Women's College Basketball
College notebook: Hawks add associate head coach to women's hoops program
Jeni Garber promised changes in order to get the Quincy University women's basketball program headed back to a level of respectability. The veteran head coach has followed through, adding Kelly Kielsmeier to her coaching staff. Kielsmeier will serve...
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Prep Girls Basketball
Show-Me Showcase: Adrenalin, size and smiles allow Missouri girls to roll
QUINCY -- Highland girls basketball coach Meleia Niemann worked the McDonald's/Herald-Whig Classic once before. She was an assistant for the Missouri team in 2010, but this was her first time at the helm of the Missouri all-stars.
Prep Boys Basketball
Classic notebook: Show-Me State players succeed with chemistry
Players from five different schools made up the Missouri boys all-stars in the 36th annual McDonald's/Herald-Whig Classic on Saturday night, but that didn't stop the Show-Me State squad from handing Illinois a 131-73 defeat, the most lopsided margin...
Prep Boys Basketball
Show-Me Showcase: Jones, Talton put together scoring spree to bury Illinois
QUINCY -- Dezi Jones, C.E. Talton and the Show-Me State boys made some history Saturday night. The Missouri all-stars tried to erase nearly 35 years of bad mojo in the McDonald's/Herald-Whig Classic in one game, and they just about accomplished...
Prep Girls Basketball
Missouri girls looking to change way Classic is trending
QUINCY -- Recent history suggests the Illinois all-stars have taken control of the McDonald's/Herald-Whig Classic girls series. That doesn't sit well with those from the Show-Me State. "It puts an extra chip on our shoulder," Highland forward Kennedy...
Prep Boys Basketball
Knowing move backfired last year, Smith predicts Illinois victory
QUINCY -- Jaeden Smith owned it. "I did say that we were going to win," Smith said. "Yes, I did." He did so knowing there is a history behind McDonald's/Herald-Whig Classic predictions. A year ago, Clark County's Chandler Bevans guaranteed a Missouri...
Prep Girls Basketball
Learning the ropes: Titans' Knipe gains knowledge from older siblings
WARSAW, Ill. There's an advantage to being the youngest of three siblings Emma Knipe's future teammates might not have. She has insider knowledge. Knipe's older brother, Trevor, played four years of baseball at MacMurray College, so he can shed...
Prep Boys Basketball
Payson's Cannady finds solace in his favorite game
PAYSON, Ill. -- A hoop and a ball and life's worries go away. Tanner Cannady trusts in that. "It's just calming for me," said Cannady, the recent Payson Seymour graduate and soon-to-be Illinois College basketball player. "If I've had a bad day...
Prep Boys Basketball
Talkin' a good game: Palmyra's Nunnelly uses creativity as his strong suit
PALMYRA, Mo. -- Bill Nunnelly has plenty to say and even more to share. He figures that's his path to success. "I like talking to people," said Nunnelly, the Palmyra product who played point guard on the boys basketball team and parlayed it...
Women's College Basketball
Frericks experiences full gamut during rookie season in Germany
QUINCY -- The history and beauty Jordan Frericks experienced at every turn drew her in as much as the basketball ever could. It's why she deems her first professional season playing overseas an unequivocal success. And why she plans to return.
