Triplett survives tightrope walk, leaves bases loaded in seventh as QND baseball team turns tables on QHS

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | May 17, 2025
Quincy Notre Dame junior right-hander Oliver Triplett celebrates after striking out Quincy High School's Jacob Salisbury with the bases loaded to secure the Raiders' 9-6 victory over the Blue Devils on Friday at Quincy High School. | Shane Hulsey

QUINCY — On Friday, redemption was spelled “Q-N-D.” Ten days after losing to Quincy High School 10-0, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team exacted crosstown revenge by beating the Blue Devils 9-6 on Friday. “We really needed this,” QND junior catcher and right-handed pitcher Oliver Triplett said. Triplett’s tightrope act in the bottom of the…

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Photo Gallery: Marth hits first QND home run to pad Raiders’ lead in victory over Blue Devils

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | May 16, 2025
Quincy Notre Dame freshman infielder Kaden Marth chats with his teammates after hitting his first high school home run in the seventh inning of QND's 9-6 victory over Quincy High School on Friday in Quincy. | Shane Hulsey

QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame freshman infielder Kaden Marth hit the first home run of his high school career in the seventh inning of a 9-6 victory over Quincy High School on Friday. Oliver Triplett escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh by striking out Jacob Salisbury to end the game. Muddy…

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Quincy Catholic, Brown County claim third-place trophies at IESA seventh-grade state basketball tournaments

By Muddy River Sports | February 10, 2023
Front row from left: Josh Brenner, Austin Genenbacher, Jake Pyatt, Kage Cook and Deacon Bliefnick. Back row from left: head coach Tom VanderBor, Brennan Venvertloh, Carson Reyburn, Rowan Stegeman, Kaden Marth, Tripp Flesch, Kyle Thompson and assistant coach David Adam. Absent was Reece Schertel. | Photo courtesy of Ben Marth

The Quincy Catholic and Brown County seventh-grade boys basketball teams both captured third place at their respective Illinois Elementary School Association state tournaments on Thursday night. Quincy Catholic led from the start and rolled to a 42-22 victory over Abingdon-Avon in the third-place game of the Class 3A tournament at El Paso-Gridley High School. The…

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