Savage effort by Blue Devils leaves them feeling Rose-y after WB6 championships

From left to right, Quincy High School's Jett Rose, Ethan Reinhart, Drew Tipton-Hicks and Reid Savage won the 4x100-meter relay at the Western Big 6 Conference championships in Sterling, Ill.

STERLING, Ill. — Jett Rose made it a clean sweep yet again. Reid Savage nearly followed his teammate’s lead. They shared in a championship moment, too. Rose, a senior sprinter on the Quincy High School boys track and field team, repeated as the Western Big 6 Conference champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes during…

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Schroeder’s seventh-inning heroics allow Blue Devils to split WB6 doubleheader

Quincy High School's Joe Schroeder singled through the right side of the infield to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against Geneseo. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Joe Schroeder played the hero in the first game of Saturday’s Western Big 6 Conference doubleheader. The Quincy High School baseball team needed another one in the nightcap. The Blue Devils took the opener against Geneseo 2-1 as Schroeder delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. In the nightcap,…

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QHS’s Schuering completes distance trifecta, winning three titles at WB6 girls track meet

Quincy High School senior Anna Schuering won three individual titles Friday at the Western Big 6 Conference girls track and field championships. Matt Schuckman photo

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Anna Schuering’s reign over the distance races in the Western Big 6 Conference is complete. The Quincy High School senior was named the league’s co-MVP after winning the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs Friday at the WB6 girls track and field championships at Rock Island Stadium. Schuering also won the WB6…

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Blue Devils rally to gain split of WB6 doubleheader with Pioneers

Quincy High School catcher Luke Mettemeyer went 6 for 8 at the plate in Monday's Western Big 6 Conference doubleheader split with Rock Island Alleman. Matt Schuckman file photo

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The momentum a game-tying, seventh-inning run should have produced could have been lost when Rock Island Alleman walked off in the bottom of the inning with a 5-4 victory in the first game on Monday’s Western Big 6 Conference doubleheader. The Quincy High School baseball team refused to let that be…

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Harbin, Cook shut down Golden Warriors as Blue Devils earn WB6 doubleheader sweep

Quincy High School right-hander Noah Harbin tossed a one-hit shutout Friday against Sterling in Western Big 6 Conference action. Matt Schuckman file photo

STERLING, Ill. — A pair of shutdown pitching performances kept the Quincy High School baseball team in the thick of the Western Big 6 Conference race. Noah Harbin authored a one-hit shutout as the Blue Devils opened Friday’s WB6 doubleheader with an 11-0 victory over Sterling. Grayson Cook followed with a three-hitter as the Blue…

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Corner kick connection pushes Blue Devils another victory closer to WB6 championship

Quincy High School sophomore midfielder Bri Lannerd, center, and her teammates celebrate after she headed in Rian Moore's corner kick for the game-winning goal in Tuesday night's 2-1 victory over Geneseo at Flinn Stadium. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Bri Lannerd called Rian Moore’s corner kick the perfect ball. “You can’t get better than that,” Lannerd said. Moore had a pretty good idea what the end result of it would be. “I can tell when Bri has her eyes on a ball,” Moore said. “She saw it, it was right at her…

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Blue Devils’ Talton named Western Big 6 MVP, joined on all-conference first team by Longcor

Quincy High School's Jeremiah Talton was named the Western Big 6 Conference MVP, as voted on by the league's coaches. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Jeremiah Talton’s impact on the Quincy High School boys basketball team’s success went far beyond points scored and 3-pointers made. Every coach in the Western Big 6 Conference felt that. It made it easy for them to vote for Talton, the 6-foot-6 senior swingman, as the WB6 most valuable player, the first season…

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The Devils made him do it: Talton powers QHS to outright WB6 championship with determined effort

Quincy High School senior swingman Jeremiah Talton scored a game-high 29 points Tuesday night in leading the Blue Devils to a 65-57 victory over Galesburg that clinched the Western Big 6 Conference championship. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Jeremiah Talton decided to act a little devilish. Envious of those who made winning a Western Big 6 Conference championship a point of pride within the Quincy High School boys basketball program and greedy enough to want to win the first WB6 crown of his career outright, Talton took that as inspiration and…

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‘This is our team up on the wall’: Blue Devils finish off Rocks to guarantee themselves share of WB6 championship

The Quincy High School boys basketball team and the the student cheering section celebrate on the Blue Devil Gym floor after beating Rock Island 49-47 Friday night to earn no worse than a share of the Western Big 6 Conference championship. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — To leave a legacy within Quincy High School’s tradition-rich boys basketball program, you have to put a number on the wall. Jeremiah Talton finally gets that opportunity. Bradley Longcor III and his classmates may end up doing it multiple times. Friday night, these Blue Devils earned the right to be part of history…

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Wharton wipeout: Blue Devils’ opportunity to go undefeated in WB6 ends with loss to Maroons

Moline freshman forward Trey Taylor, right, scores the first basket of Friday night's Western Big 6 Conference game while being defended by Quincy High School's Sam Mulherin. Matt Schuckman photo

MOLINE, Ill. — Momentum began to teeter in the Quincy High School boys basketball team’s direction Friday night when back-to-back baskets preceded the third quarter mask timeout. All the Blue Devils needed was a defensive stop or two when play resumed to sustain it. “(Assistant coach Bruce Bonness) mentioned that if we’re going to go…

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Defensive-minded Devils shut down Golden Warriors, increase lead in WB6 title chase

Quincy High School sophomore point guard Ralph Wires scored five points Friday night against Sterling and was dynamic defensively in the 60-32 victory. File Photo

STERLING, Ill. — The Quincy High School boys basketball team’s effort last weekend against United Township resulted in a victory, but it was anything but perfect. Blue Devils coach Andy Douglas might describe it as imperfect. “There wasn’t a defensive possession in the first quarter where we didn’t make a mistake,” Douglas said. So he…

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Blue Devils gain confidence with second straight victory over 17-win opponent

Quincy High School's Leah Chevalier, right, attempts to score during Thursday night's Western Big 6 Conference game against Galesburg at the QHS gym. Photo courtesy Stacie Niffen, Quippi Staff

QUINCY — The Quincy High School girls basketball team just might be peaking at the perfect time. The Blue Devils’ 40-25 Western Big 6 Conference victory Thursday night over a 17-win Galesburg club was the second straight win over a quality opponent, evening Quincy’s record at 8-8. Earlier this week, the Blue Devils downed Springfield…

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Halfway home: Blue Devils reach midpoint of WB6 season in first place after fending off Silver Streaks

Quincy High School freshman Bradley Longcor III shoots and scores on a short jumper during the Blue Devils' 55-53 Western Big 6 Conference win over host Galesburg on Friday night at John Thiel Gym. Photo courtesy Steve Davis

GALESBURG, Ill. — Quincy High School boys basketball Andy Douglas believes his players deserve a nomination for an Emmy or an Academy Award. Leading Galesburg by two points with 8.5 seconds remaining in regulation Friday night at John Thiel Gym, Douglas instructed the Blue Devils during a timeout called by the Silver Streaks to act…

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Blue Devils adapt, adjust and apply pressure to keep WB6 win streak going

Quincy High School's Terron Cartmill, center, and Reid O'Brien, right, knock the ball away from Geneseo's Bristol Lewis after trapping him along the sideline during the first half of Tuesday night's game at Blue Devil Gym. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Leave it to COVID-19 to disrupt the rhythm of the night. Still, the Quincy High School boys basketball team adapted. Due to positive COVID tests within its freshman team, Geneseo was forced to cancel Tuesday night’s preliminary game. So instead of watching the underclassmen play before going to the locker room to get…

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‘It sucked the life right out of Rocky’: Back-to-back 3-pointers propel Blue Devils to top of WB6 standings

Rock Island's Terrmell Akers, left, and Quincy's Bradley Longcor III go after a loose ball during the first half of Friday night’s Western Big 6 Conference game at Rock Island, Ill. Photo courtesy Gary Krambeck, Dispatch/Argus

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Over the course of a six-minute span of the second half Friday night in which the Quincy High School boys basketball team chiseled a 13-point deficit down to one, Rock Island never lost its energy or its swagger. That is until Jeremiah Talton and Ralph Wires took it away. The senior…

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Fresh approach: Trio of youngsters play with no fear in shouldering scoring load as Blue Devils knock off Maroons

Quincy High School freshman forward Keshaun Thomas, left, celebrates with freshman guard Bradley Longcor III after Longcor made a 3-pointer with 1:59 to play in regulation to propel the Blue Devils to a 63-49 victory over Moline on Friday night at Blue Devil Gym. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The innocence of youth and the confidence of experience. It’s a lethal combination a trio of Quincy High School freshmen seem to possess, and their brashness, play-making ability and no-fear attitude is creating problems for the rest of the Western Big 6 Conference boys basketball teams. Friday night, Moline discovered how devastating those…

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King of the treys: Talton eclipses Smith’s record as QHS’s career leader in 3-pointers

Quincy High School senior swingman Jeremiah Talton rises to throw down a one-handed dunk during the third quarter of Friday night's 68-40 victory over Sterling in Western Big 6 Conference action at Blue Devil Gym. Photo courtesy Mathew Kirby

QUINCY — Each milestone Jeremiah Talton reaches and record he breaks serves as incentive for his younger teammates to shoot to surpass him. It won’t be easy. One game after becoming the 22nd player in the history of the Quincy High School boys basketball program to score 1,000 career points, the 6-foot-6 swingman reached another…

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Talton’s milestone moment accompanies Blue Devils rounding back into form

Quincy High School's Jeremiah Talton scored 25 points in the first half of Tuesday night's 100-30 victory at Rock Island Alleman, pushing his career scoring total to 1,004 points. Photo courtesy Samantha Carmean

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A milestone moment came with a highlight reel dunk and one of the most lopsided victories in the history of the Quincy High School boys basketball program. Still, the victory and the ability to rebound from the first loss of the season mattered most. On a night when Jeremiah Talton became…

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Blue Devils open WB6 play with complete effort in dismantling Panthers

Quincy High School's bench reacts to a 3-pointer against United Township during their game at the Panther Den on Friday night in East Moline, Ill. Photo courtesy Meg McLaughlin/Dispatch-Argus

EAST MOLINE, Ill. — With United Township boys basketball coach Ryan Webber absent Friday night, the Panthers struggled to stay disciplined and couldn’t contain Quincy High School’s Jeremiah Talton in suffering a 70-39 loss in the Western Big 6 Conference opener. Webber was out with an undisclosed illness — Abel Zertuche filled in as head…

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Rocks dash Blue Devils’ playoff hopes with overwhelming defense in second half

Rock Island's Jaquai Scott jumps on the back of Quincy's Peyton Weech during a Western Big 6 Conference game Friday at Almquist Field. Photo courtesy Bobby Metcalf/QC Times

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The Quincy High School football team created a glimmer of hope in its pursuit of a playoff berth. It faded with one bad snap. Despite allowing Rock Island to score touchdowns on its first three possessions Friday night at Almquist Field, the Blue Devils were in perfect striking distance down 21-18…

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Rosen, Schuering, Blue Devils sweep WB6 cross country championships

The Quincy High School boys cross country team defended its Western Big 6 Conference championship Thursday at Hoover Park in Sterling, Ill. Photo courtesy Glenn Meyers

STERLING, Ill. — Fiker Rosen made it a clean sweep. Anna Schuering and the rest of the Quincy High School cross country runners did, too. Rosen won his fourth consecutive Western Big 6 Conference individual championship while leading the QHS boys to back-to-back titles during Thursday’s conference meet at Hoover Park. Meanwhile, Schuering won her…

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Scoreboard for Monday, October 11

Boys Soccer At Flinn Stadium, Quincy Quincy High School 7, Rock Island Alleman 0: The Blue Devils wrapped up the Western Big 6 Conference championship with the whitewashing of the Pioneers. Carter Venvertloh and Andrew Brown each scored twice, while Biruk Rosen, Blake Bunch and Boen Brockmiller each had a goal. Spencer Jenkins had two…

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Byquist, Blue Devils grind out victory over Maple Leafs to continue chasing playoffs

Quincy High School quarterback Adon Byquist rushed for a career-high 209 yards in Friday night's 23-22 victory over Geneseo. Photo courtesy Brendan Saak

QUINCY — During Rick Little’s tenure as Quincy High School football coach, the Blue Devils have been known as a pretty tough team to beat at Flinn Stadium. This fall, winning at Flinn has been anything but easy for the Blue Devils. On Friday night, the Blue Devils finally found the right combination, mixing heavy…

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Blue Devils’ miscues ruin any chance to sustain early momentum against Golden Warriors

STERLING, Ill. — A near-perfect start for the Quincy High School football team offered hope of beating Sterling for the first time as Western Big 6 Conference counterparts. A series of miscues dashed all hope. The Golden Warriors answered the Blue Devils’ game-opening touchdown drive by scoring 44 straight points and securing a 50-18 victory…

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Blue Devils still have postseason hopes after dropping Homecoming game to Galesburg

QUINCY — Unfortunately, the highlight of Quincy High’s homecoming football game came during the break between the third and fourth quarters. That’s when the crowd provided a much-needed lift, accompanying the recording of Neil Diamond’s classic “Sweet Caroline” that was booming from the sound system. Other than that, however, the highlights were few and far…

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Blue Devils’ Novosel, Cain cap careers with perfect record in WB6 golf championships

From left to right, Quincy High School's Anya Nanjappa, Maddie O'Brien, Sophia Gold, Laci Novosel, Paige Cain and Saya Geisendorfer celebrate their Western Big 6 Conference championship. Submitted photo

GALESBURG, Ill. — Laci Novosel and Paige Cain’s careers are perfect. At least they are against Western Big 6 Conference competition. The Quincy High School senior golfers led the Blue Devils to their fifth straight conference championship Monday, posting a team total of 310 at Lake Bracken Country Club. For both golfers, it’s four seasons…

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Blue Devils successfully defend WB6 title with three golfers finishing in top six

From left to right, Quincy High School coach Randy Mettemeyer, Luke Chevalier, Luke Mettemeyer, Cameron Bergman, Brady Walker, Raulin Zanger and Gabriel Gold celebrate their Western Big 6 Conference championship. Submitted photo

MILAN, Ill. — Quincy High School boys golf coach Randy Mettemeyer knew the Blue Devils could take nothing for granted despite their history of success in the Western Big 6 Conference championships and their status as the defending champions. “We knew it wasn’t just show up and bring the trophy home,” Mettemeyer said. They had…

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Blue Devils look dominant in dismantling previously unbeaten Panthers in WB6 play

Quincy High School wide receiver Gregory Quince caught two touchdown passes and intercepted two passes in Friday night's Western Big 6 Conference victory against United Township at the Soule Bowl. Photo courtesy Brendan Saak

EAST MOLINE, Ill. — It was difficult to tell which was more dominant — Quincy High School’s offense or defense. The Blue Devils racked up 399 yards of total offense and limited United Township to 19 yards of offense in the first half in an impressive 48-14 victory Friday night in Western Big 6 Conference…

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Maroons’ physical play in second half negates Blue Devils’ strong first half

Quincy High School's Brian Douglas, left, gets knocked out of bounds by Moline's Chase Stephens on a kick return during Friday's game at Flinn Stadium. Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Moline football coach Mike Morrisey’s postgame huddle lasted a brief moment, but it came with a poignant message. “Nice show of character in the second half,” he told the Maroons. “That’s the type of football we want to play.” Quincy High School coach Rick Little’s huddle lasted a touch longer, but it provided…

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Top-level talent, abundance of enthusiasm for running gives Blue Devils boost

Members of the Quincy High School girls cross country team start a race last fall at Bob Mays Park in Quincy. Photo courtesy Glenn Meyers

QUINCY — Anna Schuering’s goals are bigger and broader than fast times and top places. She wants the next evolution of cross country runners at Quincy High School to understand the sport isn’t solely about speed and endurance. Its enjoyment revolves around a desire to compete, a work ethic that doesn’t quit and a team…

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