Rock Island uses 10-run second inning to wrap up WB6 softball crown at Quincy’s expense

By Steve Eighinger | May 13, 2025
Quincy High School sophomore Izzy Weppler winds up to throw a pitch during Tuesday afternoon's softball game against Rock Island. | David Adam

QUINCY — Quincy High School’s softball team was coming off its best performance of the season, but there was no carryover on Tuesday from a Saturday afternoon doubleheader sweep of Granite City. Rock Island (19-9) all but wrapped up the contest with a 10-run second inning on its way to a 14-7 triumph that clinched…

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Blue Devils erupt for 10 runs in first inning, hand Galesburg softball team 27th consecutive defeat

By Steve Eighinger | April 30, 2025
Quincy High School catcher Maggie Neally, left, and pitcher Carlee Gilker celebrate after the third inning of Tuesday afternoon's softball game. The Blue Devils scored 10 first-inning runs and won 13-3. | David Adam

QUINCY — What a difference a day makes. To fully appreciate Quincy High School’s 13-3 Western Big 6 softball victory over Galesburg on Tuesday, just consider what the Blue Devils had experienced the day before — an identical 13-3 pounding at the hands of arch rival Quincy Notre Dame. QHS coach Anjay Heinecke said her…

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Dirty Dozen: QND softball maintains mastery over arch rival QHS, wins 13-3 at home

By Steve Eighinger | April 29, 2025
Notre Dame's Caitlin Bunte socked her seventh home run of the season and 20th of her career, a line shot over the right-center field fence, during Monday's game. | Shane Hulsey

QUINCY — To her credit, Anjay Heinecke did not try to sidestep the question. The Quincy High School softball coach fully admitted the frustration of the ongoing losing streak to arch rival Quincy Notre Dame, the latest loss coming in 13-3 fashion on a balmy Monday evening inside the friendly confines of The Backyard at 10th and…

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Weppler’s back problems now in rear-view mirror for Quincy High School softball squad

By Steve Eighinger | April 22, 2025
Izzy Weppler, left, and Avary Hluber | Photos by Steve Eighinger

PAYSON, Ill. — Slowly, but ever so surely, Izzy Weppler is carving out her softball niche as a member of the Quincy High School pitching staff. The left-handed sophomore made just her second start of the season Monday afternoon, pitching the Blue Devils past Payson Seymour 7-3. Weppler has worked to overcome a series of…

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Boyer slugs homer, earns victory in circle as QND extends softball win streak over QHS to 11 games

By Steve Eighinger | April 16, 2025
Quincy Notre Dame catcher Lauren Miller prepares to throw out Quincy High School runner Ariana Adorno, who laid down a sacrifice bunt in the first inning during Wednesday night's softball game at Avenue of Saints Field. Adorno's sacrifice bunt helped the Blue Devils take an early 1-0 lead, but Notre Dame rallied for a 6-2 victory. | David Adam

QUINCY — Understandably, Madalyn Boyer needed a few moments to decide what was more enjoyable. The Quincy Notre Dame right-hander was the winning pitcher — with excellent relief help from Caitlin Bunte — and also socked her first home run of the season during the Raiders’ 6-2 victory over rival Quincy High School in a Wednesday…

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