Photo gallery: QND girls basketball team rolls past Rochester at The Pit

Quincy Notre Dame forward Lauren Hummel steals the ball from Rochester during the first quarter of Thursday night's game at The Pit. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team lived up to the ranking Thursday night. Tied with Washington as the No. 1 team in Class 3A in the latest Associated Press state poll, the Raiders rolled past Rochester 66-31 at The Pit. Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman sat courtside and put together this…

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All eyes on them: Top-ranked Raiders match hype of return home with balanced scoring in victory

Quincy Notre Dame's Blair Eftink looks for room to drive during the second half of Thursday's game against Rochester at The Pit. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — After seeing the volleyball team’s creative use of The Pit’s videoboards, which were installed last spring, the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball players wanted to have their turn implementing hype videos. Initially, Raiders coach Eric Orne hedged. “He told us we had to earn it with the December stretch that we had and…

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Photo gallery: QND girls basketball team returns to The Pit against Rochester

Quincy Notre Dame's Abbey Schreacke, left, looks for space to dribble past Rochester defender Kaylen Reed during Thursday night's game at The Pit. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Playing its first game on its home floor in more than a month gave the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team the chance to re-engage with its home crowd and showcase the kind of balanced scoring needed to succeed in the postseason. The Raiders accomplished that with a 51-41 victory over Rochester. Muddy…

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