Martin Kvitle didn’t agree with the call, but he’d make the play again. Three minutes into Saturday night’s championship game of the 29th annual Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classic, East St. Louis guard DeShawn Munson stole a ball in the backcourt … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
Trailing third-seeded Springfield Southeast by three points at halftime in Friday night’s quarterfinals of the 29th annual Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classic, the Quincy High School boys basketball team knew one way to turn the tide. The Blue Devils had to … Continue reading
Three minutes into Thursday’s opening round game of the 29th annual Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classic, the Quincy High School boys basketball team hadn’t scored and looked discombobulated on offense. Luka Radovic and Barnell Thomas helped change that. The junior forwards … Continue reading
By BLAKE TOPPMEYER Herald-Whig Sports Writer The Quincy High School boys basketball team didn’t lose its focus. Facing a methodical Batavia squad, the Blue Devils leaned on relentless defense to secure a 50-42 non-conference win Saturday night at Blue Devil … Continue reading
Stride for stride, there aren’t many players in the Western Big Six Conference who can get up and down the floor the way Jason Salrin does. Friday night, he showed just how much of an advantage it is to be … Continue reading
Thomas Dean took the message to heart. He believes his sons are doing the same. Growing up in Richmond, Va., where Dean said trouble easily could be found, his mother constantly reminded him and his siblings they’re known by the … Continue reading
The Quincy Blue Devil basketball team was surprised Friday before their regional final with a cake from former Quincy High Blue Devil alumni Gary Phillips -Class Of 1957. Phillips was a Blue Devil All-State basketball player who went on to … Continue reading
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Knowing they might have to face Edwardsville’s spread-the-floor and slow-it-down attack, the Quincy High School basketball players wanted to know the best way to defend it. Quincy coach Sean Taylor had … Continue reading
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — No one inside the Quincy High School boys basketball team’s locker room saw any reason to panic. The Blue Devils trailed second-seeded Granite City by nine points at halftime of Tuesday … Continue reading
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer Before taking the floor for the final possession Friday night, Quincy High School boys basketball coach Sean Taylor had one thing to say to junior guard Martin Kvitle. “Coach was like, ‘Martin, finish it … Continue reading