Crim: Notes on scholarship offers to Nicholson, QU women’s basketball recruiting and a Thiel takes Galesburg job

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | May 11, 2025
Khloe Nicholson, shown playing in December against Plainfield North in Bloomington, recently received scholarship offers from Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Alabama. | MRN file photo by David Adam

QUINCY – The courting of Quincy High School freshman Khloe Nicholson by high-major women’s college basketball programs continues. The 6-foot-1 guard has announced in recent days on X, formerly known as Twitter, she has been offered by Illinois of the Big 10 and by three Southeastern Conference schools – Missouri, Arkansas and Alabama. Prep Girls…

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Strong second half defensively gets Blue Devils back to .500 mark in conference play

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | December 20, 2024
Quincy High School sophomore guard Cameron Byquist applies defensive pressure to United Township's Reemaz Adam during Thursday's Western Big 6 Conference game at the QHS gym. | Shane Hulsey photo

QUINCY — The first half was far from a masterpiece, but the final product looked significantly better. The Quincy High School girls basketball team put the pedal to the metal in the second half of Thursday’s Western Big 6 Conference tilt with United Township, outscoring the Panthers 36-10 in the final 16 minutes on its…

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Countdown to tipoff: QHS girls see unselfish play, camaraderie going hand-in-hand with success

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 20, 2024
Sophomore forward Jada Brown, left, and freshman guard Khloe Nicholson provide the Quincy High School girls basketball team with length to disrupt things defensively and score over smaller defenders at the other end of the court. | Matt Schuckman photo

Coverage of the QHS girls basketball team brought to you by: QUINCY — No one expects it to translate to vintage “Run, Devils, Run,” but the manner in which the Quincy High School girls basketball team plays defense suggests there is a chance the Blue Devils will score often in transition. A lanky, athletic roster…

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Championship mentality: Quincy’s Nicholson helps AAU squad win national title while keeping her focus on improving

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | August 12, 2024
Quincy's Khloe Nicholson, second from right in front row, helped the Missouri Phenom 15U team win the EYBL Nike Nationals championship last month in Chicago. | Submitted photo

QUINCY — All of the windshield time her parents amassed this summer allowed 14-year-old Khloe Nicholson to catch up on two important necessities. “Sleep and watch TV,” she said. Specifically, that meant watching Netflix. “I was a little of everything,” she said. “I liked ‘Cobra Kai.’” But unlike Daniel LaRusso in “The Karate Kid” —…

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