Posts Tagged ‘SuperFan Shootout’
Photo gallery: Scenes from Saturday’s Superfan Shootout at The Pit
QUINCY — Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman spent Saturday inside Quincy Notre Dame’s The Pit watching the KHQA-American Family Insurance Superfan Shootout unfold. Here are some of the images he captured throughout the day:
Read MoreHammer time: QND girls use 3-point barrage in first three minutes to put South Shelby on its heels
QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball Eric Orne left Abbey Schreacke with something to think about. “He told me before the game to just drop the hammer,” Schreacke said. When the Raiders won the opening tip against South Shelby in Saturday’s marquee matchup of the KHQA-American Family Insurance Superfan Shootout at The Pit, the…
Read MoreInside, outside, upside, down: Ability to run offense through Connoyer in paint allows Raiders to roll Bearcats in Shootout finale
QUINCY — Alex Connoyer established a trend the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team needs to follow if its season is going to last another five weeks. Starting with the first time he touched the ball Saturday night through his final offensive possession in the 67-40 victory over Cairo (Mo.) Northeast at The Pit, the…
Read MoreCentral-Southeastern showcases growth and potential in lopsided Shootout victory
QUINCY — Matt Long is quick to point out his Central-Southeastern girls basketball team is still quite young with two sophomores and a junior in the starting lineup. “They haven’t been in the big wars,” he said. “Even if they were last year as freshmen, they don’t really understand what the big game is.” Still,…
Read MoreStephens’ complete effort in Shootout allows Suns to pull away in fourth quarter
QUINCY — Just give Danny the ball. “That’s pretty much what we did,” Southeastern boys basketball coach Brett Ufkes said. “He usually makes me look good.” Sure, Ufkes was having a little bit of postgame fun Saturday when discussing senior Danny Stephens’ performance in the KHQA-American Family Insurance Superfan Shootout at Quincy Notre Dame’s The…
Read MoreUnity pulls away in second half of Shootout victory behind senior guard’s Barry good performance
QUINCY — Unity girls basketball coach Brad Begeman was paying senior Kylee Barry a compliment. Honest, he was. “I like to call her our Rodman, after Dennis Rodman,” Begeman said. Rodman was the controversial, but oh-so-effective part of three NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. Barry is hardly a controversial figure…
Read MoreGem City dandy: Raiders’ Schreacke becomes top-scoring player at either Quincy high school
QUINCY — For Abbey Schreacke, the distractions tied to individual accomplishments have officially been laid to rest. She now can fully concentrate on trying to help the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team win a second straight Class 2A state championship. The 6-foot-1 wunderkind scored 22 points Friday night to lead the Raiders to an…
Read MoreWallingford’s return helps Raiders kickstart Shootout weekend with victory over Indians
QUINCY — The gentle giant is back. Jake Wallingford, the soft-spoken big man with an even softer jump shot, is once again an integral part of the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team. The 6-foot-8 senior made his season debut Friday night, helping QND to a 70-42 victory over Payson Seymour in the KHQA-American Family…
Read MoreGrothaus gives West Hancock huge lift off bench as Titans reach 20-victory plateau
QUINCY — Gavin Grothaus has gladly accepted his role as the West Hancock boys basketball team’s sixth man. In fact, the sophomore guard relishes the role of being first player off the bench. “I’ve been the sixth man all year,” Grothaus said. “I like it because it gives me a little time to watch and…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout: Talton’s field goal gives Panthers final edge in epic state-ranked showdown with Eagles
QUINCY — Tied up, off target, then true. Joshua Talton smiled knowing the last one was the only one that mattered. Stymied at the end of regulation when his drive to the basket resulted in a jump ball and foiled at the end of the first overtime when his elbow jumper caromed off the rim,…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout: Edwardsville pulls away from QND in fourth quarter in showdown of two girls basketball dynasties
QUINCY — Sydney Harris said she and her Edwardsville girls basketball teammates tend to struggle following a long bus ride. That haul from Madison County to Quincy, however, proved to be little or no problem when the Tigers outlasted Quincy Notre Dame 66-54 in Saturday night’s marquee matchup in the SuperFan Shootout at The Pit.…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout Roundup: Mustangs overwhelm Cougars with balanced offense
QUINCY — Four players scored in double figures for the Unity girls basketball team in a resounding 73-31 victory over Winchester West Central on Saturday afternoon during the SuperFan Shootout at the Pit. Unity (23-4) led 18-10 after the first quarter, then outscored the Cougars 20-4 in the second quarter. The lead never dipped below…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout: Quintero, Cornwell step into spotlight to help QND girls hold off Central-Southeastern
QUINCY — The Central-Southeastern girls basketball team was in a good spot in the third quarter of Friday night’s game at the Pit. The Panthers scored the first six points of the second half and trailed Quincy Notre Dame, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 2A, 33-26 with 5:08 left in the quarter. Even better,…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout: Stratton fuels Raiders’ stretch drive, spearheads fourth-quarter rally
QUINCY — The analogy offered by Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball coach Kevin Meyer was spot on. “In NASCAR terms, it was a splash and go,” Meyer said. Meyer was recounting the fourth-quarter contribution of 6-foot-1 guard Jackson Stratton, who scored 18 of his 23 points over the final eight minutes — including 14 at…
Read MoreSuperFan Shootout: Strong start propels Chargers to victory as Deitrich scores 27 points
QUINCY — Nolan Deitrich made four 3-pointers in the first quarter to stake Illini West to a lead it never relinquished in a 59-49 victory over Griggsville-Perry in a boys basketball game during the SuperFan Shootout on Friday night at the Pit. Deitrich finished with five 3-pointers and led all scorers with 27 points. Max…
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