Schuckman: Blue Devil Gym featured in IBCA’s 2023 Unique Gyms of Illinois calendar

Quincy's Blue Devil Gym is being featured in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's 2023 Unique Gyms of Illinois calendar. | Matt Schuckman photo

The middle of December brings holiday gift ideas, All-American game goals and memories of a game played more than 30 years ago … Two venerable high school basketball gyms in Illinois and arguably the two most historic within the Western Big 6 Conference are being featured in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association’s 2023 Unique Gyms…

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Crim: Dorsey’s Hall of Fame voice became soundtrack for golden era of Quincy basketball

Jeff Dorsey, left, and Mike Moyers prepare to call the action during the 1982 Class AA state boys basketball tournament in Champaign for WTAD. | Photo courtesy Mike Moyers

QUINCY — The voice. Instantly recognizable, it was a fixture on Quincy airwaves for more than four decades. Commanding yet comfortable, perfect for radio, whether Jeff Dorsey was doing play-by-play of a sporting event or hosting a daily morning show. “There have been a number of great play-by-play guys, with (future baseball Hall of Famer)…

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Schwagmeyer, Fischer, Dorsey to be inducted into IBCA Hall of Fame

Former Central and Quincy University standout Ali Schwagmeyer will be part of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2023. | Photo courtesy QU Athletics

QUINCY — A Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year who played professional basketball overseas, an all-state forward who later played at Culver-Stockton College, and a distinctive radio voice are part of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Central’s Ali Schwagmeyer, Pittsfield’s Tim Fischer and Quincy’s Jeff Dorsey will…

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Schuckman: Crim’s induction into IBCA Hall of Fame is fitting honor for inspiring writer, friend

Muddy River Sports senior columnist Don Crim, left, receives his Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame plaque during Saturday night's banquet in Normal, Ill. Photo courtesy Peggy Crim

Intimidating. It seems funny to say it, but that is the most apt description for how I viewed Don Crim the first time I walked into the Quincy Herald-Whig newsroom nearly 33 years ago. The sports editor’s desk, complete with stain rings from his coffee cup and an overflowing ashtray of cigarette butts, served as…

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Legendary Quincy newspaperman among IBCA Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductees

Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductee Don Crim

QUINCY — A legendary Quincy newspaperman, a Carthage radio voice and an all-stater from Warsaw are among the inductees in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2022, the association announced Monday. Former Quincy Herald-Whig sports editor and executive editor Don Crim will join Keith Yex in being inducted into the media…

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IBCA honors local players, coaches, friends of the game during Hall of Fame banquet

Steve Looten, who spent more than two decades covering local sports at KHQA and WGEM, receives his IBCA Hall of Fame plaque during a banquet Saturday night in Bloomington, Ill. Submitted photo

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association waited, rescheduled and then waited some more before receiving an “all clear” to hold its Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony. Although recipients and their families were required to wear masks inside Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena on Saturday night, the IBCA finally was able to…

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