Posts Tagged ‘Matt Schuckman’
2020 Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Matt Schuckman, Friend of Sports
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Schuckman will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) The author of “Stand Up and Cheer: A Century of Blue Devils Basketball” and a reporter who has covered the…
Read MoreSchuckman: Panthers turning long road trip into experience to savor
MONROE CITY, Mo. — David Kirby realizes when most people start talking about the best places to eat on a trip to the bootheel of Missouri the conversation will turn to the throwed rolls at Lambert’s in Sikeston. With the Monroe City football team headed to that neck of the woods for Saturday’s Class 1…
Read MoreSchuckman: Observations as basketball returns to November in Gem City
Monday, life seemed renewed. At 5:30 a.m., inside a fully lit Blue Devil Gym, the first high school boys basketball practice of the 2021-22 season at Quincy High School took place. It had been two years since the Blue Devils took the floor on a November morning to kickstart a campaign. For a moment, everything…
Read MoreSchuckman: Tomlinson’s coaching milestone is reflection of program he’s built
For a moment Saturday, Culver-Stockton College women’s soccer coach Tyler Tomlinson didn’t know what was happening. After the playing of the national anthem prior to the Wildcats’ game against MidAmerica Nazarene in Olathe, Kan., the Wildcats’ starting 11 unexpectedly ran off the field. Situated near a far corner of the facility was C-SC junior midfielder…
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? – Two Big Knuckleheads
Matt Schuckman, editor of Muddy River Sports, and David Adam, editor of Muddy River News, get together to talk about the final week of the high school football regular season, the upcoming playoffs, Quincy Notre Dame’s chances in the state soccer playoffs and the best place to get a bite to eat in Alton.
Read MoreSchuck on a Truck Zoom edition: Liberty running back Wentric Williams III
The name is the same. And if you watch Wentric Williams III run with the football tucked tightly in his right arm, you’ll see glimpses of his father. And then there’s that million-watt smile. It’s part of what made Wentric Williams II electric. His namesake shares that electricity. But be clear about one thing —…
Read MoreWhat the Schuck with David Adam
Matt Schuckman, editor of Muddy River Sports, and David Adam, editor of Muddy River News, talk about the football playoff hopes of QHS and QND, a problem at the IHSA state golf tournament that needs to be fixed and the upcoming eighth week of the high school football season — but they are interrupted with…
Read MoreSchuckman: IHSA needs to re-examine equitable treatment of golfers at state tourney
The heartache the Macomb boys golfers endured and the disappointment shared by the Bombers’ rivals resonated loudly. No one considered what happened at the Class 2A state tournament to be equitable or fair. The Bombers shot a 309 in last Friday’s opening round of the state tournament at Weibring Golf Club in Normal, Ill., leaving…
Read MoreSchuckman: Put on the shelf by a royal pain in the leg
Cellulitis. The clinical definition for it is “inflammation of subcutaneous connective tissue.” My description of it is a royal pain in the leg. The bacterial infection causing cellulitis got the better of me again last weekend, and I ended up spending four nights in Blessing Hospital with IVs attached to both arms. For those who…
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Two knuckleheads…or Schuckleheads?
Muddy River Sports/News Editors Matt Schuckman and David Adam talk high school sports and other assorted topics.
Read MoreSchuckman: Calling someone ‘Coach’ is sign of respect they have earned
Jim Wosman no longer coaches baseball at any level at Quincy High School, but being a lifelong seamhead, he’s never far from the game. So it was no surprise when he walked up behind me at a QHS game in the spring and asked if he could saddle up next to me on the wooden…
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Two Big Knuckleheads
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and MRN Editor David Adam talk about Chick-Fil-A, Imo’s Pizza, places to eat in the Quad Cities and … oh, yes, a little high school football as the season enters its fourth week.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown with David Adam
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and MRN Editor David Adam get together to talk about the first two weeks of the high school football season and what to expect during the third week.
Read MoreSchuckman: What would your entrance song be coming out of the bullpen?
Neither Mariano Rivera nor Trevor Hoffman’s mark on baseball can ever be erased. And I’m not talking about their save totals. The Hall of Fame closers — Rivera holds the MLB record with 652 saves, while Hoffman is second with 601 saves — became as recognizable for their entrance music as they were for their…
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Chris Duerr, KHQA
The two titans of local sports sit down and talk sports and other stuff. They will be doing their respective Martin and Lewis (or Key and Peale for this era) schtick every other week on Muddy River Breakdown.
Read MoreSchuck on a Truck: Episode 1 with Bill Connell
Muddy River Sports editor Matt Schuckman and Quincy Notre Dame athletic director Bill Connell reunite on the tailgate of Schuckman’s pickup truck to reminisce about the origins of the post-practice tailgate interviews and discuss everything from Connell’s football coaching career to the impact COVID had on athletics over the past year to his son battling…
Read MoreSchuckman: Take me to the theater to watch baseball’s best movies
QUINCY — The moment produced goosebumps. Maybe a few tears, too. Seeing Kevin Costner emerge from the corn during the pregame ceremony before last week’s Field of Dreams game near Dyersville, Iowa, grabbed you deep in the feels. As the players from both the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox followed the legendary actor…
Read MoreSchuckman: Welcome to opening day
QUINCY — Maybe with a little forethought, our opening day celebration could have included some of the nuances which make the kickstart of the Major League Baseball season so unique. Maybe we could have brought the Clydesdales to town to circle our newsroom. Maybe we could have hung red, white and blue bunting from our…
Read MoreSchuckman: Heat, humidity and return to normal highlight opening of prep practices
QUINCY — High temperatures and humidity which meteorologists turn into the better-take-note-of-these heat indexes greeted high school athletes for the official start of the fall sports season. Don’t think for a moment that turned into an excuse to take a play off or slug through a drill. Quincy Notre Dame football coach Jack Cornell drove…
Read MoreSchuckman: Dinkheller’s disappointment won’t discourage him from bleeding Cubbie blue
QUINCY — Cooper Dinkheller is astute enough at 13 years old to understand professional baseball is a business and a majority of decisions are based on revenue and cost above loyalty and trust. The reality of that hit home Friday. And it hurt. In less than 24 hours, the Cubs’ front office traded away the…
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