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QUINCY — Twenty-four students from the Quincy Notre Dame and the Parochial Music Organization choirs and bands were named Illinois All-District musicians as a result of individual auditions. The selected students will perform in Western Hall at Western Illinois University on Saturday, Nov. 4. Additionally, three students — Paul Steinkamp, Isaac Steinkamp and Andrew Damm…
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Quincy Public and Parochial Schools will be dismissing early due to extreme heat indexes. While school buildings are air conditioned, the majority of the main route buses are not. Lunch will be served. Outdoor activities will be canceled or moved indoors. “I do not take these decisions lightly but must ensure that all our students…
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Muddy River News MRN THIS WEEK POD: Mark McDowell, QND Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:17:11 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:17:11 | Recorded on August 21, 2023MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to…
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QUINCY — THE “Everybody Wins” Mega Raffle held its Mega Drawing and awarded 35 prizes, totaling more than $140,000 Friday morning. “It’s always an exciting time to witness the success of the raffle coupled with the anticipation of seeing who wins,” said Kurt Stuckman, Executive Director of the QND Foundation. “It really is a win-win for…
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Time to get your tickets for the annual Quincy Notre Dame/Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Mega Raffle. QND Foundation Director Kurt Stuckman talks to Ashley Conrad about the kick-off of this annual fundraiser to benefit local Catholic education.
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NORMAL, Ill. — It took nearly all of the two-and-a-half hours the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team had between Class 2A state tournament games Thursday to come to grips with the fact the Raiders weren’t coming home as champions. Once the Raiders accepted that reality, they finished an incredible two-year run the most fitting…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Winning never gets old for Jennifer Duesterhaus, coach of the Quincy Notre Dame High School pom team. She says it just gets scarier. “We have to try to be better than we were the year before, because we never know what the other teams are going to do,” she said. “We never…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame announced a goal of $470,000 for the annual QND Fund Drive, which kicked off Jan. 20 and runs through the calendar year. Since its inception in 1977, the fund drive has raised more than $17.5 million and plays a vital role in QND remaining a pillar of Catholic secondary education…
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QUINCY — Five Quincy Notre Dame students were recently named 2023 Illinois All-State Musicians. Auditions were held throughout the state involving nearly 300 Illinois high schools. The students will participate in the Illinois Music Education Association All-State Music Conference Jan. 26-28, 2023. Students named as all-state musicians are:
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame High School recently learned 14 students from the Class of 2023 were recognized as Illinois State Scholars. This award is given annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to students who rank in the top 10 percent of high school seniors in the state. Selection is based on a combination…
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Muddy River News DAILY MUDDY PODCAST: Election Day and the QND Extravaganza Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:18:43 Subscribe Share Stitcher RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:18:43 | Recorded on November 8, 2022Subscribe: StitcherAshley and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame Foundation announced Friday the 2022 QND Fund Drive raised $576,512 in gifts and pledges, exceeding its goal by more than $116,000. This is the largest amount raised through the QND Fund Drive since its inception in 1977. “I am extremely pleased with the generosity and sacrifice our constituents made to support…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame announced its homecoming royalty during an assembly Wednesday afternoon. The homecoming parade will be held Thursday night, the homecoming football game is set for Friday night and the homecoming dance is set for Saturday night. Pictured above, front row from left: 3rd Junior Attendant: Violet Ehrhart, daughter of Mark and Gail…
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The six-pack of championships is…important. Avery Keck and Annie Eaton made sure of it. Eaton, a freshman forward on the Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer team, collected a throw-in, turned to the middle of the field and fed a picture-perfect pass to Keck moving up from the center of the field. Keck’s…
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QUINCY — The leadership of the Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools has released more information as they proceed toward a new model for oversight and operations for the city’s parochial school system. QCES has provided community and enrollment data, links to other school systems and studies they reviewed, and a list of frequently asked questions along…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame High School graduated its second class of 83 students on May 15. The commencement address was given by John Spring, former mayor of Quincy and past executive director of the QND Foundation. Ray Heilmann, former Quincy Notre Dame principal, gave the invocation. Msgr. Leo Enlow, pastor of The Church of…
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QUINCY — An assistant coach on Quincy Notre Dame’s girls basketball state championship team was arrested Thursday and is lodged in the Adams County Jail on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Quincy Police Department began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate relationship between a coach/trainer and a 16-year-old Quincy juvenile. The juvenile…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Catholic School Education Leadership team held its meetings at the four Quincy parishes with K-8 schools to look at the future of the parochial school system. The plan, announced at meetings at each of the four Catholic Parishes with schools over the weekend, calls for a a new administrative board overseeing…
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Welcome to today’s three thoughts and Vol. 228 of The Daily Dirt. Let’s celebrate the current high school basketball season and already start looking ahead to next year. 1. It’s been a banner high school basketball season in West-Central Illinois. And that, friends, is an understatement. But next season could be better, possibly even epic.First,…
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QUINCY — Parishioners of Quincy and Hannibal’s Catholic churches will be asked to contribute funds to the Quincy Notre Dame Fund Drive during the school’s Commitment Weekend on March 5-6. More than 4,000 Catholic families will hear testimonies from QND students during Mass and be asked for pledges and donations. This year’s fund drive has…
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SPRINGFIELD — Winning a 10th Illinois Drill Team Association Class A pom championship on Saturday in the Bank of Springfield Center was certainly special for the Quincy Notre Dame pom team. However, QND coach Jennifer Duesterhaus said this title was particularly rewarding after the way the team saw its nine-year championship streak end last year.…
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QUINCY — For more than 150 years, Quincy Notre Dame, as a Catholic co-educational school, seeks to build a community of learners among its faculty, staff, students and parents. Founded on faith in God and trust among its members, this community strives to make Catholic values an integral part of its existence. Quincy Notre Dame…
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Lydia Miller and Scott Smith have been selected as chairpersons of the Quincy Notre Dame Foundation’s 45th Fund Drive which kicks off January 21. The QND Foundation has raised more than $17 million in the past 44 years and exceeded its 2021 goal of $447,500 by more than $124,000.The money raised helps keep tuition affordable…
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QUINCY — Ten students from the senior class at Quincy Notre Dame recently were recognized as Illinois State Scholars. This award is given annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to students who rank in the top 10 percent of high school seniors in the state. Selection is based on a combination of ACT or…
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QUINCY — Five Quincy Notre Dame students recently were named 2022 All-State musicians by the Illinois Music Education Association. Auditions were held throughout the state at nearly 300 Illinois high schools. Illinois students in grades 10-12 who were selected for the district level ensemble (QND is in District 4) are eligible for All-State. To be considered…
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QUINCY — Girls in preschool through eighth grade are invited to participated in the Quincy Notre Dame Pom Camp from 5:45 p.m. to halftime of the varsity boys basketball game (which starts at 7:30 p.m.) on Dec. 11 at the Pit. Participants should enter the school in the main lobby and check in at the…
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The Quincy Notre Dame Kindness Club organized a QND Food Drive which raised more than $5,200 in November. QND students, staff, families and friends participated in this drive, which benefited Quincy Catholic Charities. Members and moderators of the QND Kindness club presented a check for $5,200 Monday to Kevin Williams of Quincy Catholic Charities.
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The Rotund Stuffer had a fabulous weekend, thanks to taking in a couple of high school football playoff games in Missouri and Illinois, respectively. Today’s three thoughts were spurred by that experience. Welcome to Vol. 121 of the Daily Dirt. 1. The local high school football season is waning, so it’s time for the inaugural…
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QUINCY — Seventeen Quincy Notre Dame music students were recently selected by audition to participate in the ILMEA District IV Festival to be held Nov. 6 at Western Illinois University in Macomb. All-District Band – Elias Rabe, junior, flute; Ella Damm, senior, contra-alto clarinet; Paul Steinkamp, sophomore, trumpet All-District Chorus – Ryan Bergman, sophomore; Olivia Fuqua, senior;…
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Photos from Thursday night’s Quincy Notre Dame Homecoming Parade courtesy of Quincy Notre Dame and Erin Humphrey Haugh.
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QUINCY– The Quincy Notre Dame Foundation has announced that the 2021 QND Fund Drive raised $571,623 in gifts and pledges, exceeding its goal by more than $124,000. This is the largest amount raised through the QND Fund Drive since its inception in 1977. “We worked very hard this year to ensure no stone was left unturned. We…
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QUINCY — Educators throughout Quincy are scrambling to put together plans to implement a vaccine mandate issued Thursday by Gov. JB Pritzker that must be in place by Sept. 5. All P-12 teachers and staff, all higher education personnel and all higher education students must be vaccinated. People who can’t or won’t receive the vaccine…
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QUINCY — The news out of Springfield certainly made Kurt Stuckman take notice. Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, a Catholic preparatory school on Springfield’s near west side, announced last month its plan to freeze tuition through at least 2025. Tuition for SHG students for the coming school year is $9,650 per year. It was raised from $9,300…
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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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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 — 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 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.
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