Sizzling start allows QND boys basketball team to cap weekend with strong finish

Quincy Notre Dame’s Alex Dance, right, is fouled on his way to the basket by Gateway STEM’s Ben Dura during the first half of Saturday night’s boys basketball game during the Gully Transportation Shootout in The Pit. | David Adam photo

QUINCY — As they heard the Hall of Fame names being introduced and a crowded gym erupt prior to the start of Saturday night’s  main event, the Quincy Notre Dame basketball players waited patiently for their chance to provide an exclamation point to the festivities. “We talked about it in the locker room (before the…

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Raiders finish perfect opening weekend by easily dispatching Jaguars

Quincy Notre Dame senior forward Alex Connoyer finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots in Saturday night's victory over Gateway STEM at The Pit. | David Adam photo

QUINCY — Granted, Quincy Notre Dame’s 58-33 boys basketball victory over St. Louis Gateway STEM was not a thing of beauty. But not every performance in a long high school basketball season can come across as a Rembrandt. Every so often, there’s going to be a MAD Magazine cover show up, too.  Such was the…

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QND girls basketball team ramps up pressure, completes weekend sweep with easy victory

Quincy Notre Dame's Sage Stratton beats three Warrenton defenders to get to the basket during Saturday night's game at The Pit. | David Adam photo

QUINCY — By the midpoint of the first quarter there was only one real question surrounding the Quincy Notre Dame-Warrenton girls basketball matchup that was playing out at The Pit. Would Warrenton wind up with more points or turnovers by game’s end? If your choice had been “points” you would have been correct, but only…

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