2024 Quincy High School Hall of Fame inductee: Tom Lepper

By Muddy River Sports | November 30, 2024
Tom Lepper was a three-year member of the Quincy High School boys basketball team and spent more than 25 years as an assistant coach with the Blue Devils. | Matt Schuckman photo

Editor’s Note: Quincy High School will hold its Hall of Fame induction ceremony at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday between games of the 53rd QHS Thanksgiving Tournament at Blue Devil Gym. Below is the biography used by the QHS Hall of Fame committee to honor one of this year’s inductees. QUINCY — Tom Lepper spent more than half…

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Schuckman: As curtain rises on QHS basketball season, there’s an angel looking over these Devils

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 27, 2024
Quincy High School boys basketball coach Andy Douglas, right, shares a light-hearted moment with his players during a break between drills at Tuesday's practice in Blue Devil Gym. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The laughs shared in a calm moment between practice drills Tuesday afternoon were a small sign healing has begun. It may take all season — or longer even — for the Quincy High School boys basketball players and coaches to fully embrace the fact a voice they listened to and cherished hearing has…

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Schuckman: Lepper was big man with big heart, big laugh and big personality

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | November 22, 2024
Tom Lepper, who spent 25 seasons as an assistant coach within the Quincy High School boys basketball program after being an all-state forward for the Blue Devils, passed away Thursday following a battle with brain cancer. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — When Tom Lepper stepped away from his role as an assistant coach with the Quincy High School boys basketball program two seasons ago due to health concerns, a number of people asked if a story would follow. The only way I’d write one, I continuously reiterated, was if he wanted to talk about…

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Crim: Lepper epitomizes Hall of Fame tenacity and Hall of Fame personality

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | February 19, 2024
Tom Lepper, a 1992 Quincy High School graduate and a 1996 Quincy University graduate, was inducted into the QU Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. | Photo courtesy QU Athletics

QUINCY — The one thing Tom Lepper promised ahead of his acceptance speech after being inducted into the Quincy University Sports Hall of Fame was that it would be brief. “I’m not a guy that tries to draw attention to himself, you know,” said the man who never openly sought the spotlight but couldn’t escape…

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