Never count ’em out: Hawks force extra innings, defeat Greyhounds on Simons’ single in 11th

The Quincy University baseball team celebrates its 5-4 victory in 11 innings over top-seeded Indianapolis in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament on Friday night at Mtn. Dew Park in Marion, Ill. | Photo courtesy Chris Kirn

MARION, Ill. — Connor Simons hadn’t had an official at-bat in nearly a month as he recovered from a concussion suffered in the final game of the Quincy University baseball team’s regular-season series against Indianapolis. So consider this a little bit of payback for putting him on the shelf. Simons drove a breaking ball on…

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