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

By Don O'Brien | May 28, 2022
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

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 3, 2022
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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