Maroa-Forsyth’s legend-making final scoring drive ends QND’s season in state quarterfinals

Several Quincy Notre Dame football players console each other following Saturday's 22-21 loss to Maroa-Forsyth in the Class 2A state quarterfinals at Walter Boyd Field in Maroa, Ill. | Photo courtesy Jessica Genenbacher

MAROA, Ill. — As soon as Josh Jostes saw his defense force a late game turnover on downs the Maroa-Forsyth football coach went to find his quarterback. “I pulled (Ryne Sheppard) over and said, ‘This is what legends are made of,’” Jostes said. Sheppard led the Trojans on an 11-play, 94-yard scoring drive capped off…

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Playoff primer: QND travels to Maroa-Forsyth for Class 2A state quarterfinal

The Quincy Notre Dame football team is in the state quarterfinals for the first time since the 2019 season. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Here is a closer look at the Quincy Notre Dame football team’s matchup with Maroa-Forsyth: When: 2 p.m. Saturday What: Class 2A state quarterfinal Where: Walter Boyd Field, Maroa-Forsyth High School Records: Quincy Notre Dame — 10-1 (5-0, first in Central State Eight Conference West Division). Maroa-Forsyth — 10-1 (7-1, second in Sangamo…

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Left-handed hurler ruins QND baseball team’s win streak, championship dreams

Quincy Notre Dame catcher Michael Stupavsky hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning Saturday in the Class 2A sectional championship against Maroa-Forsyth. | Matt Schuckman file photo

PLEASANT PLAINS, Ill. — With his Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s season on the line Saturday afternoon, Raiders coach Ryan Oden knew all hope wasn’t lost. The Raiders trailed Maroa-Forsyth by five runs going into the bottom of the seventh inning of a Class 2A sectional championship game at Reiser Field. “I knew we had…

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‘There’s more in the tank’: QND boys rely on defense to pave way to sectional title game

The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team, sitting behind the QND boys bench Wednesday night at the Class 2A Stanford Olympia Sectional, reacts to a basket during the second half of the Raiders' 60-42 victory over Maroa-Forsyth. Matt Schuckman photo

STANFORD, Ill. — The first four minutes of the second half Wednesday night may have been the most energetic and engaged stretch defensively the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team has played this season. The Raiders even smiled at the suggestion they are at their best right now. But don’t read too much into that.…

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