Start to finish, Blue Devils maintain command in first victory of new year

By Steve Eighinger | January 5, 2025
From left, Quincy High School's Laila Gay, Mia Ellefritz, Bristol Walker and Emma Bunch react on the bench to a teammate making a 3-pointer during Saturday's game against Springfield Southeast at the QHS gym. | Addi Zanger photo

QUINCY — Mark this victory down as comfortably easy. The Quincy High School girls basketball team’s 63-42 victory over Springfield Southeast did not quite qualify as a blowout, but neither was it a nailbiter. “It felt a lot closer than a 21-point game, but at several points it seemed like we were going to blow…

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Energetic and efficient, Blue Devils open season by deflating Crimsons with defense

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 20, 2024
Quincy High School's Khloe Nicholson, right, knocks the ball away from Jacksonville's Chloe Kuhn during Tuesday night's season openr at the QHS gym. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — At the time the Quincy High School girls basketball players went into the locker room to prepare for their varsity tilt, enough of a crowd had filtered into the QHS gym for them to know it might get a little loud. When they re-emerged, the Blue Devils had to do a double-take. The…

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