‘It’s like our homecoming’: Raiders outlast Pioneers to win super-sectional, earn chance to return to Redbird Arena for final four

The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball players react to beating Normal U-High 30-28 in Monday night's Class 2A Beardstown Super-Sectional to advance to the state semifinals Thursday at Redbird Arena in Bloomington. Matt Schuckman photo

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…

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