Posts Tagged ‘Jackson Connoyer’
Raiders slam door shut on Chargers’ rally by holding them scoreless over final three minutes
QUINCY — With a chance to leave zero doubt, the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team instead gave its opponent a slither of hope. It nearly erased the best stretch of basketball the Raiders had played in quite some time. “We got complacent,” Raiders junior forward Jackson Connoyer said. “Took our foot off the gas.”…
Read MoreGet it and go: Raiders employ up-tempo attack to run away from Comets in season opener
QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball coach Greg Altmix hoped his team would be in midseason form in its season opener even if he knew that wasn’t likely. Still, the effort he witnessed from start to finish was the next best thing. “Working hard and hustling can cover up for a lot of mistakes,”…
Read MoreConnoyer calms down after technical foul, scores game-high 17 points to lead QND boys past Liberty
LIBERTY, Ill. – Quincy Notre Dame forward Jackson Connoyer had to refocus after receiving a technical foul following a scramble for a rebound under his own basket midway through the second quarter Friday night. His actions resulted in two free throws that gave Liberty a seven-point lead. “I said things I shouldn’t have said,” Connoyer…
Read MoreQND, Unity boys each dominate a half, but Raiders come out on top 78-66
QUINCY — Charles Dickens famously opened his historic novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” During the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team’s 78-66 victory over Unity Tuesday night, both coaches felt those emotions — in the opposite order. In the…
Read MoreOnce Raiders’ offense gets rolling, stockpile of runs usually follows
QUINCY — The way Herman Boone described his football team’s offense in “Remember the Titans” is an apt way to describe the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s offense. “It’s like Novocaine,” Boone said. “Just give it time, it always works.” In the case of the Raiders, just let them see enough pitches and they’ll always…
Read MoreFive local players selected to participate in All-State Junior High Classic at Dunlap
DUNLAP, Ill. — Dunlap Valley Middle School will host more than 170 boys from junior high school basketball teams Illinois on Saturday and Sunday at the All-State Junior High Classic. Selected to participate were on the West team were Beau Eftink, Jackson Connoyer, Gavin Doellman and Jace Allensworth from Quincy Catholic, as well as Sawyer…
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