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QUINCY — The end result of Graham Spraker’s first appearance out of the Buffalo Bisons’ bullpen made the decision to elevate him to the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A franchise look like a headsy move. The right-hander’s final stat line from Wednesday’s 5-0 victory over the Rochester Red Wings: Two innings, two hits, no runs, three…
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QUINCY — Kim Abbott wears her feelings on her sleeve, especially when it comes to dirt-track racing. “It is sad … and it’s also pretty depressing,” said Abbott, the only female track champion in the long and storied history of Quincy Raceways, which for the second straight year sits idle at its familiar 8000 Broadway…
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QUINCY — Near the midpoint of this summer’s Ban Johnson League collegiate wood-bat schedule, the coach of the Kansas City Knights revealed to his players the details for an end-of-the-year all-star game. The top 36 hitters in the final league statistics would be invited to play in the showcase game at Kauffman Stadium, home of…
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PITTSBURGH — After dropping four strokes in a four-hole stretch, Alex McCulla turned to his caddie, Tyler Bertram, as they walked to the tee box of a nearly 500-yard par-4 and gave Oakmont Country Club a well-deserved salute. “I told him this is when you take your hat off to the golf course,” McCulla said.…
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PITTSBURGH — A “Tin Cup” moment led to the only visible eyesore on Alex McCulla’s scorecard Monday. Yet, it was the hole prior to catching a gust of wind that left him more disgusted. The Quincy golfer fired an even-par 70 in the opening round of the 121st U.S. Amateur at Longue Vue Club and…
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QUINCY — High temperatures and humidity which meteorologists turn into the better-take-note-of-these heat indexes greeted high school athletes for the official start of the fall sports season. Don’t think for a moment that turned into an excuse to take a play off or slug through a drill. Quincy Notre Dame football coach Jack Cornell drove…
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CANTON, Mo. — The most unsettling part of attempting to play collegiate sports during the coronavirus pandemic had to be the daily unknowns. Pat Atwell knows that all too well. With the Heart of America Athletic Conference choosing to proceed with fall sports as planned in 2020, the Culver-Stockton College athletic director tried to keep…
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Quincy men’s 3.5 tennis team defeated Champaign 5-0 on Saturday at Evergreen Racquet Club to win the United States Tennis Association Mid-South Illinois District championship, earning a spot in the Illinois state finals next weekend at the Vaughn Athletic Center in Aurora. Drew Koester defeated Arthur de Oliveira Lima 6-3, 7-5 at…
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QUINCY — Alex McCulla braced himself for sarcastic blowback from his father. Mike McCulla delivered on cue. In preparation to play in the 121st U.S. Amateur, which begins Monday at two courses near Pittsburgh, the younger McCulla decided to add two clubs to his bag — a 3-wood and a 5-wood — to help him…
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CANTON, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton College football team was picked to finish second in the North Division in this year’s Heart of America Athletic Conference football coaches’ preseason poll, which the league released Friday afternoon. Grand View was picked to win the North, and Baker was picked to win the South. The Wildcats received one…
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QUINCY — In the brief amount of time Conner McLaughlin has been involved with the burgeoning Quincy University sprint football program, he’s answered a string of questions from those who have never heard of the sport. Is it 8-on-8? Is it 5-on-5? Is it flag football? Is it played in the spring? McLaughlin answers each…
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QUINCY — Brad Hoyt thrives on chasing championship moments. The John Wood Community College men’s basketball coach places such a high priority on that concept his players use the “championships are cool” mantra whenever they discuss expectations and goals. The other JWCC coaches are embracing the idea, too. It’s why Hoyt, who also serves as…
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QUINCY — Josh Rabe’s wardrobe is different. His daily routine is, too. After the Quincy University baseball team was eliminated from the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional on May 29, Rabe made his transition from coaching to administration. On June 1, he officially moved into his role as the Quincy University athletic director, having spent…
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QUINCY — When Alexandria Meyers discusses competing in her first kids triathlon roughly eight years ago and says her father, Glenn, “threw me into it,” let it be known he didn’t actually throw her into Moorman Lake. He threw her into a sport that has become her passion. Meyers was just 9 years old when…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — Matt Schsrk had two RBIs in Wednesday night’s final game of the season to break the single-season record, but the Quincy Gems closed the season with an 11-5 loss to the Burlington Bees in a Prospect League game at Community Field. Schark’s two-out, two-run double to left field was part of a…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Aneyas Williams understands what comes with his first FBS scholarship offer. “I definitely know I have a target on my back,” the Hannibal football team’s sophomore all-purpose back said. He also understands what he has to do now, too. “Work two times as hard as everybody else,” Williams said. Monday evening, two…
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Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman talks about what is going into the new website as we reach closer to the August 16 launch.
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MRN Editor David Adam talks with Sara Janes of the Hometown Hitters, a youth travel volleyball club, about that sport and how it is changing. State of Play is sponsored by Tri-City Sports and XCel Performance and Training.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. — The moment required subtlety and restraint. Will Conerly understood that. As Harwich Mariners second baseman Hal Hughes rounded the bases after hitting a solo home run, Conerly allowed his play-by-play voice to fade and the television audience to soak in the picture. Mickey Tettleton, the former major league catcher and analyst…
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QUINCY — A two-run rally in the ninth saved the Quincy Gems’ postseason chances, but the Gems couldn’t come up with two runs in the 11th to keep them alive as they lost 6-4 to the Clinton LumberKings on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems (27-31 , 14-17 second…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems’ chances of reaching the postseason took a hit Friday night. With Clinton losing 6-3 at home to O’Fallon, a victory would have put the Gems within a half-game of first place in the Prospect League’s Great River Division. However, the Gems mustered little offense in a 2-1 setback to the…
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QUINCY — Cooper Dinkheller is astute enough at 13 years old to understand professional baseball is a business and a majority of decisions are based on revenue and cost above loyalty and trust. The reality of that hit home Friday. And it hurt. In less than 24 hours, the Cubs’ front office traded away the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy University football program broke out of the rut of being picked to finish sixth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason poll. However, sixth looks a lot better than where the Hawks ended up. QU is tabbed to finish last in the eight-team GLVC, according to the vote of the league’s…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — Jacob Winstead pitched his best game of the season Thursday night, allowing two runs in seven innings as the Quincy Gems defeated the Burlington Bees 7-2 in a Prospect League game at Community Field. The victory, combined with Clinton’s 16-5 loss on Thursday to Illinois Valley, puts the Gems (27-29, 14-15 second…
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QUINCY — The evolution of the Quincy Shootout as one of the premier prep basketball showcases in the Midwest continued Thursday night. Two players who participated in the inaugural event at Quincy High School’s Blue Devil Gym in 2018 were selected in the NBA Draft. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, who starred for Bishop Miege of Shawnee Mission,…
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QUINCY — Troy Potts offered Grant Hyer the opportunity to avoid regret. The former Quincy Notre Dame two-sport standout didn’t hesitate seizing it. Potts, a graduate assistant coach with the Quincy University men’s basketball program, invited Hyer to an informal tryout at Pepsi Arena in June. After showcasing his skills in a series of pickup…
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QUINCY — The depth of Chuck Gruber’s resume grabbed Brad Hoyt’s attention. The veteran softball coach’s personality kept the John Wood Community College athletic director intrigued. Hoyt announced Thursday he hired Gruber to become the Trail Blazers’ new softball coach. Gruber replaces Andy Gronewold, who resigned following the spring season. “His personality is a great…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Jake Skrine’s home run in the bottom of the ninth briefly saved the Quincy Gems, but too many walks led to the Gems’ undoing in a 9-6 loss in 10 innings on Wednesday night to the Burlington Bees in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. Skrine led off the ninth when he…
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O’FALLON, Mo. — An 11-3 setback in the first game of a Tuesday night Prospect League doubleheader gave the Quincy Gems their eighth loss in 10 games. The Gems rebounded to defeat the O’Fallon Hoots 4-1 in the second game at CarShield Field, but Clinton’s victory over Burlington earlier in the day cost the Gems…
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MACOMB, Ill. — Coming off a season in which it went 1-5 before having its final two games canceled because of COVID protocols, the Western Illinois University football program finds itself at the bottom looking up. The Leathernecks are picked to finish last in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, according to a preseason poll of…
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QUINCY — Life soon will change dramatically for Thomas Culp, all in the span of four days.. On August 18, the recent Quincy High School graduate celebrates his 18th birthday. Three days later, the state champion wrestler checks into the dorms at Missouri Baptist University. “I’ll be getting a lot more freedom right when I…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Bobby Dodd sat on his front porch Monday morning watching the Palmyra football players strategically load his life’s possessions into the beds of several pickup trucks. They unloaded the furniture and boxes a short while later with the same precision and efficiency. They did it all in less than two hours, helping…
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NORMAL, Ill. — A late-season slump is hurting the Quincy Gems’ chances of winning the Great River Division. The Gems lost 11-5 on Sunday night to the Normal CornBelters in a Prospect League game on Sunday night at the Corn Crib. Clinton (12-11) lost 15-1 on Sunday to Illinois Valley but remained in first place…
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QUINCY — Ethan Arns and Theresa Quintero finally outlasted Heidi Holzgrafe and Zach Willing in the championship match, winning 6-3, 3-6 (13-11) to claim the open division during the Quincy City Mixed Doubles Tournament on Saturday. The Quincy Tennis Association was the host of the event. Arns and Quintero reached the title match by defeating…
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QUINCY — A big inning put the Quincy Gems ahead. An even bigger inning put the Gems behind for good. A seven-run fourth inning put the Alton River Dragons in the lead, and they went on to defeat the Gems 11-5 on Saturday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The game was…
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QUINCY — The group of 11-year-olds became curious why Johnny Ray answered his cell phone in the middle of a pitcher’s fielding practice drill. They wanted to know the reason he instantaneously felt overjoyed. They were equally excited when they learned what was transpiring. Ray, a right-handed pitcher, recently completed his redshirt sophomore season at…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — Starter Jake Stipp allowed just two runs in six innings of work, and reliever Philip Reinhardt tossed three innings of scoreless relief as the Quincy Gems defeated the Burlington Bees 9-2 on Friday night in a Prospect League game at Community Field. The victory keeps the Gems (25-25, 12-11 second half) in…
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To borrow a quote from Sanka Coffie, the affable brakeman for the Jamaican bobsled team in the movie “Cool Runnings,” I am feeling very Olympic today. Patriotic, too. The opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics — a year later than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic — take place Friday night, beginning wall-to-wall coverage…
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QUINCY — Tyler Youngblood’s two-out two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Quincy Gems a 7-5 victory over the O’Fallon Hoots in the first game of a Prospect League doubleheader on Thursday night at QU Stadium. Quincy had just five hits and fanned 13 times in…
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Two weeks ago, left-handed pitcher Riley Martin became the fourth Quincy University baseball player to be selected in the MLB amateur draft in the past six years. Lance Logsdon, the junior designated hitter/first baseman, might be the next. You can read the story of his summer spent in the MLB Draft League here. Who else…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A doubleheader loss by the Quincy Gems on Wednesday has turned the race for the second half championship of the Prospect League’s Great River Division into a free-for-all. The Gems rallied three times to tie the score but never led in a 10-7 loss in the first game at QU Stadium. The Gems…
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The disappointment echoed in Lance Logsdon’s voice. So did the fire it stoked. The left-handed swinging Quincy University designated hitter/first baseman went to the MLB Draft League this summer intent on showcasing a full offensive arsenal that would lead to being selected in the 20-round MLB amateur draft. It didn’t happen. Despite…
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QUINCY — Four unearned runs in the second inning put the Quincy Gems in a hole they couldn’t climb out of in a 9-6 loss to the Burlington Bees in a Prospect League game on Tuesday night at QU Stadium. The Gems’ Tyler Carpenter had four hits, including a solo homer in the sixth inning…
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QUINCY — Of the elements needed for Jettason Rose to excel at the AAU Region 13 track and field qualifier last Sunday in Joliet, Ill., one took priority. He had to find shade. “It was a hot day, but the sun was the worst part of it,” Rose said. “Keeping in the shade was a…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Springfield Sliders scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to break a tie score and defeat the Quincy Gems 7-5 on Monday night in a Prospect League game at Robin Roberts Field. Jacob Mulcahy’s triple off Gems reliever Jacob Winstead drove in the go-ahead run with no outs in the…
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QUINCY — Seth Anderson received an email in advance of the recent state-by-state unveiling of the USA Today High School Sports Awards requesting biographical information. The correspondence revealed little else. “I had no idea who was going to win,” Anderson said. The Quincy Notre Dame graduate and all-time leading scorer for the boys soccer program…
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By Matt Schuckman Let’s have a ball. Isn’t that what sports are all about anyway? The joy of playing catch. The freedom to run, fall down, get back up and do it again. The happiness of getting dirty doing something so fun. The elation that comes with every first — first catch, first touchdown, first…
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BURLINGTON, Iowa — Philip Reinhardt, a freshman pitcher from Maryville University, shined in his Quincy Gems debut, allowing one run over six innings in an 8-4 victory over the Burlington Bees in a Prospect League game at Community Field on Sunday afternoon. The Gems (23-20, 10-6 second half) now have a 2 1/2-game lead over…
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QUINCY — Matt Shover allowed just two hits over six shutout innings, and reliever Tyler Carpenter finished with three hitless innings as the Quincy Gems cruised to a 9-0 victory over the Burlington Bees in a Prospect League game on Saturday night at QU Stadium. The victory puts the Gems (22-20, 9-6 second half) two…
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CANTON, Mo. – Rod Radcliffe is the new softball coach at Culver-Stockton College. He replaces Anjay Clark, who stepped down in May. Radcliffe served previously as an assistant coach at Rutgers University of the Big Ten from 2018-20. He also spent four seasons as an assistant at the University of Toledo of the Mid-American Conference. During…
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Twelve runs were more than plenty for the Quincy Gems in the first game of a Prospect League doubleheader on Tuesday night at Robin Roberts Stadium. Fourteen runs weren’t enough in the second game. The Gems jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning of the first game and went…
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CANTON, Mo. — Steffen Simmons won’t take credit for it. He won’t say much about it. But as the world sees Shohei Ohtani having the kind of season that no player has experienced in the history of baseball, Simmons can take a small piece of satisfaction from it. The Japanese superstar is making baseball history…
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QUINCY — Johnny Ray, a 2017 graduate of Quincy Notre Dame High School, was selected in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday by the Chicago White Sox. Ray, 22, is a 6-foot-2, 220-pound right-handed pitcher. He recently completed his second season at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He…
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QUINCY — Riley Martin tried to treat Monday like any other day. He played catch at a baseball field in his hometown of Salem, Ill., then worked out at a local gym. He went to his father’s house where hamburgers were served for lunch, but he didn’t feel like eating much. That happens when you’re…
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“State of Play” is a series of podcasts during which the state of youth sports in Quincy and the surrounding area are being examined. David Adam, editor of Muddy River News, is the host. State of Play is sponsored by Tri-City Sports in the Maine Center at Sixth and Maine, and by Xcel Performance Health…
Read Full Article CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Jacob Winstead stranded the tying run at third base in the sixth inning, then set down the Cape Catfish in order in the seventh inning to help the Quincy Gems win 3-2 in the second game of a Prospect League doubleheader on Sunday at Capaha Field. The Catfish won the first…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Aaron Forsberg and Ryan Schnack didn’t waste much time winning the top men’s division of the Quincy City Doubles Tournament on Sunday. Forsberg and Schnack, the second seed, defeated the top seed and defending champions, Ethan Arns and Zach Willing, 6-4, 6-1. Greysen Arns and John Aubuchon defeated Drew Figge and Caleb Vonderheide…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Theresa Quintero and Heidi Holzgrafe didn’t lose a set on their way to winning the top women’s division of the Quincy City Doubles Tournament on Saturday. Quintero and Holzgrafe drew a first-round bye, then defeated Shelley Arns and Jenny Hill 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals. They defeated Lia Quintero, Theresa’s daughter, and Jamie…
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NORMAL, Ill. — Gino D’Alessio’s home run in the eighth inning gave the Quincy Gems a 4-3 victory over the Normal Cornbelters in the first game of a Friday night doubleheader, but the Gems were limited to six hits in a 4-2 loss in the nightcap at the Corn Crib. The Gems (19-18, 6-4 second…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County continues its “Golden Age of Quincy” series with a presentation on baseball through the years in Quincy and a program by St. Louis author Mike Mitchell on his book, “Mr. Rickey’s Redbirds: Baseball, Beer, Scandals and Celebrations in St. Louis,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, July…
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On Muddy River News Furnished by Harvey’s, MRN Publisher/GM Bob Gough talks with the man who will continue to cover local sports in our Muddy River Neighborhood: Veteran sportswriter Matt Schuckman, now the editor of Muddy River Sports.
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BY STEVE LOOTENSpecial for Muddy River News Quincy sports fans have felt a great loss for nearly two weeks, worried that sports writer Matt Schuckman would disappear from the local sports scene. Schuck had connected with area sports fans during his 22-year career, and his career change announcement freaked out his followers. When he announced…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Andrew Fay’s first home run of the season highlighted a 10-run fourth inning, and Alec Patino’s first home run of the season ended the game by the 10-run rule as the Quincy Gems defeated the Normal CornBelters 14-4 in a Prospect League game on Thursday night at QU Stadium. The Gems (18-17, 5-3…
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QUINCY — Logan Tabeling pitched 5⅔ innings of one-run baseball, and the Quincy Gems overcame a 50-minute lightning delay before the seventh inning to defeat the Springfield Sliders 6-2 on Wednesday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. Tabeling allowed an RBI single to Hunter Phelps in the fourth inning but was in…
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QUINCY — After blowing a five-run lead, the Quincy Gems missed chances to tie the game in the eighth and ninth innings and lost 13-12 to the Cape Catfish on Tuesday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Catfish trailed 8-3 after six innings. Their rally started with two runs in the…
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BARRY, Ill. — Not many golfers get one swing for $1 million. So when Tim Schrage hit his 6 iron from 177 yards and watched it sail toward the green at Bow Lake Golf Course on Saturday, he … um … well, let him describe it. “I started puking a little bit,” he said with…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems scored three runs in the top of the eighth to tie the score at 4-4, but they gave up two in the bottom of the eighth to lose 6-4 to the Clinton LumberKings on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at NelsonCorp Field. The Gems (16-16, 3-2 in second…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Gems took advantage of nine walks and four hit batters to salvage the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday night, defeating the Normal CornBelters 11-3 in Prospect League action at QU Stadium. Normal won the first game 9-2. The doubleheader was played before a crowd of 1,843, the second largest…
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CANTON, Mo. — Devin Walker is the next men’s volleyball coach at Culver-Stockton College. He replaces Caren Kemner, who resigned in May. Walker was the head women’s volleyball coach last year at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. He led the Stars to their highest finish in conference play in program history. Four players were named…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Ryan Hutchinson’s RBI single to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning was the finishing touch on a rally from a five-run deficit as the Quincy Gems defeated the Normal CornBelters 7-6 on Friday night in a Prospect League game in front of the biggest crowd of the season ar QU…
Read Full Article CLINTON, Iowa — The Quincy Gems opened the second half of the Prospect League season by scoring three runs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Clinton LumberKings 6-3 on Thursday night at NelsonCorp Field. Matt Schark led off the eighth for the Gems with a single…
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The second half of the 2021 Prospect League season begins Thursday. Teams like the Quincy Gems (13-14), who finished in third place in the West Conference’s Great River Division, will have a chance to make the postseason by winning the second-half title. Normal (14-12) won the first half, finishing a half-game ahead of Burlington (15-14)…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lori Thomas, commissioner for the Heart of America Athletic Conference, recently announced the league’s return-to-play intentions for the 2021-22 academic year. Culver-Stockton College in Canton is one of 14 member schools the conference, which will return to a full schedule in the upcoming year. The fall 2021 slate will kick off…
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QUINCY — Peter McManus missed his favorite player. McManus, 48, became a fan of Tyler Clark-Chiapparelli during the 2019 season for the Quincy Gems. No summer collegiate baseball leagues had games in 2020, and Clark-Chiapparelli started the 2021 summer season with the Morehead City (N.C.) Marlins of the Coastal Plain League. McManus, who is developmentally…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Matt Schark’s walk-up music was changed before he stepped to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The catchy children’s song “Baby Shark” blared instead throughout QU Stadium’s loudspeakers. Three pitches later, Schark had taken a bite out of the Springfield Sliders. Schark belted a home run to…
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QUINCY — Kasey Schuster grew up near 14th and Oak and remembers spending much of his childhood on the basketball court at Berrian Park on Quincy’s northwest side. “We would walk down here and play, and when I eventually moved out of the neighborhood, I would still come down here and play,” he said. “On…
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ALTON, Ill. — Sunday night’s Prospect League game at Hopkins Field between the Alton River Dragons and Quincy Gems was suspended after four innings because of lightning and rain, with the host team leading 4-3. The game will be completed at a later date in Quincy because the Gems do not return to Alton this…
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QUINCY — Dane Thomas’ single to left field scored the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Quincy Gems defeated the Clinton LumberKings 4-3 in a Prospect League game on Saturday night at QU Stadium. Jack Payne picked up his first victory of the season after he pitched a…
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QUINCY — The Quinsippi Soccer League has been a part of Brad Burghart’s life since he played his first game at age 7. Now 53, he is the president of the league. He’s been a member of the all-volunteer board of directors since 1992. This fall, for the first time since the league was created…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Senior pitcher Riley Martin was named the Student-Athlete of the Year in the sport of baseball by the Great Lakes Valley Conference on Friday. Twenty-two student-athletes representing nine GLVC schools were named 2020-21 Scholar-Athletes of the Year for their efforts in the classroom and on the playing field. Martin is the 15th GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the…
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O’FALLON, Mo. — After winning the first game of a Prospect League doubleheader 5-2, the Quincy Gems fell one run shy of a sweep with a 4-3 loss to the O’Fallon Hoots on Thursday night at CarShield Field. Hoots reliever Anthony Klein kept the Gems at bay in the final three innings of the second…
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QUINCY — Not even a home run with two outs in the ninth inning could spoil Hunter Wienhoff’s relief performance. The Quincy High School graduate allowed a home run to O’Fallon’s Ryan Malzahn on a 3-2 count, then struck out Cade Hohl to complete the Quincy Gems’ 4-2 victory over the Hoots in a Prospect…
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The decades old tournament wraps up in Quincy.
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QUINCY — A two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning by Zane Zielinski broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Burlington Bees a 5-3 victory over the Quincy Gems on Tuesday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. After Marcos Sanchez drew a one-out walk, Zielinski drove Michael Nunez’s first…
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Joel Box, who played basketball for both John Wood Community College and Quincy University and used that fame to start basketball camps and train players, faces sentencing on theft charges next month. Box was arrested in the summer of 2019 in Rockford and then pleaded guilty in March of this year to one count of…
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QUINCY — Quincy University will have two football teams playing in the same stadium starting in the fall of 2022. They will have different coaching staffs, different players, different uniforms, different leagues and will play entirely different schedules. The rules of the game will be the same except for one critical difference. No player on…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems led 5-4 after scoring four runs in the top of the sixth, but three Gems relievers allowed nine runs over the next three innings in a 13-5 loss to the Burlington Bees on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at Community Field. The Gems (9-11) are a game and…
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QUINCY — Connery O’Donnell pitched himself into the biggest jam of the night, and he pitched himself out of it. O’Donnell loaded the bases in the eighth inning with no outs on a hit batter, a walk and a bloop single as the Quincy Gems held on to a 4-3 lead over the Cape Catfish.…
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QUINCY — Brant Hogue pitched 6 ⅔ innings and allowed one run, and the Quincy Gems blew open a close game with eight runs in the sixth inning in a 10-2 victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp on Friday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The Gems (8-10) have won six…
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Quincy Notre Dame vs Timothy Christian live online today at 1 pm in the Class 1A semi-finals at Hoffman Estates High School. The link below is through the IHSA and it is a paid link that you must sign up for.
Read Full Article QUINCY — With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Matt Schark singled past a drawn-in infield to score Jake Skrine with the winning run as the Quincy Gems defeated the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp 7-6 in a Prospect League game Thursday night at QU Stadium. Skrine, who is hitting .500 but doesn’t…
Read Full Article PERU, Ill. — The Quincy Gems were no match for Ryan Eiermann, who pitched 7⅔ innings of shutout baseball as the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp won 2-0 on Wednesday night in a Prospect League game at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Eiermann struck out 12 Gems in the game. His 43 strikeouts in 26 innings lead the…
Read Full Article PERU, Ill. — Starter Ryan Towers pitched 6 ⅓ innings, and the Quincy Gems took the lead for good with a three-run sixth inning in a 6-3 victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp in a Prospect League game on Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Park. The Gems have won four of their last six…
Read Full Article NORMAL, Ill. — Matt Schark hit a pair of two-run homers to move into a tie for the Prospect League lead as the Quincy Gems knocked off the Normal CornBelters 13-7 on Saturday night in the Corn Crib. Schark hit his fifth home run of the season, a two-run blast, after Danny Sperling walked to…
Read Full Article ALTON, Ill. — The Quincy Gems trailed 8-1 after three innings and never recovered in an 11-6 loss to the Alton River Dragons on Friday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field in a Prospect League game. Starting pitcher Matt Shover took the loss, allowing five hits, four walks and eight runs in three innings. Zach Carden…
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QUINCY — Masen Palmier finally slowed down the Quincy Gems. The Gems had scored 47 runs in their last three games, but Palmier shut out the Gems for the first six innings as the O’Fallon Hoots won 5-1 on Thursday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. Palmer allowed four hits and four…
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ALTON, Ill. — The Quincy Gems continued their torrid hitting pace on Wednesday night, pounding out 18 hits and winning their second consecutive game by the 10-run rule in a 16-4 decision over the Alton River Dragons in a Prospect League game at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The Gems (4-8) have collected 51 hits and scored…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems lost eight of their first 10 games, but new faces in the lineup may be helping turn their season around. Five players in Tuesday night’s lineup were either playing their first or second game for the Gems this summer. They combined for 12 hits and 11 runs in a 16-3…
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Tony Neilson took home three Gussies and Devon Smith-Harden won three races over the course of the weekend to dominate the field at the Grand Prix of Karting in Quincy’s South Park. Smith-Harden won two Gussies in the Shifters on Sunday and also won the Shifter kart sprint on Saturday. The Gussie is the trophy…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Gems had their most prolific offensive night of the season, scoring 15 runs on 17 hits. It still wasn’t enough. The Clinton LumberKings rallied from a four-run deficit, then lost a four-run lead but scored six runs in the final two innings to defeat the Gems 18-15 in a Prospect League…
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