College notebook: Former JWCC women’s coach heads to Colorado, Loos receives all-region nod, Kirn wins Cape Cod opener

Former John Wood Community College women's basketball coach Lauren Bogle is headed to Gunnison, Colo., to be an assistant coach at Western Colorado University. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Lauren Bogle decision to resign as the John Wood Community College women’s basketball coach in early May was partially based on a desire to join a staff where she could learn more from a seasoned head coach. “It’s time to go learn under someone new now, and that means finding another spot,” Bogle…

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JWCC women’s basketball coach resigns to pursue full-time coaching opportunity

Lauren Bogle, who recently resigned as the John Wood Community College women's basketball coach, led the Trail Blazers to a 17-13 record last winter. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Lauren Bogle openly talked about how coaching the John Wood Community College women’s basketball team enabled her to grow both in her ability to draw up Xs and Os and the organization of a program. So what was the most important thing she learned in two seasons at the helm? “Besides everything?” she…

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Winless Spoon River provides perfect tonic for home-court woes for John Wood women

John Wood Community College's Amber Durst sets a screen on a Spoon River College player to clear a path for teammate Grace Deters to dribble to the basket during the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's women's college basketball game at the Student Activity Center in Quincy. | David Adam

QUINCY — Winning at home has been a struggle for the John Wood Community College women’s basketball team this season. Until Wednesday night. The Trail Blazers scored the opening 12 points and 23 of the first 25 to coast to an 87-31 victory over winless Spoon River College in a Mid-West Athletic Conference game at…

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All By Myself: Without twin sister by her side, Flynn becoming one of top scorers in JWCC history

John Wood Community College's Katey Flynn goes up for a layup during Saturday afternoon's game against Danville Area Community College at the Student Activity Center in Quincy. | David Adam

QUINCY – John Wood Community College guard Katey Flynn admits it’s strange not playing alongside her twin sister, Klare, on the basketball court this season. The Flynn twins had been teammates in whatever sport was in season growing up in Mount Sterling. The only previous separation came during their freshman year in high school when…

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JWCC women struggle offensively in final three quarters, lose third consecutive game

John Wood Community College's Katey Flynn tries to shoot a reverse layup during Saturday afternoon's women's college basketball game in the Student Activity Center in Quincy. | David Adam

QUINCY – It was one of those games when it seemed like a lid was on the basket. The John Wood Community College women’s basketball team went more than nine minutes overlapping the second and third quarters without a field goal and managed just seven points in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon to drop a…

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Got your six: JWCC women’s basketball team wins MWAC opener despite depleted bench

John Wood Community College guard Madison McFerrin makes a layup during the second half of Wednesday's Mid-West Athletic Conference victory over Spoon River College at the Student Activity Center. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Lauren Bogle doesn’t dwell on the fact the John Wood Community College women’s basketball team has only six players healthy and eligible at this juncture. “You just need five on the floor, right?” the first-year Trail Blazers coach said. If the Trail Blazers can maintain the right level of defensive aggressiveness without getting…

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Former assistant coach returns to JWCC to take over women’s basketball program

Lauren Bogle

QUINCY — John Wood Community College athletic director Brad Hoyt’s short list of candidates to consider for the women’s basketball coaching position didn’t change because of the relatively short timeframe in which he had to conduct his search. Lauren Bogle’s name was always there. “Her energy and her commitment while she was here has resonated…

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