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Don O'Brien's Columns

O'Brien: GLVC West title at stake in Hawks' final road trip

The Great Lakes Valley Conference schedule says that Quincy University men's basketball team has two games left after Thursday's league game at Missouri-St. Louis. QU's season, however, comes down to what happens Thursday night at UMSL's Mark Twain Building... More>>

O'Brien: Truman State's move to GLVC good for league, QU

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Sports Editor Don O'Brien writes that Truman State's decision to apply for membership in the Great Lakes Valley Conference is good for the league and for Quincy University. More>>

O'Brien: Gravina, Leathernecks exceeding expectations

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MACOMB, Ill. -- Inside the Western Illinois University women's basketball team's locker room is a reminder of just how little people in the Summit League thought of the Leathernecks this season. The Leathernecks... More>>

Matt Schuckman's Columns

Schuckman: DU celebrates its diamond anniversary

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Tim Rochester lamented about how sporadic success was during the duck hunting season. "It was aggravating," said Rochester, who hunts the Mississippi River, primarily on the Missouri side. "Ducks came and went, but they... More>>

Schuckman: Hunter hoping for chance at redemption

Jerry Davis figured the punched-in-the-stomach feeling would fade in a day or two. Almost a year later, it hasn't. More>>

Schuckman: Defense leads the way for Raiders

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NORMAL, Ill. – The end result turned out the same. Yet, how the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer team beat Chicago F.W. Parker this time was decidedly different, largely because of a defense senior sweeper Luke Mayfield said... More>>

Schuckman: Value of real-world experience should never be underestimated

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My mother is to blame. My grandmother, too. I don't pass a bird on a wire or hear the cackle of a feathered friend in the woods without wondering what kind it is. Growing up, there was always a bird book nearby for... More>>

Blake Toppmeyer's Columns

Toppmeyer: 'Crazy year' of boys hoops could get wilder as postseason begins

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Toppmeyer: 'Crazy year' of boys hoops could get wilder as postseason begins More>>

Toppmeyer: Lady Raiders ready to put title quest in high gear

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The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team will destroy most of the postseason competition it faces by impressive margins. The Lady Raiders will return to Redbird Arena, and they'll will win their second straight Class... More>>

Toppmeyer: Improved teams should create more parity

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Last year's girls basketball season provided plenty of thrills and ultimately a state championship on each side of the river, as Quincy Notre Dame won its third state title in program history and Marion County claimed... More>>

Toppmeyer: Gems gave Quincyans something to rally around last summer

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Sports Writer Blake Toppmeyer takes a look at 2011.
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Sports Writer Blake Toppmeyer recaps the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team's Class 2A Decatur Super-sectional game Monday against Champaign St. Thomas More
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Don O'Brien

Don O'Brien looks at the QU men's and women's basketball teams victories over Maryville on Saturday afternoon.
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