Schuckman: By keeping the faith and trusting his game, Thompson guides QND golfers back to state stage

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 6, 2022
Quincy Notre Dame senior golfer Ross Thompson posted the Raiders' lowest score in the regional and sectional, guiding the group back to the Class 2A state tournament. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Golf can humble you. Infuriate you. Exasperate you. Baffle you. And if you let it, the game can break your spirit. Ross Thompson wouldn’t allow that to happen. A freshman when he made the six-man lineup in 2019 and was part of the Quincy Notre Dame boys golf team’s second-place state finish, Thompson…

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Strong closing nine enables QND boys golf to climb into top three, return to state tournament

By Muddy River Sports | October 4, 2022
The Quincy Notre Dame boys golf team finished third at the Class 2A Bartonville Limestone Sectional on Monday and earned a spot in the state tournament field. | Submitted photo

BARTONVILLE, Ill. — The regional of death, as Quincy Notre Dame boys golf coach Brian Hendrian liked to call it, morphed into a sadistic sectional Monday at Coyote Creek Golf Course. Experience and depth led to the Raiders surviving both. But it wasn’t without some worry. “To be completely honest, when we made the turn,…

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