves were sizing him…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Royce Gracie, a member of the United Fighting Championship’s inaugural class of Hall of Famers, spent Saturday conducting a two-part clinic for jiu-jitsu students at the Royce Gracie Jiu-jitsu Academy of Missouri. Gracie spent an hour showcasing tips and techniques for a group of 18 kids, then spent two hours with a…
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QUINCY — Is someone who hits left-handed but throws right-handed considered a southpaw? Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman doesn’t include those hitters in his list of his favorite local left-handed athletes, but he does find a place for some basketball players with beautiful left-handed jumpers and a couple of nasty southpaw pitchers. Muddy River…
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QUINCY — Sleep can wait when the Olympics are on, right? That’s how I found myself thinking Thursday night despite the fact the opening ceremonies for the Paris Summer Games have yet to take place. As with any Olympics, a few of the events get started before the ceremonial kickoff, which is why the U.S.…
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QUINCY — The Quincy University men’s volleyball team is finally going to find itself on a more level playing field. Thursday, the Great Lakes Valley Conference announced it is adding men’s volleyball as a championship sport beginning with the 2025-26 season. The GLVC will have seven teams participate in men’s volleyball with the addition of…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ismael Alcantara stole the spotlight, but Dayson Croes was the headliner throughout the American Association All-Star Game on Tuesday night. The former Quincy University All-American infielder led the West Division all-stars to a 4-3 victory as he went 4 for 4 and drove in the game-tying run in the seventh inning…
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QUINCY — A boys basketball coach whose team’s state championship season began with a trip to Blue Devil Gym last winter may not be returning to the sideline. Chicago Wendell Phillips coach Paris Martin appears to have been fired. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Martin received an email Tuesday afternoon from Phillips principal Rashad Talley requesting…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College athletic director Pat Atwell recently announced Ryan Moore as the head coach for the men’s and women’s bowling programs. Moore replaces Derek Sapp, who resigned on July 17 to pursue other coaching opportunities. Moore comes to Culver-Stockton with an extensive background in bowling as head coach of the Keokuk (Iowa)…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — UFC legend Royce Gracie will lead children and adult self-defense seminars on Saturday, July 27, at the Royce Gracie Academy of Missouri in Palmyra. The 60-minute youth seminar will begin at 9 a.m. followed by a two-hour session for adults at 10:30 a.m. Gracie, one of the most influential and recognizable figures…
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QUINCY — Caren Kemner is feeling Olympic. A majority of those who have represented the United States during the Summer Olympics at some point in their career likely are as well these days. The Paris Olympics get underway this week with the opening ceremonies happening Friday and competitive action taking place over a 20-day span.…
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QUINCY — Day by day, football season draws near. This week, gridiron fans get their first taste of the upcoming season as NFL training camps get underway. Rookies and veterans for both the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs have reported, and every team will have its camp in full swing by Wednesday. A handful…
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QUINCY — Dennis Erb Jr. surveyed the situation and came to an immediate conclusion. “We knew we had to get out fast,” said Erb, when looking at the starting lineup for Sunday night’s Midwest Auto Racing Series feature event at Adams County Speedway. Most of the premier power plants were scheduled to start at or…
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QUINCY — Random thoughts with the opening night of high school football season just 40 days away: • Illinois has had just four winning football seasons since the 10-2 Sugar Bowl team under Ron Turner in 2001. The program has been mired in mediocrity, managing just 15 campaigns of eight or more wins in 134…
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QUINCY — The absence of reigning Quincy Tennis Association city doubles champions Zach Willing and Ethan Arns opened the door for new champions. Willing’s father, Todd, paired with Tavi Popaluca and took advantage of the opportunity Saturday to step back into the winner’s circle, besting Anthony Becker and Curtis Fauble in the final round-robin match…
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QUINCY — Flinn Stadium’s turf field is getting a facelift. Work has been ongoing throughout the summer to lay down a new artificial turf surface at Quincy High School’s venerable outdoor facility, and this week, crews began putting strips of turf in place. It replaces a surface that was installed in 2011 and had exceeded…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Tennis Association held the city doubles championships this weekend at the Greeman Tennis Center in Reservoir Park with Todd Willing and Tavi Popaluca capturing the men’s open division title and Lia and Theresa Quintero winning the women’s open division. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey spent time at Reservoir Park on…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Bear Creek Sports Park is seeking teams for a fall machine-pitch league. The teams are for 8 to 12-year-olds and can be co-ed. Only teams can sign up, and the enrollment deadline is August 4. Jacob Bone, recreation supervisor from Bear Creek Sports Park, said this will be an instructional league designed…
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QUINCY — A sports trivia event will be held August 2 at the American Legion Post 37 hall, located at 116. N. Eighth Street. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with trivia beginning at 7 p.m. Side games will be offered and participants can bring their own food/snacks. A cash bar will be available. Teams…
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QUINCY — Jim Lieurance does not have to look far down the road when talking about the future of Adams County Speedway. “I think in another month no one will recognize the place,” Lieurance said. Lieurance says he’s ecstatic to be working with new track owners Jeff and Renee DeLonjay. Although the final paperwork involving…
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QUINCY — The future of the Quincy golf scene took center stage Thursday at Westview Golf Course with the Quincy Junior City Tournament. Quincy High School junior Hunter St. Clair won the boys 16-17 division by shooting a 1-over 72. Quincy Notre Dame’s Aiden Tangy was second with a 78. In the boys 14-15 division,…
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MACOMB, Ill. — There’s a phrase first-year Western Illinois University football coach Joe Davis dropped during his time talking to media members during Wednesday’s Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Virtual Media Day that the Leathernecks better be prepared to hear often. Never them, always us. WIU is venturing into new territory this fall, having left the…
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — In the seven months since Joe Davis became the Western Illinois University football coach, one thing above all else has become abundantly clear to him and everyone around him. Loyalty matters. To his players. To the football alumni. To WIU fans in general. Davis and his staff have embraced that and used…
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QUINCY — Jacob Kroeger’s day began job hunting and ended with flight plans. That’s quite a way to start the week. Monday morning, the former Palmyra multi-sport athlete and recent All-American left-handed pitcher at Maryville University had a meeting about a potential graduate assistant position with a regional college athletic program. Monday night, he signed…
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QUINCY — Jonny Bottorff is gearing up for what should arguably be the best season of his collegiate football career. The Quincy Notre Dame graduate heads into the 2024 season as the projected starter at center for Northern Arizona. The 6-foot-3, 295-pound Bottorff earned second-team All-Big Sky Conference honors last season after transferring from Missouri…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The first Century 21 Pickleball Tournament was a success, with every division sold out and players coming to Hannibal from around the area. In a press release, Angela Broughton Peters, one of the organizers, said, “We were thrilled with how well this first year went. Everyone had so much fun, and we…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional Foundation was the host of the 29th annual Hannibal Cannibal, sponsored by Advance Physical Therapy, on July 6. The opportunity to run a once-in-a-lifetime course because of Missouri 79 construction helped boost registrations to nearly 1,800 participants, helping raise an all-time high of more than $72,000. Money raised in this…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — The most prolific strikeout pitcher in the history of the Maryville University baseball program is going to get the chance to prove he can bury hitters in the pros. He’s making history for the Palmyra baseball program as well. Jacob Kroeger, a left-handed hurler who recently completed his playing career as a…
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QUINCY — One book is out, another is on the way. Former Quincy University baseball coach Jim Pransky has published a memoir based largely on the 25 years he spent as a scout for five Major League Baseball organizations. In “Baseball’s Test of Spirit: A Man’s Unlikely Odyssey into the Scouting World,” Pransky writes about…
Read Full Article QUINCY — So much for that rather abbreviated retirement, eh? Adam Birck, a three-time track champion in the sport mod division, emerged from retirement Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. And Birck did so with an exclamation point, winning his first sport mod feature since August 2023. Birck led the final two circuits of the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Jansen Lawson couldn’t possibly do it, too, could he? Yes, he could. And he did. After Quincy High School graduate Brady Lowe hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the top of the first inning of Saturday’s Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex, Lawson, also a former Blue Devil,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — It felt different for Jacob Rich this time around. But at the same time, it all felt familiar. The South Shelby baseball coach took the reins of the Missouri team for Saturday’s 10th annual Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex. By doing so, he became the first person…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A number of the top prep baseball players from this region were able to represent their high school and their community one final time Saturday night during the 10th annual Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex in Hannibal, Mo. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey was there and…
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QUINCY — A group of Quincy tennis players is headed to the postseason. Playing at the U.S. Tennis Association men’s NTRP 3.5 level, the Quincy team won the Western Division of the Illinois Mid-South District by splitting a doubleheader Saturday in Springfield and finishing with a 5-1 overall record. Quincy advances to the district championships,…
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QUINCY — The afternoon sun hung high in a cloudless sky above an empty parking lot, making it impossible to escape just how luminous it can be. Ethan Rose didn’t shy away from it, even when brightness is his nemesis. “There’s nothing like having your eyesight,” he said. “It’s something you take for granted. Like…
Read Full Article QUINCY — It’s that time of year. The local racing season is heading full steam into the second half of the dirt-track calendar. From now until the end of points racing at sites like Adams County Speedway this weekend begins The Grind. The meek may one day inherit the earth, but they’ll never win a…
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QUINCY — Billiards has taken Kelly Fisher all over the world. This week, it has brought her here. Fisher, the No. 1-ranked player by the Women’s Professional Billiards Association, is playing in the America’s Heyball Championships at the Oakley-Lindsay Center, the first tournament of its kind in Quincy. Fisher’s resume is impressive and dynamic —…
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