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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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CLINTON, Iowa — Ryan Hutchinson’s single in the sixth inning was the only hit for the Quincy Gems in a 7-0 loss Saturday night to the Clinton LumberKings in a Prospect League game at NelsonCorp Field. Jakob Kirman pitched seven innings for Clinton, walking none and striking out four. T.J. Deardorff and Casey Day both…
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CLINTON, Iowa — After scoring the game’s first run, the Quincy Gems gave up the next nine runs and suffered a 9-5 loss on Friday night to the Clinton LumberKings in a Prospect League game at NelsonCorp Field. Alec Patino’s RBI single put Quincy on top in the first inning. Starter Brant Hogue allowed four…
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The cacophony of engines buzzing with the bells of Blessed Sacrament Parish rolls through the morning air on Quincy’s South Side today. Drivers are getting their final warmup laps in this morning before Championship Sunday begins at 11:30 am. Here’s today’s schedule:
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QUINCY — When the discussion begins about the greatest team sports coach in the history of American sport, Mike Krzyzewski is on the short list of candidates. Jon Scheyer, 33, is tasked with replacing Krzyzewski, the winningest college basketball coach in the history of the game. He was introduced Thursday as the next coach at…
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The race is on! Blue skies, warm temperatures…it’s time to race in South Park. Muddy River News is here all weekend bringing you the thrills, chills and (hopefully few) spills. Come down the park. Bring your cooler and something to sit on. It’s a Quincy tradition. Here I am discussing the start of racing with…
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QUINCY — Justin Paulsen could have had Gino D’Alessio bunt. After Andrew Fay and Bryce Miller opened the bottom of the eighth inning with walks, the Quincy Gems manager could have asked for a sacrifice bunt to move the tying and winning runs into scoring position as the Gems trailed 5-4. Instead, Paulsen had D’Alessio…
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QUINCY — The inability of the Springfield Sliders’ outfielders to see the ball in the twilight allowed the Quincy Gems to climb back into the game, but the Gems squandered opportunities to take the lead in the seventh and eighth innings as they lost 8-7 in a Prospect League baseball game on Wednesday night at…
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QUINCY — Quincy Gems pitchers allowed 12 hits and 12 walks, and Gems hitters had just four hits in a 13-3 loss to the Springfield Sliders in a Prospect League baseball game on Tuesday night at QU Stadium. The Gems have lost four straight since winning the season opener. Springfield scored three times in the…
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QUINCY, Ill. — Six hits, two walks and three errors in the first three innings put the Quincy Gems in a 7-0 hole, and the Normal CornBelters went on to win 15-5 on Sunday night in a Prospect League game at QU Stadium. The loss extends Quincy’s losing streak to three after it won its…
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NORMAL, Ill. — The Quincy Gems had the tying runs on base with two outs in the ninth inning, but Ryan Hutchinson grounded out to second for the final out in a 4-2 loss to the Clinton LumberKings in the Prospect League home opener at QU Stadium. Alex Wattermann singled with one out, moved to…
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NORMAL, Ill. — The Quincy Gems led 4-1 entering the bottom of the seventh, but the Normal CornBelters used three hits and seven walks to plate seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win 8-4 in a Prospect League baseball game on Friday night at the Corn Crib. Quincy broke a 1-1 tie…
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QUINCY — Tony Douglas walked up to an athlete working out at the Verti-Go complex and asked how he was feeling. The athlete replied he was doing well but his back hurt a little bit because he had done squat lifts earlier in the day. “Here’s an athlete who wants to play basketball, which means…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Jake Stipp allowed one run over 4 2/3 innings of relief, and Jason Jennerjohn got the Quincy Gems out of a jam in the eighth inning in a 3-2 victory over the Springfield Sliders on Thursday night as the Prospect League kicked off its season. Bailey Wendell started on the mound for…
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QUINCY — Major League Baseball has taken over operations of the minor leagues and downsized operations, and the aftereffects have positively affected the number of teams and quality of players of the Prospect League. The Clinton LumberKings and Burlington Bees, rivals in the Class A Midwest League for more than 60 years, were trimmed from…
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QUINCY – Director of Athletics Brad Hoyt has announced that Andy Gronewold has resigned as the head women’s softball coach at John Wood Community College. Coach Gronewold just finished his first season as the Head Coach of the Lady Blazers. A search for his replacement will begin immediately. “Coach Gronewold was the perfect fit for…
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It used to be simple to remember how many years the Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament had been played in Quincy. My oldest daughter, Jennifer, was born in March 1991. The birth of the Macker tournament in downtown Quincy was in May 1991, so Jennifer turned 1 months before the Macker turned 2 … and…
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Canton, Mo. native Tori Niemann is returning to Clemson as Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Student-Athlete Development. As the Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Student-Athlete Development, Niemann will oversee all aspects of student-athlete development initiatives, such as community services and engagement, career development, the Tiger Leadership Academy, and the Tigers United programming, which is focused on Diversity…
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The Central State 8 is now at 11 teams. The Lincoln Community School Board approved the return of the Railers to the Central State 8 (CS8) Conference at its meeting Monday night. Lincoln will stay in the Apollo Conference for the next school year, but could leave and start competing in the CS8 as early…
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Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida has hired Greg McVey to be the college’s new Athletic Director, replacing Jim Keites who is retiring after a quarter-century of service to SF. McVey, who will begin at SF May 17, most recently served as Athletic Director at Garden City Community College in Kansas, where he oversaw 15…
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From QCTIMES – Marc Polite is ready to take on his second stint as a boys basketball coach in the Western Big 6 Conference and feels he is much better prepared for this go-around as he takes over at Rock Island High School. The 43-year-old was officially approved for the post Tuesday night at the…
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From Quincy University – Quincy University has announced Caren Kemner as the next head men’s volleyball coach. Kemner comes to QU from Culver Stockton College, where she served as the head men’s volleyball coach for the past four years. “Caren Kemner has been a world-class athlete and an accomplished professional and coach,” said Brian McGee, QU President. “She is ideally…
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Sponsored by Max-A-Million’s The Quincy Grand Prix of Karting returns June 5 & 6.
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Western Illinois Fellowship of Christian Athletes is teaming up with Westown Ford-Lincoln for girls and boys all-star basketball games on Sunday, June 13. Girls tip-off at 2 pm, boys at 5 pm at the former MacMurray College Sports Complex in Jacksonville. Fans will be allowed, encouraged to protect themselves as they see fit. Social distancing…
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