Quincy Notre Dame finishes unbeaten in WCC after outlasting Central in eventful nine-inning softball game

By Steve Eighinger | May 14, 2025
Quincy Notre Dame teammates gather around home plate after a three-run home run by Joselyn Boyer in the five-run top of the ninth inning during Wednesdays game at Camp Point. | Photo courtesy of Mike Pritchard

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Whew! That major exhale heard shortly before dusk Wednesday four miles northeast of Camp Point was compliments of Quincy Notre Dame softball coach Eric Orne. QND extended its win streak to 10 games but not before dodging several sizable upset-minded bullets from longtime rival Central on a breezy, 83-degree sun-swept afternoon…

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One strike from victory, Raiders give up tying and winning runs in bottom of seventh at Piasa

By Muddy River Sports | April 17, 2025
Morgan Zanger, shown taking a swing during an. April 14 game against Pittsfield, had two hits against Piasa Southwestern on Thursday. | MRN file photo by Shane Hulsey

PIASA, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls softball team was one strike from victory, but a two-out two-strike RBI single tied the score and another RBI single drove home the winning run for Piasa Southwestern in an 8-7 victory on Thursday afternoon. The Raiders led 7-5 entering the bottom of the seventh. Reliever Caitlin…

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‘I feel loved. One-hundred percent’: QND’s Brown stays determined, resilient and positive despite loss of both parents

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 25, 2024
Quincy Notre Dame senior Kaitlyn Brown dealt with losing both of her parents to battles with cancer in the span of eight months, but showed the poise, grace and love to be a bedrock for her family and the QND tennis program. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The words of a text message sent from hundreds of miles away hit closer to Kaitlyn Brown’s heart than any of the other well wishes she received.  A father just knows exactly what to say. “I remember him texting and being like, ‘Oh, you’re going to beat them. You got it. You got…

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Zanger first to wear home run chain as her solo shot sets stage for Raiders’ victory over Saukees

By Shane Hulsey | April 9, 2024
Quincy Notre Dame junior Morgan Zanger heads back to the dugout with the Raiders' new home run chain dangling from her helmet after hitting a solo homer in the first inning of Monday's 4-0 victory over Pittsfield at The Backyard. | Shane Hulsey photo

QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s new home run chain didn’t quite fit over Morgan Zanger’s helmet after her solo shot in the first inning of Monday’s game against Pittsfield. “We did not think that part through,” Zanger said. She also didn’t know the ball had cleared The Backyard’s left-field fence. “Whenever they…

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