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Photo gallery: QND girls basketball team wins Class 2A state championship at Redbird Arena
NORMAL, Ill. — Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman spent Saturday at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena chronicling the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team’s 63-56 victory over Winnebago in the Class 2A state championship game. Here is a gallery of images Schuckman collected throughout the Raiders’ run to a sixth state championship in program…
Read More‘You just don’t want it to end’: Raiders to play for state championship after confidence-soaring victory in semifinals over Panthers
NORMAL, Ill. — Redbird Arena can’t exactly be called cavernous, but the shooting background can create a need for an adjustment. Blair Eftink didn’t seem to mind, especially when 3-pointer after 3-pointer kept falling during warmups. “Abbey (Schreacke) was telling me the depth perception was a lot different than where we normally play,” Eftink said.…
Read More‘It’s like our homecoming’: Raiders outlast Pioneers to win super-sectional, earn chance to return to Redbird Arena for final four
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…
Read MoreIBCA honors local players, coaches, friends of the game during Hall of Fame banquet
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association waited, rescheduled and then waited some more before receiving an “all clear” to hold its Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony. Although recipients and their families were required to wear masks inside Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena on Saturday night, the IBCA finally was able to…
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