Central-Southeastern clamps down on Normal U-High in opening-round victory

By Muddy River Sports | December 28, 2023
Junior guard Lauren Miller led the Central-Southeastern girls basketball team with 22 points in the opening-round victory over Normal U-High at the State Farm Holiday Classic. | Muddy River Sports file photo

NORMAL, Ill. — The No. 1 seed played like the No. 1 seed. The Central-Southeastern girls basketball team’s defensive intensity frustrated and stymied Normal U-High from start to finish in Wednesday night’s 67-19 victory in the opening round of the small school bracket of the State Farm Holiday Classic at Normal Community High School. It…

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Photo gallery: QND girls soccer team vs. Normal U-High in Class 1A state semifinals

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | May 28, 2022
The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer players react during the introduction of the starting lineups prior to Friday's Class 1A state semifinal against Normal U-High in Naperville, Ill. | Photo courtesy Randy Dickerman

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team advanced to the Class 1A state championship game with a 1-0 victory over Normal U-High in Friday’s semifinals at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on the North Central College campus. Photographer Randy Dickerman captured images throughout the contest. Check out his work in this photo gallery:

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‘It’s like our homecoming’: Raiders outlast Pioneers to win super-sectional, earn chance to return to Redbird Arena for final four

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 1, 2022
The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball players react to beating Normal U-High 30-28 in Monday night's Class 2A Beardstown Super-Sectional to advance to the state semifinals Thursday at Redbird Arena in Bloomington. Matt Schuckman photo

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — Doubt never fully surfaced. Concern may have. Yet, no matter what level of uneasiness the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball players actually felt during the course of Monday night’s Class 2A Beardstown Super-Sectional, the unshakeable belief they have in each other always prevailed. “We stuck together,” junior guard Abbey Schreacke said. “That’s…

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