Rematch with Ironmen in sectional championship brings about plenty of emotion for Blue Devils

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 5, 2025
Quincy High School boys basketball coach Andy Douglas, left, and senior guard Bradley Longcor III discuss defensive assignments during a free throw in the first half of Tuesday's Class 4A Collinsville Sectional semifinal at Vergil Fletcher Gym in Collinsville, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — As they filed out of Vergil Fletcher Gym on Tuesday night, the Quincy High School boys basketball players weren’t aware of who their opponent would be in Friday’s Class 4A Collinsville Sectional title game. “Either one, I’m excited to play,” senior guard Bradley Longcor III said. He knew there would be motivation…

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Game Night Guide: Quincy High School to face Normal Community for sectional title

By Muddy River Sports | March 1, 2024
Ralph Wires' ability to distribute, score and apply on-the-ball defensive pressure will benefit the Quincy High School boys basketball team in Friday night's Class 4A sectional championship game against Normal Community in Pekin, Ill. | Matt Schuckman photo

Class 4A Pekin Sectional Championship Quincy High School (31-3) vs. Normal Community (29-5) Where: Dawdy Hawkins Gym, Pekin High School When: 7 p.m. Friday Livestream: Pekin Community High School YouTube page Radio: WGEM 105.1 FM Scouting the Blue Devils: Led by the inside-outside combo of junior forward Keshaun Thomas and junior guard Bradley Longcor III…

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Blue Devils fight to bitter end, fall to Ironmen in Class 4A regional volleyball championship

By Don O'Brien | October 27, 2022
The Normal Community volleyball team celebrates after beating Quincy High School in straight sets and winning the Class 4A Quincy Regional championship at the QHS gym. | Photo courtesy Libby Phelps

QUINCY — Quincy High School senior libero Carley Owsley wasn’t about to go down without a fight. “I was prepared for them to be all over the place and to make me move,” Owsley said Thursday night. “I wanted every ball.” And Owsley was able to dig a lot of them as the sixth-seeded Blue…

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Sweet to Elite: Blue Devils upend third-ranked Ironmen for first sectional title since 2000

By Matthew Kamp | March 5, 2022
The Quincy High School boys basketball players celebrate their 56-51 victory over Normal Community in the Class 4A Collinsville Sectional championship game Friday night at Vergil Fletcher Gym. Photo courtesy Matthew Kamp

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — Quincy High School boys basketball coach Andy Douglas’ heart nearly sank. Fortunately for Douglas and the Blue Devils, Normal Community’s Zach Cleveland’s potential game-tying 3-pointer with three seconds left didn’t fall either. “It did everything but go in. It hit the backboard then rimmed out. It takes a little bit of luck…

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