Deja vu all over again: Hornettes dash Panthers’ state dreams in super-sectional

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | March 4, 2025
Central-Southeastern seniors Claire Huston, left, and Lauren Miller exit the floor for the final time in their high school careers during the fourth quarter of the Panthers' 58-41 loss to Nashville in Monday's Vandalia Super-Sectional game in Vandalia, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

VANDALIA, Ill. — Same opponent, same round, same gym, and unfortunately for the Central-Southeastern girls basketball team, the same result. Nashville ended the Panthers’ postseason journey one step shy of a trip to the state tournament for the second straight season, winning 58-41 in the Class 2A Vandalia Super-Sectional in the Vandalia High School gym.…

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‘We never lost faith and we never gave in’: Resilient effort not enough to keep Raiders’ postseason run alive

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 5, 2023
Quincy Notre Dame running back Ivan Hun, left, gets hit by a Nashville defender during Saturday's Class 2A second-round playoff game at Advance Physical Therapy Field. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The team which grasped onto a flicker of hope weeks ago and let it light the way to the playoffs tried everything imaginable Saturday to keep that flame from dying out. Still, the Quincy Notre Dame football players discovered what flickers usually fades away. Nashville brought the extinguisher. An Isaac Blazier 5-yard touchdown…

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Photo gallery: QND fights to overcome first-half deficit, falls short in second-round playoff loss

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 5, 2023
Quincy Notre Dame's Gavin Doellman, left, heads into the end zone on a 15-yard touchdown during the second half of Saturday's Class 2A second-round playoff game against Nashville at Advance Physical Therapy Field. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame senior center Ben Schwartz called the never-give-in attitude of the QND football team is tradition. Saturday, the Raiders upheld the tradition, battling until the final snap in a 27-18 loss to Nashville in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman was at Advance…

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Hornets seize complete control in third quarter, knock Mustangs out of playoffs

By Muddy River Sports | October 31, 2021

NASHVILLE, Ill. — Riker Triplett’s 5-yard touchdown reception on the final play of the first half Saturday put the Unity-Payson football team in position to challenge sixth-seeded Nashville in the second half of Saturday’s Class 2A first-round playoff game. The Hornets quickly pushed the challenger aside. Leading 21-14 after Triplett’s TD, Nashville scored three touchdowns…

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