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
Category Archives: QHS Basketball
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
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer Plan A wasn’t working, so Quincy High School boys basketball coach Sean Taylor went to Plan B. That’s better known as Mike Davis. Determined to slow Rock Island Alleman gunner Tyler Yeocum with a … Continue reading
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Harrison Elbe’s numbers won’t catch your eye. No points. No field-goal attempts. No free throws, either. Yet, what the junior guard did in the Quincy High School boys basketball team’s 48-36 … Continue reading
By MARC NESSELER Special to the Herald-Whig MOLINE, Ill. – The Quincy High School boys basketball team feels right at home on the road in the Western Big Six Conference. Now all the Blue Devils have to do is feel … Continue reading
By MATT SCHUCKMAN Herald-Whig Sports Writer Mike Davis was mad. At himself. At his play. At something. “I thought I was doing bad,” Davis said. “So I was just mad. I had to take some pressure off somehow.” The Quincy … Continue reading