Schuckman: Truth allows Holzgrafe to bring bright smile, effervescent personality back to life

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | April 18, 2024
Brian Holzgrafe, right, and his wife, Becky, take a selfie outside the U.S. Courthouse in Springfield, Ill., on the day he won his defamation lawsuit against former Quincy University student-athlete Daniel Lozier. | Submitted photo

QUINCY — The sideways glances. The whispers. The feeling of being judged. The general uneasiness of being in public and knowing your character is in question. Brian Holzgrafe felt it all. For too long. Far too often. For no fault of his own. That’s what a false accusation does to a person. It tears them…

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Doubles victories push Quincy tennis team to USTA men’s 3.5 state championship

By Muddy River Sports | August 15, 2023
The Quincy Men’s 3.5 USTA team won the state championship last weekend in Glenview, Ill. From left in the front row are Sammy Shumake, Bob Soltys, Martin McCarthy, Troy Fox, Doug Mallett and Rick Crider. From left in the back row are Bryan Fasano, Joe Laws, Travis Friye and Rob Hernandez. | Submitted photo

GLENVIEW, Ill. — The situation was cut and dry. For the Quincy Men’s 3.5 USTA tennis team to win the state championship, it had to beat the Chicago Midtown Athletic Club. Lose the match, lose the tiebreaker and lose the title. None of those three things happened. Rob Hernandez and Troy Fox won their No.…

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Quincy Racquet Club crowns indoor doubles club champions

By Muddy River Sports | February 2, 2022

QUINCY — The unseeded duo of Brenden Everhart and Pablo Mateos Niella won a string a straight-set matches last weekend to capture the men’s open division of the Quincy Racquet Club’s indoor double club championship. Everhart and Mateos Niella beat the second-seeded team of Ettore Pavesi and Zach Willing 6-4, 6-4. They had beaten the…

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