Raiders quickly dash Tigers’ chance of upset, capture another regional championship

Quincy Notre Dame's Lia Quintero, right, cuts back away from a Beardstown defender during Friday's Class 1A QND Regional championship at Advance Physical Therapy Field. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Hope floats, right? Not if you’re a regional opponent of the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team. Friday afternoon, the Raiders snared the lead 10 minutes into the Class 1A QND Regional championship game and Beardstown and never allowed the Tigers to mount any sort of counterattack, ultimately posting a 5-0 victory at…

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Blue Devils toughen up in second half, rally to knock off Panthers for Class 4A regional crown

The Quincy High School boys basketball team celebrates winning the Class 4A Alton Regional championship Friday night with a 56-49 victory over O'Fallon. Photo courtesy Paul Baillargeon, Archview Photo

ALTON, Ill. — Quincy High School senior Jeremiah Talton identified the problem in a first half that saw the Blue Devils heavily outrebounded and settling for outside shots.  “We were playing soft,” Talton said. “We weren’t playing our brand of basketball.” Talton put Quincy back on brand, scoring 13 of his 18 points in the…

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Duck hunting: Brown County girls ramp up defensive pressure to beat Havana, win regional title

The Brown County girls basketball team won the Class 1A Lewistown Regional by beating Havana 58-29 Saturday. Submitted photo

LEWISTOWN, Ill. — The Brown County girls basketball team turned up the defensive heat to cook the Havana Ducks. The Hornets limited Havana to just three made field goals in the first half and scored 18 consecutive points during a six-minute stretch overlapping the second and third quarters Saturday afternoon to roll to a convincing…

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Raiders rev up in second quarter, win regional championship behind Schreacke’s 29 points

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team’s struggling start was erased when Abbey Schreacke scored with 6.6 seconds remaining in the first quarter to give the Raiders’ the lead. QND never trailed again. Off a Williamsville turnover with 15.1 seconds left in the quarter, QND got the ball into Schreacke’s hands, and…

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Scoreboard for Thursday, October 28

The Brown County volleyball team celebrates the first regional championship in program history. Submitted photo

Girls Volleyball At Concord, Ill. Class 1A Triopia Regional: There’s nothing easy when it comes to making history. Top-seeded Brown County won the first regional championship in program history by rallying from a one-set deficit to knock off fourth-seeded Central 16-25, 25-16, 25-23. It also is the first 30-win season in program history as the…

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