2021 Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Pomeroy Sinnock, athlete

Pomeroy Sinnock, right, played quarterback at the University of Illinois.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Smith will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A change in the rules in 1906 was the first step to making the game of American football as popular…

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2021 Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Mike Kirkpatrick, Athlete

Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame inductee Mike Kirkpatrick is No. 18.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. Kirkpatrick will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) Mike Kirkpatrick did more than help elevate the Quincy High School football and baseball programs to new heights. He played…

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2020 Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: 2006 4×800 boys relay team

From left to right, Marc Amarillas, Andrew Crane, Trevon Runnels and Isaiah Robbins made up the 4x800 relay team in 2006.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2020 and 2021 classes are being inducted into the Quincy Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame together this year. The 4×800 relay team will be inducted on Saturday, Nov. 27 before QHS’s boys basketball game.) A record-setting time at the Class AA state track and field meet in 2006 normally would have…

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