Posts Tagged ‘Shot of the Game’
Liquor Booth Shot of the Game: Mustangs’ Obert belts three-run walk-off home run
MENDON, Ill. — One swing gave Aidan Obert the memory for a lifetime. The Unity baseball team trailed Southeastern 5-1 going to the sixth inning last Friday when the Mustangs began piecing together a rally. With one out, Cody Shaffer walked, Obert was hit by a pitch and Bryson Muegge reached on an error to…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Blue Devils’ Cook hits grand slam to crumble Rocks
QUINCY — The Quincy High School baseball team got the Western Big 6 Conference portion of its schedule off with a bang. A big bang. Leading Rock Island 2-0 in the first game of last Saturday’s doubleheader, QHS senior third baseman Grayson Cook added the knockout blow by hitting a grand slam to left field…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Cornwell’s two-run home run grounds Bombers
QUINCY — Something had to give. Last Friday, when the undefeated Macomb softball team visited the Backyard to face undefeated Quincy Notre Dame, neither starting pitchers had allowed a run this season. That changed when the Raiders tagged Bombers starter Kaitlyn Robinson for three runs in the bottom of the first. QND ace Eryn Cornwell…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Talton’s dunk brings Blue Devil Gym to life
QUINCY — Trying to find the right footing during the regular season finale against Galesburg on Tuesday night at Blue Devil Gym, the Quincy High School boys basketball team needed a jolt. Jeremiah Talton provided it. Trailing 11-9 with less than three minutes remaining in the first quarter, Talton contested a shot by the Silver…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Monroe City’s Talton beats Liberty at end of second overtime
QUINCY — Time running down, game on the line and the Monroe City boys basketball team has the possession. Who gets the ball? All-state senior guard Joshua Talton of course. “We took a timeout and everyone was saying, ‘Get it to Josh and he’s going to make a play,’” Panthers senior guard Kyle Hays said.…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Moss makes two clutch free throws to lift Panthers
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The first free throw was pure. The second didn’t go quite as planned. Still, Mackenzie Moss gave the Monroe City girls basketball team the advantage it needed to snare a 36-34 victory over Hannibal last Friday night. Fouled with 2.3 seconds remaining in regulation and the game tied at 34, the…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: QND’s Schreacke hits game-winner against Illini West
CARTHAGE, Ill. — Abbey Schreacke’s reaction said everything. This one meant something. An all-state junior guard on the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team, Schreacke caught the ball on the left block as time ticked away in the final 15 seconds of last Thursday’s state-ranked showdown with Illini West and the game tied at 38.…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Pittsfield’s Ronne Thelander exits after first career field goal
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Pittsfield boys basketball team gave Ronne Thelander a fitting goodbye. The Saukees sophomore manager was in the starting lineup for last Friday’s game against Quincy Notre Dame at Voshall Gym, and after Pittsfield won the opening tip, Thelander was given the opportunity to take the first shot. His initial attempt fell…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Putback dunk by QND’s Jake Wallingford
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Jake Wallingford’s ability to play above the rim changes how the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team attacks. It also allows him to go get the basketball whenever he chooses. In the opening round of the State Farm Holiday Classic against Rock Falls, the 6-foot-8 Wallingford rose above everyone else to grab…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Jeremiah Talton finishes alley-oop dunk
QUINCY — Jeremiah Talton’s breakaway, one-handed dunk in the third quarter last Friday night against Sterling added the punctuation mark to another blowout by the Quincy High School boys basketball team. Yet, it was his alley-oop dunk in the second quarter that kickstarted the rout. The Blue Devils led 26-17 when the Golden Warriors called…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Liberty’s Wolf hits pair of crucial 3-pointers
AUGUSTA, Ill. — The final 3-pointer Cannen Wolf made in regulation Tuesday night would have been considered one of the most impactful shots of the early portion of the boys basketball season. He made another trey just as meaningful moments later. In a showdown with Southeastern on Tuesday night — both teams were ranked in…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Watson connects with Williams for play of the year
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Last Friday night on social media, it was simply dubbed “The Play.” It likely goes down as the prep football play of the year. With Hannibal leading West Plains 21-20 in the third quarter of the Class 4 state quarterfinal at Porter Stadium, the Pirates faced fourth and 25 when a screen…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Central’s Dickhut returns INT for touchdown
Keaton Dickhut lived out every defensive lineman’s dream. With the Central football team leading Calhoun 30-14 after scoring on their first two possessions of the second half last Friday night, Dickhut intercepted what appeared to be a screen pass from Warriors quarterback Miles Lorton and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown. It was the…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Miller drives in winning run with seventh-inning double
Payton Miller helped herself. Having limited second-seeded Palmyra to two runs through six innings of last Friday’s Class 2 District 5 semifinal at Flower City Park, the Highland senior hurler came to the plate in the top of the seventh with an opportunity to break a 2-2 tie. She came through in a big way.…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Mallett, Bringer connect for fourth-down completion
Drew Mallett’s final stat line in the Highland football team’s 24-20 victory over Palmyra last Friday night was complete — 16-of-25 passing for 266 yards and three touchdowns. Yet, it was a completion that didn’t wind up in the end zone that might have been his best pass of the night. Trailing 20-18 after Panthers…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Mustangs’ Triplett blocks punt, scoops and scores
In the third quarter of last Friday’s crucial Western Illinois Valley Conference North Division game against Beardstown, the Unity-Payson football team led 6-0 when it forced the Tigers to punt. The Mustangs’ Riker Triplett bolted around the right end untouched, blocked the punt, scooped it up and scored to give Unity-Payson a 12-0 lead with…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Week: Biggerstaff’s diving catch helps preserve Canton shutout
CANTON, Mo. — The Canton softball team held a 1-0 advantage over North Shelby in Saturday’s championship game of the Paris Tournament. Tigers coach Kristyn Caldwell wasn’t sure her team could hang on. “We had made some errors throughout the game,” she said. “We probably had at least four.” Kinsey Biggerstaff then made a play…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Blue Devils’ Novosel records first hole-in-one
QUINCY — The moment after contact, Macomb’s Lily Vardaman called it. “As the shot was in air, she was like, ‘Hole-in-one, baby!’” Quincy High School senior golfer Laci Novosel said. “It sounded good, which is why she said that. And it looked good.” It turned out perfect. Last Saturday, playing in the Macomb Invitational at…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Pick-6 by Raiders’ Kasparie buries Tigers early
QUINCY — Ben Kasparie didn’t need long to crush Marceline’s spirit. After intercepting a pass deep in the Quincy Notre Dame football team’s territory and returning it to the Tigers’ 20-yard line in the first quarter of last Friday’s game at Advance Physical Therapy Field, Kasparie scored on a 5-yard run to give the Raiders…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Canton’s Clay belts game-tying home run
CANTON, Mo. — Trailing by a run with two outs in the top of the sixth inning of the championship game of the Monroe City Tournament last Saturday, the Canton softball team needed a jolt. Nariah Clay delivered. Facing an 0-1 count after swinging and missing at the first pitch from Panthers hurler Kailynn Fuemmeler,…
Read MoreLiquor Booth Shot of the Game: Central’s Genenbacher rips off 61-yard TD run
A fourth-quarter rally cannot become epic unless there is an exclamation point. Friday night in Camp Point, Isaac Genenbacher punctuated the Central football team’s 22-point fourth quarter with a game-winning dash to the end zone. Panthers sophomore safety Gavin Blewett forced a fourth-quarter fumble and Genenbacher scored on a 61-yard run on the next play,…
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