Max-imum effort: Frericks’ save on first PK in shootout carries QND to sectional semifinal win

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 22, 2023
Quincy Notre Dame goalkeeper Max Frericks dives over the top of Mendota's Isaac Diaz to make the save during the second half of Saturday's Class 1A sectional semifinal in Chillicothe, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — The value of Max Frericks’ presence in goal can’t be overstated or undersold. He’s a game changer. The Mendota boys soccer team became the latest to realize so Saturday in a penalty-kick shootout to decide who plays for a Class 1A sectional championship. The 6-foot-3 Quincy Notre Dame senior goalkeeper stopped the…

Read More

Photo gallery: QND upends Mendota in Class 1A boys soccer sectional semifinals

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 22, 2023
Quincy Notre Dame's Leo Cann, left, boots a ball past Mendota defender Kaleb Kleckner during Saturday's Class 1A sectional semifinal in Chillicothe, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — One hundred minutes Saturday afternoon wasn’t enough for either the Quincy Notre Dame or Mendota boys soccer team to can any separation. So the recent postseason nemesis went to a penalty kick shootout to decide who advanced. The Raiders won the shootout 4-1, giving them a 3-2 victory and a spot in Wednesday’s…

Read More

Quiet assassins: QND soccer team turns laser focus into rout of Mendota for sectional title

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 23, 2022
Quincy Notre Dame senior forward Tanner Anderson, left, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his fourth goal during Saturday's 7-1 victory over Mendota in the Class 1A sectional championship game in Mendota, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

MENDOTA, Ill. — Everything Greg Reis observed Saturday morning left him convinced the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer players had the right disposition to run down a sectional championship. “We had a special energy when we went to mass and then went to breakfast,” the QND coach said. Yet, the tone seemed to change when…

Read More

Aggressive attack carries Raiders into sectional title game against Trojans

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 20, 2021

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — The effort in the two regional victories couldn’t be considered lackluster, but the pin-the-defense-back-with-an-all-out-attack seemed to be absent. Tuesday night, the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer team brought it back to life. The Raiders scored three first-half goals, consistently applied pressure on the Somonauk goal and headed home with a 4-0 victory…

Read More