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QND baseball team overmatched by Sacred Heart-Griffin pitcher in 3-0 loss in regional championship
QUINCY – Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin pitcher Andy Antonacci was confident striding off the mound after striking out the side in the top of the first inning. “Some days I feel like I just get in a groove, and from there I don’t feel or hear anything. I just go out and throw,” he said. “Today…
Read MoreTurners enjoy father-son moment in Routt’s regional championship victory over Brown County
MENDON, Ill. — Jacksonville Routt baseball coach Ryan Turner admitted the father in him came out as his son, Routt junior left-hander Brady Turner, put the finishing touches on a complete game to help the Rockets beat Brown County 7-1 on Saturday and capture their third straight Class 1A regional title. “I’m his biggest fan,”…
Read MorePleasant Plains’ Lowder ties up Pittsfield by tossing three-hit shutout in regional title game
RIVERTON, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team couldn’t figure out how to make Pleasant Plains pitcher Seth Lowder regret making a mistake. Truth be told, Lowder rarely made a miscue. The senior right-hander handcuffed the Saukees throughout Saturday’s Class 2A Riverton Sectional championship, tossing a three-hit shutout as the Cardinals won 4-0 to repeat as…
Read MoreTop-seeded Eureka grabs first-inning lead, never lets Macomb recover in regional championship
MACOMB, Ill. — The home-field advantage didn’t help the Macomb baseball team against the top-seeded team in the sub-sectional. Eureka scored five runs in the first inning Saturday and used a solid pitching effort from Cohen Alstat to beat the Bombers 7-2 in the championship game of the Class 2A Macomb Regional at Phil Bradley…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Raiders can’t get runner past first base, strike out 10 times as season ends at 19-11
Sacred Heart-Griffin’s Nick Antonacci tossed a no-hitter and struck out 10 batters in Saturday’s Class 2A regional championship game against Quincy Notre Dame on Saturday in Quincy. He issued three walks and hit a batter, but he didn’t allow a runner to advance beyond first base. The closest QND came to a hit was in…
Read MoreRockets’ Kessler mows down Eagles, ending Liberty’s pursuit of regional crown
WINCHESTER, Ill. — A career day dashed the Liberty baseball team’s dreams of playing for a regional title, and it came courtesy of a familiar foe. Rushville-Industry senior right-hander Macon Kessler struck out a career-high 16 batters and tossed a complete-game shutout as the sixth-seeded Rockets ended the fourth-seeded Eagles’ season with an 8-0 victory…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Liberty baseball team’s season ends with loss to Rushville-Industry
WINCHESTER, Ill. — Liberty senior right-hander Jack Sparrow held Rushville-Industry scoreless for the first four innings and struck out 15 batters, but Rockets senior Macon Kessler tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out a career-high 16 batters in the Rockets’ 8-0 victory in the Class 1A Bluffs Regional semifinals. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey…
Read MoreLahr takes care of business on mound, at bat as QND snares shutout victory in regional baseball semifinal
QUINCY – Bradi Lahr picked an opportune time for his best pitching performance of the season. The junior right-hander scattered five hits and struck out 11 in going the distance Wednesday night as Quincy Notre Dame pulled away late for a 7-0 victory over Petersburg PORTA in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional tournament…
Read More‘That was freaking awesome’: Buss delivers game-winning single in bottom of seventh for Brown County
MENDON, Ill. — Good luck wiping the smile off of Jack Buss’ face any time soon. Buss, Brown County’s senior catcher, delivered a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory in Wednesday’s Class 1A Mendon Unity Regional semifinal game against Unity. “That was freaking awesome,” Buss said. After…
Read MoreGone with the Wind: Routt’s small-ball attack helps eliminate Payson Seymour from Class 1A regional
MENDON, Ill. — The Jacksonville Routt baseball team’s death-by-a-thousand-cuts strategy paid off in the form of a trip to the Class 1A Mendon Unity Regional championship game. The No. 2 seed Rockets rattled out 12 hits — 10 of them singles — on a blustery day in Mendon and scored in all but one of…
Read MoreReinhardt’s three-run homer propels Pittsfield baseball team into regional title tilt against Pleasant Plains
RIVERTON, Ill. — Clayton Reinhardt gave the Pittsfield baseball team’s regional title hopes a jolt. It was more like a lightning bolt to right field. Reinhardt helped erase a three-run deficit with a five-run rally in the fifth inning, capped by his go-ahead, three-run home run as fourth-seeded Pittsfield beat seventh-seeded Williamsville 7-5 in Wednesday’s…
Read MoreMacomb builds five-run cushion, squashes Illini West’s rally in regional baseball semifinal victory
MACOMB, Ill. — The Macomb baseball team figured out how to wriggle out of a pair late-inning jams to maintain its lead and keep its season alive with a 5-2 victory over Illini West in the Wednesday’s semifinals of the Class 2A Macomb Regional at Phil Bradley Field. The fifth-seeded Bombers will face top-seeded Eureka…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Four-run sixth inning gives Raiders breathing room as they earn rematch Saturday with SHG
Quincy Notre Dame scored four runs in the sixth inning to pull away late for a 7-0 victory over Petersburg PORTA on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional tournament at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield. The third-seeded Raiders improved to 19-10 and earned a date against second-seeded Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin in…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Brown County’s Maxwell nearly hurls complete game, hits game-tying homer in regional victory
MENDON, Ill. — Brown County right-hander Myer Maxwell tossed 6 ⅓ innings while giving up two runs and belted his first home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning, tying the game and setting the stage for Jack Buss’ walk-off single in the seventh as the Hornets beat Mendon Unity 3-2…
Read MorePalmyra baseball team falls behind 4-0 in first inning, musters just five hits in district title game loss
MACON, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team’s first-inning hole proved too deep to climb out of. The Panthers surrendered four runs in the bottom of the first, including a leadoff home run to Kennon Isaacson, in a 6-1 loss to Macon in Tuesday’s Class 3 District 6 championship game. The Panthers’ lone run came in…
Read MoreCanton baseball team limited to one hit with 15 strikeouts in district semifinal setback
QUEEN CITY, Mo. — Gage Brownell was the Canton baseball team’s kryptonite on Tuesday. Brownell, a junior right-handed pitcher for Schuyler County, tossed a one-hit complete game and struck out 15 batters in the Rams’ 3-1 victory over the Tigers in Tuesday’s Class 2 District 6 semifinal. The Tigers’ only hit came in the bottom…
Read MorePositive reinforcement: Wiewel’s strength, poise and leadership leads to remarkable results
QUINCY — The voice Abram Wiewel hears when he steps into the batter’s box is the same one he listens to when he stands atop the pitcher’s mound. It’s his own. However, the message varies. “My hitting and pitching mentalities are kind of polar opposites,” said the senior stalwart on the Quincy Notre Dame baseball…
Read MoreTriplett survives tightrope walk, leaves bases loaded in seventh as QND baseball team turns tables on QHS
QUINCY — On Friday, redemption was spelled “Q-N-D.” Ten days after losing to Quincy High School 10-0, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team exacted crosstown revenge by beating the Blue Devils 9-6 on Friday. “We really needed this,” QND junior catcher and right-handed pitcher Oliver Triplett said. Triplett’s tightrope act in the bottom of the…
Read MoreCompton’s clutch at-bat, complete-game effort push Palmyra into district championship game
MACON, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team had the right hitter at the plate at the right time. Rylan Compton’s bases-loaded single to left field with out in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday gave the second-seeded Panthers and 2-1 walk-off victory over third-seeded Clark County in the semifinals of the Class 3 District…
Read MoreBrown County baseball team’s 11-run frame puts it in control in victory over Rushville-Industry
MT. STERLING, Ill. — An 11-run inning put the Brown County baseball team in control of Friday’s game, but the Hornets had to survive a late Rushville-Industry rally to post a 17-13 victory and end a three-game skid. The Hornets led 17-11 heading to the seventh inning when the Rockets put together a pair of…
Read MorePittsfield baseball team has 20/20 vision after nine-run inning secures victory over Triopia
CONCORD, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team wasn’t going to be denied its 20th victory. Trailing Triopia 2-1 entering the fourth inning, the Saukees took the lead with a four-run frame and then cemented their 14-3 victory with a nine-run outburst in the fifth inning. The victory improved the Saukees to 20-10, marking their fourth…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Marth hits first QND home run to pad Raiders’ lead in victory over Blue Devils
QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame freshman infielder Kaden Marth hit the first home run of his high school career in the seventh inning of a 9-6 victory over Quincy High School on Friday. Oliver Triplett escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh by striking out Jacob Salisbury to end the game. Muddy…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Friday, May 16
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Read MoreRobertson’s double in bottom of 11th inning lifts Illini West past Jacksonville Routt
CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team is getting used to battling until the end. Thursday’s 6-5 victory in 11 innings over Jacksonville Routt at Jake Burling Field marked the second straight day the Chargers won a game in their last at-bat and the second time this week they’ve played extra innings. This time,…
Read MoreRabe drives in four runs as Unity’s offense comes alive in victory over Central
MENDON, Ill. — The Mendon Unity baseball team didn’t let Thursday’s game come down to one play The Mustangs scored six runs in the second inning and five more in the third to pull away for a 13-1 victory in five innings over Camp Point Central. Unity snapped a four-game losing streak in which it…
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Read MoreArea scoreboard for Wednesday, May 14
Here is the area scoreboard for Wednesday, May 14: Prep baseball Illini West 8, Orion 7 Liberty 15, Pleasant Hill/Western 0 Macomb 5, Beardstown 3 Winchester West Central 1, Mendon Unity 0 Kirksville 10, Palmyra 0 Rock Island Alleman 4, Quincy High School 2 Prep softball Quincy Notre Dame 10, Camp Point Central 8 Quincy…
Read MoreFive-game win streak comes to end for QHS baseball team as late rally fizzles against Alleman
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A late-inning rally ran out of steam as the Quincy High School baseball team saw its five-game win streak snapped with a 4-2 loss to Rock Island Alleman in Western Big 6 Conference play Wednesday. The Blue Devils trailed 4-1 heading to the sixth inning when Cameron Lawson singled leading off…
Read MoreWinchester West Central wins pitchers’ duel with Unity by scoring game’s lone run in eighth inning
WINCHESTER, Ill. — The ultimate pitchers’ duel ended in an opportunistic way. After Mendon Unity right-hander Skylar Goudschaal and Winchester West Central right-hander Cameron Sievers matched each other by posting zeroes through 7½ innings, the Cougars took advantage of an error in the bottom of the eighth inning to plate the winning run in a…
Read MoreChoice words from coach light fire under Pittsfield baseball team in 18-7 victory over Liberty
LIBERTY, Ill. — After the bottom of the first inning in which the Pittsfield baseball team gave up four runs and fell behind Liberty 4-2, Saukees coach Zach Ferguson gathered his team in front of their third-base dugout. Ferguson did not disclose exactly what he said to his troops. Rather, he gave the PG version.…
Read MoreMacomb’s Lambert shuts out Notre Dame over final six innings, strikes out seven in victory
MACOMB, Ill. — Once Langdon Lambert worked his way out of a tough first inning, the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team didn’t harm him again. The Macomb right-hander limited the Raiders to three hits over the final six scoreless innings to close out a 9-2 victory Tuesday at Phil Bradley Field. Lambert struck out seven,…
Read MoreWells tosses one-hitter as QHS baseball team wins fifth consecutive game in rout of Central
CAMP POINT, Ill. — A two-out single in the third inning is all that stood between Noah Wells and a no-hitter. Wells allowed just one hit, struck out five and walked one Tuesday as the Quincy High School baseball team won its fifth straight game with a 10-0 victory over Camp Point Central. Wells walked…
Read MoreSix-run third inning puts Illini West in command as it goes on to 14-4 victory over Beardstown
CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team got back to its winning ways on Tuesday, and a big third inning was the catalyst in doing so. Trailing Beardstown 4-3 entering the bottom of the third, the Chargers cashed in six runs to take a 9-4 lead and never looked back, tacking on five more…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Saukees rout Eagles, move within two victories of fourth consecutive 20-victory season
LIBERTY, Ill. — The Pittsfield baseball team rebounded from a slow start and scored eight unanswered runs two different times to beat Liberty 18-7 on Tuesday. With victories in their final two regular season games, the Saukees (18-10) can reach 20 wins for the fourth year in a row. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey…
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Read MoreLawson enjoys view from third-base coaching box as QHS baseball team compiles 17 runs, 22 hits
QUINCY — Quincy High School baseball coach Rick Lawson did not have to do much more in the third base coaches’ box than wave his right arm in a circle to send baserunner after baserunner home. The Blue Devils cranked out 22 hits and scored eight runs in two different innings in a 17-2 rout…
Read MoreIllini West baseball team fails to plate go-ahead run, loses to Lewistown on 13th inning sacrifice fly
LEWISTOWN, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team had its chances to push across the go-ahead run in extra innings Monday. After the Chargers failed to do so, Lewistown took advantage. The Indians loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning and used Brett Pasley’s sacrifice fly to score the…
Read MoreHannibal baseball team reaches .500 for first time since early April with nine-run victory
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. — Patrick Arthaud and Gavin Dudley combined for six hits and six RBIs, and the Hannibal baseball team scored six runs in the seventh inning to pull away for a 10-1 win over Montgomery County on Monday. Arthaud gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead with a single in the first inning and…
Read MoreCanton’s Brewer strikes out 16, allows three hits in shutout victory over Highland
CANTON, Mo. — Preston Brewer struck out 16 batters in a complete-game shutout as the Canton baseball team beat Highland 6-0 on Monday. Brewer struck out the side in four different innings, and each of his first eight outs were strikeouts. He did not walk a batter, surrendered just three hits and threw 72 of…
Read MoreCarter’s grand slam swings tide in West Hancock’s favor in WCC victory over Unity
HAMILTON, Ill. — Brayden Carter gave the West Hancock baseball team the lead for good with one swing. The Titans scored seven runs in the fifth inning Monday, highlighted by Carter’s grand slam that led to a 7-4 victory over Mendon Unity and West Hancock’s second West Central Conference victory in its last three games.…
Read MorePalmyra’s Miller slams door on Clopton’s rally, secures one-run victory
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. — Reason Miller showed the grit a reliever needs. After the Palmyra baseball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning Monday to build a three-run lead over Clopton, the Hawks scored twice with one out and had the bases loaded with the bottom of the order due up. That’s…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Blue Devils get one step closer to .500 in shellacking of Pioneers
QUINCY — The Quincy High School baseball team pounded out 22 hits and moved to within one victory of .500 in a 17-2 Western Big 6 Conference victory over Rock Island Alleman on Monday. Five different Blue Devils had three or more hits, and every player in the starting lineup had a hit and either…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Monday, May 12
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Read MoreSaalborn extinguishes Payson Seymour offense while red-hot Blue Devils offense keeps producing
QUINCY — Just call Chase Saalborn “The Fireman.” In his first varsity start, the junior right-hander extinguished Payson Seymour’s offense by tossing a five-inning, complete-game shutout in the Blue Devils’ 10-0 victory on Saturday. As Saalborn watched from the dugout while the Blue Devils scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth to put…
Read MoreBombers score enough in third inning to withstand Chargers’ late rally, earn road victory
CARTHAGE, Ill. — One big outburst was enough to carry the Macomb baseball team to victory. The Bombers trailed Illini West 2-0 in Saturday’s game at Jake Burling Field before erupting for six runs in the third inning. The Chargers scored twice in the sixth inning and got the leadoff hitter on base in the…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Blue Devils all smiles as baseball, softball teams sweep three games at home
QUINCY — The Quincy High School baseball team defeated Payson Seymour 10-0, and the softball team won both games of a doubleheader with Granite City by scores of 13-3 and 17-7 on Saturday. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured these images from the baseball and softball diamonds.
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Saturday, May 10
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Read MoreZehnle closes door on Indians’ one-run victory over Mustangs
MENDON, Ill. — As the strings tightened, Raulin Zehnle stayed composed. Zehnle retired the final four batters he faced in a one-run game and stranded the tying run on base in the sixth to help the Payson Seymour baseball team beat Mendon Unity 2-1 on Friday. Zehnle took the ball from Connor Howell with the…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Friday, May 9
Here is the area scoreboard for Friday, May 9: Prep baseball Payson Seymour 2, Mendon Unity 1 Greenfield/Northwestern 9, Camp Point Central 7 Highland 4, Marceline 4 Palmyra 21, Highland 6 Liberty 13, Lutheran 3 Macomb 8, West Hancock 0 Monroe City 14, Van-Far 8 Petersburg PORTA 9, Pittsfield 7 Prep softball Quincy Notre Dame…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Conkright brothers shine in West Hancock’s upset victory over QND
HAMILTON, Ill. — West Hancock senior third baseman Grayson Conkright hit a three-run home run and reached base four times, and his brother, junior Layton Conkright, had two RBIs and pitched the final 3⅔ innings to earn the save in a 9-4 victory over Quincy Notre Dame on Thursday. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey…
Read MoreOliver hits two home runs to help Canton baseball team stretch winning streak to four games
PARIS, Mo. — Kaden Oliver hit two home runs and drove in four runs as the Canton baseball team homered four times and beat Paris 11-6 on Thursday. Oliver, a junior center fielder, hit a solo home run with two outs to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning,…
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Read More‘It’s a big, big, big win’: Coming into game with 3-15 record, West Hancock baseball team stuns QND
HAMILTON, Ill. — Layton Conkright’s exuberance after the final out encapsulated what Thursday’s 9-4 victory over Quincy Notre Dame meant to him and the West Hancock baseball program. After Conkright got Logan Sutton to ground out to end the game, Conkright pumped his fists, let out a roar that was probably audible from Warsaw and…
Read MoreSparrow gets final out with tying run on third base as Liberty goes extra innings in comeback victory
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — With the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, pitcher Reed Sparrow got Eli Olson to ground out to first baseman Gavin Edgar for the final out in Liberty’s 7-6 victory over Jacksonville Routt on Thursday afternoon in a high school baseball game. Two…
Read MorePuterbaugh, Hull combine for six hits, eight RBIs as Pittsfield scores at least 10 runs for 13th time
PAYSON, Ill. — Pittsfield’s Draven Puterbaugh and Tim Hull combined for six hits and eight RBIs, and four Saukees had three hits in a 15-6 victory over Payson Seymour on Thursday. Hull and Puterbaugh drove in the Saukees’ first three runs with two-out singles as part of a five-run top of the first inning. Hayden…
Read MorePalmyra needs only three innings to score 22 runs, ends Clarence Cannon Conference play with 5-1 record
SHELBINA, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team took advantage of 15 walks and 10 hits to score 22 runs in a 22-0 victory over South Shelby on Thursday afternoon. Palmyra (11-9) finished Clarence Cannon Conference play with a 5-1 record. It plays twice on Friday — at 4 p.m. against Marceline and at 8 p.m.…
Read MoreWiewel blasts 12th home run, freshman tosses complete game two-hitter as QND routs Southeastern
AUGUSTA, Ill. — Abram Wiewel hit his 12th home run of the season and freshman Reese Schertel hurled a complete game two-hitter for his first varsity victory as the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team cruised to a 12-2 victory over Southeastern in five innings on Wednesday. Wiewel also drove in four runs for the Raiders (17-7).…
Read MoreLawson escapes fifth-inning jam, Brown tosses two scoreless innings in relief in 4-3 victory for QHS
STERLING, Ill. — The Quincy High School baseball team escaped a jam in the fifth inning, and reliever Nick Brown threw two scoreless innings of relief to preserve a 4-3 victory over Sterling on Wednesday afternoon in a Western Big 6 Conference game. An error and two singles scored a run for Sterling in the…
Read MoreBarker beats throw on infield grounder in bottom of eighth to score winning run for Payson Seymour
PAYSON, Ill. — Lane Barker beat the throw home on a ground ball to second base and scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Payson Seymour baseball team captured an 8-7 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Isiah Brass set down Central (7-16) in order in the top of the eighth.…
Read MoreDay waits to hear about classroom test but aces test on pitcher’s mound in QHS shutout of QND
QUINCY — James Day doesn’t necessarily want to take his AP Government test again, but if it helps him pitch like he did on Tuesday, he gladly would. About an hour before his scheduled start against Quincy Notre Dame, Day, a junior at Quincy High School, finished the test he needs to pass to earn…
Read MoreHannibal baseball team lets lead dwindle to one, then escapes seventh-inning jam against Clark County
KAHOKA, Mo. — The Hannibal baseball team let Clark County back in the game, but quality at-bats combined with timely pitching in the final inning gave the Pirates the cushion they needed to defeat the Indians 15-11 on Tuesday. The Pirates led 12-6 entering the bottom of the sixth. The Indians scored five runs with…
Read MoreTen walks, five with bases loaded, help Canton baseball team come from behind to edge Central
CANTON, Mo. — Four bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the sixth inning helped the Canton baseball team erase a two-run deficit and come from behind to defeat Central 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon. Bleu Taylor sealed the victory for the Tigers, retiring the Panthers in order in the top of the seventh. The victory was…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Dent, Konrad ignite Blue Devils’ offense in dominant victory over Notre Dame
QUINCY — Mason Dent and Nate Konrad hit home runs and the Quincy High School baseball team cranked out 12 hits in a dominant 10-0 victory over Quincy Notre Dame at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield on Tuesday. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured these images from the crosstown showdown.
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Tuesday, May 6
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Read MoreBottom three in Illini West batting order combine for eight hits, five RBIs, four runs in victory over Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team’s lineup has no easy outs, and Monday’s game against Pittsfield provided the most recent evidence. The bottom three in the Chargers’ order — Ethan Carlisle, Carson Purdy and Grady Blue — went a combined 8 for 10 with five RBIs and scored four runs in a 10-4…
Read MoreBlue Devils get tying run on base in seventh but can’t score in frustrating 3-2 setback to Sterling
QUINCY — The close game woes continue to plague the Quincy High School baseball team. The Blue Devils got the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh inning against Sterling on Monday, but they were unable to cash it in as they suffered a 3-2 Western Big 6 Conference loss. They now…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Wiewel strikes out 16, Raiders pull away from Hornets late
QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame senior Abram Wiewel continues to stake his claim as one of the top baseball players in the area. Wiewel struck out 16 Brown County batters and added a triple in QND’s 10-2 victory on Monday. Wiewel has compiled a 2.14 ERA with 69 strikeouts in 36 innings and is hitting…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Monday, May 5
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Read More‘Brum Strong’: Wiewel blasts 11th homer in first inning of Notre Dame baseball’s victory over Central
QUINCY — Abram Wiewel says he does not get caught up in the numbers, but they are difficult to ignore. The Quincy Notre Dame senior shortstop and right-handed pitcher cranked his 11th home run of the season in the first inning of the Raiders’ 13-6 victory over Camp Point Central on Friday. Amidst his power…
Read MoreTwo-out success for Hannibal baseball team supports solid pitching performance by Scott
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Persistence with two outs paid off for the Hannibal baseball team against Palmyra on Friday. The Pirates scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth after the first two batters of the innings were retired, and their pitching held the Panthers at bay over the final three innings…
Read MoreHornets rebound from back-to-back losses, win third straight game in 13-3 rout of Liberty
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — The Brown County baseball team has rounded back into form, and the depth of the Hornets’ lineup continues to be a reason why. After back-to-back losses to Greenfield/Northwestern and Winchester West Central on Monday and Tuesday, the Hornets have won three games in three days by a combined 21 runs, the…
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Read MorePirates can’t keep up with Columbia Hickman firepower in 8-4 loss at home
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Patrick Arthaud may have bragging rights over his brother, Alex, for a little while. Patrick, a junior infielder on the Hannibal baseball team, belted his first career home run in the fifth inning of Thursday’s game against Columbia Hickman. The home run trimmed the Pirates’ deficit to 8-3, and the Kewpies won…
Read MoreBlue Devils grab early lead again, Brown makes it stand up in road victory against Beardstown
BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Quincy High School baseball team did not let the lead slip away this time. A day after blowing a six-run lead in a 10-9 loss to United Township, the Blue Devils jumped on Beardstown with four runs in the first inning. After escaping a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Arthaud brothers enjoy bountiful day at plate, but Hannibal falls to Hickman on diamond
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal junior Patrick Arthaud hit his first career home run in the fifth inning, and his brother, Alex, hit a seventh-inning double that nearly left the yard, but the Pirates fell to Columbia Hickman 8-4 on Thursday. Patrick went 2 for 3, and Alex also drew a walk in the first inning.…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Thursday, May 1
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Read MoreBrown County’s Dieterle strikes out every batter he faces in return from Tommy John surgery to finish shutout
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Brown County sophomore Collin Dieterle could hardly concentrate at school on Wednesday, not because of a big test that was coming up or a grade that made him nervous. Dieterle could not focus because Hornets baseball coach Jared Hoots told him in the morning that if the right situation arose, he…
Read MoreBlue Devils rack up nine runs in third but can’t hold on in Western Big 6 loss at United Township
UNITED TOWNSHIP, Ill. — The tide turned quickly on the Quincy High School baseball team on Wednesday. The Blue Devils scored nine runs in the top of the third inning of their Western Big 6 Conference game against United Township to take a 9-3 lead, but that lead only lasted two innings. The Panthers rallied…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Staton pitches six shutout innings, gives way to Dieterle as Hornets get back on track
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Brown County senior right-hander Eli Staton held Augusta Southeastern off the scoreboard in six innings of work on Wednesday before handing the ball off to Collin Dieterle, who made his first pitching appearance since having Tommy John surgery in July 2024, as the Hornets beat the Suns 8-0. Staton gave up…
Read MoreWiewel’s homer to lead off seventh sparks seven-run surge to give Raiders victory over Clark County
KAHOKA, Mo. — Another day, another Abram Wiewel home run — but this one ignited a game-saving rally. With the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team trailing Clark County 11-10 in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday, Wiewel belted a leadoff home run, sparking a seven-run inning. Bradi Lahr hit a two-run home run…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Tuesday, April 29
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Read MoreHannibal’s three-game winning streak in NCMC play comes to end as Moberly takes control early
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal baseball team’s bid for a three-game conference winning streak ended in a 13-1 loss to Moberly on Monday at the Veterans Sports Complex. The Spartans scored six runs in the first inning and had an 8-0 lead before the Pirates came to bat in the bottom of the second. Hannibal…
Read MoreBack-to-back homers get Raiders off to great start, Lahr drives in seven runs in 21-0 victory
MENDON, Ill. — The first two at-bats for the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team against Unity were a harbinger of things to come. Freshman Eli Johnson and senior Abram Wiewel belted back-to-back home runs in the top of the first, then the Raiders piled on 19 combined runs in the third and fourth innings —…
Read MoreBlue Devils’ Gibson wastes little time, gives United Township first conference loss of season
QUINCY — Efficient and effective. That’s what Drake Gibson was on Monday. The Quincy High School junior left-hander threw just 81 pitches and did not give up an earned run in a complete game effort as the Blue Devils beat United Township 4-1 on Monday in Western Big 6 Conference play, handing the Panthers their first…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Monday, April 28
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Read MoreRaiders rebound from tough defeat on Friday to snag pair of victories in Clopton on Saturday
CLOPTON, Mo. — A quick turnaround did not bother the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team. Less than 15 hours after a 10-2 road loss to Illini West, the Raiders made the 75-minute drive to Clopton for a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. QND combined for 22 runs in two games, defeating Clopton 13-6 and…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Saturday, April 26
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Read MoreMuscling Up: Watkins’ homer ignites fuse for eight-run inning as Illini West baseball team thumps QND
CARTHAGE, Ill. — Illini West senior catcher Shawn Watkins Jr.’s home plate collision with Quincy Notre Dame’s Oliver Triplett did not faze him. Watkins, a two-time state qualifying wrestler, welcomed the physicality. “It’s not the first one of the year, and it probably won’t be the last one,” Watkins said. “I feel like wrestling toughens…
Read MoreHannibal grabs early lead, holds on to win and to move above .500 in North Central Missouri Conference play
HANNIBAL, Mo. — One day after a walk-off victory over Fulton, the Hannibal baseball team had to hang on for dear life to hold off Marshall on Friday. The Pirates nearly let a 5-0 lead slip away but escaped with a 5-4 victory in North Central Missouri Conference play at the Veterans Sports Complex. The…
Read MoreSims fans Rolando to earn measure of revenge for Liberty baseball team in 2-1 victory over Unity
LIBERTY, Ill. — Unity infielder Carter Rolando broke the Liberty baseball team’s heart on April 9. Jackson Sims made sure Rolando didn’t do it again on Friday. A little more than two weeks after delivering a walk-off single in the 10th inning of a 2-1 Mustangs victory, Rolando again stepped to the plate in a…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Chargers’ Carlisle carries no-hit bid into fifth inning against Raiders
Illini West starting pitcher Ethan Carlisle carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning of Friday’s baseball game against Quincy Notre Dame, which the Chargers eventually won 10-2. Carlisle gave up just one baserunner before Bradi Lahr’s single leading off the fifth. Carlisle exited after five innings after striking out six and walking just one on…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Friday, April 25
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Read MoreExtra batting practice pays off for Blue Devils in victory over Granite City
QUINCY — The members of the Quincy High School baseball team did not want the frustration of Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Moline to linger any longer than necessary. So, the Blue Devils arrived to the ballpark at 1:45 Thursday afternoon — a half hour earlier than normal — to get in extra batting practice ahead…
Read MoreQND baseball team limited to five hits as four-game winning streak ends at Beardstown
BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame baseball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday in a 7-4 loss to Beardstown. Raiders starter Abram Wiewel only lasted 2 1/3 innings, leaving the game after allowing a single and striking out a batter in the third inning and QND ahead 3-1. Beardstown scored four runs…
Read MoreMark Twain pitcher records 17 outs, all by strikeout, in combining for no-hitter against Wellsville-Middletown
WELLSVILLE, Mo. — The Mark Twain baseball team — except for catcher Eli Snodgrass — didn’t need to bring their gloves to Thursday’s high school baseball game against Wellsville-Middletown. Right-handed pitcher Nolan Epperson recorded 17 strikeouts and didn’t allow a hit in 5 2/3 innings before Treyton Clements came on to record the final out…
Read MoreHolliday steals third, scores on wild pitch in sixth to score game-winning run for Hannibal baseball team
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The speed Reid Holliday showcases as a wide receiver on the Hannibal football team and a small forward on the basketball team has proven to be useful on the baseball field as well. With the Pirates tied at one with Fulton and with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning…
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Read MoreDieterle’s run-scoring double in eighth helps Brown County baseball team extend winning streak to seven
MT. STERLING, Ill. — On a day when offense was difficult to come by, one swing decided Wednesday’s baseball game between Pittsfield and Brown County. Collin Dieterle delivered that swing. The Hornets’ leadoff hitter ripped a double to left field with one out in the bottom of the eighth that rolled to the fence, allowing…
Read MoreArea scoreboard for Wednesday, April 23
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Read MorePhoto Gallery: Tough day for Blue Devils on softball, baseball fields
The Quincy High School baseball team lost 3-0 at home on Wednesday to Western Big 6 Conference rival Moline, while the Quincy High School softball team lost 5-2 at home to Liberty. Sports Writer Shane Hulsey captured some of the action at both games.
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