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01/19/2025

Three individual champions carry Blue Devils to team title of their own wrestling invitational

“When you get up a couple days a week at 6 a.m., you lift weights and go through conditioning, come after school and bust your butt for two hours, this is what happens,” Blue Devils coach Phil Neally said. “Great things happen.”

01/19/2025

Longcor outscores Lincoln by himself as No. 1 Quincy caps perfect week with lopsided victory

“If we’re going to sit back and relax, we’re going to do it while watching film of Bishop O’Connell,” Longcor said of Quincy’s opponent next Saturday night in the Quincy Shootout. “That’s probably the only relaxing we will do.

01/19/2025

Panthers’ third-quarter burst provides separation in victory over No. 1-ranked Raiders

Centralia (Mo.) scored the final eight points of the first quarter — all off offensive rebounds — and rattled off a 9-0 run in the third quarter, handing the No. 1-ranked Raiders their second loss of the season with a 56-48 victory on Saturday in the Mid-Mo Invitational at Harrisburg High School...

01/19/2025

Photo gallery: QHS completes three-game sweep of tradition-rich programs by beating Lincoln

First, down went Moline. Then Rock Island. And lastly Lincoln. The No. 1-ranked Quincy High School boys basketball team swept three tradition-rich foes this week, completing the trifecta Saturday night with a 44-21 victory over Lincoln at Blue Devil Gym.

01/19/2025

Titans face halftime deficit head on, rally to win Hancock County Tournament championship

West Hancock's 47-39 win over Illini West in the game that decided the 104th Hancock County Tournament title was anything but a piece of cake for the heavily favored Titans.

01/19/2025

QU women’s basketball team uses closing kick to win fifth straight game after beating Upper Iowa

The Hawks scored the game’s final 11 points to notch a 72-62 victory in Great Lakes Valley Conference play at Pepsi Arena. The Hawks have yet to drop a contest since the calendar turned to 2025, running their win streak to five straight games.

01/19/2025

Peacocks shoot down Hawks’ second-half rally, earn milestone victory for Upper Iowa coach

For Quincy, there were no high-fives or post-game shenanigans. The Hawks fought uphill from beginning to end but did cut a 20-point second half deficit down to a two-possession game, at 81-75 with 2:25 remaining. But QU didn’t get any closer and got swept in the season series with the Peacocks.

01/19/2025

Spicknall, Pillars show ability to motivate each other, win individual crowns at Quincy Invitational

The smack talk must have worked for both wrestlers as they each won all three of their matches to secure titles — Spicknall with a 14-11 decision over Quincy’s Cooper Kamm and Pillars with a 19-3 technical fall victory over Mascoutah’s Sean Murphy.

01/19/2025

Area scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 18

Here is the area scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 18...

01/18/2025

A couple of fans found the truck outside of Blue Devil Gym on Friday night. So do they get to be guests on "Schuck on a Truck"? Guess you'll have to visit our website and be on the lookout for the latest episodes of "Schuck on a Truck," brought to you by Shottenkirk Toyota Quincy

01/18/2025

Pillars of strength: Relentless work ethic, bulldogged attitude help Palmyra wrestler recovery quickly from injury

“If he broke his neck tomorrow, he’d fight back to be back by state probably,” Huffman said. “He won’t give up. He’s relentless."

01/18/2025

Chargers earn chance to defend Hancock County Tournament title after dispatching Mustangs

"We're the defending champs, but we know we're going to be the underdog against West Hancock," said Illini West coach Blaize Kimmell, whose team is 15-6. "West Hancock is really good. Our defense will be a key, especially our transition defense."

01/18/2025

Siegfried’s blistering shooting part of Titans’ overwhelming effort in Hancock County tourney

Siegfried poured through a game-best 21 points, including five 3-point field goals — all in the span of less than three quarters — to trigger West Hancock's 96-40 overpowering of Augusta Southeastern in front of 700 fans Friday night at the 104th Hancock County Invitational Tournament inside War...

01/18/2025

Palmyra girls unable to rev up after tepid pregame warmups, fall in CCC opener to Centralia

Centralia, ranked third in the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 3 girls basketball poll, made seven of its first 10 field goal attempts and forced an avalanche of turnovers to score the final 15 points of the opening period to open a 23-6 lead en route to a 71-54 victory over 10th-ranke...

01/18/2025

Smith, Bock provide punch as Palmyra takes momentum into own tourney after CCC victory

“We hit our shots and put ourselves in the right position,” said Smith, a 6-foot-3 senior who finished with a game-high 30 points. “We were on straight from the get-go. We had a couple of missed shots, bad shots, but the ones that mattered fell.”

01/18/2025

Blue Devils’ Derhake, Panthers’ Lawson reach milestones on first night of Quincy Invitational

“It’s really rewarding,” Derhake said. “Looking back to when I was a freshman, I never thought I would get 100 wins in my high school career. It rewards me a lot for all the hard work and dedication over the years.”

01/18/2025

Covering the spread: QND girls switch philosophy in fourth quarter to hand South Shelby first defeat

QND’s (19-1) offense came to life in the last eight minutes, but the defense shined from the start. South Shelby (14-1) was held 32 points below its nightly average.

01/18/2025

Clamping down defensively allows top-ranked Blue Devils to crumble Rocks in WB6 showdown

“I like our odds against anybody as long as we do what we’re supposed to do on the defensive end,” senior point guard Kamren Wires said after No. 1-ranked Quincy held No. 9 Rock Island to just 26 points over the final three quarters of Friday night’s 56-44 Western Big 6 Conference victory at...