Posts Tagged ‘Class 3A sectional’
Raiders’ sectional championship victory stacks up with most dominant in four-class history
CHATHAM, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team made an emphatic statement with its 57-17 victory over Mahomet-Seymour in Thursday’s Class 3A Chatham Glenwood Sectional championship game. That statement also prompted a question — Where does the Raiders’ performance rank in sectional history since the Illinois High School Association adopted the four-class system?…
Read MoreQHS boys cross country team qualifies for state for first time since IHSA went to three-class system
QUINCY — The Quincy High School boys cross country team has weekend plans in Peoria. For the first time since the Illinois High School Association went to a three-class system for postseason action in 2007, the Blue Devils qualified as a team to compete at the Class 3A state cross country meet at Detweiller Park…
Read MoreRaiders shake off first-quarter slumber, advance to third straight sectional championship game
DECATUR, Ill. — Survive and advance. That’s all. “It was not our best game obviously,” Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball coach Eric Orne said after the Raiders eliminated Mahomet-Seymour with Tuesday night’s 63-46 victory in the semifinals of the Class 3A Decatur MacArthur Sectional. “But you know at this time of year, you got to…
Read MoreRose, Savage sprint and hurdle their way into the Class 3A state track field
O’FALLON, Ill. — First came the lightning. Then came the thunder. Two Quincy High School athletes earned their spot in the field for the Class 3A boys state track and field championships by sprinting faster than nearly everyone before thunderstorms and tornado warnings forced the O’Fallon Sectional to be suspended. The final four events will…
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