‘I didn’t think we’d be in this situation’: Inefficient effort offensively dooms Blue Devils in super-sectional

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 11, 2025
Quincy High School's Max Wires, left, looks up at the clock as teammate Bradley Longcor III wipes away tears in the final 20 seconds of Monday night's 58-50 loss to Lisle Benet Academy in the Class 4A super-sectional at CEFCU Arena in Normal, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

NORMAL, Ill. — Andy Douglas didn’t remember what he said in the locker room because he didn’t know what to say when he walked in there. Tasked with offering some sense of comfort to his Quincy High School boys basketball team following its 58-50 loss Monday night to Lisle Benet Academy in the Class 4A…

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Photo gallery: QHS’s season ends with loss to Benet Academy in Class 4A Normal Super-Sectional

By Muddy River Sports | March 11, 2025
Quincy High School boys basketball coach Andy Douglas talks to his starting five just before the tipoff at the start of Monday's Class 4A Normal Super-Sectional against Lisle Benet Academy at CEFCU Arena on the Illinois State University campus. | Matt Schuckman photo

NORMAL, Ill. — A scoring droiught that lasted more than five minutes at the start of the game put the Quincy High School boys basketball team in catch-up mode for the entirety of Monday night’s 58-50 loss to Lisle Benet Academy in the Class 4A Normal Super-Sectional at CEFCU Arena on the Illinois State University…

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Wires, Blue Devils putting best foot forward in search of trip to state final four

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 10, 2025
Quincy High School senior point guard Kamren Wires gets announced as a starter before last Friday's Class 4A Collinsville Sectional championship game against Normal Community at Vergil Fletcher Gym in Collinsville, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Each time Kamren Wires stood up to walk, the pain surged through his left foot and ankle, and that cast further doubt on the possibility he’d play anymore this postseason. “The doctors said I was out for three or four weeks, and I believed them,” said the Quincy High School boys basketball team’s…

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